The leadership group was selected based on votes by the Eagles players. Current vice-captain Andrew Embley was elected not to remain in the leadership group.
Eagles coach John Worsfold said that Embley would still provide leadership to the team while not in an official capacity.
"He possesses certain leadership qualities that we may not have included in the ones that we got the players to vote on," Worsfold said of Embley.
"I'll go through with him the areas in the votes where he was lower in our criteria that he could be higher."