2019 AFL Women's draft explained

2019 AFL Women's draft
Date:22 October 2019
Time:11:00am AEDT
Location:Victoria Pavilion, Melbourne Showgrounds
Sponsor:National Australia Bank
Network:afl.com.au
League:AFL Women's
First:Gabby Newton
Prev:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2020 season.

At the conclusion of the period clubs were required to have 27 senior-listed and three rookie-listed players.

Expansion club signing period

First period

Prior to the completion of the 2019 season, future expansion clubs,, and were permitted to pre-list up to 10 players from their women's academies or designated development zones. A maximum of seven of these players could be open-age signings who had nominated for the 2018 AFL Women's draft but not been selected. A final three spots were reserved for three junior players of minimum draft age (born in 2001) and who hailed from the clubs' designated development regions.[1]

Table of pre-list signings
DatePlayerClubRecruited fromClassification
ClubLeague
WAWFLJunior[2]
Junior
Southern SaintsVFL Women'sOpen-age[3]
Dandenong StingraysNAB LeagueJunior[4]
Bond UniversityQAFLWJunior
Hermit ParkAFL TownsvilleJunior
South CairnsAFL CairnsJunior
Dandenong StingraysNAB LeagueJunior[5]
RichmondVFL Women'sOpen-age[6]
RichmondVFL Women'sOpen-age[7]
CoolangattaQAFLWOpen-age[8]
EssendonVFL Women'sOpen-age[9]
Bond UniversityQAFLWOpen-age[10]
RichmondVFL Women'sOpen-age[11]
RichmondVFL Women'sOpen-age[12]
Open-age
Open-age
MaroochydoreQAFLWOpen-age[13]
NT ThunderVFL Women'sOpen-age[14]
Southern SaintsVFL Women'sOpen-age[15]
Southern SaintsVFL Women'sOpen-age[16]
RichmondVFL Women'sOpen-age[17]
ClaremontWAWFLOpen-age[18]
SubiacoWAWFLOpen-age
EssendonVFL Women'sOpen-age
East FremantleWAWFLOpen-age
SubiacoWAWFLOpen-age
Swan DistrictsWAWFLOpen-age
Bond UniversityQAFLWOpen-age[19]
Southern SaintsVFL Women'sOpen-age[20]
Open-age
Bond UniversityQAFLWOpen-age
Southern SaintsVFL Women'sOpen-age[21]

Second period

From 8 April expansion clubs,, and will have an 11-day window until 18 April to sign players who played for existing clubs during the 2019 season.[22] These clubs can sign a maximum of 12 players each through this mechanism. All existing clubs other than and could lose no more than four players to the mechanism while Brisbane and Fremantle can each lose a maximum of eight due to the entry of and into their previously exclusive state-zones.[22] No compensation will be offered to those clubs losing players under this process, but the player's existing club are permitted to negotiate to re-sign the player. Players can be signed under this mechanism to one or two year contracts.[23]

Table of expansion club signings
DatePlayerFormer clubNew club
[24]
[25]
[26]
[27]
[28]
[29]
[30]
[31]
[32]
[33]
[34]
[35]
[36]
[37]
[38]
[39]
[40]
[41]
[42]
[43]
[44]
18 April[45]
[46]

Signing and trading period

Concurrently to the expansion club signing period, all 14 clubs were able to sign and trade players. Players can be signed during this period are eligible for one or two year contracts.[23] A second stage to the trade period will open from 23 April and run until 26 April, with only the 10 established clubs able to take part.[47]

Trades

Trade!

valign=topto (from Richmond)----
  • pick #12
valign=topto (from Brisbane)---- [48]

valign=topto (from St Kilda)----
  • pick #11
valign=topto (from Brisbane)---- [49]

valign=topto (from West Coast)----
  • pick #13
valign=topto (from Brisbane)---- [50]

valign=topto (from Greater Western Sydney)----
  • pick #46
valign=topto (from Adelaide)---- [51]

valign=topto (from Richmond)----
  • pick #1
valign=topto (from Western Bulldogs)---- [52]

valign=topto (from Collingwood)----
  • pick #2
  • pick #26
  • pick #44
  • pick #59
valign=topto (from Carlton)---- [53]

valign=topto (from West Coast)----
  • pick #90
valign=topto (from Western Bulldogs)---- [54]

valign=topto (from West Coast)----
  • pick #86
valign=topto (from Fremantle)----

valign=topto (from Melbourne)---- valign=topto (from Western Bulldogs)---- [55]

valign=topto (from St Kilda)----
  • pick #9
valign=topto (from Western Bulldogs)---- [56]

valign=topto (from St Kilda)----
  • pick #54
  • pick #72
valign=topto (from Melbourne)----

Retirements and delistings

Table of player retirements and delistings
DateNameClubStatus
Retired[57]
Retired[58]
Retired[59]
Retired[60]
Delisted[61]
Delisted[62]
17 AprilRetired[63]
Delisted
18 AprilDelisted[64]
Retired
Delisted[65]
24 AprilDelisted
25 AprilDelisted[66]
Retired
26 AprilDelisted[67]
[68]
[69]
[70]
Retired[71]
Retired[72]

Free agency

A free agency period was held between the end of the trading and signing period on April 26 and until April 30 in which clubs were permitted to sign delisted or uncontracted players.[47] At the conclusion of the period, clubs are permitted to have retained no more than 22 senior players and two rookies.[73] Team lists matching those requirements must be submitted on May 3.[47]

Table of free agency signings
DatePlayerFormer clubNew club
[74]
[75]
[76]
[77]
[78]
[79]

Rookie signings

In the absence of a rookie draft, each club was required to sign two rookie players, either new or retained from their rookie list the year prior. New players to this list must not have played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program.[80]

Table of rookie signings
ClubPlayerOther/former sport
Gaelic football[81]
Soccer[82]
Gaelic football[83]
Rugby sevens[84]
Gaelic football[85]
Gaelic football[86]
Netball[87]
Gaelic football[88]
Gaelic football[89]
[90]
Volleyball
Gaelic football
Basketball
Gaelic football[91]
Rugby union[92]
Gaelic football[93]
Soccer

Draft

A draft was held on October 22, 2019. Players nominated for a single selection pool, aligned to a state or metropolitan region, with players only being eligible to be drafted by clubs operating in that region.[94] An indicative draft order was published in early April while the final draft order was published by the AFL in the wake of the expansion signing period on 23 April.[47] [95]

Table of draft selections
PickPlayerClubRecruited fromNotes
ClubLeague
11Northern KnightsNAB League
2Geelong FalconsNAB League
3MaroochydoreQAFLW
4BelconnenAFL Canberra
5Calder CannonsNAB League
6Northern KnightsNAB League
7GWV RebelsNAB League
8Oakleigh ChargersNAB League
9Western JetsNAB League
10VFL Women's
11^Murray BushrangersNAB LeagueFather–daughter selection (Daughter of Paul Brown)
12WAFLW
13RichmondVFL Women'sAcademy eligible for, but they elected not to match
14SANFLW
15MaroochydoreQAFLW
16Wilston GrangeQAFLW
17CoorparooQAFLW
18Bond UniversityQAFLW
219WAFLW
20#SANFLW
21#WAFLW
22QueanbeyanAFL Canberra
23#Nelson BayAFL Hunter Central Coast
24VFL Women's#
25Eastern RangesNAB League
26Dandenong StingraysNAB League
27Oakleigh ChargersNAB League
28CoorparooQAFLW
29Darebin FalconsVFL Women's
30CoorparooQAFLW
31GWV RebelsNAB League
32VFL Women's
33VFL Women's
34VFL Women's
35WAFLW
36WilliamstownVFL Women's
37SANFLW
38CanberraAFL Canberra
39WAFLWAcademy selection - matched bid
40Northern KnightsNAB League
41SANFLW
342SANFLW
43Melbourne UniversityVFL Women's
44Eastern RangesNAB League
45Coolangatta-Tweed HeadsQAFLW
46SANFLW
47^Western JetsNAB LeagueFather–daughter selection (Daughter of Chris Grant)
48Northern KnightsNAB League
49LauncestonTWFL
50Casey DemonsVFL Women's
51WAFLW
52VFL Women's
53SANFLW
54CanberraAFL Canberra
55GWV RebelsNAB League
56WAFLW
57SANFLW
458Western JetsNAB League
59Southern SaintsVFL Women's
60University of QueenslandQAFLW
61Newcastle CityAFL Hunter Central Coast
62Oakleigh ChargersNAB League
63
64Melbourne UniversityVFL Women's
65Geelong FalconsNAB League
66WAFLW
67Casey DemonsVFL Women's
68SANFLW
69YerongaQAFLW
70WAFLW
71VFL Women'sAcademy selection - matched bid
72East Coast EaglesSydney AFL
573VFL Women's
74VFL Women's
75University of QueenslandQAFLW
76East Coast EaglesSydney AFL
77Darebin FalconsVFL Women's
78Calder CannonsNAB League
79LauncestonTWFL
80VFL Women's
81Perth AngelsWAFLW
82Oakleigh ChargersNAB League
83SANFLW
84VFL Women'sAcademy selection - matched bid
85WAFLW
86YerongaQAFLW
687Northern KnightsNAB League
88
89AFLW
90East Coast EaglesSydney AFL
91Coolangatta-Tweed HeadsQAFLW
92VFL Women's
93Oakleigh ChargersNAB League
94NT ThunderVFL Women's
95UNSW Eastern SuburbsSydney AFL
96VFL Women's
97UNSW Eastern SuburbsSydney AFL
98Geelong FalconsNAB League
99UNSW Eastern SuburbsSydney AFL
7100SANFLW
101VFL Women's
102SANFLW

Post-Draft

Undrafted free agency

A final free agency period opened after the conclusion of the draft, allowing clubs that passed on a draft selection to recruit from outside their state-based zone.

Table of injury replacement player signings
DatePlayerFree agent typeFormer clubNew club
Undrafted[96]
Undrafted

Train-on list

Before the opening round of the season, clubs were permitted to replace players who had suffered a long-term injury or for whom personal circumstances had ruled them out for playing in any match that year. The replacement players are signed to a train-on list and are considered semi-eligible for section. Though they are eligible to train with the club, they cannot be selected for match play until further injuries to player on the club's list mean a club has fewer than 23 players available for any single match.[97]

Table of undrafted free agency period signings
ClubNew signingPlayer replacingReason for replacement
Personal[98]
Injury (ACL)
Injury (ACL)
Retirement
Injury (ACL)
Injury (ACL)
Pregnancy[99]
Injury (shoulder)
Injury (shoulder)
Injury (shoulder)

Note: was given special permission to treat Saad as a full signing.[97]

See also

Notes and References

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