Overview
- Schleicher announced on Monday that she will leave Collingwood after 82 AFLW games and two seasons as club captain to return to Western Australia.
- AFL.com.au reports West Coast is expected to sign her on a reported four-year deal but that arrangement has not been formally confirmed by the receiving club.
- Collingwood originally offered Schleicher a one-year extension that was later increased to two years while she weighed Melbourne media opportunities and a return home.
- Schleicher was shifted forward this season and kicked 10 goals in eight games before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury earlier this month.
- The move deepens pressure on Collingwood, which is 1-9 for 2026 with multiple senior players uncontracted and a quietly extended coach, raising the risk of further departures and forcing urgent list-management decisions.