TOM Phillips has endorsed with the Carlton Stores for the 2024 season. Drafted to Collingwood in 2016, the midfielder secured a situation on the wing, playing 89 games across five seasons. He assumed a focal part for the Pies especially in the 2018 and 2019 seasons, where he highlighted in the 2018 AFL Great Last. He then, at that point, advanced over to Hawthorn toward the finish of the 2020 season by means of the exchange time frame, playing each game in his most memorable season at the Falcons. With 115 AFL games added to his repertoire, Phillips currently joins the Carlton Stores subsequent to highlighting for Essendon’s VFL side in 2023, where he played every one of the 18 counterparts for the season. Known for his versatility on the field, the 186cm midfielder has the running ability to include the entire day on the wing, while he can likewise sneak forward and raise a ruckus around town: he found the middle value of an objective each two games all through his AFL vocation. Senior Mentor of the Carlton Stores Luke Power said he was eager to have an accomplished player commit for the impending season. “Tom carries an abundance of involvement to our midfield bunch and with an elevated degree of AFL games, he has currently normally adjusted to the principles we maintain as a Club,” Power said. “He has extraordinary football nous and we’ve seen the quality he had at AFL level. He can play various jobs for the group, whether that is on the wing or up forward, which further supports the profundity in our side. “Tom has a lot of value football left in front of him and we can hardly hold back to see him run out in the Naval force Blue.” Carlton Stores 2024 re-signings: Ned Cahill, Patrick Dozzi, Hayden Gill, Blake Kuipers, Michael Lewis, Zavier Maher, Liam McMahon, AJ Factories, Tom Phillips*, Logan Prout, Heath Ramshaw, Archie Stevens, Lachie Swaney, Lachie Young*