Overview

• Oleg Markov, a 2023 premiership defender who played 43 games for Collingwood, was among the four players cut.
• Former first-round pick Fin Macrae departs after 21 senior games and no AFL appearances in 2025.
• Ash Johnson was delisted after missing most of this season with a broken leg suffered in a VFL pre-season game.
• Defender Charlie Dean leaves the club with 12 AFL games to his name.
• The moves follow Collingwood’s preliminary final loss to Brisbane and add to the earlier retirement of Will Hoskin-Elliott.