The Australian Football League (AFL) today distributed the updated 2018 list of restricted and unrestricted free agent players to the 18 clubs across the competition.

Under the rules that were agreed between the AFL and AFL Players Association (AFLPA) in February 2010, whereby the list of players must be notified before the commencement of the premiership season, restricted and unrestricted free agents may consider offers from rival clubs during the post-season period, following the 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. An offer to a player only includes capped salary and capped ASA (Additional Service Agreements) amounts.

Under the AFL Player Rules, an unrestricted free agent may automatically move to the club of his choice. An offer to a restricted free agent may be matched by his club, which has right of first refusal over his services. If the restricted free agent player does not wish to remain with his original club, he must enter the draft or seek a trade.

Compensation in the form of AFL allocated draft picks will apply to clubs with a net loss of free agents, based on the formula determined by the AFL.

Restricted
Tom Lynch (Gold Coast Suns); Bachar Houli (Richmond); Andrew Gaff (West Coast), Scott Lycett (West Coast); Jordan Roughead (Western Bulldogs); Mitch Wallis (Western Bulldogs).

Unrestricted
Andy Otten (Adelaide Crows); Rohan Bewick (Brisbane Lions); Ryan Lester (Brisbane Lester); Jarryd Blair (Collingwood); Alex Fasolo (Collingwood); Tyson Goldsack (Collingwood); Michael Johnson (Fremantle); George Horlin-Smith (Geelong Cats); Daniel Menzel (Geelong Cats); Michael Rischitelli (Gold Coat Suns); Taylor Duryea (Hawthorn); Paul Puopolo (Hawthorn); Ryan Schoenmakers (Hawthorn); Brendan Whitecross (Hawthorn); Scott Thompson (North Melbourne); Sam Wright (North Melbourne); Justin Westhoff (Port Adelaide); Reece Conca (Richmond); Shaun Grigg (Richmond); Sam Gilbert (St Kilda); Mark Le Cras (West Coast); Eric Mackenzie (West Coast); Luke Dahlhaus (Western Bulldogs); Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs).