2020 AFL Women's draft

The 2020 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2021 season.

2020 AFL Women's draft
General information
Date(s)6 October 2020
Time7:00pm AEST
Sponsored byNAB
Overview
LeagueAFL Women's
First selectionEllie McKenzie (Richmond)
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Signing and trading period

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A significantly delayed trade period was announced to begin from 3 August and conclude on 12 August, following the suspension of normal list management responsibilities due to COVID-19 pandemic. Concurrently, clubs will be permitted to re-sign existing players and will have until 17 August to do so. Players can be signed for one or two year contracts.[1]

Retirements and delistings

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Table of player retirements and delistings
Date Name Club Status Ref
17 January Ruth Wallace Adelaide Retired [2]
19 March Melissa Hickey Geelong Retired [3]
20 March Nicole Callinan Western Bulldogs Retired [4]
23 March Emma Mackie St Kilda Retired [5]
25 March Emma Grant Collingwood Retired [6]
25 March Lauren Tesoriero Richmond Retired [7]
27 March Laura Bailey Richmond Retired [8]
27 March Jess Foley Adelaide Retired [9]
4 June Eliza Hynes Collingwood Retired [10]
20 June Mairéad Seoighe North Melbourne Delisted [11]
Chloe Haines Delisted [12]
Libby Haines Delisted
Taylor Mesiti Retired
15 July Courtney Cramey Adelaide Retired [13]
17 July Courtney Gum Adelaide Retired [14]
Sophie Li Retired
31 July Talia Radan West Coast Retired [15]
1 August Joanne Doonan Carlton Delisted [16]
Emerson Woods Delisted
Katie Harrison Delisted
Sharnie Whiting Delisted
3 August Georgia Gourlay Collingwood Delisted [17]
Machaelia Roberts Retired
5 August Ainslie Kemp Melbourne Delisted [18]
7 August Arianna Clarke Brisbane Retired [19]
Bri McFarlane Delisted
Hannah Hillman Delisted
11 August Anna Teague Geelong Retired [20]
Cassie Blakeway Delisted
Gemma Wright Delisted
11 August Emma Humphries North Melbourne Delisted [21]
12 August Ella Wood Richmond Retired [22]
Nekaela Butler Delisted [23]
Ciara Fitzgerald Delisted
Emma Horne Delisted
12 August Emily Bonser West Coast Retired [24]
Kate Bartlett Delisted
Cassie Davidson Delisted
Emily McGuire Delisted
Danika Pisconeri Delisted
Tarnee Tester Delisted
12 August Maisie Nankivell Adelaide Retired [25]
Nicole Campbell Delisted
Jaimi Tabb Delisted
12 August Kate Flood Fremantle Retired [26]
Mia-Rae Clifford Delisted
Sarah Garstone Delisted
Lindal Rohde Delisted
12 August Courteney Munn St Kilda Retired [27]
Sammie Johnson Delisted
Melissa Kuys Delisted
Kelly O'Neill Delisted
14 August Georgia Breward Gold Coast Delisted [28]
Alexia Hamilton Delisted
Maddy Roberts Retired
Tayla Thorn Delisted
Kitara Whap-Farrar Delisted
16 August Kaila Bentvelzen Collingwood Retired [29]
17 August Ellie Brush Greater Western Sydney Retired [30]
Ingrid Nielsen Retired
Maggie Gorham Retired
3 October Tiarna Ernst Gold Coast Retired [31]
10 October Lucy Bellinger Brisbane Delisted [32]

Trades

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Table of trades
Clubs involved Trade Ref
Carlton
Richmond
to Carlton (from Richmond)
  • pick #15
to Richmond (from Carlton)
[33]
North Melbourne
Richmond
to North Melbourne (from Richmond)
to Richmond (from North Melbourne)
  • pick #43
[34]
Collingwood
North Melbourne
to Collingwood (from North Melbourne)
to North Melbourne (from Collingwood)
  • pick #40
[35]
Carlton
St Kilda
to Carlton (from St Kilda)
  • pick #36
to St Kilda (from Carlton)
[36]
Collingwood
Richmond
to Collingwood (from Richmond)
  • pick #31
  • pick #45
to Richmond (from Collingwood)
[37]
Melbourne
Richmond
to Melbourne (from Richmond)
  • pick #17
to Richmond (from Melbourne)
[37]
Collingwood
Melbourne
to Collingwood (from Melbourne)
to Melbourne (from Collingwood)
  • pick #10
  • pick #17
[37]
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
to West Coast (from Western Bulldogs)
to Western Bulldogs (from West Coast)
  • pick #2
  • pick #16
[38]
Adelaide
St Kilda
to Adelaide (from St Kilda)
to St Kilda (from Adelaide)
  • pick #34
[39]
North Melbourne
St Kilda
to North Melbourne (from St Kilda)
  • pick #22
  • pick #57
to St Kilda (from North Melbourne)
  • pick #29
  • pick #40
  • pick #50
[40]
Melbourne
St Kilda
to Melbourne (from St Kilda)
  • pick #29
to St Kilda (from Melbourne)
[40]
Adelaide
Greater Western Sydney
to Adelaide (from GWS Giants)
to Greater Western Sydney (from Adelaide)
  • pick #20
  • pick #42
[41]
Greater Western Sydney
Melbourne
to Greater Western Sydney (from Melbourne)
to Melbourne (from GWS)
  • pick #20
  • pick #39
[41]
Carlton
Melbourne
to Carlton (from Melbourne)
to Melbourne (from Carlton)
  • pick #15
[42]
Collingwood
Western Bulldogs
to Collingwood (from Western Bulldogs)
  • pick #33
to Western Bulldogs (from Collingwood)
[43]
Adelaide
Western Bulldogs
to Adelaide (from Western Bulldogs)
to Western Bulldogs (from Adelaide)
  • pick #25
[43]
Collingwood
Western Bulldogs
to Collingwood (from Western Bulldogs)
  • pick #19
  • pick #25
to Western Bulldogs (from Collingwood)
  • pick #11
[44]
Geelong
Melbourne
to Geelong (from Melbourne)
  • pick #10
  • pick #20
  • pick #27
  • pick #39
to Melbourne (from Geelong)
  • pick #5
  • pick #35
  • pick #49
[45]
Fremantle
North Melbourne
to Fremantle (from North Melbourne)
to North Melbourne (from Fremantle)
  • pick #44
[46]
Fremantle
West Coast
to Fremantle (from West Coast)
  • pick #46
to West Coast (from Fremantle)
[47]
Carlton
Gold Coast
to Carlton (from Gold Coast)
to Gold Coast (from Carlton)
  • pick #56
[48]
Brisbane
Gold Coast
to Brisbane (from Gold Coast)
to Gold Coast (from Brisbane)
  • pick #24
[49]
Gold Coast
St Kilda
to Gold Coast (from St Kilda)
to St Kilda (from Gold Coast)
  • pick #24
[50]

Delisted free agency

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A delisted free agency period was held from August 17 to August 21, where unsigned players could move to other clubs.[1]

Table of free agency signings
Date Player Former club New club Ref
17 August Tarnee Tester West Coast Fremantle [51]

Rookie signings

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In the absence of a rookie draft, each club was permitted to sign players that had not played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program.

Table of rookie signings
Club Player Other/former sport Ref
Brisbane Courtney Hodder Rugby union [52]
Collingwood Imogen Purcell Rowing [53]
Greater Western Sydney Bríd Stack Gaelic football [54]
Melbourne Lauren Magee Gaelic football [55]

Inactive players

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Following final list lodgements, a number of players experienced changing circumstances that made them unable to participate in the 2021 season. Clubs were granted permission to place these players on an inactive list, gaining end of draft selections to replace them for the one season.[56] Players on each club's inactive list ahead of the 2020 draft are listed below:

Table of inactive players
Club Player Reason Ref
Brisbane Gabby Collingwood Injury (ACL) [56]
Sharni Webb Pregnancy [57]
Fremantle Jess Trend Personal [58][59]
Leah Mascall Injury (ACL) [60]
Geelong Kate Darby Pregnancy [56]
Gold Coast Jasmyn Hewett Work [56]
Jacqui Yorston Injury (ACL) [61]
Greater Western Sydney Jacinda Barclay1 Personal [56]
Yvonne Bonner Visa [62]
North Melbourne Elisha King Injury [63]
Richmond Holly Whitford Injury (foot) [64]
St Kilda Clara Fitzpatrick Visa [65]
West Coast Mhicca Carter Injury (foot) [66]
McKenzie Dowrick Personal [67]
Ashton Hill Injury (ACL) [68]
Western Bulldogs Katy Herron Personal [69]

1 Barclay passed away on 12 October 2020.[70]

Richmond and West Coast concessions

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After poor on-field performances and list builds in 2020, the AFL decided to award special assistance to both Richmond and West Coast. Each club was issued an end-of-first round draft selection which they were required to on-trade to another club in exchange for an established player. Clubs were permitted to package the picks (15 and 16 for Richmond and West Coast, respectively) but could not receive draft selections back in any trade.[71]

Draft

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A draft was held on the night of 6 October 2020.[72] Players will nominate 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.[73]

Table of draft selections
Rd. Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes
Club League
1 1 Ellie McKenzie Richmond Northern Knights NAB League
2 Jess Fitzgerald Western Bulldogs Northern Knights NAB League West Coast
3 Isabella Lewis West Coast Claremont WAFLW Western Bulldogs
4 Teah Charlton Adelaide South Adelaide SANFLW
5 Alyssa Bannan Melbourne Northern Knights NAB League Geelong
6 Tyanna Smith St Kilda Dandenong Stingrays NAB League
7 Annise Bradfield Gold Coast Bond University QAFLW
8 Zimmorlei Farquharson Brisbane Yeronga South Brisbane QAFLW
9 Tarni Evans Greater Western Sydney Queanbeyan AFL Canberra
10 Darcy Moloney Geelong Geelong Falcons NAB League MelbourneCollingwood
11 Sarah Hartwig Western Bulldogs Sandringham Dragons NAB League CollingwoodMelbourne
12 Mimi Hill Carlton Oakleigh Chargers NAB League
13 Isabella Eddey North Melbourne Sandringham Dragons NAB League
14 Sarah Verrier Fremantle Peel Thunder WAFLW
15 Eliza McNamara Melbourne Sandringham Dragons NAB League CarltonRichmond, assistance pick with on-trade stipulation
16 Isabelle Pritchard Western Bulldogs Western Jets NAB League West Coast, assistance pick with on-trade stipulation
2 17 Maggie Caris Melbourne GWV Rebels NAB League Richmond
18 Shanae Davison West Coast Swan Districts WAFLW
19 Tarni Brown Collingwood Eastern Ranges NAB League Father–daughter selection (Daughter of Gavin Brown)
Western Bulldogs
20 Laura Gardiner Geelong Geelong Falcons NAB League Adelaide
21 Olivia Barber Geelong Murray Bushrangers NAB League
22 Alice O'Loughlin North Melbourne Oakleigh Chargers NAB League St Kilda
23 Sarah Perkins Gold Coast Hawthorn VFLW
24 Alice Burke St Kilda Sandringham Dragons NAB League Father–daughter selection (Daughter of Nathan Burke)
Brisbane
25 Amelia Velardo Collingwood Western Jets NAB League Greater Western Sydney
26 Joanna Lin Collingwood Oakleigh Chargers NAB League
27 Stephanie Williams Geelong Geelong Falcons NAB League Melbourne
28 Daisy Walker Carlton Sandringham Dragons NAB League
29 Emily Pease Greater Western Sydney Belconnen AFL Canberra North Melbourne
30 Mikayla Morrison Fremantle East Perth WAFLW
3 31 Abbi Moloney Collingwood Sandringham Dragons NAB League Richmond
32 Julie-Anne Norrish West Coast East Fremantle WAFLW
33 Pass Collingwood
34 Renee Saulitis St Kilda GWV Rebels NAB League
35 Megan Fitzsimon Melbourne Gippsland Power NAB League
36 Winnie Laing Carlton Sandringham Dragons NAB League
37 Indy Tahau Brisbane South Adelaide SANFLW
38 Ruby Svarc Brisbane Essendon VFLW
39 Carly Remmos Geelong Geelong Falcons NAB League
40 Jacqueline Vogt St Kilda Southern Saints VFLW
41 Mietta Kendall Melbourne Eastern Ranges NAB League
42 Libby Graham Greater Western Sydney Manly Warringah Sydney AFL
43 Tessa Lavey Richmond Dandenong Rangers WNBL North Melbourne
44 Georgia Hammond North Melbourne Darebin Falcons VFLW
45 Rachelle Martin Adelaide West Adelaide SANFLW
4 46 Tiah Haynes Fremantle Subiaco WAFLW
47 Ashleigh Woodland Adelaide North Adelaide SANFLW
48 Isabella Simmons Melbourne GWV Rebels NAB League
49 Brooke Brown North Melbourne Launceston TWFL
50 Maddison Levi Gold Coast Bond University QAFLW
51 Pass St Kilda
5 52 Luka Lesosky-Hay Richmond Richmond VFLW
53 Andrea Gilmore West Coast Claremont WAFLW
54 Janet Baird Gold Coast Palmerston NTFL
55 Amy Smith North Melbourne Williamstown VFLW Father–daughter selection (Daughter of Shaun Smith)
6 56 Pass West Coast
57 Lucy Single Gold Coast Bond University QAFLW
7 58 Bess Keaney Gold Coast Southern Saints VFLW
8 59 Pass West Coast
60 Daisy D'Arcy Gold Coast Hermit Park AFL Townsville
9 61 Wallis Randell Gold Coast Bond University QAFLW

Post-Draft

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Undrafted free agency and replacement players

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Due to the shortened season and small lists, replacement players are allowed for players that are placed on the inactive list, often due to injury, work commitments, personal issues or pregnancy. A final free agency period was 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 replacement player signings
Date Player Free agent/Replacement Former club New club Ref
7 October Bella Smith Free agent Norwood (SANFLW) Collingwood [74][75]
8 October Tahlia Meyer Free agent South Adelaide (SANFLW) St Kilda [75]
Lauren Gauci Free agent North Adelaide (SANFLW) West Coast
Amber Ward Free agent North Adelaide (SANFLW)
21 October Maggie MacLachlan Replacement (Trend) Subiaco (WAFLW) Fremantle [59]
26 November Demi Liddle Replacement (Hill) Peel Thunder (WAFLW) West Coast [68]
21 November Jessica Matin Replacement (Fitzpatrick) Dandenong Stingrays (NAB League) St Kilda [76]
17 December Erin Todd Replacement (Bonner) Sydney Uni Flames (WNBL) Greater Western Sydney [62]
Beth Pinchin Replacement (Webb) Coolangatta (QAFLW) Brisbane [57]
21 December Hannah McLaren Replacement (Whitford) Richmond (VFLW) Richmond [64]
4 January Annabel Strahan Replacement (Herron) Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League Girls) Western Bulldogs [77]
13 January Katelyn Cox Replacement (Elisha King) North Melbourne (VFLW) North Melbourne [63]
22 January Mikayla Hyde Replacement (Mascall) Swan Districts (WAFLW) Fremantle [78]
25 January Georgia Bevan Replacement (Yorston) Sturt (SANFLW) Gold Coast [79][80]
Katelyn Pope Replacement (Carter) North Adelaide (SANFLW) West Coast [66]
26 January Paige Trudgeon Replacement (Dalton) Montmorency Football Club, (NFNL) Carlton [81]
5 February Rebecca Ott Replacement (Xenos) Southern Saints (VFLW) St Kilda [82]

See also

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