2004 AFL draft

The 2004 AFL draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, and the elevation of rookies. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.

2004 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	20 November 2004
Location	Melbourne Park Function Centre
Network(s)	Fox Sports
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Brett Deledio (Richmond)
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In 2004 there were 78 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. Richmond received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2004 AFL season. Three teams were allocated priority draft picks for winning 5 or fewer games in the previous season, Richmond, Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs.^[1] Carlton's two-year ban from the first and second rounds of the AFL draft expired in 2004 and they returned to the early part of the draft, with selections 9 and 25.^[2] As it had traded away its first and second round draft picks in 2001, effectively the Blues' first and second round draft picks were its first since 2000. They finished the 2004 season 11th with 10 wins and 12 losses, too high to be eligible for a priority draft pick.

Key Dates

Table of key dates

Event	Date(s)
Trade period	4–8 October
National draft	20 November
Pre-season draft	14 December
Rookie draft	14 December

Trades

In alphabetical order of new clubs ^[3]

Trade	Player	Original club	New club	Traded for
1	Nathan Thompson	Hawthorn	Kangaroos	draft picks #10 and #26
2	Bo Nixon and pick #7	Collingwood	Hawthorn	draft picks #10 and #37
3	Josh Carr and draft pick #43	Port Adelaide	Fremantle	draft picks #11, #27 and #45
4	Scott Thompson	Melbourne	Adelaide	draft pick #12
5	Brent Moloney	Geelong	Melbourne	draft pick #12
6	Brad Ottens	Richmond	Geelong	draft picks #12 and #16
7	Tyson Stenglein	Adelaide	West Coast	draft picks #12 and #28
8	Darren Jolly	Melbourne	Sydney Swans	draft pick #15
9	Aaron Shattock and pick #34	Brisbane Lions	Port Adelaide	draft pick #27 and #45
10	Paul Johnson	West Coast	Melbourne	draft pick #29
11	Chad Morrison	West Coast	Collingwood	draft pick #37
12	Peter Walsh and pick #45	Melbourne	Port Adelaide	draft pick #43
13	Callum Chambers	West Coast	Carlton	draft pick #57
14	Troy Longmuir	Fremantle	Carlton	draft pick #67
15	Aaron Fiora	Richmond	St Kilda	Troy Simmonds
	Troy Simmonds	Fremantle	Richmond	Heath Black
	Heath Black	St Kilda	Fremantle	Aaron Fiora

2004 national draft

Brett Deledio, pick 1

Ryan Griffen, pick 3

Lance Franklin, pick 5

*	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 been selected as Rising Star

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	Club
Priority	1	Brett Deledio	Murray Bushrangers	Richmond
Priority	2	Jarryd Roughead	Gippsland Power	Hawthorn
Priority	3	Ryan Griffen	South Adelaide Football Club	Western Bulldogs
1	4	Richard Tambling	Southern Districts Football Club	Richmond
1	5	Lance Franklin	Perth Football Club	Hawthorn
1	6	Tom Williams	Morningside Football Club	Western Bulldogs
1	7	Jordan Lewis	Geelong Falcons	Hawthorn
1	8	John Meesen	Geelong Falcons	Adelaide
1	9	Jordan Russell	West Adelaide Football Club	Carlton
1	10	Chris Egan	Murray Bushrangers	Collingwood
1	11	Adam Thomson	Sturt Football Club	Port Adelaide
1	12	Danny Meyer	Glenelg Football Club	Richmond
1	13	Matthew Bate	Eastern Ranges	Melbourne
1	14	Angus Monfries	Sturt Football Club	Essendon
1	15	Lynden Dunn	Calder Cannons	Melbourne
1	16	Adam Pattison	Northern Knights	Richmond
1	17	Andrew McQualter	Gippsland Power	St Kilda
1	18	Cameron Wood	West Adelaide Football Club	Brisbane Lions
1	19	Ryan Willits	Northern Knights	Port Adelaide
2	20	Dean Polo	Gippsland Power	Richmond
2	21	Thomas Murphy	Sandringham Dragons	Hawthorn
2	22	Jesse Wells	Tasmanian Devils Football Club	Western Bulldogs
2	23	Sean Rusling	West Adelaide Football Club	Collingwood
2	24	Nathan van Berlo	West Perth Football Club	Adelaide
2	25	Adam Hartlett	West Adelaide Football Club	Carlton
2	26	Matt Little	Calder Cannons	Hawthorn
2	27	Pat Garner	Western Magpies	Brisbane Lions
2	28	Chad Gibson	Norwood Football Club	Adelaide
2	29	Matt Rosa	North Ballarat Football Club	West Coast Eagles
2	30	Andrew Lee	Tasmanian Devils Football Club	Essendon
2	31	Jarred Moore	Dandenong Stingrays	Sydney Swans
2	32	Brent Prismall	Western Jets	Geelong
2	33	Cain Ackland	Port Adelaide Football Club	St Kilda
2	34	James Ezard	Calder Cannons	Port Adelaide
2	35	Fabian Deluca	Eastern Ranges	Port Adelaide
3	36	Luke McGuane	Broadbeach Football Club	Richmond
3	37	Mark LeCras	West Perth Football Club	West Coast Eagles
3	38	Damien McCormack	Dandenong Stingrays	Western Bulldogs
3	39 (F/S)	Travis Cloke	Eastern Ranges	Collingwood
3	40	Ivan Maric	Calder Cannons	Adelaide
3	41 (F/S)	Luke Blackwell	Swan Districts Football Club	Carlton
3	42 (F/S)	Jesse W. Smith	Calder Cannons	Kangaroos
3	43	Michael Newton	Murray Bushrangers	Melbourne
3	44 (F/S)	Mitch Morton	Claremont Football Club	West Coast Eagles
3	45	Justin Sherman	Clarence Football Club	Brisbane Lions
3	46	Henry Slattery	West Adelaide Football Club	Essendon
3	47	David Spriggs	Geelong	Sydney Swans
3	48 (F/S)	Nathan Ablett	Modewarre	Geelong
3	49	Mark McGough	Collingwood	St Kilda
3	50	Jayden Attard	Dandenong Stingrays	Brisbane Lions
3	51	Ben Eckermann	Sturt Football Club	Port Adelaide
4	52	Dean Limbach	Calder Cannons	Richmond
4	53	Simon Taylor	Box Hill Hawks	Hawthorn
4	54	Stephen Tiller	West Adelaide Football Club	Western Bulldogs
4	55	Adam Iacobucci	Calder Cannons	Collingwood
4	56	Chris Knights	Eastern Ranges	Adelaide
4	57	Brad Smith	Subiaco Football Club	West Coast Eagles
4	58	Brad Moran	Southport Sharks	Kangaroos
4	59	Benet Copping	Sturt Football Club	Fremantle
4	60	Paul Thomas	Central District Bulldogs	Essendon
4	61	Heath James	Sydney Swans	Sydney Swans
4	62	Matthew Egan	Geelong VFL	Geelong
4	63	James Gwilt	Noble Park Football Club	St Kilda
4	64	Luke Forsyth	Dandenong Stingrays	Brisbane Lions
5	65	Mark Graham	Hawthorn	Richmond
5	66	Pass		Collingwood
5	67	Toby Stribling	North Adelaide Football Club	Fremantle
5	68	Ben Schwarze	Port Melbourne Football Club	Kangaroos
5	69	Daniel Haines	Fremantle	Fremantle
5	70	Pass		Essendon
5	71	Pass		St Kilda
6	72	Pass		Richmond
6	73	Chris Bryan	Frankston Dolphins	Carlton
6	74	Daniel Pratt	Brisbane Lions (rookie list)	Kangaroos
6	75	Pass		Fremantle
6	76	Pass		St Kilda
6	77	Anthony Raso	Dandenong Stingrays	Carlton

2005 pre-season draft

Pick	Player	Recruited from	Club
1	Trent Knobel	St Kilda	Richmond
2	Blake Caracella	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood
3	Eddie Betts	Calder Cannons	Carlton
4	Lance Picioane	Hawthorn	Kangaroos
5	Jarrad Schofield	Port Adelaide	Fremantle
6	Ty Zantuck	Richmond	Essendon
7	Elijah Ware	Central District Bulldogs	Port Adelaide
8	Pass		Richmond

2005 rookie draft

Pick	Player	Recruited from	Club
1	Will Thursfield	Sandringham U18	Richmond
2	Ruory Kirkby	Bendigo U18	Hawthorn
3	Rowan Nayna	Dandenong U18	Western Bulldogs
4	Ben Davies	Western U18	Collingwood
5	Ryan Nye	Peel Thunder	Adelaide
6	Daniel Batson	North Ballarat U18	Carlton
7	Josh Gibson	Port Melbourne	North Melbourne
8	Joseph Krieger	Sandringham U18	Fremantle
9	Ben Sharp	Oakleigh U18	West Coast
10	Brendan Van Schaik	Murray U18	Melbourne
11	Ryan Bain	Oakleigh U18	Essendon
12	Guy Campbell	Bendigo Bombers	Sydney
13	Jarrod Garth	Tasmania U18	Geelong
14	Luke Mullins	Collingwood	St Kilda
15	Travis Baird	Bendigo U18	Brisbane Lions
16	Danyle Pearce	Sturt	Port Adelaide
17	Pass		Richmond
18	Clinton Young	North Ballarat U18	Hawthorn
19	Dale Morris	Werribee	Western Bulldogs
20	Heritier Lumumba[nb 1]	Claremont	Collingwood
21	Jonathon Griffin	East Fremantle	Adelaide
22	Jesse D. Smith	Calder U18	Carlton
23	Josh Thewlis	Sydney	North Melbourne
24	Jack Juniper	Glenelg	Fremantle
25	Beau Maister	Claremont	West Coast
26	Matthew Warnock	Sandringham	Melbourne
27	Ben Jolley	Calder U18	Essendon
28	Luke Vogels	Terang Mortlake	Sydney
29	Nick Batchelor	Norwood	Geelong
30	Ed McDonnell	Western Magpies	St Kilda
31	Pass		Brisbane Lions
32	Robert Forster-Knight	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide
33	Pass		Richmond
34	Thomas Willday	Perth	Hawthorn
35	Pass		Western Bulldogs
36	John Hinge	Glenelg	Adelaide
37	Nick Becker	Calder U18	Carlton
38	Scott McMahon	Woodville-West Torrens	North Melbourne
39	Ryan Crowley	Fremantle	Fremantle
40	Ashley Thornton	Peel Thunder	West Coast
41	Pass		Melbourne
42	Heath Grundy	Norwood	Sydney
43	Tim Sheringham	Geelong Falcons	Geelong
44	Pass		St Kilda
45	Pass		Brisbane Lions
46	Pass		Port Adelaide
47	Pass		Richmond
48	Kristan Height	Box Hill Hawks	Hawthorn
49	Pass		Western Bulldogs
50	Aisake O'hAilpin	Cork (Ireland)	Carlton
51	Justin Perkins	Perth	North Melbourne
52	Aaron Edwards	West Coast	West Coast
53	Pass		Melbourne
54	Stefan Garrubba	Dandenong U18	Sydney
55	Pass		St Kilda
56	Pass		Brisbane Lions
57	Pass		North Melbourne
58	Pass		Melbourne
59	Earl Shaw	Campbelltown	Sydney
60	Josh Drummond	Northern Eagles	Brisbane Lions
61	Ed Clarke	North Shore	Sydney
62	Marcus Allan	Northern Eagles	Brisbane Lions
63	Andrew Hayes	Balmain	Sydney
64	Will Hamill	Mt Gravatt	Brisbane Lions
65	Marty Pask	Western Magpies	Brisbane Lions
66	Scott Harding	Morningside	Brisbane Lions

Notes

1. Heritier Lumumba was known as Harry O'Brien when drafted

Rookie elevation

In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list contains 2004-listed rookies who were elevated in the off-season; it does not detail the rookie draft which took place in the 2004/05 off-season.

Player	Recruited from	Club
Matthew Smith	Oakleigh U18	Adelaide
Leigh Ryswyk	Southport Sharks	Brisbane Lions
Adam Bentick	Calder Cannons	Carlton
Andrew Carrazzo	Geelong	Carlton
Nick Maxwell	North Ballarat Football Club	Collingwood
Steven Dodd	East Fremantle Football Club	Fremantle
Dylan Smith	Kangaroos	Fremantle
Shannon Byrnes	Murray Bushrangers	Geelong
Josh Thurgood	North Ballarat Roosters	Hawthorn
Aaron Davey	Port Melbourne Boroughs	Melbourne
Kelvin Moore	Yarra Valley Football Club	Richmond
Dylan Pfitzner	Central District Bulldogs	St Kilda
Nick Stone	Hawthorn	St Kilda
Paul Bevan	NSW-ACT U18	Sydney Swans
Brett Jones	Claremont Football Club	West Coast Eagles