Nick's Collingwood Bulletin Board

Premiership players who immediately departed to join another club:

Jack Ginnivan (Collingwood - 2023) = Joined Hawthorn

Brandon Ellis (Richmond - 2019) = Joined Gold Coast

Scott Lycett (West Coast - 2018) = Joined Port Adelaide

Joel Hamling (Western Bulldogs - 2016) = Joined Fremantle

Matt Suckling (Hawthorn - 2015) = Joined Western Bulldogs

Lance Franklin (Hawthorn - 2013) = Joined Sydney

Steven King (Geelong - 2007) = Joined St Kilda

Josh Carr (Port Adelaide - 2004) = Joined Fremantle
Jarrad Schofield (Port Adelaide - 2004) = Joined Fremantle

Des Headland (Brisbane Lions - 2002) = Joined Fremantle

Brett Allison (North Melbourne - 1999) = Joined Sydney
Cameron Mooney (North Melbourne - 1999) = Joined Geelong
Scott Welsh (North Melbourne - 1999) = Joined Adelaide

Terry Wallace (Hawthorn - 1986) = Joined Richmond

Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton - 1979) = Joined St Kilda

Barry Goodingham (North Melbourne - 1975) = Joined South Melbourne
John Rantall (North Melbourne - 1975) = Joined South Melbourne

Adrian Gallagher (Carlton - 1972) = Joined Footscray

Ron Barassi (Melbourne - 1964) = Joined Carlton

Gordon Lane (Essendon - 1949) = Joined South Melbourne

Norm Smith (Melbourne - 1948) = Joined Fitzroy

Charlie Dibbs (Collingwood - 1935) = Joined Geelong

Bill Hudd (Geelong - 1925) = Joined Essendon

Tom Fitzmaurice (Essendon - 1924) = Joined Geelong

Mick Grace (Carlton - 1907) = Joined St Kilda

Alf Sharp (Fitzroy - 1904) = Joined Carlton

Wow, Jezza! Howdya find all that?!

And I know I can trust your info!!

Some big names back further in time...

^ Took a bit of time, but went through every single premiership player.

My source was AFL Tables.

^ but out of interest, how many of those players were still under contract? Bet that shortens the list considerably!

maurs64 wrote:^ but out of interest, how many of those players were still under contract? Bet that shortens the list considerably!

Going back to Franklin's move in 2013, all of them were out of contract players except for Ginnivan.

Before that, details of contracts are scarce.

So in an odd way Piesnchess could be right. Ginnivan could be the first contracted player to leave a premiership team.

Well, no - Franklin beat him to it. What he just may be is the first premiership player emptied out so promptly and unceremoniously by his club?

Pies4shaw wrote:Well, no - Franklin beat him to it. What he just may be is the first premiership player emptied out so promptly and unceremoniously by his club?

This sounds about right. It takes two to tango and I suspect that the club played a leading role in the process. Wrighty went from “required player” to sealing a deal extremely quickly for a reason that obviously didn’t concur with the former comment. It was incredibly weird IMO.

maurs64 wrote:So in an odd way Piesnchess could be right. Ginnivan could be the first contracted player to leave a premiership team.

Maybe...

Sure came as a shock.