GEELONG defender Jake Kolodjashnij and Sydney midfielder George Hewett are the surprise additions to a group of eight restricted free agents around the competition this season.
AFL.com.au has previously revealed two updates of this year's free agency list, with the League's official release arriving in recent days, including the restricted and unrestricted banding of out-of-contract players which was delayed this season due to contract changes around the AFL.
There is a total of 126 free agents remaining unsigned past the end of this year at the midway point of the season, with 118 of them unrestricted.
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While Patrick Cripps, Marcus Bontempelli, Zach Merrett, Josh Kelly, Jack Billings and Matt Crouch were all expected to be restricted free agents, Kolodjashnij and Hewett were the interesting additions to the group.
A restricted free agent is a player in the top 25 per cent paid players at their club this year where they have been for eight or nine years.
It does not take into account the average salary of a player across his contract but simply the number of his final-year money, meaning some players can be lifted due to back-ending of deals or deferments of payments.
While Cripps inches closer to a contract extension with the Blues and Bontempelli is engaged in deep talks with the Dogs, Merrett, Kelly, Billings and Crouch are all leaving their decisions until later in the season.
Hewett was up for grabs during last year's trade period but has garnered rival interest this season after returning from injury to play seven out of nine Swans games so far, while clubs are also tracking Kolodjashnij, mindful there is a shortage on available versatile defenders.
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Clubs with restricted free agents are able to match rival bids on them, with unrestricted free agents able to walk to their club of choice.
North Melbourne midfielder Trent Dumont, who weighed up his future at the end of last season with a year to go on his contract, is one of 10 unrestricted free agents at North Melbourne – the biggest group of any club.
Unrestricted free agents are players outside their top 25 per cent paid players in their eighth or ninth seasons, have been at their club for 10 years or more or have been previously delisted, such as Brisbane's Jarryd Lyons or Carlton's Matt Kennedy.
Among the other notable unrestricted free agents are in-form Geelong gun Cam Guthrie, Richmond premiership stars Jack Riewoldt, David Astbury, Shane Edwards, Kamdyn McIntosh and Bachar Houli, Port Adelaide champion Robbie Gray and Western Bulldogs gun Tom Liberatore, who AFL.com.au revealed in April had pushed ahead with talks on a multi-year deal.
Sydney co-captain Josh Kennedy has been removed from the list after agreeing to a new deal for 2022, as forecast by AFL.com.au in April.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Matt Crouch (Adelaide)
Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Jake Kolodjashnij (Geelong)
Josh Kelly (GWS)
Jack Billings (St Kilda)
George Hewett (Sydney)
Marcus Bontempelli (western Bulldogs)
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
*Previously delisted
^Previously qualified as a free agent
ADELAIDE
David Mackay*^
Taylor Walker
Daniel Talia
Tom Lynch
Jake Kelly
Ben Davis*
BRISBANE
Archie Smith*
Mitch Robinson*
Rhys Mathieson*
Connor Ballenden*
Jarryd Lyons*
Grant Birchall*
CARLTON
Marc Murphy
Levi Casboult
Eddie Betts*^
Ed Curnow
Matthew Kennedy*
Oscar McDonald*
COLLINGWOOD
Scott Pendlebury
Josh Thomas*
Chris Mayne^
ESSENDON
Cale Hooker
David Zaharakis
Martin Gleeson*^
Patrick Ambrose
Dylan Clarke*
Will Snelling*^
Alec Waterman*
FREMANTLE
David Mundy^
Stephen Hill
Ethan Hughes*
Bailey Banfield*
Brett Bewley*
Reece Conca^
Lachie Schultz*
GEELONG
Joel Selwood
Cameron Guthrie
Jed Bews
Lachie Henderson*^
Oscar Brownless*
GOLD COAST
Sam Day
Jarrod Harbrow*^
Sean Lemmens
Zac Smith*
Nick Holman*
Jack Hombsch*
Jordan Murdoch*
Jacob Townsend*^
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Phil Davis
Matt Buntine*
Sam Reid*^
Daniel Lloyd*
Matt De Boer*^
Zach Sproule*^
Jake Stein*
HAWTHORN
Shaun Burgoyne
Tim O'Brien
Dylan Moore*
Keegan Brooksby*^
Michael Hartley*^
MELBOURNE
Nathan Jones
Neville Jetta*
Aaron Nietsche*
Mitch Brown*^
Majak Daw*^
NORTH MELBOURNE
Robbie Tarrant
Jack Ziebell
Shaun Atley
Taylor Garner^
Trent Dumont
Kyron Hayden*^
Will Walker*
Tom Campbell*
Josh Walker*^
Connor Menadue*
PORT ADELAIDE
Robbie Gray
Hamish Hartlett
Steven Motlop^
Tom Rockliff^
Boyd Woodcock*^
Tyson Goldsack^
RICHMOND
Jack Riewoldt
David Astbury
Bachar Houli^
Shane Edwards
Kamdyn McIntosh
Mabior Chol*
Derek Smith*
Ben Miller*
ST KILDA
Jarryn Geary^
Sebastian Ross
Luke Dunstan
Darragh Joyce*
Oscar Clavarino*
James Frawley*^
Paul Hunter*^
Shaun McKernan*^
Mason Wood*^
SYDNEY
Sam Reid
Luke Parker
Robbie Fox*
Sam Gray*
Kaiden Brand*
WEST COAST
Shannon Hurn
Josh Kennedy
Mark Hutchings*^
Daniel Venables*
Brendon Ah Chee*^
Jamaine Jones*
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Tom Liberatore^
Mitch Wallis
Lin Jong
Roarke Smith*^
Ben Cavarra*
Taylor Duryea^
Ryan Gardner*^
Will Hayes*
Stefan Martin^
