INS & OUTS 2026

[wenchbarwer]

Latest from the SANFL website:

Adelaide
COMING
Reuben Hill (Cummins-Kappinie)

GOING
Jack Madgen (Richmond VFL Coach), Harry Schoenberg (delisted), Lachlan Murphy (delisted), Brodie Smith (retired), Matt Crouch (retired), Karl Gallagher (delisted), Dylan Whimpress, Jayden Davis, Steve Burton, Harry Cook, Tommy McCormack, Kyan Smith, Chase Neutze

Central District
COMING
Callum McCarty (South Adelaide)

GOING
Mani Liddy (Port Adelaide), Kade Dittmar (Norwood), Jack Callinan (Tasmania VFL), Zach Adams (Tasmania VFL), Jai Larkins (Southport), Marcus Barreau (retired), Harvey Howe (Unley Jets), Jake Gasper, Nick Lange

Glenelg
COMING

GOING
Max Proud (retired), Luke Reynolds (retired/Midura), Jarryd Lyons (retired/Hahndorf), Riley Holder (Cove), Will Chandler (work/NSW), Liam Wisdom (Queensland), Harry Ramm (Port Adelaide), Oscar Adams (Gold Coast Suns)

North Adelaide
COMING

GOING
Keenan Ramsey (retired), Ewan Mackinlay (Port Adelaide), Lee Minervini (retired/Modbury), James Willis (Modbury), Noah Casalini (Queensland), Charlie Dinning (Horsham), Brodie Findlay (Victoria), Nigel Lockyer (Darwin), Jack McCann (Flinders Park), Jake Patmore, Will Tasker

Norwood
COMING
Kade Dittmar (Central District)

GOING
Connor McLean (retired), Jacob Newton (West Coast), Will Rowlands (NT), Jack Saunders, George McLeod

Port Adelaide
COMING

GOING
Travis Boak (retired), Willie Rioli (retired/Tiwi Bombers), Rory Atkins (retired), Ryan Burton (delisted), Dylan Williams (delisted), Jed McEntee (delisted), Hugh Jackson (delisted), Jeremy Finlayson (delisted), Lachie Charleson (delisted/East Point, Ballarat)

South Adelaide
COMING
Koby Cockshell (Mount Barker)

GOING
Jake Summerton (retired), 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)

Sturt
COMING

GOING
Henry Carey (retired), James Mathews (retired/McLaren Districts)

West Adelaide
COMING

GOING
Isaac Johnson (retired), Liam Delahunty (Reynella), Riley Corbett (Ganmain Grong Grong Matong Lions), Dylan McCormick (Flagstaff Hill)

Woodville-West Torrens
COMING

GOING
Luke McKay (Wagga Tigers), David Brinker-Ritchie (North Ballarat)

[CENTURION]

Looks like we're all going to need to do some serious recruiting!

[TDJ44]

Looks like we're all going to need to do some serious recruiting!

Some more than others...

[TDJ44]

CDFC Rebuilding the rebuild we started 3 years ago.

We need to replace; Liddy Dittmar Adams Callinan Lange IMHO

Fahey and Mccarty does some of that.

Can Mark Ross bring in some A grade talent.

Every season seems like a rebuild, probably why we never really challenge the top teams.

[BoomBabyDagger]

Still no confirmation of Patton to Glenelg?
Has he had a change of heart with the new coach arriving and a few leaving the bay?

[saintal]

The South Adelaide Football Club is pleased to welcome new recruit Riley Baldi for 2026.

Baldi is a hard-working, intelligent midfielder who can rotate forward, renowned for his stoppage craft, work rate, and consistent ball-winning at VFL level. Such is his work ethic that he was appointed Casey Vice Captain this year.

In 2025 he produced regular high possession games during a strong season that saw Casey progress deep into the VFL finals series.

Just as importantly Riley is a good friend of Panther Captain Sam Skinner, also hailing from Moe in Gippsland.

[Booney]

Jacob Surjan has been added as a development coach at Port Adelaide and will lead the SANFL side.

[CENTURION]

Montgomery is an OUT for the CDFC, having a spell away from the SANFL.




Great.

[TDJ44]

Montgomery is an OUT for the CDFC, having a spell away from the SANFL.




Great.

So who from the current playing list has signed for 2026?

[whufc]

Montgomery is an OUT for the CDFC, having a spell away from the SANFL.




Great.

Was always on the cards once he was congratulating players on facebook who had left the club.

Guessing he wasn't overly happy there.

[wenchbarwer]

Most 25 year olds when they leave the SANFL, don't come back

[UK Fan]

The Central District Football Club is today very excited to announce the signing of talented former GWS player, Josh Fahey.

Josh 21, stands at 187cm, played 7 senior games with the Giants after debuting in season 2023. Selected with pick 42 in the 2021 AFL Draft, Fahey, predominantly played his AFL/VFL football as a hard-running wingman/half back.

Before being drafted, Fahey starred for the AFL Academy against a Geelong VFL side in 2021 winning the AFL Commission Chairman’s Medal as the Academy’s best player.

After overcoming a shoulder reconstruction in 2022, Fahey broke through for his AFL debut in 2023. Josh missed several games in 2024 with a foot injury and spent 2025 playing consistent football in the VFL.

Football Manager Mark Ross had the following to say about Josh.

"Josh has speed, evasiveness, and a silky left foot which he uses to break the game open. We see Josh as a vital acquisition to our team as he will add balance to our inside & outside game. Josh despite playing a lot of football across half back & wing will certainly push into our midfield and is very dangerous forward of the ball."

Originally from the Queanbeyan Football Club in Canberra, Josh is excited to be joining his close friend Harry Grant at the Ponderosa.

We’d like to welcome Josh, his partner Monique, and their families to the Dogs.

[southernbulldog]

We are going to need to do some serious recruiting to be anywhere near competitive next season.

[pmackk]

Anyone going to challenge us next season i can only see us getting better few back from injuries a few good recruits can’t see us dropping much at all.

[am Bays]

Norwood Sturt GF odds on, for 2026, the GF that was supposed to occur in 2024 if not for some interloper…

[Jim05]

Anyone going to challenge us next season i can only see us getting better few back from injuries a few good recruits can’t see us dropping much at all.

I would hope that we improve enough to at least give you a decent run. Boyd will obviously be the key to that but haven’t looked to have lost anyone of any real note yet and with the addition of Dittmar plus a few other recruits that should be very handy in this comp it should make things interesting I’d hope.
Glenelg will still also be thereabouts I’d assume and who knows how well the others recruit

[azza1719]

A shame Montgomerie has left. That's a few leaving us recently in their prime. Jez, Montgomerie & Dittmar. Wonder how many would be there if coach was different.

[southernbulldog]

Agreed

[northerner]

Montgomery is an OUT for the CDFC, having a spell away from the SANFL.




Great.

Was always on the cards once he was congratulating players on facebook who had left the club.

Guessing he wasn't overly happy there.

This says more about the relevance of the SANFL in the current landscape than a rebuff of the Dogs. Montgomerie has Lange as a team mate at South Mildura. Both could play league elsewhere if not happy at the Dogs. Montgomerie was in the SANFL TotY and the State team and yet he is still happy to turn his back on the comp. The money would clearly be a lure, but once upon a time just to play SANFL was enough.

As the fans lose interest, so do players.

[southernbulldog]

Doesnt happen at sides like Sturt,Norwood ,Glenelg etc