Eastern Football League side Balwyn will now be without two of their high-profile recruits for the 2018 season, after former AFL players Daniel Gorringe and Henry Schade left the club.
The pair have not trained since Christmas, with Rodney Eade unveiled as the Tigers' coach in mid-January.
Both Gorringe and Schade were delisted under Eade, with the pair playing two and 20 games for Eade respectively.
Balwyn football manager Paul Johnson touched on the pair's decision to leave, but said they were still under contract.
โTheyโre required players, the club hasnโt got replacements for them so those conversations will need to continue between the coach, president and myself,โ Johnson said.
โIt leaves us in a very bad spot simple because all the good players (recruits) are gone and all of a sudden now we havenโt got a No.1 ruckman and where we wanted three tall backmen, now weโve only got two.
โThat is the reason we expect them to honour their contracts.โ
Johnson was especially disappointed to lose Schade, with the Tigers hoping for big things from the defender.
โSchade is a very nice fella, very nice guy and as Iโve said, thought he might have been our next captain,โ Johnson added.
โVery disappointing to lose (him), we spoke and he was going to sit down and catch up with โRocketโ but until that happens the club feels that they wonโt be releasing him.โ
