2023 AFL Women's draft

This article is about the draft held following the 2023 season. For the draft held earlier in the year, following 2022 season 7, see 2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft.

The 2023 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 2023 AFL Women's season. It was held on 18 December 2023.^[1]

2023 AFL Women's draft
General information
Date(s)	18 December 2023
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL Women's
First selection	Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner (Western Bulldogs)
← 2023 sup. 2024 →

Player movement period

Main article: 2023–24 AFL Women's player movement period

The player movement period ran from November 2023 to March 2024.^[2]

National draft

The final draft order was finalised on 17 December,^[3] with the draft taking place the following night.^[4][5]

A	Academy selection
FD	Father–daughter selection

Rd.	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1	Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets	Talent League Girls
	2	Jess Rentsch	West Coast	Greater Western Victoria Rebels	Talent League Girls
	3	Kaitlyn Srhoj	Greater Western Sydney	Peel Thunder	WAFL Women's
	4	Brooke Barwick	Western Bulldogs	Tasmania Devils	Talent League Girls	Received from Port Adelaide[6]
	5	Alyssia Pisano	Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	Talent League Girls	Received from Hawthorn[7]
	6	Elaine Grigg	Western Bulldogs	Central District	SANFL Women's	Received from Fremantle[6]
	7	Lila Keck	Carlton	Bendigo Pioneers	Talent League Girls
	8	Georgia Clark	Collingwood	Tasmania Devils	Talent League Girls
	9	Lucy Cronin	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League Girls	Received from Richmond[8]
	10	Kiera Whiley	St Kilda	Western Jets	Talent League Girls
	11	Cleo Buttifant	Western Bulldogs	GWS Academy/Turvey Park	Riverina FNLW	Received from Richmond;[6] originally from Collingwood[9][a]
	12	Ryleigh Wotherspoon	Melbourne	Sherwood Districts	QFAW Division 1	Received from Brisbane[11][b]
	13	Isabel Bacon	Richmond	Sandringham Dragons	Talent League Girls	Received from Essendon[12]
	14	Kayley Kavanagh	West Coast	Calder Cannons	Talent League Girls	Received from Gold Coast[13]
	15	Evie Long (A[c])	Brisbane	Brisbane Academy/Sandgate	QFAW Division 1
	16	Sarah Grunden	Sydney	Calder Cannons	Talent League Girls
	17	Mikayla Williamson	Hawthorn	Dandenong Stingrays	Talent League Girls	Received from Melbourne[14]
	18	Chantal Mason	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	Talent League Girls
	19	Piper Window	Port Adelaide	Glenelg	SANFL Women's	Received from Adelaide[15]
	20	Emily Gough	Essendon	Sandringham Dragons	Talent League Girls	Received from Melbourne;[16] originally from North Melbourne[17]
	21	Sophie Peters (A)	Brisbane	Brisbane Academy/Maroochydore	QAFL Women's	Received from Port Adelaide;[18] originally from Carlton[19][d]
2	22	Brooke Boileau	Adelaide	South Adelaide	SANFL Women's	Received from Western Bulldogs[20]
	23	Bryde O'Rourke (FD[e])	Geelong	Bendigo Pioneers	Talent League Girls	Received from Brisbane[21][f]
	24	Jacinta Hose	Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	Talent League Girls	Received from West Coast[11]
	25	Alissa Brook	Port Adelaide	South Adelaide	SANFL Women's	Received from West Coast;[15] previously from Brisbane;[22] originally from Greater Western Sydney[23]
	26	Ella Slocombe	North Melbourne	Claremont	WAFL Women's	Received from Carlton;[24] originally from Port Adelaide[25]
	27	Indiana Williams (A[g])	Brisbane	Brisbane Academy/Maroochydore	QAFL Women's	Received from Collingwood;[18] originally from St Kilda[26]
	28	Tamara Henry	Adelaide	Western Jets	Talent League Girls	Received from Melbourne;[20] originally from Hawthorn[7]
	29	Jemma Rigoni (FD[h])	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League Girls	Received from Adelaide[11][i]
	30	Georgia Stubs	North Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	Talent League Girls	Received from Gold Coast;[27] previously from West Coast;[28] originally from Fremantle[29]
	31	Meg Robertson (FD)	Carlton	Dandenong Stingrays	Talent League Girls
	32	Amber Schutte	Collingwood	Gippsland Power	Talent League Girls	Received back from Richmond[30] after originally holding the pick[9]
	33	Lara Hausegger	Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League Girls	Received from Greater Western Sydney;[31] originally from Richmond[32]
	34	Lily Tarlinton	Adelaide	Bond University	QAFL Women's	Received from Essendon[20]
	35	Rania Crozier (A)	Brisbane	Brisbane Academy/Aspley	QAFL Women's	Received from Greater Western Sydney;[18] originally from Sydney[33]
	36	Keely Fullerton	Gold Coast	Bendigo Pioneers	Talent League Girls	Received from North Melbourne;[34] originally from Melbourne[35]
	37	Jacinta Baldwick (A)	Brisbane	Brisbane Academy/Coorparoo	QAFL Women's	Received from Geelong[36]
	38	Chloe Adams	Essendon	Geelong Falcons	Talent League Girls	Received from Adelaide[16]
	39	Georgie Cleaver	West Coast	East Fremantle	WAFL Women's	Received from Gold Coast;[13] originally from North Melbourne[34]
	40	Indigo Linde	Greater Western Sydney	Eastern Ranges	Talent League Girls	Received from Brisbane[37]
3	41	Pass	Geelong	—		Received from Brisbane;[21] originally from Western Bulldogs[38]
	42	Matilda Sergeant	West Coast	Claremont	WAFL Women's
	43	Mackenzie Ford	Richmond	Tasmania Devils	Talent League Girls	Received from Greater Western Sydney[39]
	44	Taya Oliver	Gold Coast	Coorparoo	QAFL Women's	Received from Port Adelaide[40]
	45	Sophie Butterworth	Hawthorn	Dandenong Stingrays	Talent League Girls
	46	Lucy Burke	North Melbourne	Relisted		Received from Carlton[41]
	47	Charlotte Simpson (FD)	St Kilda	Geelong Cats	VFL Women's
	48	Jorja Borg	Western Bulldogs	Western Bulldogs[j]	AFL Women's	Received from Fremantle[6][k]
	49	Holly Ifould	Fremantle	South Adelaide	SANFL Women's	Received from Greater Western Sydney;[43] previously from St Kilda;[44] originally from North Melbourne[45][l]
	50	Kiara Bischa (A)	Gold Coast	Gold Coast Academy/Bond University	QAFL Women's	Received from Essendon[46]
	51	Sienna McMullen (A)	Gold Coast	Gold Coast Academy/Bond University	QAFL Women's
	52	Annabel Kievit	Gold Coast	Waratah Football Club	NTFL Women's	Received from Sydney[47]
4	53	Pass	Greater Western Sydney	—		Received from Fremantle;[43] originally from Western Bulldogs[48]
	54	Airlie Runnalls	Fremantle	Relisted		Received from Greater Western Sydney;[43] previously from Brisbane;[49] originally from Sydney[50]
	55	Delany Madigan	Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	Talent League Girls
	56	Pass	North Melbourne	—
5	57	Pass	Melbourne	—

Rookie signings

Player	Club	Date	Other/former sport	Ref.
Verity Simmons	West Coast	7 December 2023	Netball	[51]
Muireann Atkinson	Collingwood	11 December 2023	Gaelic football	[52]
Amy Boyle-Carr	Adelaide	21 December 2023	Gaelic football	[53]
Grace Beasley	Melbourne	15 February 2024	Basketball	[54]
Bláithín Bogue	North Melbourne	2 March 2024	Gaelic football	[55]
Kate Kenny	Geelong	5 March 2024	Gaelic football	[56]
Eilish O'Dowd	Greater Western Sydney	6 March 2024	Gaelic football	[57]

See also

• 2023 AFL draft

Notes

1. Band one compensation for the loss of Chloe Molloy^[10]
2. Band one compensation for the loss of Emily Bates^[10]
3. Matched bid from Sydney
4. Band two compensation for the loss of Lucy McEvoy^[10]
5. Matched bid from Melbourne
6. Band three compensation for the loss of Greta Bodey^[10]
7. Matched bid from Adelaide
8. Matched bid from North Melbourne
9. Band four compensation for the loss of Ashleigh Saint^[10]
10. Borg was a train-on player with the Western Bulldogs in 2023^[42]
11. Band five compensation for the loss of Janelle Cuthbertson^[10]
12. Band five compensation for the loss of Brooke Brown^[10]