AFL list changes 2020: Every club’s ins and outs after first list lodgement
A chance meeting with Jarryd Roughead convinced James Frawley to shelve his retirement plans. See all your club’s list moves and who might get a rookie lifeline.
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A “few beers” at the Noosa Surf Lifesaving Club with former teammate Jarryd Roughead convinced James Frawley to come out of retirement and join St Kilda.
The Hawthorn premiership full-back’s retirement lasted just six weeks before signing with the Saints as a delisted free agent.
A chance meeting on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast post-season with Roughead was the catalyst for extending the ex-Demon and Hawk’s 239-game career into 2021.
Frawley said he was also open to playing into 2022 should next year go well.
“I was in Noosa for most of it (his short-lived retirement), so I had a few too many more beers than I usually would and a couple of meals I wouldn’t usually eat,” he said.
“I had a few beers with Roughy and we just got chatting.
“He said St Kilda might be keen and it was the first I had heard about it, so I was a bit surprised.
“It pretty much went from there and here we are now.
“I felt like I could still compete at the level and play AFL football.
“I figured I had a year or two left in me to play some decent footy so when they came knocking I thought it was a good opportunity, so why not?
“And looking at their list, it’s very exciting, so it was a no-brainer really.”
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Frawley, who barracked for St Kilda as a child, joins the club where his famous uncle – the late, great Danny Frawley — played 240 games.
Danny Frawley will be memorialised at the Saints’ headquarters with a new $16 million community wellbeing hub in Moorabbin to be named after him.
In a remarkable coincidence, James will join his uncle on 240 AFL games when he makes his St Kilda debut next year.
When asked what his uncle would say about him joining the Saints, Frawley replied:
“He’d probably come in and give me a headlock and probably a punch in the arm and say ‘You’ve got a big name to live up to mate, don’t stuff it up’.
“It’s an honour to be here.
“Everyone knows he (Danny) went through his battles and that, and I think it’s a great thing for the community out here to have somewhere to go if they are struggling.
“Out of a pretty negative thing, a few positives have come out of it.”
Frawley will act as an insurance policy for the Saints in the event defender Dougal Howard goes down with injury.
He said he looked forward to instilling his experience on the young group.
“There’s a lot of young talent here and especially in the backline,” he said.
“That’s one of the reasons I came here, to give a bit of experience to guys like Dougal Howard and all those guys.
“I know Brad Crouch as well from Ballarat and we grew up in the same area.
“I’m looking forward to getting into it.”
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Frawley adds to a growing band of experienced players who have been brought into a club that senses it is in the premiership window.
He is the 16th player from the Hawks’ recent premiership era from 2008-2015 to move on to a rival club.
Club legend Luke Hodge shocked the Hawks when he un-retired himself to play with Brisbane for two seasons.
Frawley said he knew his time was up at Hawthorn.
“It was kind of a mutual decision,” he said.
“I think they wanted to go down the path of youth.
I’m no spring chicken anymore, I’m 32, so it was kind of a mutual decision to part ways.”
ALL YOUR CLUB’S LIST CHANGES
Here are all the in and outs your club has made since the end of the 2020 premiership season, along with retained rookies.
Clubs have taken advantage of a rule change allowing players to be moved to the rookie list, while other players have been cut with the promise of a rookie list spot.
ADELAIDE CROWS
INS:
Nil
OUTS:
Rory Atkins (Unrestricted free agent)
Ben Crocker (Not retained)
Brad Crouch (Restricted free agent)
Ben Davis (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Jordan Gallucci (Delisted)
Bryce Gibbs (Delisted)
Kyle Hartigan (Trade)
Riley Knight (Delisted)
David Mackay (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Myles Poholke (Delisted)
Patrick Wilson (Not retained)
BRISBANE LIONS
INS:
Nakia Cockatoo (Trade)
Joe Daniher (Restricted free agent)
Tom Fullarton (Promoted rookie)
Deividas Uosis (International)
OUTS:
Jacob Allison (Not retained)
Connor Ballenden (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
Grant Birchall (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
Allen Christensen (Retired)
Cedric Cox (Delisted)
Matt Eagles (Not retained)
Mitchell Hinge (Delisted)
Corey Lyons (Not retained)
Stefan Martin (Trade)
Rhys Mathieson (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
Sam Skinner (Not retained)
Alex Witherden (Trade)
Toby Wooller (Delisted)
CARLTON
INS:
Lachlan Fogarty (Trade)
Michael Gibbons (Promoted rookie)
Adam Saad (Trade)
Zac Williams (Restricted free agent)
OUTS:
Eddie Betts (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Hugh Goddard (Not retained)
Matthew Kennedy (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Matthew Kreuzer (Retired)
Darcy Lang (Delisted)
Harrison Macreadie (Delisted)
Callum Moore (Not retained)
Finbar O’Dwyer (Delisted)
Fraser Phillips (Not retained)
Cameron Polson (Delisted)
Ben Silvagni (Delisted)
Kade Simpson (Retired)
COLLINGWOOD
INS:
Jack Madgen (Promoted rookie)
Brody Mihocek (Promoted rookie)
OUTS:
Flynn Appleby (Not retained)
Atu Bosenavulagi (Trade)
Tim Broomhead (Not retained)
Lynden Dunn (Retired)
Tom Phillips (Trade)
Ben Reid (Retired)
Matthew Scharenberg (Delisted)
Jaidyn Stephenson (Trade)
Travis Varcoe (Retired)
Rupert Wills (Delisted)
ESSENDON
INS:
Jye Caldwell (Trade)
Nicholas Hind (Trade)
Peter Wright (Trade)
OUTS:
Josh Begley (Delisted)
Tom Bellchambers (Retired)
Dylan Clarke (*Delisted, intention to be reinstated on rookie list)
Henry Crauford (Not retained)
Joe Daniher (Restricted free agent)
Orazio Fantasia (Trade)
Martin Gleeson (*Delisted, intention to be reinstated on rookie list)
Noah Gown (Delisted)
Mitchell Hibberd (Not retained)
Conor McKenna (Retired)
Shaun McKernan (Free agent DEL)
Kobe Mutch (Delisted)
Jacob Townsend (Not retained)
Adam Saad (Trade)
FREMANTLE
INS:
Nil
OUTS:
Bailey Banfield (*Delisted – set to be rookie listed)
Brett Bewley (*Delisted – set to be rookie listed)
Isaiah Butters (Not retained)
Jason Carter (Not retained)
Hugh Dixon (Not retained)
Jesse Hogan (Trade)
Brandon Matera (Deslited)
Cameron McCarthy (Delisted)
Thomas North (Not retained)
Dillon O’Reilly (Not retained)
Jarvis Pina (Not retained)
Lachlan Schultz (*Delisted, set to be rookie listed)
GEELONG
INS:
Jeremy Cameron (Trade)
Shaun Higgins (Trade)
Isaac Smith (Unrestricted Free agent)
Paul Tsapatolis (3yr Non Reg)
OUTS:
Gary Ablett (Retired)
Nakia Cockatoo (Trade)
Lachlan Fogarty (Trade)
Jacob Kennerley (Delisted)
James Parsons (Delisted)
Blake Schlensog (Not retained)
Jack Steven (Retired)
Jake Tarca (Delisted)
Harry Taylor (Retired)
GOLD COAST
INS:
Rory Atkins (Unrestricted Free agent)
Conor Budarik (Promoted rookie)
Nick Holman (Promoted rookie)
Oleg Markov (Trade)
Malcolm Rosas Jnr (Promoted rookie)
Hawego Pul Oea (Int scholarship)
OUTS:
Jacob Dawson (Not retained)
Corey Ellis (Delisted)
Sam Fletcher (Not retained)
Pearce Hanley (Retired)
Jarrod Harbrow (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
Jacob Heron (Not retained)
Jack Hombsch (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
George Horlin-Smith (Retired)
Jesse Joyce (Delisted)
Anthony Miles (Retired)
Jordan Murdoch (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
Mitchell Riordan (Not retained)
Joshua Schoenfeld (Not retained)
Zac Smith (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
Peter Wright (Trade)
GWS GIANTS
INS:
Jack Buckley (Promoted rookie)
Jesse Hogan (Trade)
Braydon Preuss (Trade)
OUTS:
Matthew Buntine (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
Jye Caldwell (Trade)
Jeremy Cameron (Trade)
Aidan Corr (Restricted free agent)
Jackson Hately (Player-led delisting)
Sam Jacobs (Retired)
Zac Langdon (Trade)
Daniel Lloyd (*Delisted, set to move to rookie list)
Sam Reid (*Not retained, club committed to redrafting in rookie draft)
Heath Shaw (Delisted)
Thomas Sheridan (Retired)
Zachary Sproule (Not retained)
Zac Williams (Restricted free agent)
HAWTHORN
INS:
Kyle Hartigan (Trade)
Changkuoth Jiath (Promoted rookie)
Tom Phillips (Trade)
OUTS:
James Frawley (Delisted)
Will Golds (Not retained)
Conor Glass (Retired)
Ricky Henderson (Retired)
Harry Jones (Not retained)
Darren Minchington (Not retained)
Dylan Moore (*Delisted, intention to be reselected)
Paul Puopolo (Retired)
Jackson Ross (Delisted)
Isaac Smith (Unrestricted Free agent)
Ben Stratton (Delisted)
Matthew Walker (Delisted)
MELBOURNE
INS:
Ben Brown (Trade)
Jay Lockhart (Promoted rookie)
OUTS:
Harley Bennell (Not retained)
Kyle Dunkley (Not retained)
Mitchell Hannan (Trade)
James Jordan (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Kade Kolodjashnij (Retired)
Oscar McDonald (Delisted)
Aaron Nietschke (*Delisted, moving to rookie list )
Braydon Preuss (Trade)
Corey Wagner (Not retained)
Joshua Wagner (Delisted)
NORTH MELBOURNE
INS:
Aidan Corr (Restricted free agent)
Lachie Young (Trade)
Atu Bosenavulagi (Trade)
Jaidyn Stephenson (Trade)
OUTS:
Paul Ahern (Delisted)
Ben Brown (Trade)
Joel Crocker (Delisted)
Sam Durdin (Delisted)
Shaun Higgins (Trade)
Lachie Hosie (Not retained)
Ben Jacobs (Delisted)
Jamie Macmillan (Delisted)
Thomas Murphy (Not retained)
Jasper Pittard (Delisted)
Ed Vickers-Willis (Delisted)
Will Walker (*Delisted, club intends to re-list as a rookie)
Marley Williams (Delisted)
Mason Wood (Delisted)
PORT ADELAIDE
INS:
Aliir Aliir (Trade)
Orazio Fantasia (Trade)
OUTS:
Joe Atley (Delisted)
Wylie Buzza (Delisted)
Tobin Cox (Not retained)
Brad Ebert (Retired)
Riley Grundy (Not retained)
Jake Patmore (Delisted)
Cameron Sutcliffe (Not retained)
Jack Watts (Delisted)
Justin Westhoff (Retired)
RICHMOND
INS:
Liam Baker (Promoted rookie)
Mate Colina (3yr Non Reg)
OUTS:
Luke English (Delisted)
Jack Higgins (Trade)
Oleg Markov (Trade)
Ben Miller (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Fraser Turner (Delisted)
Alex Rance (Retired)
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith (Not retained)
ST KILDA
INS:
Brad Crouch (Restricted free agent)
Jack Higgins (Trade)
Shaun McKernan (Free agent DEL)
James Frawley
OUTS:
Ryan Abbott (Delisted)
Logan Austin (Delisted)
Jack Bell (Not retained)
Nathan Brown (Retired)
Oscar Clavarino (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Nicholas Hind (Trade)
Darragh Joyce (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Doulton Langlands (Not retained)
Jonathon Marsh (Not retained)
Jack Mayo (Not retained)
Matthew Parker (Delisted)
Ed Phillips (Delisted)
Shane Savage (Delisted)
SYDNEY SWANS
INS:
Joel Armatey (Promoted rookie)
Tom Hickey (Trade)
OUTS:
Aliir Aliir (Trade)
Zac Foot (Delisted)
Robbie Fox (Delisted)
Sam Gray (*Delisted, club intends to re-list in the rookie draft)
Michael Knoll (Not retained)
Jack Maibaum (Not retained)
Harry Reynolds (Not retained)
Brady Rowles (Not retained)
Ryley Stoddart (Delisted)
Jackson Thurlow (Delisted)
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WEST COAST
INS:
Harry Edwards (Promoted rookie)
Zac Langdon (Trade)
Alex Witherden (Trade)
OUTS:
Hamish Brayshaw (Not retained)
Tom Hickey (Trade)
Mark Hutchings (*Delisted, moving to rookie list)
Lewis Jetta (Delisted)
Mitchell O’Neill (Not retained)
Nicolas Reid (Not retained)
Will Schofield (Retired)
Anthony Treacy (Not retained)
Francis Watson (Delisted)
WESTERN BULLDOGS
INS:
Mitchell Hannan (Trade)
Stefan Martin (Trade)
Adam Treloar (Trade)
OUTS:
Ben Cavarra (Delisted)
Tory Dickson (Retired)
Billy Gowers (Delisted)
Fergus Greene (Delisted)
William Hayes (Delisted)
Brad Lynch (Delisted)
Callum Porter (Delisted)
Roarke Smith (*Not retained, club committed to redrafting)
Matthew Suckling (Delisted)
Jackson Trengove (Delisted)
Lachie Young (Trade)
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