1992 national draft
Draft tampering
The 1992 draft suffered from three high-profile cases of draft tampering involving highly rated South Australian players: No. 6 selection Robert Pyman, No. 10 selection Brett Chalmers, and No. 13 selection Andrew McKay. Prior to the draft, all three players contacted AFL clubs which they did not want to play for, and told those clubs that they would remain in South Australia if drafted by them; at the time, the players could still play a respectable career and earn reasonable money in the SANFL, and would be tied to the AFL club that drafted them for only three years (after which they could re-enter the draft and be selected by another club), so they held a bargaining position to make these demands. However, this action was contrary to the rules, as it circumvented the fairness of the draft.
The most serious offence was by Chalmers, who had contacted most clubs in an effort to ensure that only Collingwood would draft him. He was fined $30,000, and was made ineligible to play for Collingwood for three years; [2] he never played a senior game for Collingwood, but later played for Adelaide and Port Adelaide. McKay and Pyman, who had warned only the AFL's struggling clubs (Sydney, Brisbane Bears, Richmond and Fitzroy) against drafting them, but had not contrived to end up at a specific club, were fined only $10,000 and were permitted to continue playing for their new clubs. [3] Brisbane Bears zone selection Nathan Buckley and the North Melbourne Football Club were also forced to defend accusations that they had come to a draft-tampering agreement for Buckley to later be traded to North Melbourne, but after a long and costly legal battle both parties were found not guilty. [4]
Selections
| Pick | Player | Recruited from | New club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drew Banfield | Subiaco | West Coast |
| 2 | Nathan Chapman | Kangaroo Flat (VCFL) | Brisbane |
| 3 | Michael Prior | East Perth | Essendon |
| 4 | Justin Leppitsch | Southern (U18) | Brisbane |
| 5 | Jason Spinks | South Fremantle | Sydney |
| 6 | Robert Pyman | Woodville-West Torrens | North Melbourne |
| 7 | Wayne Hernaman | South Fremantle | Richmond |
| 8 | Paul Symmons | West Perth | West Coast |
| 9 | Martin Pike | Norwood | Melbourne |
| 10 | Brett Chalmers | Port Adelaide | Collingwood |
| 11 | Jonathon Robran | Norwood | Hawthorn |
| 12 | Tony Delaney | Claremont | Essendon |
| 13 | Andrew McKay | Glenelg | Carlton |
| 14 | Nick Holland | Nth Adelaide | Hawthorn |
| 15 | Damian Houlihan | Corowa (VCFL) | Collingwood |
| 16 | Brodie Atkinson | Nth Adelaide | St Kilda |
| 17 | Kym Koster | South Adelaide | Footscray |
| 18 | Leigh Colbert | South Bendigo (VCFL) | Geelong |
| 19 | Lee Walker | East Perth | West Coast |
| 20 | Scott Cummings | Swan Districts | Essendon |
| 21 | Shane Bond | Port Adelaide | West Coast |
| 22 | Mark Jones | Norwood | Richmond |
| 23 | Warren Campbell | South Fremantle | North Melbourne |
| 24 | Brett Jeffrey | Boort | Melbourne |
| 25 | John Barker | Northern (U18) | Fitzroy |
| 26 | Martin McKinnon | Central District | Adelaide |
| 27 | Kieran Murrihy | Geelong (U18) | Essendon |
| 28 | Jamie Tape | Woodville-West Torrens | Richmond |
| 29 | Sam Phillipou | Woodville-West Torrens | Footscray |
| 30 | Paul Ridley | Subiaco | Collingwood |
| 31 | Shane Wakelin | Port Adelaide | St Kilda |
| 32 | Peter Quill | East Fremantle | Footscray |
| 33 | Corey Robertson | Burnie Hawks | Geelong |
| 34 | Travis Burton | Subiaco | West Coast |
| 35 | Scott Robinson | Norwood | Sydney |
| 36 | Tim Sherman | Geelong (U18) | Brisbane |
| 37 | Matthew Rogers | South Adelaide | Richmond |
| 38 | David Deighton | Westbrook | North Melbourne |
| 39 | Matthew Kluzek | Woodville-West Torrens | Melbourne |
| 40 | Michael Dunstan | South Fremantle | Fitzroy |
| 41 | Brook Fogden | West Adelaide | Adelaide |
| 42 | Che Cockatoo-Collins | Port Adelaide | Essendon |
| 43 | Adrian Whitehead | Wodonga (VCFL) | Carlton |
| 44 | Chris Gerreyn | Claremont | Hawthorn |
| 45 | Scott Thompson | Subiaco | Collingwood |
| 46 | Matthew Jackson | Centrals Dragons | St Kilda |
| 47 | Dillon Flavell | South Bendigo (VCFL) | Footscray |
| 48 | Andrew Osborn | South Adelaide | Geelong |
| 49 | Jarrad Schofield | Subiaco | West Coast |
| 50 | Andrew Donnelly | Subiaco | Sydney |
| 51 | Adam Williamson | Centrals Dragons | Brisbane |
| 52 | Paul Bulluss | Woodville-West Torrens | Richmond |
| 53 | Mathew Moon | Centrals Dragons | North Melbourne |
| 54 | Daniel Clark | West Brisbane | Melbourne |
| 55 | Matthew Capuano | Geelong (U18) | North Melbourne |
| 56 | Matthew Powell | South Adelaide | Adelaide |
| 57 | Russell Williams | South Fremantle | Essendon |
| 58 | Chris Peel | Swan Districts | Carlton |
| 59 | Scott Allen | Portarlington | Footscray |
| 60 | Tim Scott-Branagan | Centrals Dragons | Collingwood |
| 61 | Luke Raynor | Geelong (U18) | Carlton |
| 62 | Damien Ryan | Footscray | Footscray |
| 63 | Mathew McMurray | Perth | Geelong |
| 64 | Tony Godden | Subiaco | West Coast |
| 65 | Gerard Power | Northern (U18) | Geelong |
| 66 | Aaron Lord | Centrals Dragons | Brisbane |
| 67 | Brady Leckie | West Perth | Richmond |
| 68 | Travis Miller | Warragul | Fitzroy |
| 69 | Scott Simister | Springvale | Melbourne |
| 70 | Danny Morton | Nth Adelaide | Fitzroy |
| 71 | Mathew Aston | Geelong (U18) | Sydney |
| 72 | Mathew Wadewitz | South Adelaide | Essendon |
| 73 | Tony Plym | Golden Square | Carlton |
| 74 | Tim Hargraeves | Berrigan | Hawthorn |
| 75 | Chris Batka | Subiaco | Collingwood |
| 76 | Hugh Reimers | Central District | St Kilda |
| 77 | Brad Copeland | Western (U18) | Footscray |
| 78 | Damien Crowe | De La Salle | Geelong |
| 79 | Brett Spinks | South Fremantle | West Coast |
| 80 | Stephen Newport | Melbourne | St Kilda |
| 81 | Michael Murphy | Adelaide | Brisbane |
| 82 | Robert Schaefer | Sturt | Richmond |
| 83 | Jeremy Silcock | East Perth | North Melbourne |
| 84 | Damien Gaspar | South Fremantle | Melbourne |
| 85 | Tristan Lynch | Sale | Collingwood |
| 86 | Sam Smart | Norwood | Adelaide |
| 87 | Damien Hardwick | Springvale | Essendon |
| 88 | Troy Bond | Port Adelaide | Carlton |
| 89 | Hamish Stewart | Glenelg | Hawthorn |
| 90 | Scott Burns | Norwood | Collingwood |
| 91 | Jeremy McVay | Eastern (U18) | St Kilda |
| 92 | Daniel Southern | Claremont | Footscray |
| 93 | Adam Shanahan | South Bendigo | Geelong |
| 94 | Rhys Croxford | Claremont | West Coast |
| 95 | Scott Direen | New Norfolk | Sydney |
| 96 | Trent Mills | South Adelaide | Brisbane |
| 97 | John Howat | Melbourne | Richmond |
| 98 | Adrian McAdam | South Alice Springs | North Melbourne |
| 99 | Jeff Hilton | St Kilda | Melbourne |
| 100 | Troy Davies | Devonport | Fitzroy |
| 101 | Troy Hull | Port Adelaide | Sydney |
| 102 | Jason Bell | Red Cliffs | Essendon |
| 103 | Ben Harrison | Devonport | Carlton |
| 104 | Andrew Kemp | West Adelaide | Hawthorn |
| 105 | Julian Waite | Port Adelaide | Collingwood |
| 106 | Craig Treleven | East Fremantle | St Kilda |
| 107 | Gary Barrow | Footscray | Footscray |
| 108 | Bryan Beinke | Port Adelaide | Geelong |
| 109 | David Muir | Claremont | West Coast |
| 110 | Jeff Chandler | North Melbourne | North Melbourne |
| 111 | Michael Gaffney | Port Adelaide | Sydney |
| 112 | Ben Careless | Glenorchy | Richmond |
| 113 | Damon Armstrong | Moama | North Melbourne |
| 114 | Richard Marr | Central District | Fitzroy |
| 115 | Paul Whelan | Ainslie (ACT) | Footscray |
| 116 | Michael Godden | West Adelaide | Adelaide |
| 117 | Vince Cappadona | Geelong (U18) | Essendon |
| 118 | Scott Spalding | Perth | Carlton |
| 119 | Scott Morrison | St Kilda | St Kilda |
| 120 | Troy Olsen | Port Adelaide | Collingwood |
| 121 | Ben Ellinghaus | Melbourne Grammar | Hawthorn |
| 122 | Damon Munt | Norwood | Melbourne |
| 123 | Marty Christensen | North Melbourne | North Melbourne |
| 124 | Brayden Lyle | Port Adelaide | West Coast |
