Victoria Men's Premier Cricket Clubs - player movements, gains and losses for 2025-26

Victorian Premier Cricket | September 08, 2025

As the 18 Victoria Premier Cricket Clubs start their preseason preparations for the 2025-26 season the rumour mill is in full swing in terms of player movements and clubs gains and losses.

We’ve been in touch with the representatives of each club and here’s what we’ve been able to establish so far.

If there's any mistakes, we apologise upfront. 

Camberwell Magpies

Gains – Paddy Dooley (Tasmania)

Losses – Arjun Nair (Fairfield- NSW), Jack Lyndon (Melbourne University)

Carlton

Gains – Seth McGinty (Queensland Under 19s)

Losses – Xavier Crone (Frankston Peninsula), Josh Hoffman (Richmond)

Casey South Melbourne

Gains – Muhammad Irfan Jnr (Western Suburbs – NSW)

Losses - Ruwantha Kellapotha (Tasmania)

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Dandenong

Gains - Ryan Hammel (Frankston Peninsula)

Losses –

Essendon

Gains –

Losses – James Seymour (St Kilda)

Fitzroy Doncaster

Gains –

Losses - Tanush Nandini (Frankston Peninsula), Callum McIveen (Richmond)  

Footscray

Gains – Mickey Edwards (Northcote), Lachlan Fitzgerald (Deer Park), Desi Carter (Horsham), Ashton Frost (Melbourne), Declan O'Brien (Spotswood), Aryan Mehra (Yarraville)

Losses – Nathan Caulfield (Geelong), Raj Nand (Melbourne University), Aaron Harding (St. Kilda); Daniel Raniolo (Sunshine United)

Frankston Peninsula

Gains – Xavier Crone (Carlton), Oscar Scott-Waters (Prahran), Tanush Nandini (Fitzroy Doncaster)  

Losses – Ryan Hammel (Dandenong)

Geelong

Gains – Nathan Caulfield (Footscray),

Losses –

Greenvale Kangaroos

Gains -

Losses -

Kingston Hawthorn

Gains - Will Bowering (Glenelg- South Australia)

Losses – Kurt Heigl (Richmond)

Melbourne

Gains -

Losses – Josh Ash (Richmond)

Melbourne University

Gains – Finlay Bean (Yorkshire), Raj Nand (Footscray), Jack Lyndon (Camberwell Magpies)

Losses – George Lavelle (formerly Lancashire)

Northcote

Gains - Jordan Thompson (England)

Losses - Mickey Edwards (Footscray),

Prahran

Gains - - Lachlan Bangs (Ringwood), Paul Walter (England)

Losses – Tom Brooks (Western Suburbs – NSW), Oscar Scott-Waters (Frankston Peninsula)  

Richmond

Gains - Josh Ash (Melbourne), Kurt Heigl (Kingston Hawthorn), Callum McIveen (Fitzroy Doncaster), Josh Hoffman (Carlton)

Losses – Reiley Mark (St George -NSW)

Ringwood

Gains - Patrick Gouge (United Kingdom via East Malvern Tooronga), Jack Martin (United Kingdom)

Losses - Lachlan Bangs (Prahran), Prateek Patil (Brighton)

St Kilda

Gains - Aaron Harding (Footscray), James Seymour (Essendon)

Losses –

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