2020 AFL Women's draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | 6 October 2020 |
Time | 7:00pm AEST |
Sponsored by | NAB |
Overview | |
League | AFL Women's |
First selection | Ellie McKenzie (Richmond) |
The 2020 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2021 season.
A significantly delayed trade period was announced to begin from 3 August and conclude on 12 August, following the suspension of normal list management responsibilities due to COVID-19 pandemic. Concurrently, clubs will be permitted to re-sign existing players and will have until 17 August to do so. Players can be signed for one or two year contracts. [1]
Clubs involved | Trade | Ref | |
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Carlton Richmond | to Carlton (from Richmond)
| to Richmond (from Carlton) | [33] |
North Melbourne Richmond | to North Melbourne (from Richmond) | to Richmond (from North Melbourne)
| [34] |
Collingwood North Melbourne | to Collingwood (from North Melbourne) | to North Melbourne (from Collingwood)
| [35] |
Carlton St Kilda | to Carlton (from St Kilda)
| to St Kilda (from Carlton)
| [36] |
Collingwood Richmond | to Collingwood (from Richmond)
| to Richmond (from Collingwood) | [37] |
Melbourne Richmond | to Melbourne (from Richmond)
| to Richmond (from Melbourne) | [37] |
Collingwood Melbourne | to Collingwood (from Melbourne)
| to Melbourne (from Collingwood)
| [37] |
West Coast Western Bulldogs | to West Coast (from Western Bulldogs)
| to Western Bulldogs (from West Coast)
| [38] |
Adelaide St Kilda | to Adelaide (from St Kilda)
| to St Kilda (from Adelaide)
| [39] |
North Melbourne St Kilda | to North Melbourne (from St Kilda)
| to St Kilda (from North Melbourne)
| [40] |
Melbourne St Kilda | to Melbourne (from St Kilda)
| to St Kilda (from Melbourne) | [40] |
Adelaide Greater Western Sydney | to Adelaide (from GWS Giants)
| to Greater Western Sydney (from Adelaide)
| [41] |
Greater Western Sydney Melbourne | to Greater Western Sydney (from Melbourne)
| to Melbourne (from GWS)
| [41] |
Carlton Melbourne | to Carlton (from Melbourne) | to Melbourne (from Carlton)
| [42] |
Collingwood Western Bulldogs | to Collingwood (from Western Bulldogs)
| to Western Bulldogs (from Collingwood)
| [43] |
Adelaide Western Bulldogs | to Adelaide (from Western Bulldogs)
| to Western Bulldogs (from Adelaide)
| [43] |
Collingwood Western Bulldogs | to Collingwood (from Western Bulldogs)
| to Western Bulldogs (from Collingwood)
| [44] |
Geelong Melbourne | to Geelong (from Melbourne)
| to Melbourne (from Geelong)
| [45] |
Fremantle North Melbourne | to Fremantle (from North Melbourne) | to North Melbourne (from Fremantle)
| [46] |
Fremantle West Coast | to Fremantle (from West Coast)
| to West Coast (from Fremantle) | [47] |
Carlton Gold Coast | to Carlton (from Gold Coast) | to Gold Coast (from Carlton)
| [48] |
Brisbane Gold Coast | to Brisbane (from Gold Coast)
| to Gold Coast (from Brisbane)
| [49] |
Gold Coast St Kilda | to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) | to St Kilda (from Gold Coast)
| [50] |
A delisted free agency period was held from August 17 to August 21, where unsigned players could move to other clubs. [1]
Date | Player | Former club | New club | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
17 August | Tarnee Tester | West Coast | Fremantle | [51] |
In the absence of a rookie draft, each club was permitted to sign players that had not played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program.
Club | Player | Other/former sport | Ref |
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Brisbane | Courtney Hodder | Rugby union | [52] |
Collingwood | Imogen Purcell | Rowing | [53] |
Greater Western Sydney | Bríd Stack | Gaelic football | [54] |
Melbourne | Lauren Magee | Gaelic football | [55] |
Following final list lodgements, a number of players experienced changing circumstances that made them unable to participate in the 2021 season. Clubs were granted permission to place these players on an inactive list, gaining end of draft selections to replace them for the one season. [56] Players on each club's inactive list ahead of the 2020 draft are listed below:
Club | Player | Reason | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Brisbane | Gabby Collingwood | Injury (ACL) | [56] |
Sharni Webb | Pregnancy | [57] | |
Fremantle | Jess Trend | Personal | [58] [59] |
Leah Mascall | Injury (ACL) | [60] | |
Geelong | Kate Darby | Pregnancy | [56] |
Gold Coast | Jasmyn Hewett | Work | [56] |
Jacqui Yorston | Injury (ACL) | [61] | |
Greater Western Sydney | Jacinda Barclay 1 | Personal | [56] |
Yvonne Bonner | Visa | [62] | |
North Melbourne | Elisha King | Injury | [63] |
Richmond | Holly Whitford | Injury (foot) | [64] |
St Kilda | Clara Fitzpatrick | Visa | [65] |
West Coast | Mhicca Carter | Injury (foot) | [66] |
McKenzie Dowrick | Personal | [67] | |
Ashton Hill | Injury (ACL) | [68] | |
Western Bulldogs | Katy Herron | Personal | [69] |
1 Barclay passed away on 12 October 2020. [70]
After poor on-field performances and list builds in 2020, the AFL decided to award special assistance to both Richmond and West Coast. Each club was issued an end-of-first round draft selection which they were required to on-trade to another club in exchange for an established player. Clubs were permitted to package the picks (15 and 16 for Richmond and West Coast, respectively) but could not receive draft selections back in any trade. [71]
A draft was held on the night of 6 October 2020. [72] Players will nominate for a single selection pool, aligned to a state or metropolitan region, with players only being eligible to be drafted by clubs operating in that region. [73]
Due to the shortened season and small lists, replacement players are allowed for players that are placed on the inactive list, often due to injury, work commitments, personal issues or pregnancy. A final free agency period was opened after the conclusion of the draft, allowing clubs that passed on a draft selection to recruit from outside their state-based zone.
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