View the latest AFL trade news and rumours for the Essendon Bombers. You can also find the latest player signings and player movements for the upcoming season.

Smith fined for McIntosh incident

REPORTS: Essendon enters the race for Gaff

REPORTS: Essendon and Hawthorn enter the race for Shiel

Tribunal suspend Brown for three weeks

Team Details

Established	1871
Home Ground	Etihad Stadium
Captain	Dyson Heppell
Coach	John Worsfield
Premierships	16 (1897, 1901, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000)
Wooden Spoons	5 (1907, 1918, 1921, 1933, 2016)
Brownlow Medals	Dick Reynolds (1934, 1937, 1938), Bill Hutchison (tied 1952, 1953), Graham Moss (1976), Gavin Wanganeen (1993), James Hird (tied 1996)
Norm Smith Medals	Billy Duckworth (1984), Simon Madden (1985), Michael Long (1993), James Hird (2000)
Coleman Medals	Ron Evans (1959, 1960), Ted Fordham (1966), Matthew Lloyd (2000, 2001, 2003)
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2019 Player Movements

2019 Gains None
2019 Losses None
Re-Signed Joshua Begley (2020), Tom Bellchambers (2020), Dylan Clarke (2019), Orazio Fantasia (2021), Martin Gleeson (2020), Kyle Langford (2020), Andrew McGrath (2020), Kobe Mutch (2020), Jordan Ridley (2020)
Off Contract 2018 Mitch Brown, Matt Dea, Josh Green, Michael Hartley, Jayden Laverde, Matthew Leuenberger, Jake Long, Shaun McKernan, Jackson Merrett, James Stewart

2018 Playing Squad

Player	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
AMBROSE, Patrick	✔	✔
BAGULEY, Mark	?
BEGLEY, Joshua	✔	✔	✔
BELLCHAMBERS, Tom	✔	✔	✔
BROWN, Mitch	✔
CLARKE, Dylan	✔	✔
COLYER, Travis	✔	✔
DANIHER, Joe	✔	✔	✔
DEA, Matt	✔
DRAPER, Sam	✔	✔
FANTASIA, Orazio	✔	✔	✔	✔
FRANCIS, Aaron	✔	✔
GLEESON, Martin	✔	✔	✔
GODDARD, Brendon	?
GREEN, Josh	✔
GUELFI, Matt	✔	✔
HARTLEY, Michael	✔
HEPPELL, Dyson (c)	✔	✔	✔
HOOKER, Cale	✔	✔	✔	✔
HOULAHAN, Jordan	✔	✔
HURLEY, Michael	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
LANGFORD, Kyle	✔	✔	✔
LAVENDER, Luke	?
LAVERDE, Jayden	✔
LEUENBERGER, Matthew	✔
LONG, Jake	✔
MCDONALD-TIPUNGWUTI, Anthony	✔	✔
MCGRATH, Andrew	✔	✔	✔
MCKENNA, Conor	✔	✔	✔	✔
MCKERNAN, Shaun	✔
MCNIECE, Ben	?
MERRETT, Jackson	✔
MERRETT, Zach	✔	✔	✔	✔
MUTCH, Kobe	✔	✔	✔
MYERS, David	✔	✔
PARISH, Darcy	✔	✔
REDMAN, Mason	✔	✔
RIDLEY, Jordan	✔	✔	✔
SAAD, Adam	✔	✔	✔
SMITH, Devon	✔	✔	✔	✔
STEWART, James	✔
STRINGER, Jake	✔	✔	✔	✔
ZAHARAKIS, David	✔	✔	✔	✔
ZERK-THATCHER, Brandon	✔	✔