The Australian Football League (AFL) has distributed the updated 2019 list of Restricted, Unrestricted and Delisted Free Agents 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 free agency period, following the 2019 Toyota AFL Premiership Season.



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. Should his original Club match the offer, and the Restricted Free Agent Player does not wish to remain with his original Club, he must enter the National 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 have seen 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 eight years to then qualify for Unrestricted Free Agency at 10 years has been removed (irrespective of when a player had signed his previous contract, all ten-year players are Unrestricted Free Agents);

A Player who at any time becomes or has previously become a Free Agent will be a Free Agent at the end of each subsequent Standard Playing Contract. Furthermore, they will be considered an Unrestricted Free Agent regardless of their ranking on the Club’s Primary List; and

Any Player taken in the 2019 Mid-Season Rookie Draft, who was previously delisted by an AFL Club, has been included on the 2019 Free Agency List.



2019 Restricted Free Agents

Sam Jacobs (Adelaide Crows)

Jack Newnes (St Kilda)



2019 Unrestricted Free Agents

Adelaide Crows

Paul Hunter (Rookie)*



Brisbane Lions

Ryan Lester*

Ryan Bastinac (Rookie)*



Carlton

Dale Thomas*

Josh Deluca (Rookie)*



Collingwood

Ben Reid

Jamie Elliott

Lynden Dunn*

Tim Broomhead (Rookie)*

Sam Murray (Rookie)*



Essendon

Zac Clarke (Rookie)*

Michael Hartley*

Mitch Brown*

Will Snelling (Rookie)*



Fremantle

Hayden Ballantyne

Ryan Nyhuis (Rookie)*



Geelong Cats

Scott Selwood*



Gold Coast SUNS

Tom Nicholls

Jack Leslie (Rookie)*

Brad Scheer (Rookie)*

Harrison Wigg (Rookie)*



GWS GIANTS

Adam Tomlinson

Tom Sheridan*

Dylan Buckley (Rookie)*



Hawthorn

Grant Birchall

Paul Puopolo

Ryan Schoenmakers*

Darren Minchington*

Tim Mohr (Rookie)*



Port Adelaide

Matthew Broadbent

Jack Trengove*

Cameron Sutcliffe (Rookie)*

Cam Hewett (Rookie)*



Richmond

Maverick Weller (Rookie)*

Jacob Townsend (Rookie)*



St Kilda

David Armitage

Nathan Brown*

Lewis Pierce (Rookie)*

Sam Rowe (Rookie)*



Sydney Swans

Daniel Menzel*



West Coast Eagles

Chris Masten

Will Schofield

Fraser McInnes (Rookie)*

Keegan Brooksby (Rookie)*

Josh Smith (Rookie)*



Western Bulldogs

Tory Dickson

Fletcher Roberts

Ryan Gardner (Rookie)*

Roarke Smith (Rookie)*



*Previously qualified as a Free Agent