PORT ADELAIDE reigning best and fairest Justin Westhoff and experienced defender Matthew Broadbent have been named among the list of AFL free agents at the end of the season.
Both Westhoff and Broadbent are unrestricted free agents, which means they can automatically move to the club of their choice if they want to once their contract expires.
The AFL on Monday distributed the list of restricted and unrestricted free agent players to the 18 clubs across the competition.
Under the rules that were agreed between the AFL and AFL Players Association (AFLPA) in February 2010, restricted and unrestricted free agents may consider offers from rival clubs during the post-season period, following the 2019 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. An offer to a player only includes capped salary and capped ASA (Additional Service Agreements) amounts.
Under the AFL Player Rules, an unrestricted free agent may automatically move to the club of his choice. An offer to a restricted free agent may be matched by his club, which has right of first refusal over his services. If the restricted free agent player does not wish to remain with his original club, he must enter the draft or seek a trade.
Compensation in the form of AFL allocated draft picks will apply to clubs with a net loss of free agents, based on the formula determined by the AFL.
In 2019 we see the implementation of the following changes to Free Agency previously agreed between the AFL and AFLPA. The new conditions are as follows:
- The condition that a player must have come out of contract after 8 years to then qualify for unrestricted free agency at 10 years has been removed. All Players coming out of contract after their eighth year are now unrestricted Free Agents.
- A Player previously delisted by any Club (Delisted Free Agent) will be a Delisted Free Agent at the end of each subsequent contract.
Below is the 2019 Free Agency List which includes Restricted, Unrestricted and Delisted Free Agents (currently on Club lists) across the competition.
2019 Restricted Free Agents
Stephen Coniglio (GWS GIANTS)
Brandon Ellis (Richmond)
Jack Newnes (St Kilda)
2019 Unrestricted Free Agents
Sam Jacobs (Adelaide Crows)
Richard Douglas (Adelaide Crows)
David Mackay (Adelaide Crows)
Andy Otten (Adelaide Crows)
Cameron Ellis-Yolmen (Rookie, Adelaide Crows)
Ryan Lester (Brisbane Lions)
Matthew Kreuzer (Carlton)
Ed Curnow (Carlton)
Levi Casboult (Carlton)
Kade Simpson (Carlton)
Ben Reid (Collingwood)
Jamie Elliot (Collingwood)
Tyson Goldsack (Collingwood)
Mark Baguley (Essendon)
David Myers (Essendon)
Stephen Hill (Fremantle)
David Mundy (Fremantle)
Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)
Hayden Ballantyne (Fremantle)
Harry Taylor (Geelong Cats)
Jed Bews (Geelong Cats)
Sam Day (Gold Coast SUNS)
Tom Nicholls (Gold Coast SUNS)
Alex Sexton (Gold Coast SUNS)
Michael Rischitelli (Rookie, Gold Coast SUNS)
Adam Tomlinson (GWS GIANTS)
Matthew Buntine (GWS GIANTS)
Grant Birchall (Hawthorn)
Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn)
Paul Puopolo (Hawthorn)
Ryan Schoenmakers (Hawthorn)
Ben Stratton (Hawthorn)
Nathan Jones (Melbourne)
Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne)
Majak Daw (North Melbourne)
Scott Thompson (North Melbourne)
Sam Wright (North Melbourne)
Matthew Broadbent (Port Adelaide)
Justin Westhoff (Port Adelaide)
Shane Edwards (Richmond)
David Astbury (Richmond)
Bachar Houli (Richmond)
Shaun Grigg (Richmond)
David Armitage (St Kilda)
Jarryn Geary (St Kilda)
Harry Cunningham (Sydney Swans)
Heath Grundy (Sydney Swans)
Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney Swans)
Nick Smith (Sydney Swans)
Nic Naitanui (West Coast Eagles)
Chris Masten (West Coast Eagles)
Will Schofield (West Coast Eagles)
Fraser McInnes (Rookie, West Coast Eagles)
Tory Dickson (Western Bulldogs)
Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)
Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs)
Liam Picken (Western Bulldogs)
Fletcher Roberts (Western Bulldogs)
