The enigmatic forwards had hoped to survive next year after dodging delistment in recent weeks as other teammates were let go by Sydney.Selected by Brisbane with pick 8 in the 2007 national draft, he spent two years at the Lions before being traded to Carlton.LACHIE Henderson will have to join a fourth club if he’s to continue his AFL career after Geelong announced it wasn’t offering the veteran a new deal.It meant his start to this season was delayed but he kicked seven goals in seven games this year and would have been fit to start pre-season for one of the first times in his career.SYDNEY has delisted Daniel Menzel after a single season at the Swans.Even after those reconstructions he kicked 40.16 in 2017, but after a hot start to 2018 had an adverse reaction to injections into his groin.Geelong also announced it was promoting rookies Zach Guthrie and Sam Simpson off the rookie list.Port Adelaide says it will re-select their menJon Ralph and Sam Landsberger take a look at who were the winners and losers from the 2019 AFL Trade PeriodBut Menzel and teammate Jack Maibaum were told of their delisting on Wednesday.“As players, both boys have shown significant development in their football this year and we look forward to seeing more improvement when they return to Port Adelaide in 2020.”He finished with 27.15 for the season but was delisted and eventually found a new home at Sydney but immediately needed groin surgery upon arriving.“He helped us win a lot of games and always took up whatever role we needed him to do.”Ryan Abbott (delisted) — Geelong intends to redraftOscar Brownless (delisted) — Geelong intends to redraftTom Sheridan (delisted) — GWS intends to redraftJake Stein (delisted) — GWS intends to redraft“Lachie filled a number of roles with us ... (he) has shown himself to be a selfless clubman and a great teammate over his time with the Cats,” list boss Stephen Wells said.But injury and form, along with the development of teammates such as Mark Blicavs, relegated him to just 13 games over the past two years.But Henderson must find a new club if he’s to build on his career tally of 171 matches.“We’d like to approach the upcoming draft with as much flexibility as we can from a list numbers perspective.
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Roos continued a record as a successful coach with the Swans for the eight full seasons that would follow.The Swans had an indifferent 2018, compounded by their struggles at home, losing 5 out of 11 games at the SCG.