2024 AFL Women's draft

2024 AFL Women's draft
General information
Date16 December 2024
Time7:00 pm AEDT
LocationMarvel Stadium
NetworkAFL Media
Sponsored byTelstra
Overview
LeagueAFL Women's
First selectionAsh Centra (Collingwood)

The 2024 AFL Women's draft was the annual draft that enabled the 18 clubs in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition to recruit players following the 2024 AFL Women's season. It was held on 16 December 2024. It took place during the 2024–25 AFL Women's player movement period, which began in November 2024 and ran until March 2025.[1]

Background

In June 2024, the Australian Football League (AFL) announced that long-time major partner Telstra had expanded its partnership with the league to become the naming rights sponsor for the AFL and AFLW drafts and both competitions' Rising Star awards from 2024 onwards.[2] Later that month, AFL executive general manager Laura Kane announced that the AFL Women's draft would transition to a fully national draft for the first time, following feedback from clubs and the use of an "opt-in model" in the 2023 draft, where nearly 70 per cent of draftees (including twelve of the top 16 selections) nominated for the national draft pool rather than chose to remain in their home state.[3] The draft also saw the introduction of minimum two-year contracts for draftees.[3] In August, AFLW general manager Emma Moore announced that the girls' draft combine would also become a national event for the first time, having previously been staged only as state-based events, and would be held in Melbourne in October on the same weekend as the boys' combine.[4] Players who were not invited to the national combine were also able to attend smaller state-based draft combines in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.[5]

The draft was held on 16 December at Marvel Stadium and broadcast on afl.com.au and the official AFL app.[6] In the week leading up to the draft, experts from afl.com.au,[7] The Age[8] and Fox Sports considered Gippsland Power midfielder Ash Centra the favourite to be taken by Collingwood with the first selection;[9] the Herald Sun reported the day before the draft that Collingwood had already settled on Centra for the selection,[10] with Collingwood confirming the selection the following night at the draft.[11]

National draft

The order of selections for the national draft was finalised on 11 December, at the conclusion of the 2024 trade period.[12]

AAcademy selection
FDFather–daughter selection
Rd. Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes
Club League
1 1 Ash Centra CollingwoodGippsland PowerTalent League Girls
2 Havana Harris (A[a]) Gold CoastGold Coast Academy/Bond UniversityQAFL Women's
3 Molly O'Hehir MelbourneSouth FremantleWAFL Women'sReceived from Gold Coast[13]
4 Sara Howley Greater Western SydneyGeelong FalconsTalent League Girls
5 Zippy Fish SydneyEast FremantleWAFL Women's
6 Poppy Scholz CarltonGlenelgSANFL Women's
7 Lucia Painter West CoastBendigo PioneersTalent League Girls
8 Emma McDonald Western BulldogsOakleigh ChargersTalent League Girls
9 Grace Belloni EssendonEastern RangesTalent League GirlsReceived from St Kilda[14]
10 Lexi Gregor GeelongBendigo PioneersTalent League Girls
11 Sierra Grieves RichmondWestern JetsTalent League GirlsReceived from Melbourne[15]
12 Holly Ridewood EssendonNorthern KnightsTalent League Girls
13 India Rasheed AdelaideSturtSANFL Women'sReceived from Richmond[16]
14 Georgie Brisbane FremantleEastern RangesTalent League Girls
15 Lavinia Cox HawthornBendigo PioneersTalent League Girls
16 Claudia Wright BrisbaneClaremontWAFL Women'sReceived from Port Adelaide[17]
17 Sophie McKay (FD[b]) CarltonSandringham DragonsTalent League Girls
18 Sienna Tallariti GeelongOakleigh ChargersTalent League GirlsReceived from Adelaide[18]
19 Lily Paterson Port AdelaideSwan DistrictsWAFL Women'sReceived from Brisbane[19]
20 Zoe Hargreaves RichmondNorthern KnightsTalent League GirlsReceived from North Melbourne[20]
2 21 Maggie Mahony MelbourneOakleigh ChargersTalent League GirlsReceived from Gold Coast[13]
22 Grace Martin Greater Western SydneyWoodville-West TorrensSANFL Women's
23 Daisy Flockart HawthornSandringham DragonsTalent League GirlsReceived from Collingwood;[21] previously from Geelong;[15] originally from Sydney[22]
24 Charlotte Riggs West CoastCentral DistrictSANFL Women's
25 Sarah Poustie Western BulldogsOakleigh ChargersTalent League Girls
26 Georgia Knight CollingwoodEastern RangesTalent League GirlsReceived from Hawthorn;[23] originally from St Kilda[24]
27 Heidi Talbot (A) Gold CoastGold Coast Academy/Bond UniversityQAFL Women'sReceived from Geelong[25]
28 Grace Baba HawthornEastern RangesTalent League GirlsReceived from Collingwood;[21] originally from Melbourne[15]
29 Mia Salisbury (A[c]) Gold CoastGold Coast Academy/Bond UniversityQAFL Women'sReceived from Richmond[25]
30 Taya Chambers EssendonEast FremantleWAFL Women's
31 Paige Scott RichmondEssendonAFL Women'sReceived from Fremantle[26]
32 Zoe Besanko St KildaDandenong StingraysTalent League GirlsReceived from Hawthorn[27]
33 Jasmine Evans Port AdelaideWoodville-West TorrensSANFL Women's
34 Holly Egan FremantleMurray BushrangersTalent League GirlsReceived from Richmond;[26] originally from Adelaide[15]
35 Sophie Strong EssendonTasmania DevilsTalent League GirlsReceived from Brisbane[28]
36 Claire Mahony North MelbourneGreater Western Victoria RebelsTalent League Girls
3 37 Piper Dunlop GeelongGeelong CatsVFL Women'sReceived from Collingwood[18]
38 Evie Parker FremantleEastern RangesTalent League GirlsReceived from Richmond;[26] originally from Gold Coast[15]
39 Lilly Baker (A) BrisbaneBrisbane Academy/MaroochydoreQAFL Women'sReceived from Port Adelaide;[17] previously from Adelaide;[29] originally from Greater Western Sydney[30]
40 Jemma Whitington-Charity Port AdelaideNorth AdelaideSANFL Women'sReceived from Sydney[19]
41 Nyalli Milne (A) Gold CoastGold Coast Academy/Bond UniversityQAFL Women'sReceived from Carlton[31]
42 Violet Patterson (FD[d]) CollingwoodGlenelgSANFL Women's
43 Amy Gavin Mangan North MelbourneOffalyAll-Ireland ILFCReceived from West Coast[32]
44 Georgia McKee AdelaideCentral DistrictSANFL Women'sReceived from Western Bulldogs[30]
45 Elli Symonds HawthornDandenong StingraysTalent League GirlsReceived from St Kilda[24]
46 Loulou Field CarltonWestern JetsTalent League GirlsReceived from Richmond;[26] previously from Fremantle;[26] previously from Collingwood;[33] originally from Geelong[15]
47 Tara Harrington (A) Gold CoastGold Coast Academy/Bond UniversityQAFL Women'sReceived from Melbourne[25]
48 Chloe Gaunt Port AdelaideBrisbane Academy/CoorparooQAFL Women'sReceived from Essendon[19]
49 Keely Hardingham Western BulldogsWestern BulldogsVFL Women'sReceived from Adelaide;[34] originally from Richmond[16]
50 Rebecca Clottey HawthornGeelong FalconsTalent League Girls
51 Indi Strom FremantleSouth FremantleWAFL Women'sReceived from North Melbourne;[35] previously from Sydney;[36] originally from Port Adelaide[17]
52 Jasmine Sowden Port AdelaideGippsland PowerTalent League GirlsReceived from Adelaide[37]
53 Lucy Boyd West CoastWest AdelaideSANFL Women'sReceived from North Melbourne[38]
4 54 Pass Richmond—Received from Carlton;[26] originally from Gold Coast[39]
55 Kyla Forbes St KildaCalder CannonsTalent League GirlsReceived from Greater Western Sydney[40]
56 Amelia Martin (A) SydneySydney AcademyTalent League Girls
57 Kayla Dalgleish West CoastDandenong StingraysTalent League Girls
58 Alana Gee St KildaGold CoastAFL Women's
5 59 Caitlin Reid SydneyEast Coast EaglesAFL Sydney Women's
60 Pass Essendon—
6 61 Sarah Steele-Park SydneyNorth AdelaideSANFL Women's
7 62 Pass Geelong—
63 Amelia Dethridge MelbourneCross-code athlete (cross country, hockey, swimming)

Rookie signings

Player Club Date Other/former sport Ref.
Kellyann Hogan Collingwood2 December 2024Gaelic football[41]
Grace Kós Greater Western Sydney5 December 2024Gaelic football[42]
Matilda Banfield Fremantle6 December 2024Hockey[43]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Matched bid from Melbourne
  2. ↑ Matched bid from Geelong
  3. ↑ Matched bid from Essendon
  4. ↑ Matched bid from North Melbourne

References

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  37. ↑ "Thank You Nicola Barr". Greater Western Sydney Giants. 11 December 2024. Archived from the original on 14 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  38. ↑ "AFLW: McGrath moves west". West Coast Eagles. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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