Coaches Update | Apr 2026

Here we go…. footy is back and we are ready to go.

Our men and women have been on the track since early January building our fitness and strength under the expert eye of high-performance guru Kev Whitford.

The numbers out on track have been consistently strong since we returned and it has been exciting to have new players join our ranks, some have joined us from the college, some from other clubs who have seen the light and others who have just decided it is time to give this great game a crack.

To the women’s program we welcome Emma Whyte, Chloe Whiteman, Juliet Mazur, Rachel Koutelas, Kate Koen, Tori Lowe, Kendel Haslett, Rhianna Pondard and Amalia Oliver. While for the men we welcome Noah McDonald, Harry Chillingworth, Josh Lapore, Tyson Tobin, Andrew Hamilton, Christian Madrussani, Christian Yew, Connor Hacche, Ned Lyle, Jack Chiswell, Liam Kerley, Matthew Gibbons, Max Floreani, Max McCormack, Miki Drogemuller and Will Howarth.

To all of our new players in 2026, welcome to the Wolfpack.

It is also fantastic to welcome back into the pack Hugh Ferrari as a full-time Iggies player after 3 years as a Magpie, as well as mid-season recruit Kye Roberts who has signed with the club again for 2026.

Throughout pre-season there has been a big focus on the development and learning of our game plans, structures and how we want to execute in the coming season. The recent trial games against Nuriootpa (Men and Women), SHOC (Men) and Broadview (Women) provided the perfect platform to test these new plans and structures and for the coaching staff to move the magnets around and see how players performed in various positions.

The greatest strength we have as a football club is the quality of people involved across all aspects at Old Iggies, and this is particularly evident in our playing group. While we encourage all of the team to act as leaders both on and off the field, our formal leaders for 2026 will be:

Men A Grade

Captain – Brad Jones

Vice Captain – Will Ferrari

Leadership Group – Darcy McDonald and Will McCarthy

Men B Grade

Captain – Austin Horner

Vice Captain – Ben Owen-Thomas

Leadership Group – Jack Sexton

Women

Captains – Lily McDonald and Alice Winter

Vice Captains – Caitie McCarron and Phoebe Edwards

Leadership Group – Molly Ingram and Lulu Baily

As preseason draws to a close and round 1 is only moments away, there is a real sense of optimism around the group, a year more mature with the inclusion of some youthful enthusiasm and the knowledge that they have done the hard work, all of our teams are set for the challenges ahead.

This Saturday is Round 1 and sees the Women hosting Hope Valley at KRO (3:15) and the Men travelling to Kingswood to take on the Unley Jets (A’s 2:15, B’s 12:15, C’s 10:15).

We look forward to seeing a big crowd supporting all our teams to kick the season off, and if we don’t see you at the game, we will see you at the Bath at 7:00 for Pressos.

Can't wait to hear “when Johnny” vibrating from the change rooms after the games.

The Coaches,

Jason Baily (Women’s A Grade)

Jarrad Parker (Men’s A Grade)

Jared Centenera and Isaac Ryan (Men’s B Grade)