2018 AFL Women's draft

The 2018 AFL Women's (AFLW) draft consisted of the various periods when the ten clubs in the Australian rules football women's competition could recruit players prior to the competition's 2019 season.

2018 AFL Women's draft
General information
Date(s)23 October 2018
Time12:00 pm AEDT
LocationMarvel Stadium
Network(s)afl.com.au
Sponsored byNational Australia Bank
Overview
LeagueAFL Women's
First selectionNina Morrison (Geelong)

As in the previous season, all player contracts are all capped at one-year deals, and all existing AFLW players must be re-signed prior to the 2019 season.

Salary
Further information: AFL Women's § 2019

AFLW players salaries are managed and paid in full by the AFL on behalf of the clubs. For the 2019 season, the league and the AFLPA agreed to the AFLW's first collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The four-tiered system salary provided for two players per team in tier one, six in each of tier two and tier three, and the remaining players in tier four:[1]

AFLW salary tiers
Tier Salary Players
1 $24,600 2
2 $19,000 6
3 $16,200 6
4 $13,400 16

Expansion club signing period

From 11 May expansion clubs Geelong and North Melbourne were given a ten-day window to sign existing players from 2018 AFLW lists.[2] These clubs could sign a maximum of four players between them from any existing club. No compensation was offered to those clubs losing players under this process, but the each player's existing club could make a counter-offer to the player.[3] A number of deals were agreed to in principle and acknowledged by clubs prior to the opening of this window.[4]

Table of expansion club signings
Date Player Former club New club Ref
11 May Richelle Cranston Melbourne Geelong [3]
Melissa Hickey [3]
Erin Hoare [3]
Anna Teague [3]
Jenna Bruton Western Bulldogs North Melbourne [5]
Jess Duffin Collingwood [3]
Jasmine Garner [3]
Kate Gillespie-Jones Carlton [5]
Emma Kearney Western Bulldogs [3]
Danielle Hardiman Carlton [5]
Tahlia Randall Brisbane [5]
Madison Smith — [5]
Jamie Stanton Brisbane [5]
12 May Daria Bannister Western Bulldogs [3]
14 May Brittany Gibson Brisbane [6]
16 May Cassie Blakeway — Geelong [7]
Kate Darby
Renee Garing
Rebecca Goring
Jordan Ivey
Danielle Orr
Elisha King North Melbourne [8]
Georgia Nanscawen
Ashleigh Riddell
18 May Aasta O'Connor Western Bulldogs Geelong [9]
21 May Maddie Boyd Greater Western Sydney [10]
Phoebe McWilliams
Kaitlyn Ashmore Brisbane North Melbourne [11]
Moana Hope Collingwood
Emma King Collingwood

Signing and trading period
Lauren Arnell, captain of Carlton from 2017 to 2018, was traded to Brisbane.[12]
Maddison Gay was traded to Melbourne from Carlton.[13]
Collingwood's leading goalkicker in 2018, Christina Bernardi, was traded to Greater Western Sydney.[13]

Beginning 23 May, clubs were given a 13-day window to re-sign players on their lists from the previous season[2] During this time clubs were also permitted to arrange player and pick trades with other clubs.[2]

Players who do not receive offers from their 2017 club will be free to sign with any club during the four-day free agency period starting 4 June or to nominate for the 2018 draft.[2]

Trades
Table of trades
Clubs involved Trade Ref
Brisbane
Carlton
Collingwood		 to Brisbane (from Collingwood)
  • pick #40
 to Collingwood (from Brisbane)
[12]
to Brisbane (from Carlton)
to Carlton (from Brisbane)
  • pick #40
Melbourne
North Melbourne		 to Melbourne (from North Melbourne)
  • pick #12
  • pick #47
 to North Melbourne (from Melbourne)
[14]
Adelaide
Greater Western Sydney		 to Adelaide (from Greater Western Sydney)
to Greater Western Sydney (from Adelaide)
  • pick #19
 [15]
Carlton
Collingwood
Melbourne		 to Carlton (from Melbourne)
  • pick #21
  • pick #32
 to Melbourne (from Carlton)
[13]
to Carlton (from Collingwood)
to Collingwood (from Carlton)
  • pick #32
Adelaide
Collingwood
Geelong
Greater Western Sydney
Melbourne		 to Geelong (from Greater Western Sydney)
  • pick #7
  • pick #20
 to Greater Western Sydney (from Geelong)
  • pick #11
  • pick #15
 [13]
to Collingwood (from Greater Western Sydney)
  • pick #11
  • pick #19
 to Greater Western Sydney (from Collingwood)
to Adelaide (from Melbourne)
  • pick #8
  • pick #37
  • pick #47
 to Melbourne (from Adelaide)
to Greater Western Sydney (from Melbourne)
  • pick #12
 to Melbourne (from Greater Western Sydney)
  • pick #15

Retirements and delistings
Table key
R Rookie listed player
Table of player retirements and delistings
Date Name Club Status Ref
16 March Amy Lavell Fremantle Retired [16]
21 March Bree White Collingwood Retired [17]
4 June Sophie Armitstead Adelaide Delisted [18]
Georgia Bevan Delisted
Abbey Holmes Delisted
Rachael Killian Delisted
Calista Boyd Delisted R
Becchara Palmer Delisted R
Brianna Walling Delisted R
Ruby Blair Brisbane Delisted
Renee Cowan Delisted
Kalinda Howarth Delisted
Jessy Keeffe Delisted
Molly Ritson Delisted R
Laura Attard Carlton Delisted
Madeline Keryk Delisted
Sarah Last Delisted
Kate Shierlaw Delisted
Tiahna Cochrane Delisted R
Katie-Jayne Grieve Delisted R
Caitlyn Edwards Collingwood Retired [19]
Meg Hutchins Delisted [18]
Tara Morgan Delisted
Lauren Tesoriero Delisted
Stacey Barr Fremantle Delisted
Kirby Bentley Delisted
Lara Filocamo Delisted
Tiah Haynes Delisted
Emily McGuire Delisted
Belinda Smith Delisted
Jodie White Delisted
Jade de Melo Delisted R
Beatrice Devlyn Delisted R
Lisa Webb Delisted R
Melissa Freckleton Greater Western Sydney Delisted
Rebecca Privitelli Delisted
Alex Saundry Delisted
Philippa Smyth Delisted
Renee Tomkins Delisted
Haneen Zreika Delisted R
Laura Duryea Melbourne Delisted
Alyssa Mifsud Delisted
Maddie Shevlin Delisted R
Jessica Anderson Western Bulldogs Delisted
Laura Bailey Delisted
Kimberley Ebb Delisted
Rachel Ashley Delisted

Free agency

A four-day free agency period was held from 4 June for clubs to secure non-signed players from other clubs.[2]

Table of free agency period signings
Date Player Free agent type Former club New club Ref
7 June Sophie Abbatangelo Unlisted — North Melbourne [20]
Ruby Blair Delisted Brisbane Brisbane [21]
Jessy Keeffe Delisted Brisbane Brisbane
Belinda Smith Delisted Fremantle Western Bulldogs [22]

A second free agency period is expected to be opened at the conclusion of the draft, allowing un-drafted players to be signed.

Rookie signings

In the absence of a rookie draft, each club was required to sign two rookie players during a rookie signing period between 11 June and 28 September 2018; these rookie players must not have played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program.[23]

Table of rookie signings
Club Player Other/former sport Ref
Adelaide Ailish Considine Gaelic football [24]
Maisie Nankivell Netball [25]
Brisbane Bri McFarlane Association football [25]
Krystal Scott Tennis [25]
Carlton Chloe Dalton Rugby sevens [26]
Brooke Walker Rugby sevens [26]
Collingwood Sharni Layton Netball [27]
Sarah Rowe Association football/Gaelic football [28]
Fremantle Brianna Moyes Basketball [25]
Angelique Stannett Association football [25]
Geelong Maddy McMahon Basketball [25]
Georgie Rankin Basketball [25]
Greater Western Sydney Yvonne Bonner Gaelic football [29]
Taylah Davies Netball [29]
Melbourne Chantel Emonson Cricket [25]
Shae Sloane Volleyball [30]
North Melbourne[nb 1] Jessie Williams Association football [32]
Western Bulldogs Tessa Boyd Basketball [33]
Celine Moody — [25]

Inactive players

Following final list lodgements, a number of players experienced changing circumstances that made them unable to participate in the 2019 season. Clubs were granted permission to place these players on an inactive list, retaining rights to their services at a assigned cost in the 2019 draft while replacing them for the one season.[34] In some cases, compensation was awarded in pre-draft listing at the cost of a discounted draft selection.[35] Players on each club's inactive list ahead of the 2018 draft are listed below:

Table of inactive players
Club Player Reason Ref
Adelaide Jessica Allan Work [34]
Ruth Wallace Personal [34]
Brisbane Sophie Conway Injury (ACL) [36]
Collingwood Melissa Kuys Injury (achilles) [35]
Chloe Molloy Injury (foot) [36]
Fremantle Brianna Green Injury (knee) [37]
Greater Western Sydney Britt Tully Personal [37]
Melbourne Daisy Pearce Pregnancy [34]

Draft

A draft was held at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium on 23 October 2018.[38] As in previous drafts, players nominated a single state's draft pool, and players are eligible to be drafted only by clubs operating in their nominated state.[39] In addition, Victorian players could nominate for one of three Victorian zones: Geelong, Melbourne metro, or the entire state.[40] An order for the draft was announced on 22 May that allocated Geelong and North Melbourne picks at the end of each of each round, and a number of compensation picks to Geelong and clubs that lost players to reflect the relative weakness of their recruiting period and their loss of talent respectively.[41]

Table key
^ Player selected under Father–daughter rule
+ Recruiting compensation pick
† Inactive player compensation pick
‡ Inactive player compensation pre-listing
# Compensation pick
— The field is not applicable for this selection
Pass The relevant club did not utilise their pick in the draft
← Selection was traded from another club; e.g. ←Greater Western Sydney ←Geelong
(selection originally held by Geelong, which traded it to Greater Western Sydney, which on-traded it to the club that used selection)
Table of draft selections[42]
Rd. Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes
Club League
1 1+ Nina Morrison Geelong Geelong Falcons TAC Cup
2+ Sophie Van De Heuvel Geelong GWV Rebels TAC Cup
3 Madison Prespakis Carlton Calder Cannons TAC Cup
4 Jasmin Stewart Fremantle Claremont WAWFL
5 Jordyn Allen Collingwood Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup
6 ii Tyla Hanks Melbourne Gippsland Power TAC Cup ←Adelaide
7 Rebecca Webster Geelong Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup ←Greater Western Sydney
8 Nikki Gore Adelaide South Adelaide SANFLW ←Melbourne
9 Paige Parker Brisbane Coorparoo QAFLW
10 Eleanor Brown Western Bulldogs Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup
11 Katie Lynch Collingwood Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup ←Greater Western Sydney ←Geelong
12 Alyce Parker Greater Western Sydney Thurgoona Bulldogs TDFL ←Melbourne ←North Melbourne
2 13+ Mikala Cann Collingwood Eastern Ranges TAC Cup
14+ Olivia Purcell Geelong Geelong Falcons TAC Cup
15+ Maddy Brancatisano Melbourne Northern Knights TAC Cup ←Greater Western Sydney ←Geelong
16 Abbie McKay^ Carlton Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup Daughter of Andrew McKay
17 Sabreena Duffy Fremantle Peel Thunderbirds WAWFL
18 Lauren Butler Collingwood GWV Rebels TAC Cup
19 Maddie Shevlin Collingwood Gungahlin Jets AFL Canberra ←Greater Western Sydney ←Adelaide
20 Denby Taylor Geelong Geelong Falcons TAC Cup ←Greater Western Sydney
21 Jayde van Dyk Carlton Eastern Ranges TAC Cup ←Melbourne
22 Nat Grider Brisbane University of Queensland QAFLW
23 Aisling McCarthy Western Bulldogs Tipperary GAA LGAA
24 Georgia Clarke Geelong GWV Rebels TAC Cup
25 Daisy Bateman North Melbourne Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup
3 26+ Kate Bartlett Western Bulldogs Peel Thunderbirds WAWFL
27 Charlotte Wilson Carlton Eastern Ranges TAC Cup
28 Philipa Seth Fremantle East Fremantle WAWFL
29 Sophie Alexander‡ Collingwood Collingwood VFL Women's
30 Jess Foley Adelaide Sturt SANFLW
31 Jordann Hickey Melbourne NT Thunder VFL Women's ←Adelaide ←Greater Western Sydney
32 Georgia Gourlay Collingwood Casey Demons VFL Women's ←Melbourne
33 McKenzie Dowrick Brisbane Subiaco WAWFL
34 Selena Karlson Western Bulldogs Southern Saints VFL Women's
35 Rene Caris Geelong GWV Rebels TAC Cup
36 Courteney Munn North Melbourne Southern Saints VFL Women's
4 37+ Chloe Scheer Adelaide Central District SANFLW ←Melbourne
38 Emerson Woods Carlton Eastern Ranges TAC Cup
39 Courtney Stubbs Fremantle Subiaco WAWFL
40 Rhiannon Watt Carlton Southern Saints VFL Women's ←Brisbane ←Collingwood
41 Katelyn Rosenzweig Adelaide North Adelaide SANFLW
42# Jessica Edwards Carlton Collingwood VFL Women's Sophie Li compensation pick
43 Brittany Perry Greater Western Sydney North Adelaide SANFLW
44 Shelley Heath Melbourne Southern Saints VFL Women's
45 Lauren Bella Brisbane Bond University QAFLW
46 Jessie Davies Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs VFL Women's
47 Maighan Fogas Geelong Geelong VFL Women's
48 Danielle Ponter Adelaide Essendon VFL Women's ←Melbourne ←North Melbourne
5 49 Pass Carlton — —
50 Parris Laurie Fremantle Claremont WAWFL
51 Jordan Membrey Collingwood Wilston Grange QAFLW
52 Pass Melbourne — — ←Adelaide
53† Hannah Martin Adelaide West Adelaide SANFLW
54 Lisa Whiteley Greater Western Sydney South Adelaide SANFLW
55 Chloe Haines North Melbourne Burnie TSL Women's ←Melbourne
56 Tori Groves-Little Brisbane Coorparoo QAFLW
57 Elisha Coventry Geelong Geelong VFL Women's
58 Libby Haines North Melbourne Burnie TSL Women's
6 59 Laura Pugh Fremantle West Perth WAWFL
60 Ingrid Nielsen Greater Western Sydney UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Sydney Women's AFL
61 Jesse Wardlaw Brisbane Coorparoo QAFLW
62 Madeline Keryk Geelong Geelong VFL Women's
63 Nicole Bresnehan North Melbourne Clarence TSL Women's
7 64 Matilda Sergeant Fremantle Claremont WAWFL
65 Renee Tomkins Greater Western Sydney Auburn-Penrith Giants Sydney Women's AFL
8 66 Ebony Dowson Fremantle Peel Thunderbirds WAWFL
67 Delma Gisu Greater Western Sydney Wilston Grange QAFLW
9 68 Pass Fremantle — —
69 Haneen Zreika Greater Western Sydney Auburn-Penrith Giants Sydney Women's AFL
70 Erica Fowler‡ Collingwood Collingwood VFL Women's
71 Ebony O'Dea Greater Western Sydney Norwood SANFLW

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 undrafted free agency period signings
Date Player Free agent type Former club New club Ref
24 October Kirby Bentley Undrafted Fremantle Carlton [37]
Jade Ellenger Compensation (rookie) Coorparoo (QAFLW) Brisbane
Ashleigh Woodland Undrafted North Adelaide (SANFLW) Melbourne
Jacqui Yorston Compensation (rookie) Wilston Grange (QAFLW) Brisbane
25 October Katie-Jayne Grieve Undrafted Peel Thunderbirds (WAWFL) Fremantle [31]
Bethany Lynch Compensation (rookie) Richmond (VFLW) North Melbourne

See also

Notes
  1. North Melbourne also originally signed Tayla Roberts as a rookie, however Roberts made the decision to pursue her basketball career instead.[31]

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