Not sure where Ava Seton is going. We definitely need to be recruiting well for the VFLW side as well.
Agreed, despite some big outs we've kept most of our best 23 from last season. And while I hesitate to make optimistic predictions after thinking we were set to make finals last season, I am tentatively optimistic about the recruiting so far. On paper it looks like we should have a good midfield group again even with Hooper retiring and Lazzaro off to Werribee. It also looks like we should be able to improve at the wing position, as well as covering for the loss of Watson.
Kai Dimattina, Lachie Rankin, and James Van Es have all re-signed. Rankin of course was a must-sign, and it's good to keep Van Es and Dimattina as well. We've officially retained most of last season's defence, which performed pretty well overall.
James Lugsdin and Oliver Sestan are the latest new signings. Lugsdin played for the Giants' VFL side last season and in 2024 was playing for Sydney's VFL side. In his 26 VFL games so far, he's kicked 27.6, so he's been pretty accurate.
Sestan was just delisted by Melbourne after 3 years on their AFL list. He played as a key forward in his junior days and in his first two seasons at Casey before being moved to halfback for 2025. His 2025 season was interrupted by a hamstring injury and then a facial injury, but looking around online to see what Melbourne supporters have to say about him, I see praise for his field kicking and some surprise that he was delisted. So that sounds promising.
Tom Hofert has moved to Frankston. On the one hand, that's not a huge surprise since he only played 6 games for us last season, and if I had to choose between him and Sam Grant, Grant would have been the one I was most concerned to retain. On the other hand, with AJ Kuol Mun and Jimmy Miller both gone, this is not the ideal time to lose anyone who can ruck. Well, we will see what happens with recruiting. That's true that we likely won't hear more about rucks until after the draft.
This brings us to 26 players retained, 8 new signings, and 9 departures (though perhaps I should stop counting Wanganeen here, as if he did leave midseason he'd have been replaced then). Are VFL list sizes still set at 44? If so we have 10 spots left to be filled by re-signings or new recruits.
Not sure where Ava Seton is going. We definitely need to be recruiting well for the VFLW side as well.
Agreed, despite some big outs we've kept most of our best 23 from last season. And while I hesitate to make optimistic predictions after thinking we were set to make finals last season, I am tentatively optimistic about the recruiting so far. On paper it looks like we should have a good midfield group again even with Hooper retiring and Lazzaro off to Werribee. It also looks like we should be able to improve at the wing position, as well as covering for the loss of Watson.
Kai Dimattina, Lachie Rankin, and James Van Es have all re-signed. Rankin of course was a must-sign, and it's good to keep Van Es and Dimattina as well. We've officially retained most of last season's defence, which performed pretty well overall.
James Lugsdin and Oliver Sestan are the latest new signings. Lugsdin played for the Giants' VFL side last season and in 2024 was playing for Sydney's VFL side. In his 26 VFL games so far, he's kicked 27.6, so he's been pretty accurate.
Sestan was just delisted by Melbourne after 3 years on their AFL list. He played as a key forward in his junior days and in his first two seasons at Casey before being moved to halfback for 2025. His 2025 season was interrupted by a hamstring injury and then a facial injury, but looking around online to see what Melbourne supporters have to say about him, I see praise for his field kicking and some surprise that he was delisted. So that sounds promising.
Tom Hofert has moved to Frankston. On the one hand, that's not a huge surprise since he only played 6 games for us last season, and if I had to choose between him and Sam Grant, Grant would have been the one I was most concerned to retain. On the other hand, with AJ Kuol Mun and Jimmy Miller both gone, this is not the ideal time to lose anyone who can ruck. Well, we will see what happens with recruiting. That's true that we likely won't hear more about rucks until after the draft.
This brings us to 26 players retained, 8 new signings, and 9 departures (though perhaps I should stop counting Wanganeen here, as if he did leave midseason he'd have been replaced then). Are VFL list sizes still set at 44? If so we have 10 spots left to be filled by re-signings or new recruits.
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