Players across the land will be crossing their fingers and training the house down in coming weeks, as the dreaded list-culling season approaches.
Whether it be a respected veteran looking to go around once more (à la Jake Melksham), a lowly draft pick who hasn't quite cracked the seniors (like a Reece Torrent), or a fringe player whose side is flying (à la Bailey Banfield), there are tough calls to be made at all 18 AFL clubs.
Who will be knocking on the coach's door in the hopes of finding out where he stands in the coming weeks, at your club?
Take a look!
North Melbourne
Brayden George is yet to debut at the level after his 2022 drafting. Granted, 2023 was a year spent rehabbing the ACL injury he came into the system with, but his form at VFL level since has not warranted a senior call-up, which is alarming.
Callum Coleman-Jones has added 28 games to the nine he played at Richmond since joining the Roos ahead of the 2022 season. With Xerri and Trembath splitting ruck reps, it may be curtains for the tall's AFL career.
Expect decisions to be made around the futures of the out-of-contract Toby Pink, Josh Goater, Aidan Corr, Cooper Harvey and Robert Hansen too, as the club look to finally escape the mire that is the AFL ladder's lower rungs.
