2017 Carlton Football Club season

The 2017 AFL season will be the 121st season in the Australian Football League contested by the Carlton Football Club. The club's women's team will also contest the inaugural season of the AFL Women's competition.

Club summary

The 2017 AFL season will the 121st season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 121th season contested by the Carlton Football Club. Carlton continued its alignment with the Northern Blues in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Northern Blues when not selected in AFL matches.

The club will also field its women's team in the inaugural season of the AFL Women's competition, running in February and March. Carlton was one of four Victorian clubs granted a license in June 2016 for the eight-team competition.^[1]

Senior Personnel

Mark LoGiudice continued as club president, a role he had held since June 2014.^[2]

Former Western Bulldogs women's exhibition series senior coach Damien Keeping joined the club as the coach of the women's team.^[3]

Squad for 2017

The following is Carlton's squad for the 2017 season as of 31 October 2016, partway during trade period.

Statistics are correct as of end of 2016 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Senior List[4]
No.	State	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of Birth	Age (end 2016)	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2016)	Goals (end 2016)
1		Jack Silvagni	191	81	17 December 1997	19	2016	Oakleigh (U18)	8	7
3		Marc Murphy (c)	180	80	19 September 1987	29	2006	Oakleigh (U18)	214	157
4		Bryce Gibbs (lg)	188	85	15 March 1989	27	2007	Glenelg	209	120
5		Sam Petrevski-Seton	181	76	19 February 1998	18	–	Claremont	–	–
6		Kade Simpson (vc)	182	75	5 May 1984	32	2003	Eastern (U18)	264	127
7		Dylan Buckley	179	75	16 March 1993	23	2013	Northern (U18)	38	16
8		Matthew Kreuzer	200	103	13 May 1989	27	2008	Northern (U18)	72
9		Patrick Cripps (lg)	190	88	18 March 1995	21	2014	East Fremantle	44	16
10		Harry McKay	200	84	24 December 1997	19	–	Gippsland (U18)	–	–
11		Sam Kerridge	188	85	26 April 1993	23	2012	Bendigo (U18), Adelaide	48	29
12		Blaine Boekhorst	184	75	2 September 1993	23	2015	Swan Districts	18	8
13		Jed Lamb	182	83	19 October 1992	24	2013	Gippsland (U18), Sydney, GWS	37	30
14		Liam Jones	198	98	24 February 1991	25	2010	North Hobart, Western Bulldogs	83	84
15		Sam Docherty (lg)	184	85	18 October 1993	23	2013	Gippsland (U18), Brisbane Lions	70	11
16		Billie Smedts	189	76	8 June 1992	24	2012	Geelong (U18), Geelong	38	19
17		Sam Rowe	198	96	19 November 1987	29	2013	Murray (U18), Sydney, Norwood	73	15
18		Kristian Jaksch	196	90	7 October 1994	22	2013	Oakleigh (U18), GWS	14	3
19		Liam Sumner	177	75	16 August 1993	23	2012	Sandringham (U18), GWS	28	17
20		Lachie Plowman	192	90	11 September 1994	22	2013	Calder (U18), GWS	39	1
22		Caleb Marchbank	193	90	7 December 1996	20	2015	Murray (U18), GWS	7	0
23		Jacob Weitering	195	94	23 November 1997	19	2016	Dandenong (U18)	20	2
24		Rhys Palmer	181	82	13 February 1989	27	2008	East Fremantle, Fremantle, GWS	122	95
25		Zac Fisher	175	61	15 June 1998	18	–	Perth	–	–
26		Harrison Macreadie	195	82	11 April 1998	18	–	Henty	–	–
27		Dennis Armfield	181	81	22 December 1986	30	2008	Swan Districts	140	73
28		David Cuningham	183	78	30 March 1997	19	2016	Oakleigh (U18)	3	–
29		Cameron Polson	177	77	11 March 1998	18	–	Sandringham (U18)	–	–
30		Charlie Curnow	191	95	3 February 1997	19	2016	Geelong (U18)	6	5
31		Tom Williamson	190	79	12 December 1998	18	–	North Ballarat (U18)	–	–
32		Nicholas Graham	182	80	12 June 1994	22	2013	Gippsland (U18)	28	7
33		Jarrod Pickett	178	78	18 August 1996	20	–	South Fremantle, GWS	–	–
34		Andrew Phillips	202	98	3 July 1991	25	2012	Lauderdale, GWS	30	11
35		Ed Curnow (lg)	182	84	7 November 1989	27	2011	Geelong (U18), Adelaide, Box Hill	109	16
36		Patrick Kerr	194	93	31 July 1998	18	–	Oakleigh (U18)	–	–
37		Daniel Gorringe	200	96	2 June 1992	24	2011	Norwood, Gold Coast	26	11
38		Ciarán Byrne	188	90	6 December 1994	22	2015	Louth GAA	12	–
39		Dale Thomas	185	84	21 June 1987	29	2006	Gippsland (U18), Collingwood	200	141
41		Levi Casboult	199	100	15 March 1990	26	2012	Dandenong (U18)	72	71
43		Simon White	190	93	17 June 1988	28	2010	Subiaco	76	12
46		Matthew Wright	178	76	14 December 1989	27	2011	North Adelaide, Adelaide	116	85
Rookie List[4]
No.	State	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
21		Ciarán Sheehan	188	80	19 November 1990	26	2014	Cork GAA	4	–
40		Jesse Glass-McCasker	195	95	3 January 1997	19	–	Swan Districts	–	–
42		Kym LeBois	175	66	22 May 1998	18	–	North Adelaide	–	–
44		Alex Silvagni	192	92	29 September 1987	29	2010	Casey, Fremantle	53	10
45		Andrew Gallucci	178	67	28 January 1994	22	–	Calder (U18), Williamstown	–	–
48		Matt Korcheck	208	105	12 October 1991	25	–	Arizona	–	–
Senior coaching panel[5]
	State	Coach	Coaching position				Carlton Coaching debut	Former clubs as coach
		Brendon Bolton	Senior Coach				2016	North Hobart (s), Tasmania (VFL) (s), Clarence (s), Box Hill (s), Hawthorn (a)
		John Barker	Assistant Coach (Stoppages)				2011	St Kilda (a), Hawthorn (a)
		Neil Craig	Director of Coaching, Development and Performance				2016	Norwood (s), Adelaide (s), Melbourne (cs), Essendon (m)
		Tim Clarke	Assistant Coach (Midfield)				2016	Richmond (a), Coburg (s), Richmond reserves (s)
		Shane Watson	Assistant Coach (Forward-line)				2016	Lower Plenty (s), Sandringham (U18) (a), Eastern (U18) (s), North Melbourne (a)
		Dale Amos	Assistant Coach (Back-line)				2016	South Barwon (s), Geelong (a), Geelong reserves (s)
		Matthew Capuano	Development Coach				2009
		Josh Fraser	Development Coach, Northern Blues senior coach				2016	Gold Coast reserves (s)

• For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (dvc) denotes deputy vice-captain, (lg) denotes leadership group.
• For coaches: (s) denotes senior coach, (cs) denotes caretaker senior coach, (a) denotes assistant coach, (d) denotes development coach, (m) denotes managerial or administrative role in a football or coaching department

Playing list changes

The following summarises all player changes which have occurred since the conclusion of the 2016 season. Unless otherwise noted, draft picks refer to selections in the 2016 AFL draft.

Two high-profile players requested trades away from Carlton in the lead-up to the trade period: Zach Tuohy and Bryce Gibbs. Gibbs was two years into a five-year contract, but sought a return to Adelaide for family reasons, nominating the Adelaide Crows as his preferred destinaton.^[6] Tuohy, out of contract but not a free agent, nominated Geelong as his preferred destination.^[7] Carlton was also linked to young out-of-contract Greater Western Sydney defender Caleb Marchbank, who was seeking to return to his home state Victoria and nominated Carlton as his preferred destination.^[8] In the end, deals were secured for Tuohy and Marchbank, but Carlton and Adelaide could not come to an agreement on a trade for Gibbs and he remained on the Carlton list.

In

Player	Former Club	League	via
Billie Smedts	Geelong	AFL	AFL Trade Period, along with a fourth-round draft pick (provisionally No. 63) and Geelong's first-round draft pick in the 2017 National Draft, in exchange for Zach Tuohy and Carlton's second-round draft pick in the 2017 National Draft.[9]
Caleb Marchbank	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	AFL Trade Period, along with GWS' second-round draft pick in the 2017 National Draft, in exchange for third- and fourth-round draft picks (provisionally No. 45 and 58) and Geelong's first-round draft pick in the 2017 National Draft.[10]
Jarrod Pickett	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
Rhys Palmer	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	AFL Trade Period, in exchange for an eighth-round draft pick (provisionally No. 135).[11]
Sam Petrevski-Seton	Claremont	WAFL	AFL National Draft, first round (No. 6 overall).[12]
Zac Fisher	Perth	WAFL	AFL National Draft, second round (No. 27 overall).[13]
Harrison Macreadie	Henty	Hume FL	AFL National Draft, third round (No. 47 overall). Eligible as a Greater Western Sydney academy selection but Carlton's bid was not matched by GWS.[14]
Cameron Polson	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, fourth round (No. 59 overall).[15]
Tom Williamson	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, fourth round (No. 61 overall).[16]
Patrick Kerr	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, fourth round (No. 65 overall).[17]
Kym LeBois	North Adelaide	SANFL	AFL Rookie Draft, first round (No. 5 overall).[18]
Alex Silvagni	Fremantle	AFL	AFL Rookie Draft, second round (No. 23 overall).[19]

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Andrew Walker			Retired[20]
Michael Jamison			Retired[21]
Cameron Wood	Avondale Heights[22]	Essendon District FL	Retired from the rookie list[23]
Matthew Dick			Delisted prior to the trade period[23]
Jayden Foster			Delisted prior to the trade period[23]
Clem Smith			Delisted prior to the trade period[24]
Zach Tuohy	Geelong	AFL	AFL Trade Period, along with the club's second-round draft pick in the 2017 National Draft, in exchange for Billie Smedts, a fourth-round draft pick (provisionally No. 63) and Geelong's first-round draft pick in the 2017 National Draft.[9]
Andrejs Everitt			Delisted following the trade period[25]
Jason Tutt			Delisted following the trade period[25]
Dillon Viojo-Rainbow	Port Melbourne[26]	VFL	Delisted following the trade period[25]
Mark Whiley			Delisted following the trade period[25]
Billy Gowers			Delisted from the rookie list following the trade period[25]

List management

Player	Change
National draft	Carlton traded Greater Western Sydney's second-round pick in the 2017 National Draft (which was obtained in the trade for Caleb Marchbank and Jarrod Pickett) to Hawthorn in exchange for a third-round draft pick and two fourth-round draft picks (provisionally No. 48, 66 and 70).
Ciarán Byrne	Elevated from the rookie list to the senior list.[27]
Andrew Gallucci	Initially delisted from the rookie list following the trade period, but received permission to continue training with the club after being delisted,[25] and was redrafted in the third round of the rookie draft (No. 39 overall).
Ciarán Sheehan	Initially delisted from the rookie list following the trade period, but received permission to continue training with the club after being delisted,[27] and was then re-added to the rookie list as a out-of-draft selection.[18]
Billy Gowers	Received permission to continue training with the club after being delisted, but was not re-drafted.[25]
Will Setterfield	Greater Western Sydney Academy Player. Carlton bid on Setterfield in the AFL National Draft in the first round (pick No. 5 overall); GWS then matched Carlton's bid and recruited Setterfield with its next two selections (No. 15 and 37).[28]
Guernsey number changes	Jack Silvagni (No. 2 to No. 1) Jesse Glass-McCasker (No. 47 to No. 40)

Season summary

Home and away season

Women's team

Squad

Under the competition's player recruitment regulations, each of the eight clubs was entitled to sign two marquee players. In July 2016, Carlton recruited St Kilda Sharks key position/midfielder and former Australian international soccer goalkeeper Brianna Davey and Darebin Falcons full forward Darcy Vescio as its marquee players.^[29] Darebin midfielder Lauren Arnell also signed with the club as a priority signing due to her pre-existing relationship with the club as its Female Football Ambassador. The club drew most of its remaining recruits from the inaugural AFL Women's draft, with Cranbourne forward Bianca Jakobsson taken with Carlton's first round selection at No. 3 overall.^[30]

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