Every local SA footy player movement during the 2022-2023 offseason

The local SA footy offseason has dished up more dramatic player movements as local guns and SANFL stars join new teams for season 2023. See every big move across SA in the past week.

Welcome to ‘New Recruits’ - a weekly wrap of all the major player transfers in local SA footy.

Each week of the offseason The Messenger will wrap up the big movements across the state, including all country and suburban competitions

We have seen some big moves already, headlined by former AFL and SANFL guns and this week has again provided some exciting developments.

Here are all the movements from throughout the last week.

ADELAIDE FOOTY LEAGUE

Ben Adams (Blackwood to Adelaide Uni)

Tom Rooney (Adelaide Uni)

Wyatt Pisani (SANFL/Tea Tree Gully to Modbury)

Mitch Mead (Woodville-West Torrens to Seaton Ramblers)

Josh Studham (HWE to Seaton Ramblers)

Callum Saunders (CMS Crows to PHOS Camden)

Jock Van Kempen (Colonel Light Gardens to PHOS Camden)

Fraser Douglass (Bute to PHOS Camden)

Corey Gray (Central Yorke to Henley)

Jordan Liseno (St Paul’s OS to Hope Valley)

Aaron Wiles (AFL Canberra to Kilburn)

Austin Reeves (Central United to Kilburn)

Ben Fuller (Para Hills)

Caleb Jones (Brahma Lodge)

Toby Ferguson (Christies Beach to Mitchell Park)

Mitchell Mead has left the SANFL to join Seaton Ramblers. Picture: SANFL

The Adelaide Footy League has seen an endless amount of big moves so far this offseason and the past week has continued that trend.

Blackwood star Ben Adams has returned to Adelaide Uni, with the two-time Blacks best and fairest and 2020 Adelaide Footy League team of the year member set to help revitalise the club in division two.

Mitch Mead has left Woodville-West Torrens to join Seaton Ramblers in division three alongside HWE champion Josh Studham, the midfielder tallying a handful of SANFL League appearances for the Eagles this year.

Norwood U18s and player Wyatt Pisani - who also represented Tea Tree Gully last season - will pull on the boots for Modbury, while former club best and fairest Corey Gray has returned to Henley after a stint in the Yorke Peninsula FL.

ADELAIDE PLAINS FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Byron Sumner (Virginia)

Jacob Bortoletto (Woodville South to Virginia)

Former Sturt gun Byron Sumner (right) has joined Virginia in the APFL. Picture: Dean Martin

Former Sturt premiership player Byron Sumner has joined Virginia as the club looks to retool after losing star Paul Puopolo to Hope Valley.

A gun off of the backline and through the middle, Sumner is set to boost the Rams significantly.

Ex-Woodville South player Jacob Bortoletto also joins the club.

GREAT SOUTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Sam Overall (South Adelaide to Victor Harbor)

James Dawson (Tailem Bend to Langhorne Creek)

Sam Overall has left South Adelaide and will join home club Victor Harbor next year. Picture: Sarah Reed

A move which has been on the cards for a month now, Sam Overall’s commitment to Victor Harbor was made official through the week.

Leading goalkicker in 2020, the gun forward played 114 games for the Panthers before stepping away from the SANFL and will move back home to represent the Roos in the GSFL.

It marks one of the big movements of the offseason so far.

HILLS FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Matt and Jake Spencely (Waikerie to Meadows)

Ollie Llewellyn, Nick Forrest, Lachlan Hay, Mason Clarke, Zach Ferguson (Macclesfield, Country Division)

Dougal Grieve (Bridgewater Callington to Torrens Valley, Country Division)

Adam Houlahan, Will Fearnhead (Bridgewater Callington to Onkaparinga Valley)

Former Bridgewater Callington star Adam Houlahan has signed with Barmera Monash. Picture: Bridgewater Callington Football Club

The Hills Football League saw its busiest week of the offseason thus far with a number of names changing guernsey for 2023.

Star brothers Matt and Jake Spencely have left Waikerie after multiple successful years at the club, the dominant midfielder/forward combo joining Meadows for next year’s campaign.

Bridgewater Callington saw three departures after a testing season, with star Adam Houlahan headlining the group.

The gun midfielder heads to Onkaparinga Valley to remain in the to division of the competition.

Macclesfield has also been active in the Country Division, picking up five players so far.

NORTH EASTERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Jake Egel, Angus Dayman (Berri to Eudunda Robertstown)

Jake Egel and Angus Dayman have joined Eudunda Robertstown in the NEFL. Picture: Eudunda Robertstown Football Club

The Saints have made two moves this week in the NEFL, picking up Egel and Dayman to add to their ranks for season 2023.

Egel returns to the club after a season away at Berri, while Dayman will make his debut for the Saints next season, injecting pace and skill up front for the side.

RIVERLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Sam De Michele (Imperials to Barmera Monash)

Imperials champion Sam De Michele has moved to Barmera Monash for season 2023. Picture: Barmera Monash Football Club

Imperials gun Sam De Michele has left the River Murray Football League and will join Barmera Monash in the Riverland competition next year.

The best small forward in the RMFL last season, De Michele will provide a bit of everything for his new club as they aim to compete with the best in the Riverland Football League.

WESTERN BORDER FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Laughlan Brooker (East Gambier)

Brooker, a utility who has played for West Perth, recently moved to Mount Gambier and has committed his services to East Gambier for season 2023.

It is a positive move for the club which finished bottom of the ladder last season having won just a single game.