2025 Morrison medallist Callum Brown has departed Mansfield.
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Two stars of the Goulburn Valley League won’t return in 2026, while a Kyabram District League McNamara medallist has also left the region.
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Callum Brown, the 2025 Morrison Medal winner, has ended his time at Mansfield, signing with Eastern Football Netball League club Templestowe.
The Dockers will take on the former Collingwood AFL-listed talent who spent two years in the Goulburn Valley, claiming the league’s top gong in his first season in the gold and blue of the Eagles.
Brown averaged 30 disposals, 1.5 goals and 8.1 clearances in 2026.
Meanwhile, a Shepparton United star defender has left the Skene St end of Deakin Reserve.
Brodie Newman was a prolific key position player for the Demons in 2026, named in the best 12 times from his 16 appearances.
Newman will return to Aberfeldie in the Essendon District Football League, where he previously played in 2025 before signing with the Demons for 2026.
Newman averaged 21.1 disposals, 9.8 intercept possessions and 5.4 intercept marks this season.
Last week, Tatura’s James Bennett was announced to have left the Bulldogs for Bendigo Football League’s Strathfieldsaye, and the Storm have landed another fish from the Goulburn Valley.
Jye Formosa has signed with a Bendigo Football League club.
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Longwood skipper and 2026 McNamara medallist Jye Formosa has signed with the Storm, returning to the hoops for the first time since 2022.
Formosa joins his brother Jordan in departing the Redlegs, Jordan signing as coach for Dunolly in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League, after the club finished seventh on the KDL ladder this year.
