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
Time	12:00 pm AEDT
Location	Marvel Stadium
Network(s)	afl.com.au
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL Women's
First selection	Nina Morrison (Geelong)
← 2017 2019 →

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) Nicole Hildebrand	[12]
	to Brisbane (from Carlton) Lauren Arnell	to Carlton (from Brisbane) pick #40
Melbourne North Melbourne	to Melbourne (from North Melbourne) pick #12 pick #47	to North Melbourne (from Melbourne) Jasmine Grierson Emma Humphries pick #54	[14]
Adelaide Greater Western Sydney	to Adelaide (from Greater Western Sydney) Renee Forth pick #31	to Greater Western Sydney (from Adelaide) pick #19	[15]
Carlton Collingwood Melbourne	to Carlton (from Melbourne) pick #21 pick #32	to Melbourne (from Carlton) Maddison Gay	[13]
	to Carlton (from Collingwood) Amelia Barden	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) Christina Bernardi
	to Adelaide (from Melbourne) pick #8 pick #37 pick #47	to Melbourne (from Adelaide) Talia Radan pick #6 pick #31 pick #52
	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

• 2018 AFL draft

Notes

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