INS & OUTS 2026

[Mr Fuller]

Jake Gaspar signs at South.

I don't know how you guys are affording all these recruits this year!!!!

[southernbulldog]

Be very surprised if South dont play finals with their list

[DOC]

Jake Gaspar signs at South.

I don't know how you guys are affording all these recruits this year!!!!

We pay huge sign on fees and regular under the table payments which are not reflected in our contracts lodged with the SANFL. Most get a cushy 20 hour a week job with big pay. We also provide beachfront location accommodations with access to the cubs on call concierge facility.

[am Bays]

Jake Gaspar signs at South.

I don't know how you guys are affording all these recruits this year!!!!

We pay huge sign on fees and regular under the table payments which are not reflected in our contracts lodged with the SANFL. Most get a cushy 20 hour a week job with big pay. We also provide beachfront location accommodations with access to the cubs on call concierge facility.

So the Tuckey and Cupido contracts are still on file at Noarlunga?

[Mr Fuller]

Jake Gaspar signs at South.

I don't know how you guys are affording all these recruits this year!!!!

We pay huge sign on fees and regular under the table payments which are not reflected in our contracts lodged with the SANFL. Most get a cushy 20 hour a week job with big pay. We also provide beachfront location accommodations with access to the cubs on call concierge facility.

So that's the secret !!! Your forgot the bracing sea breeze and the vicinity to the wine regions!!

In all honesty (and admiration) a pretty handy recruiting drive. Nothing less than a top 3 spot at the end of the minor round should be the goal.

2 players delisted from AFL squads (Schoenmaker & Mitchell)
1 returned from an AFL list (Delean)
1 key player returned from o/s (Draper)
2 from the VFL (Baldi and Moimoi)
1 from the WAFL (Sparks)
1 from the SANFL (also ex VFL) (Gaspar)

[DOC]

I would expect 5 of them to be in our best side . That is based purely on my assessment. I think you have missed Verrall who is a returning junior , delisted by Melbourne, and I think he w8ll be our first choice ruck.

As we all know, the season takes its toll on many players and opportunities will arise for the others.

[CENTURION]

Be very surprised if South dont play finals with their list

You say that every year.

[CENTURION]

I would expect 5 of them to be in our best side . That is based purely on my assessment. I think you have missed Verrall who is a returning junior , delisted by Melbourne, and I think he w8ll be our first choice ruck.

As we all know, the season takes its toll on many players and opportunities will arise for the others.

BUT.................who has South lost!

[DOC]

I would expect 5 of them to be in our best side . That is based purely on my assessment. I think you have missed Verrall who is a returning junior , delisted by Melbourne, and I think he w8ll be our first choice ruck.

As we all know, the season takes its toll on many players and opportunities will arise for the others.

BUT.................who has South lost!

Just a geriatric and a couple of no hopers.

[wenchbarwer]

Jake Gaspar signs at South.

I don't know how you guys are affording all these recruits this year!!!!

We pay huge sign on fees and regular under the table payments which are not reflected in our contracts lodged with the SANFL. Most get a cushy 20 hour a week job with big pay. We also provide beachfront location accommodations with access to the cubs on call concierge facility.

So that's the secret !!! Your forgot the bracing sea breeze and the vicinity to the wine regions!!

In all honesty (and admiration) a pretty handy recruiting drive. Nothing less than a top 3 spot at the end of the minor round should be the goal.

2 players delisted from AFL squads (Schoenmaker & Mitchell)
1 returned from an AFL list (Delean)
1 key player returned from o/s (Draper)
2 from the VFL (Baldi and Moimoi)
1 from the WAFL (Sparks)
1 from the SANFL (also ex VFL) (Gaspar)

2 returning from AFL lists, WIll Verrall as well

[CENTURION]

I would expect 5 of them to be in our best side . That is based purely on my assessment. I think you have missed Verrall who is a returning junior , delisted by Melbourne, and I think he w8ll be our first choice ruck.

As we all know, the season takes its toll on many players and opportunities will arise for the others.

BUT.................who has South lost!

Just a geriatric and a couple of no hopers.

Jake Summerton (retired/Wallaroo), Liam Fitt (retired/McLaren Districts), Jaiden Magor (work interstate), Noah Howes (Collingwood), Will Splann (Tasmania VFL), Tom Wheaton (Nhill), Cameron Kirkland (Reynella), Callum McCarty (Central District), Damon Freitag (Interstate), Jacob Collins (Tasman – Port Lincoln), Sam Hindes (Sturt), Dayne McGary (Onkaparinga Valley), Dakota Sterzl (Port Adelaide SANFL), Aaron Douglass,

still some good talent that's left though.
I guess time will tell hey.

[pompy]

Alex Van Wyk training with the Power following Ivan Soldo doing his ACL.
Will be impossible for NAFC to replace if he gets picked up so late in pre-season.

[wenchbarwer]

Alex Van Wyk training with the Power following Ivan Soldo doing his ACL.
Will be impossible for NAFC to replace if he gets picked up so late in pre-season.

From memory, weren't a few AFL clubs interested last year, before he got injured?

[UK Fan]

Alex Van Wyk training with the Power following Ivan Soldo doing his ACL.
Will be impossible for NAFC to replace if he gets picked up so late in pre-season.

The poor local/ammo clubs.

Still amazed this was genuinely a proposed argument.

[wenchbarwer]

Alex Van Wyk training with the Power following Ivan Soldo doing his ACL.
Will be impossible for NAFC to replace if he gets picked up so late in pre-season.

The poor local/ammo clubs.

Still amazed this was genuinely a proposed argument.

Please stop pretending you understand the local clubs plight. It’s very condescending.

[UK Fan]

Alex Van Wyk training with the Power following Ivan Soldo doing his ACL.
Will be impossible for NAFC to replace if he gets picked up so late in pre-season.

The poor local/ammo clubs.

Still amazed this was genuinely a proposed argument.

Please stop pretending you understand the local clubs plight. It’s very condescending.

I rest my case.

[Brodlach]

Listening to Bassett on the radio he has given me some hope this season than I had to be consistent and more competitive. Sounds like he really has bought in to the club and is teaching the players a lot. Two education sessions a week for the players.

No finals obviously but small moving forward steps.

[robranisgod]

Alex Van Wyk training with the Power following Ivan Soldo doing his ACL.
Will be impossible for NAFC to replace if he gets picked up so late in pre-season.

He is not eligible to be taken pre season, I don't know the rules, but he is eligible for that dreadful mid season draft.
It looks as though North will have him for about half the season as happened with Ewan MacKinlay last year and Jacob Bauer in 2022.

[southernbulldog]

Dont be surprised if Port have their usual whinge to the SANFL to get what they want
and the gutless SANFL will back down like they always do

[CENTURION]

The Central District Football Club is excited to announce the signing of NSW/ACT player Jensen Hargreaves.

Hargreaves, 19, and standing at 180cm, is a product of the GWS Academy and spent the 2025 season playing senior football with Yarrawonga Football Club in the Ovens & Murray League.

Originally from Hay, NSW, Jensen is a talented, hardworking, and exceptionally quick player. He is a highly skilled small forward or midfielder who has also shown versatility running off half-back.

Football Manager Mark Ross had the following to say about the club’s latest signing:
“Jensen has a high work rate, a tremendous burst of speed, and the ability to break the lines with his run and carry. When watching a couple of other players at the U18 Championships for NSW/ACT, it was hard not to notice Jensen and the weapons he brings to a game.”
We warmly welcome Jensen, his partner Ella, and both their families to the Ponderosa.