Axed Eagle Jamaine Jones has signed away his 2025 season with the South Fremantle Bulldogs in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL).
Jones was not offered the chance to extend his stay at the West Coast Eagles at their season's end, cut from the list after 66 games across six seasons.
The 25-year-old never broke 20 AFL games for a season, though showed promise as a dashing half-back-flanker in 2022 and 2023, but has unfortunately been ravaged by injury.
He averaged 11 disposals and four marks from 11 matches played this year, down from his career-best campaign of 17 disposals a game with three brownlow votes from 13 games in 2023.
He now joins South Fremantle, fresh off narrowly missing finals in the 2024 WAFL season, finishing sixth with 10 wins from 18 games.
The club celebrated the news in a recent Instagram post:
"JJ BECOMES A BULLDOG 🐶
Following 66 AFL games for both Geelong and West Coast, live wire left-footer Jamaine Jones will call Fremantle Oval home in 2025.
Welcome to Bulldog territory JJ ❤️"
Clearly a massive boost for the club at reserves level, if Jones can help lift the Bulldogs back into finals contention and beyond, club's at AFL level may look to lure the North Ballarat product back into the system.
Jones was originally drafted by Geelong with pick 48 of the 2016 Rookie Draft, debuting in 2018 with seven games for the Cats and impressing with an 11-tackle performance against Sydney in a tight Round 16 win.
He was picked out of the North Ballarat Rebels with the ability to swing back or forward, providing a live-wire presence at either end.
He is sure to provide some excitement in 2025 when he joins one of the most storied club's in WAFL history, dating back 14 flags and 124 years.