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2024 AFL Women's draft

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.

2024 AFL Women's draft
General information
Date(s)16 December 2024
Time7:00 pm AEDT
LocationMarvel Stadium
Network(s)AFL Media
Sponsored byTelstra
Overview
LeagueAFL Women's
First selectionAsh Centra (Collingwood)
← 2023

Background

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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.[1] 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.[2] The draft also saw the introduction of minimum two-year contracts for draftees.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

The national draft took place during the 2024–25 AFL Women's player movement period, which began in November 2024 and runs until March 2025;[5] the event 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

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

A Academy selection
FD Father–daughter selection
Rd. Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes
Club League
1 1 Ash Centra Collingwood Gippsland Power Talent League Girls
2 Havana Harris (A[a]) Gold Coast Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's
3 Molly O'Hehir Melbourne South Fremantle WAFL Women's Received from Gold Coast[13]
4 Sara Howley Greater Western Sydney Geelong Falcons Talent League Girls
5 Zippy Fish Sydney East Fremantle WAFL Women's
6 Poppy Scholz Carlton Glenelg SANFL Women's
7 Lucia Painter West Coast Bendigo Pioneers Talent League Girls
8 Emma McDonald Western Bulldogs Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls
9 Grace Belloni Essendon Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from St Kilda[14]
10 Lexi Gregor Geelong Bendigo Pioneers Talent League Girls
11 Sierra Grieves Richmond Western Jets Talent League Girls Received from Melbourne[15]
12 Holly Ridewood Essendon Northern Knights Talent League Girls
13 India Rasheed Adelaide Sturt SANFL Women's Received from Richmond[16]
14 Georgie Brisbane Fremantle Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls
15 Lavinia Cox Hawthorn Bendigo Pioneers Talent League Girls
16 Claudia Wright Brisbane Claremont WAFL Women's Received from Port Adelaide[17]
17 Sophie McKay (FD[b]) Carlton Sandringham Dragons Talent League Girls
18 Sienna Tallariti Geelong Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls Received from Adelaide[18]
19 Lily Paterson Port Adelaide Swan Districts WAFL Women's Received from Brisbane[19]
20 Zoe Hargreaves Richmond Northern Knights Talent League Girls Received from North Melbourne[20]
2 21 Maggie Mahony Melbourne Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls Received from Gold Coast[13]
22 Grace Martin Greater Western Sydney Woodville-West Torrens SANFL Women's
23 Daisy Flockart Hawthorn Sandringham Dragons Talent League Girls Received from Collingwood;[21] previously from Geelong;[15] originally from Sydney[22]
24 Charlotte Riggs West Coast Central District SANFL Women's
25 Sarah Poustie Western Bulldogs Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls
26 Georgia Knight Collingwood Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from Hawthorn;[23] originally from St Kilda[24]
27 Heidi Talbot (A) Gold Coast Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's Received from Geelong[25]
28 Grace Baba Hawthorn Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from Collingwood;[21] originally from Melbourne[15]
29 Mia Salisbury (A[c]) Gold Coast Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's Received from Richmond[25]
30 Taya Chambers Essendon East Fremantle WAFL Women's
31 Paige Scott Richmond Essendon AFL Women's Received from Fremantle[26]
32 Zoe Besanko St Kilda Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls Received from Hawthorn[27]
33 Jasmine Evans Port Adelaide Woodville-West Torrens SANFL Women's
34 Holly Egan Fremantle Murray Bushrangers Talent League Girls Received from Richmond;[26] originally from Adelaide[15]
35 Sophie Strong Essendon Tasmania Devils Talent League Girls Received from Brisbane[28]
36 Claire Mahony North Melbourne Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent League Girls
3 37 Piper Dunlop Geelong Geelong Cats VFL Women's Received from Collingwood[18]
38 Evie Parker Fremantle Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from Richmond;[26] originally from Gold Coast[15]
39 Lilly Baker (A) Brisbane Brisbane Academy/Maroochydore QAFL Women's Received from Port Adelaide;[17] previously from Adelaide;[29] originally from Greater Western Sydney[30]
40 Jemma Whitington-Charity Port Adelaide North Adelaide SANFL Women's Received from Sydney[19]
41 Nyalli Milne (A) Gold Coast Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's Received from Carlton[31]
42 Violet Patterson (FD[d]) Collingwood Glenelg SANFL Women's
43 Amy Gavin Mangan North Melbourne Offaly All-Ireland ILFC Received from West Coast[32]
44 Georgia McKee Adelaide Central District SANFL Women's Received from Western Bulldogs[30]
45 Elli Symonds Hawthorn Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls Received from St Kilda[24]
46 Loulou Field Carlton Western Jets Talent League Girls Received from Richmond;[26] previously from Fremantle;[26] previously from Collingwood;[33] originally from Geelong[15]
47 Tara Harrington (A) Gold Coast Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's Received from Melbourne[25]
48 Chloe Gaunt Port Adelaide Brisbane Academy/Coorparoo QAFL Women's Received from Essendon[19]
49 Keely Hardingham Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs VFL Women's Received from Adelaide;[34] originally from Richmond[16]
50 Rebecca Clottey Hawthorn Geelong Falcons Talent League Girls
51 Indi Strom Fremantle South Fremantle WAFL Women's Received from North Melbourne;[35] previously from Sydney;[36] originally from Port Adelaide[17]
52 Jasmine Sowden Port Adelaide Gippsland Power Talent League Girls Received from Adelaide[37]
53 Lucy Boyd West Coast West Adelaide SANFL Women's Received from North Melbourne[38]
4 54 Pass Richmond — Received from Carlton;[26] originally from Gold Coast[39]
55 Kyla Forbes St Kilda Calder Cannons Talent League Girls Received from Greater Western Sydney[40]
56 Amelia Martin (A) Sydney Sydney Academy Talent League Girls
57 Kayla Dalgleish West Coast Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls
58 Alana Gee St Kilda Gold Coast AFL Women's
5 59 Caitlin Reid Sydney East Coast Eagles AFL Sydney Women's
60 Pass Essendon —
6 61 Sarah Steele-Park Sydney North Adelaide SANFL Women's
7 62 Pass Geelong —
63 Amelia Dethridge Melbourne Cross-code athlete (cross country, hockey, swimming)

Rookie signings

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Player Club Date Other/former sport Ref.
Matilda Banfield Fremantle 6 December 2024 Hockey [41]

Grace Kós

Greater Western Sydney 5 December 2024 Gaelic Football

See also

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Notes

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  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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