Dees cut ties with former No.2 pick

Former No.2 pick Josh Schache’s AFL career could be over after he was delisted by his third club Melbourne on Tuesday.

The Demons’ decision not to offer the 27-year-old tall a new contract comes after he only managed one senior game in 2024 despite the club’s forward-line dysfunction and Max Gawn’s late-season injury.

Schache, who was taken with pick 2 by Brisbane in the 2015 draft, played 27 games in two seasons at the Lions before he moved back to Victoria to join the Western Bulldogs.

He never managed to play more than 14 games in a season in his five years at Whitten Oval but found form during the Dogs’ 2021 fi

After four games in two seasons at the Demons, including as an unused substitute in their semi-final loss to Carlton, Schache was axed along with category B rookie Kyah Farris-White.

Melbourne list boss Tim Lamb said the decisions on which out-of-contract players to retain and cut were “always challenging”.

“On behalf of everyone at the club, we would like to thank Josh and Kyah for what they have given to our program over the past two years,” Lamb said.

“We wish them both all the best for the next chapter in their respective journeys.”

Bombers cut ties with son of a great
Essendon has moved fast to turn their list around after a disappointing fade out in 2024, delisting three players including Tex Wanganeen, the son of club legend and Brownlow medallist Gavin.

Just two days after the season ended with a loss to the Brisbane Lions, Essendon’s seventh loss in the final 10 games, Wanganeen, Nick Hind and injury-plagued defender Kaine Baldwin were told their services were no longer required.

Hind played 15 games in 2023, his last being in round 19, but many as the sub and ends his time at Essendon with 74 games, having played 21 at St Kilda.

He infamously caught Covid after visiting the shops to buy a hot chicken when the pandemic hit the AFL.

Father-son selection Wanganeen signed with the club during the 2022 pre-season supplemental selection Period and played five games in his debut season in 2022.

But injuries held him backs and that’s the number of AFL games he’ll finish on at Essendon.