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2018 AFL draft

Draft for the Australian Football League

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The 2018 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2018 AFL season.

For the first time, the AFL draft featured live trading of picks and was held over two days, with the first round held on the evening of Thursday, 22 November and the remainder of the draft being held on Friday, 23 November The draft was held in Victoria for the first time since 2009.

01Key dates

Table of key dates
Event	Date(s)
Free agency period	5-12 October (restricted and unrestricted) 1-8 November, 10-16 November, 23 November (delisted)
Trade period	8-17 October (players and selections) 18 October-16 November (selections only)
National draft	22 November (first round) 23 November (second and subsequent rounds)
Rookie draft	23 November
Pre-season supplemental selection period	1 December-15 March

02Player movements

Previous trades

Since 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during the trade period. As a result, a total of 29 selections for the 2018 draft were traded during the 2017 trade period, and the selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2018 season.

Table of previously traded selections
Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via
1	Melbourne	Adelaide	Jake Lever trade
1	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick swap
2	Carlton	Adelaide	Bryce Gibbs trade
	Adelaide	Carlton	Bryce Gibbs trade
	Gold Coast	West Coast	Pick swap
	St Kilda	Port Adelaide	Pick swap
	Fremantle	Greater Western Sydney	Nathan Wilson trade
	Western Bulldogs	Carlton	Pick swap
	Essendon	Gold Coast	Adam Saad trade
	Geelong	Gold Coast	Gary Ablett trade
	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Devon Smith trade
	Collingwood	Sydney	Sam Murray trade
3	Carlton	Adelaide	Bryce Gibbs trade
	St Kilda	North Melbourne	via Port Adelaide (Logan Austin trade) on-traded to North Melbourne (pick swap)
	Fremantle	Gold Coast	Brandon Matera trade
	Adelaide	Melbourne	Jake Lever trade
	Essendon	Greater Western Sydney	Devon Smith trade
	North Melbourne	Port Adelaide	Pick swap
	Sydney	Collingwood	Sam Murray trade
	Richmond	Geelong	Pick swap
	West Coast	North Melbourne	via Port Adelaide (Brendon Ah Chee trade) on-traded to North Melbourne (pick swap)
4	Carlton	Geelong	Darcy Lang trade
	Geelong	Carlton	Darcy Lang trade
	Gold Coast	Geelong	Gary Ablett trade
	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs	Hayden Crozier trade
	Adelaide	St Kilda	via Gold Coast (Harrison Wigg trade) on-traded to Port Adelaide (Aaron Young trade) on-traded to St Kilda (pick swap)
	Port Adelaide	St Kilda	Logan Austin trade
	Hawthorn	West Coast	via Port Adelaide (Jarman Impey trade) on-traded to West Coast (Brendon Ah Chee trade)
	Melbourne	Adelaide	Jake Lever trade

Free agency

2018 AFL free agency period signings
Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation
Reece Conca	5 October	Unrestricted	Richmond	Fremantle	None ^[a]
Luke Dahlhaus	5 October	Unrestricted	Western Bulldogs	Geelong	2nd round
Tom Lynch	8 October	Restricted	Gold Coast	Richmond	1st round
Scott Lycett	9 October	Restricted	West Coast	Port Adelaide	End of 1st round
Alex Fasolo	10 October	Unrestricted	Collingwood	Carlton	3rd round
Jarryd Lyons	1 November	Delisted	Gold Coast	Brisbane Lions	None
Tom Sheridan		Delisted	Fremantle	Greater Western Sydney	None
Darren Minchington		Delisted	St Kilda	Hawthorn	None
Jordan Murdoch	7 November	Delisted	Geelong	Gold Coast	None
Daniel Menzel	14 November	Delisted	Geelong	Sydney	None

Trades

2018 AFL trade period
Date	No.	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for
8 October	1	Lincoln McCarthy	Geelong	Brisbane Lions	Pick 43
		Pick 55			Pick 62
		Pick 59			Pick 62
	2	Anthony Miles	Richmond	Gold Coast	2019 third round pick (Gold Coast)
		Corey Ellis
		2019 third round pick (Richmond)
	3	Nathan Kreuger (South Adelaide)	Carlton	Geelong	Pick 43
10 October	4	Pick 24	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Pick 32
		Pick 24			Pick 41
		Pick 59			Pick 44
		Pick 80			Pick 78
	5	Mitch McGovern	Adelaide	Carlton	Shane McAdam (Sturt)
		2019 third round pick (Adelaide)	Adelaide		2019 fifth round pick (Carlton)
		Pick 13	Sydney		Pick 26
					Pick 28
				Adelaide	Pick 40
	6	Jared Polec	Port Adelaide	North Melbourne	Pick 11
		Jasper Pittard			Pick 11
		Pick 48			2019 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)
	7	Gary Rohan	Sydney	Geelong	Pick 62
	8	Ryan Clarke	North Melbourne	Sydney	Pick 62
	9	Tom Hickey	St Kilda	West Coast	Pick 39
		Pick 61			Pick 39
		2019 fourth round pick (St Kilda)			2019 fourth round pick (West Coast)
11 October	10	Pick 6	Fremantle	Port Adelaide	Pick 11
		Pick 6			Pick 23
		2019 third round pick (Fremantle)			Pick 30
		2019 third round pick (Fremantle)			Pick 49
12 October	11	Dan Hannebery	Sydney	St Kilda	Pick 39
	11	Pick 28	Sydney	St Kilda	2019 second round pick (St Kilda)
	12	Dean Kent	Melbourne	St Kilda	Pick 65
	13	Dom Tyson	Melbourne	North Melbourne	Braydon Preuss
	13	Dom Tyson	Melbourne	North Melbourne	Pick 62
	14	Will Setterfield	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 43
	14	Pick 71	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	2019 second round pick (Carlton)
15 October	15	Sam Lloyd	Richmond	Western Bulldogs	Pick 64
16 October	16	Aaron Hall	Gold Coast	North Melbourne	Pick 68
	17	Jack Scrimshaw	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)
	17	2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)
	18	Pick 68	Gold Coast	Adelaide	2019 fourth round pick (Adelaide)
	19	George Horlin-Smith	Geelong	Gold Coast	Pick 59
	20	Tyson Stengle	Richmond	Adelaide	Pick 68
	21	Tom Scully	Greater Western Sydney	Hawthorn	2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)
	22	Taylor Duryea	Hawthorn	Western Bulldogs	2019 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)
17 October	23	Chad Wingard	Port Adelaide	Hawthorn	Ryan Burton
		Chad Wingard			Pick 15
		2019 third round pick (Port Adelaide)			Pick 35
		2019 third round pick (Port Adelaide)			2019 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)
	24	Sam Mayes	Brisbane Lions	Port Adelaide	Pick 6
		Sam Mayes			Pick 35
		Pick 5			2019 third round pick (Fremantle)
	25	2019 first round pick (Brisbane Lions)	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Pick 19
					2019 second round pick (Gold Coast)
					2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)
	26	Lachie Neale	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	Pick 6
		Lachie Neale			Pick 19
		Pick 30			Pick 55
	27	Jesse Hogan	Melbourne	Fremantle	Pick 6
	27	Pick 65	Melbourne	Fremantle	Pick 23
	28	Rory Lobb	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	Pick 11
		Pick 14			Pick 11
		Pick 43			Pick 19
		Pick 47			Pick 19
	29	Pick 31	North Melbourne	Fremantle	Pick 47
					Pick 49
					Pick 55
	30	Steven May	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6
	30	Kade Kolodjashnij	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6
	31	Jack Hombsch	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	2019 fourth round pick (Adelaide)
	32	Jackson Thurlow	Geelong	Sydney	Pick 70
	33	Pick 28	St Kilda	Melbourne	Pick 36
	33	Pick 28	St Kilda	Melbourne	Pick 46
	34	Marcus Adams	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	Pick 32
	34	Marcus Adams	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)
	35	Jordan Roughead	Western Bulldogs	Collingwood	Pick 75
	36	Travis Colyer	Essendon	Fremantle	2019 fourth round pick (Fremantle)
	37	Dylan Shiel	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Pick 9
	37	2019 second round pick (GWS)	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	2019 first round pick (Essendon)
	38	Nic Newman	Sydney	Carlton	2019 fourth round pick (Carlton)
	39	Dayne Beams	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Pick 18
		Pick 41			Pick 56
		Pick 44			2019 first round pick (Collingwood)
26 October	40	Pick 59	Geelong	Collingwood	Pick 51
26 October	40	Pick 60	Geelong	Collingwood	Pick 51
22 November (1st Round)	41	Pick 26	Sydney	West Coast	2019 third round pick (West Coast)
	42	Pick 24	West Coast	Sydney	2019 second round pick (Sydney)
	43	Pick 19	Adelaide	Carlton	2019 first round pick (Carlton)
	43	2019 first round pick (Adelaide)	Adelaide	Carlton	2019 first round pick (Carlton)
23 November (2nd Round onwards)	44	Pick 23	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick 27
	44	2019 fifth round pick (West Coast)	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick 32
	45	Pick 24	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 28
	45	2019 fifth round pick (Adelaide)	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	2019 second round pick (Carlton)
	46	Pick 34	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs	Pick 30
	46	Pick 41	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs	Pick 57
	47	Pick 51	North Melbourne	St Kilda	2019 third round pick (St Kilda)
	48	Pick 46	Western Bulldogs	North Melbourne	2019 third round pick (North Melbourne)
	49	Pick 54	North Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	2019 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)
	50	Pick 61	St Kilda	Greater Western Sydney	2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)
	50	Pick 61	St Kilda	Greater Western Sydney	2019 fourth round pick (GWS)
	51	Pick 64	Carlton	Adelaide	Pick 67
	51	Pick 64	Carlton	Adelaide	2019 fifth round pick (Carlton)
	52	Pick 63	Collingwood	Hawthorn	2019 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)
	52	2019 fifth round pick (Collingwood)	Collingwood	Hawthorn	2019 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)
	53	Pick 75	St Kilda	Carlton	Pick 67
	53	2019 fourth round pick (West Coast)	St Kilda	Carlton	Pick 67
	54	Pick 68	Richmond	Geelong	2019 fourth round pick (Geelong)

03Retirements and delistings

Table key
†	Retired, effective immediately
‡	Retired, effective at the end of the season
R	Rookie listed player
B	Category B Rookie listed player

Table of player retirements and delistings
Date	Name	Club	Status
15 November	Ty Vickery	Hawthorn	Retired †
11 January	Ben Griffiths	Richmond	Retired †
22 January	Kurt Tippett	Sydney	Retired †
9 February	Cian Hanley	Brisbane Lions	Retired † B
26 June	Shaun Hampson	Richmond	Retired †
4 July	Cyril Rioli	Hawthorn	Retired †
9 July	Clay Smith	Western Bulldogs	Retired †
18 July	Curtly Hampton	Adelaide	Retired †
23 July	Koby Stevens	St Kilda	Retired †
2 August	Harley Balic	Melbourne	Retired †
7 August	Matt Rosa	Gold Coast	Retired †
7 August	Sam Gibson	Adelaide	Retired ‡
8 August	Lee Spurr	Fremantle	Retired †
21 August	Brendon Goddard	Essendon	Delisted
	Jarrad Waite	North Melbourne	Retired ‡
	Alex Silvagni	Carlton	Retired † R
22 August	Jackson Merrett	Essendon	Delisted
23 August	Shane Biggs	Western Bulldogs	Retired †
24 August	Danyle Pearce	Fremantle	Retired †
24 August	Michael Johnson	Fremantle	Retired ‡
25 August	Lindsay Thomas	Port Adelaide	Retired R
26 August	Ray Connellan	St Kilda	Delisted B
28 August	Kieran Collins	Western Bulldogs	Delisted
	Nathan Mullenger-McHugh	Western Bulldogs	Delisted R
	Jimmy Toumpas	Port Adelaide	Delisted
	Emmanuel Irra	Port Adelaide	Delisted B
	Billy Hartung	North Melbourne	Delisted
	Daniel Nielson		Delisted
	Josh Williams		Delisted
	Oscar Junker		Delisted R
	Gordon Narrier		Delisted R
	Tom Jeffries		Delisted B
	Michael Barlow	Gold Coast	Delisted
	Josh Jaska		Delisted R
	Max Spencer		Delisted B
	Mackenzie Willis		Delisted R
	Harry Dear	Adelaide	Delisted
	Jackson Edwards		Delisted R
	Ben Jarman		Delisted R
	Nathan Freeman	St Kilda	Delisted
29 August	Hugh Goddard		Delisted
29 August	Nathan Wright		Delisted
30 August	Bernie Vince	Melbourne	Retired ‡
	Cam O'Shea	Carlton	Delisted
	Aaron Mullett		Delisted
	Matt Shaw		Delisted R
	Jesse Glass-McCasker		Delisted R
	Michael Rischitelli	Gold Coast	Delisted
4 September	Mitchell Hibberd	North Melbourne	Delisted
5 September	Sam Gilbert	St Kilda	Delisted
6 September	Darren Minchington	St Kilda	Delisted
	Rohan Bewick	Brisbane Lions	Delisted
	Tom Bell		Delisted
	Marco Paparone		Delisted
	Claye Beams		Delisted R
	Jake Barrett		Delisted R
10 September	Liam Dawson		Delisted
	Josh Green	Essendon	Delisted
	Aaron Black	Geelong	Delisted
11 September	Cory Gregson		Delisted
	Ryan Gardner		Delisted
	Timm House		Delisted
	Stewart Crameri		Delisted R
	Matthew Hayball		Delisted R
12 September	Eric Mackenzie	West Coast	Retired
14 September	Alex Johnson	Sydney	Delisted R
16 September	Ryan Griffen	Greater Western Sydney	Retired
17 September	Jack Redpath	Western Bulldogs	Retired
25 September	Matthew Wright	Carlton	Retired
	Cameron Pedersen	Melbourne	Delisted
	Tomas Bugg		Delisted
	Mitch King		Delisted
	Pat McKenna		Delisted
	Lachlan Filipovic		Delisted R
26 September	Jonathan O'Rourke	Hawthorn	Delisted
	Kurt Heatherley		Delisted
	Dallas Willsmore		Delisted R
2 October	Dean Towers	Sydney	Delisted
	Jordan Foote		Delisted
	Angus Styles		Delisted R
	Jake Brown		Delisted B
4 October	Dion Johnstone	Melbourne	Delisted
4 October	Declan Mountford	North Melbourne	Delisted
15 October	Ciarán Byrne	Carlton	Retired
15 October	Cillian McDaid	Carlton	Retired B
17 October	Maverick Weller	St Kilda	Delisted
18 October	Mark LeCras	West Coast	Retired
	Sam Rowe	Carlton	Delisted
	Jed Lamb		Delisted
	Sam Kerridge		Delisted
	Nick Graham		Delisted
22 October	Tom Sheridan	Fremantle	Delisted
	Cam Sutcliffe		Delisted
	Brady Grey		Delisted
	Luke Strnadica		Delisted R
	Malcolm Karpany	West Coast	Delisted
	Luke Partington		Delisted
	Ryan Burrows		Delisted R
	Callan England		Delisted R
	Tony Olango		Delisted R
	Tarir Bayok		Delisted B
	Matthew Signorello	Adelaide	Delisted
	Jake Neade	Port Adelaide	Delisted
	Dom Barry		Delisted
	Will Snelling		Delisted R
24 October	Dan Robinson	Sydney	Delisted
	Harrison Marsh	Sydney	Delisted
	Matthew Leuenberger	Essendon	Retired
	Daniel Menzel	Geelong	Delisted
	Jordan Murdoch	Geelong	Delisted
25 October	Alex Morgan	North Melbourne	Delisted
	Tom Campbell	Western Bulldogs	Delisted
	Mitch Honeychurch	Western Bulldogs	Delisted
26 October	Tim Mohr	Greater Western Sydney	Delisted
26 October	Lachlan Tiziani	Greater Western Sydney	Delisted
29 October	Brendan Whitecross	Hawthorn	Delisted
29 October	Kieran Lovell	Hawthorn	Delisted
30 October	Kyle Cheney	Adelaide	Delisted
	Paul Hunter	Adelaide	Delisted R
	Jesse Lonergan	Gold Coast	Delisted
	Harrison Wigg		Delisted
	Brad Scheer		Delisted
	Cameron Hewett	Port Adelaide	Delisted R
	Jarryd Blair	Collingwood	Delisted
	Tim Broomhead		Delisted
	Kayle Kirby		Retired
	Sam McLarty		Delisted
	Sam Murray		Delisted
	Adam Oxley		Delisted R
	Josh Smith		Delisted
	Will Langford	Hawthorn	Retired
31 October	Jacob Townsend	Richmond	Delisted
	Nathan Drummond		Delisted
	Mabior Chol		Delisted R
	Jack Leslie	Gold Coast	Delisted
	Jarryd Lyons	Gold Coast	Delisted
	Matt Dea	Essendon	Delisted
	Jack Frost	Brisbane Lions	Retired
	Ethan Hughes	Fremantle	Delisted
	Ryan Nyhuis	Fremantle	Delisted R
9 November	Jacob Allison	Brisbane Lions	Delisted
9 November	Ryan Bastinac	Brisbane Lions	Delisted
12 November	Kyron Hayden	North Melbourne	Delisted
21 November	Michael Apeness	Fremantle	Retired

04Pre-draft selections

Prior to the draft, the two bottom teams Carlton and Gold Coast applied for Priority Picks in the National Draft, which the AFL denied. However, Gold Coast were granted pre-draft access to up to three and Carlton up to two mature-aged State League players each, these selections could be traded to other clubs.

Table of pre-draft selections
Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref.
Player	Club	Club	League	Notes	Ref.
Nathan Kreuger	Carlton	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded to Geelong for Pick 43
Shane McAdam	Carlton	Sturt	SANFL	Traded to Adelaide as part of Mitch McGovern trade
Josh Corbett	Gold Coast	Werribee	VFL
Chris Burgess		West Adelaide	SANFL
Sam Collins		Werribee	VFL

052018 national draft

Indicative draft order as of 21 November 2018

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been a premiership player and been selected for at least one All-Australian team
⁺	Denotes player who has been a premiership player at least once
^x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Australian team
^#	Denotes player who has never played in a VFL/AFL home and away season or finals game
^~	Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star

Table of national draft selections
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Notes
1	1	Sam Walsh	Carlton	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
	2	Jack Lukosius	Gold Coast	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
	3	Izak Rankine	Gold Coast	West Adelaide	SANFL	Free Agency compensation pick (Lynch)
	4	Max King	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
	5	Connor Rozee	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Brisbane Lions
	6	Ben King	Gold Coast	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Melb; received from Freo, Bris, Port, Freo
	7	Bailey Smith	Western Bulldogs	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
	8	Tarryn Thomas	North Melbourne	North Launceston	TSL	Next Gen. Academy (Indigenous) - North matched Crows bid.
	9	Chayce Jones	Adelaide	Launceston	TSL
	10	Nick Blakey	Sydney	UNSW-Eastern Sub.	AFL Syd.	Academy selection
	11	Jye Caldwell	GWS Giants	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
	12	Zak Butters	Port Adelaide	Western Jets	TAC Cup
	13	Isaac Quaynor	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy selection (Ghanaian descent)
	14	Jackson Hately	GWS Giants	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Freo; received from Port, N.M.
	15	Jordan Clark	Geelong	Claremont	WAFL
	16	Ned McHenry	Adelaide	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney
	17	Sam Sturt	Fremantle	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
	18	Xavier Duursma	Port Adelaide	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn
	19	Liam Stocker	Carlton	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Adelaide at the draft; received from Melbourne
	20	Riley Collier-Dawkins	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
	21	Ely Smith	Brisbane Lions	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Collingwood
	22	Xavier O'Halloran	GWS Giants	Western Jets	TAC Cup	Traded from Freo; received from Bris, Suns, WCE
	23	Jez McLennan	Gold Coast	Central District	SANFL	Traded from West Coast at the draft; Free Agency compo pick (Lycett)
2	24	Bobby Hill	GWS Giants	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Adelaide at the draft; received from Carlton
	25	James Rowbottom	Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from West Coast at the draft; received from Gold Coast
	26	Rhylee West	Western Bulldogs	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Father-son selection (son of Scott West)
	27	Tom Sparrow	Melbourne	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Freo; received from Port, St k
	28	Xavier O'Neill	West Coast	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Brisbane Lions
	29	Will Kelly	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father-son selection (son of Craig Kelly)
	30	Will Hamill	Adelaide	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Fremantle
	31	Luke Foley	West Coast	Subiaco	WAFL	Traded from Sydney at the draft; received from Carl, W.B.
	32	Luke Valente	Fremantle	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from W.Bulldogs at the draft; Free Agency compo pick (Dahlhaus)
	33	James Jordon	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from St K; received from Syd, Carl, Adel
	34	Kieren Briggs	GWS Giants	Pennant Hills	AFL Syd.	Academy selection
	35	Bailey Williams	West Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast at the draft; received from Essendon
	36	Tom Berry	Brisbane Lions	GWV Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Fremantle; received from Port Adelaide
	37	Laitham Vandermeer	Western Bulldogs	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Freo at the draft; received from North
	38	Irving Mosquito	Essendon	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from GWS; N.G. Academy eligible for Hawthorn, but they passed.
	39	Jarrod Cameron	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
	40	Tom Joyce	Brisbane Lions	East Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Port Adelaide; received from Hawthorn
	41	Jack Bytel	St Kilda	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne
	42	Connor McFadyen	Brisbane Lions	Wilston Grange	QAFL	Academy selection
	43	Jack Ross	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
3	44	Justin McInerney	Sydney	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Adelaide; received from Carlton
	45	Ben Cavarra	Western Bulldogs	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Freo at the draft; received from GWS, Carl, Geel, Bris
	46	Curtis Taylor	North Melbourne	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Western Bulldogs at the draft
	47	Matthew Parker	St Kilda	South Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Melbourne; received from Adelaide
	48	Ben Jarvis	Geelong	Norwood	SANFL
	49	Bailey Scott	North Melbourne	Broadbeach	QAFL	Father-son selection (son of Robert Scott)
	50	Jacob Kennerley	Geelong	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from Collingwood; received from Sydney
	51	Zac Foot	Sydney	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
	52	Jacob Koschitzke	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
	53	Aaron Nietschke	Melbourne	Central District	SANFL
	54	Nick Hind	St Kilda	Essendon	VFL	Traded from N.M. at the draft; received from Freo, Bris, Geel, Rich
	55	Noah Answerth	Brisbane Lions	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Collingwood
4	56	Marty Hore	Melbourne	Collingwood	VFL	Traded from N.M.; received from Syd, Geel, Bris
	57	Lachie Schultz	Fremantle	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Western Bulldogs at the draft; received from Fremantle
	58	Fraser Turner	Richmond	Clarence	TSL	Traded from Western Bulldogs
	59	Brett Bewley	Fremantle	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Melb; received from St K, Adel, Suns, Port
	60	Noah Gown	Essendon	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
	61	Connor Idun	GWS Giants	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from St Kilda at the draft; received from Port Adelaide
	62	Luke English	Richmond	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Adelaide; received from Suns, N.M.
	63	Mathew Walker	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Coll at the draft; Academy eligible for GWS, but they passed.
	64	Lachlan Sholl	Adelaide	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton at the draft; received from Geelong
	65	Darcy Fort	Geelong	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Sydney
	66	Finbar O'Dwyer	Carlton	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
	67	Robbie Young	St Kilda	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Carlton at the draft; received from Adel, Melb
	68	Jake Tarca	Geelong	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Richmond at the draft
	69	Joel Crocker	North Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Father-son eligible (son of Darren Crocker)
5	70	Ben Silvagni	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father-son eligible (son of Stephen Silvagni)
	71	Caleb Graham	Gold Coast	Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL	Traded from Brisbane Lions
	72	Brayden Ham	Essendon	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
	73	Riley Grundy	Port Adelaide	Sturt	SANFL
	74	Oscar Brownless	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Father-son eligible (son of Billy Brownless)
	75	Toby Bedford	Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy eligible (Indigenous)
	76	Boyd Woodcock	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL
	77	Atu Bosenavulagi	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy eligible (born in Fiji)
	78	Will Hayes	Western Bulldogs	Footscray	VFL

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2018 to their 2019 primary playing list prior to the draft.

Table of rookie elevations
Player	Club	Ref.
Josh Thomas	Collingwood
Bailey Banfield	Fremantle
Taylin Duman	Fremantle
Jack Henry	Geelong
Mark O'Connor	Geelong
Darcy MacPherson	Gold Coast
Daniel Lloyd	Greater Western Sydney
Conor Glass	Hawthorn
James Cousins
David Mirra
Corey Maynard	Melbourne
Dan Houston	Port Adelaide
Callum Moore	Richmond
Rowan Marshall	St Kilda
Robbie Fox	Sydney
Billy Gowers	Western Bulldogs
Brad Lynch	Western Bulldogs

062019 rookie draft

Table of rookie draft selections
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Notes
1	1	Hugh Goddard	Carlton	St Kilda	AFL
	2	Michael Rischitelli	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	3	Callum Wilkie	St Kilda	North Adelaide	SANFL
	4	Ryan Bastinac	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	5	Ethan Hughes	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	6	Lachie Young	Western Bulldogs	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
	7	Kieran Strachan	Adelaide	Port Melbourne	VFL
	8	Tom Jok	Essendon	Collingwood	VFL
	9	Tobin Cox	Port Adelaide	Glenelg	SANFL
	10	Tom McKenzie	North Melbourne	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
	11	Tom Atkins	Geelong	Geelong	VFL
	12	Durak Tucker	Sydney	Peel Thunder	WAFL
	13	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	,	,
	14	Damon Greaves	Hawthorn	East Perth	WAFL
	15	Kade Chandler	Melbourne	Norwood	SANFL
	16	Jake Aarts	Richmond	Richmond	VFL
	17	Tim Broomhead	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL
	18	Harry Edwards	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL
2	19	Tomas Bugg	Carlton	Melbourne	AFL
	20	Jack Leslie	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	21	Jacob Allison	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	22	Tobe Watson	Fremantle	Swan Districts	WAFL
	23	Jordon Sweet	Western Bulldogs	North Adelaide	SANFL
	24	Paul Hunter	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL
	25	Matt Dea	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
	26	Cam Hewett	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	AFL
	27	Kyron Hayden	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
	28	Harry Reynolds	Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
	29	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	,	,
	30	Will Golds	Hawthorn	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
	31	Passed	Melbourne	,	,
	32	Jacob Townsend	Richmond	Richmond	AFL
	33	Sam Murray	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL
	34	Josh Smith	West Coast	Collingwood	AFL
3	35	Passed	Carlton	,	,
	36	Brad Scheer	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	37	Ryan Nyhuis	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	38	Passed	Western Bulldogs	,	,
	39	Jordon Butts	Adelaide	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
	40	Passed	Essendon	,	,
	41	Tom Wilkinson	North Melbourne	Southport	NEAFL
	42	Kurt Tippett	Sydney	Sydney	AFL	Tippett retired on 22 January 2018, but was retained on Sydney's 2019 list due to a contractual settlement.
	43	Tim Mohr	Hawthorn	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
	44	Passed	Melbourne	,	,
	45	Mabior Chol	Richmond	Richmond	AFL
	46	Passed	West Coast	,	,
3	47	Harrison Wigg	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	48	Passed	North Melbourne	,	,
	49	Will Langford	Hawthorn	Hawthorn	AFL	Langford retired on 30 October 2018, but was retained on Hawthorn's 2019 list due to a contractual settlement.
	50	Passed	Richmond	,	,
4	51	Passed	Gold Coast	,	,
4	52	Passed	Richmond	,	,

Category B rookie selections

Clubs were able to nominate category B rookies to join their club in 2019.

Table of Category B rookie selections
Name	Club	Origin	Note
Tom Fullarton	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Bullets (NBL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
James Madden	Brisbane Lions	Dublin GAA	International selection (Ireland)
Matthew Owies	Carlton	Seattle Redhawks (NCAA)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
Anton Tohill	Collingwood	Derry GAA	International selection (Ireland)
Mark Keane	Collingwood	Cork GAA	International selection (Ireland)
Jason Carter	Fremantle	Peel Thunder	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
Stefan Okunbor	Geelong	Kerry GAA	International selection (Ireland)
Blake Schlensog	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
Callum Brown	Greater Western Sydney	Derry GAA	International selection (Ireland)
Austin Bradtke	Melbourne	Melbourne Tigers (SEABL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
Guy Walker	Melbourne	Melbourne Renegades (BBL)	3-year non-registered player (cricket)
Red Óg Murphy	North Melbourne	Sligo GAA	International selection (Ireland)
Kai Pudney	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	Next Generation Academy selection (Japanese descent)
Martin Frederick	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	Next Generation Academy selection (Sudanese descent)
Sam Alabakis	St Kilda	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (NCAA)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
Sam Wicks	Sydney	Sydney (NEAFL)	NSW zone selection
Patrick Bines	West Coast	Melbourne Tigers (SEABL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
Brodie Riach	West Coast	Altona Gators (Big V)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
Buku Khamis	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets	Next Generation Academy selection (born in Sudan)

Pre-season supplemental selection period

Shortly before the National draft, the AFL introduced a new mechanism to allow clubs to sign certain eligible players direct to their Rookie List, rather than through the draft, provided the club had vacancies on their rookie list. Eligible players could be listed between December and March.


Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref
Player	Club	Club	League	Notes	Ref
Matt Cottrell	Carlton	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
Michael Gibbons	Carlton	Williamstown	VFL
Zac Clarke	Essendon	Subiaco	WAFL	Previously listed with Fremantle
Sam Fletcher	Gold Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
Shane Mumford	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	Retired in 2017
Ned Reeves	Hawthorn	Box Hill Hawks	VFL
Corey Wagner	Melbourne	Casey Demons	VFL	Previously listed with North Melbourne
Jay Lockhart	Melbourne	Casey Demons	VFL
Tom Campbell	North Melbourne	Western Bulldogs	AFL
Mav Weller	Richmond	St Kilda	AFL
Sydney Stack	Richmond	Perth	WAFL
Jonathon Marsh	St Kilda	East Fremantle	WAFL	Previously listed with Collingwood
Sam Rowe	St Kilda	Carlton	AFL
Hayden McLean	Sydney	South Adelaide	SANFL
Keegan Brooksby	West Coast	South Adelaide	SANFL	Previously listed with Gold Coast

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