WRFL
Spotswood has signed former Carlton AFL player Nick Graham for the 2024 Western Region Football League division 1 season. Graham played 48 games for the Blues between 2013 and 2018, kicking 11 goals across his career. Graham returns to Sportswood after playing at the club in the Covid interrupted season of 2021, where he won the league best and fairest and the club best and fairest award. Spotswood has also re-signed Shamus Tippett and Brandon Walshe for the season.
AFLW
Western Bulldogs forward Brit Gutknecht was deemed free to play against West Coast over the weekend after overcoming a rough conduct charge at the AFL tribunal. The tackle on Sydney’s Paige Sheppard was hotly debated however was cleared of any wrongdoing on the basis that the tribunal did not assess the act as careless.
VFL
A few key players of Williamstown’s Victorian Football League side have left the club. VFL games record holder Ben Jolley has called time on his career at the Seagull’s after 306 VFL games, 233 of those at Williamstown, where he was premiership captain in 2015, a multiple best and fairest winner and multiple VFL team of the year player. Joel Ottavi is also leaving the club after 60 games at the club and 98 goals. Josh Pickess also played 60 games and kicked 53 goals for the club and will be departing. Former Frankston captain Jason Pongracic is leaving the Seagulls after 100 VFL games, 50 of them being at the club.
