The 2007 Australian Football League draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week, the national draft, which was held on 24 November 2007, the pre-season draft and the rookie draft.
Player movements Trades 2007 was the first year that clubs were allowed to trade picks without the trade involving a player.
The trade week was headlined by the desire of West Coast premiership captain Chris Judd to return to Victoria, after six years with the club having been drafted to the Eagles in 2001. His departure created much attention and speculation among the Melbourne-based clubs, the media and the football community.
In the weeks following the announcement of his departure, Judd met with four clubs: Essendon, Melbourne, Collingwood and Carlton. On 2 October 2007, Judd announced that his preferred club was Carlton, and Carlton was also considered most likely to secure a trade with West Coast, because the club held two early draft picks which could be used in negotiations. On 11 October 2007, Judd was officially traded to Carlton along with a third round selection in the 2007 AFL draft (No. 46 overall) for Carlton's first and second round selections (No. 3 and 20) and Josh Kennedy, who was reluctant to leave Carlton.The Australia (2010). Eagles land a reluctant catch. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
PlayerOriginal clubNew clubTraded forMartin Mattner draft pick #28John Meesendraft pick #37Chris Judd and draft pick #46Josh Kennedy, draft picks #3 and #20Josh Kennedy, draft picks #3 and #20Chris Judd and draft pick #46Cameron Wood draft pick #14Travis Johnstone draft pick #14 Brad Moran draft pick #37 Brad Symes draft pick #28 Jordan McMahon draft pick #19 Henry Playfair draft pick #44 Adam Schneider draft pick #26 Sean Dempster draft pick #26 Mitch Morton draft pick #35 Steven King draft pick #90 Charlie Gardiner draft pick #90 Ben Hudson and draft pick #43 draft picks #30 & #38 Tim Callan and draft pick #66 draft pick #62 Ben Davies draft pick #96 Sam Power draft pick #48 Richard Hadley draft pick #52 Draft pick #22 draft picks #30 and #35
Retirements and delistings The 2007 AFL season is notable for the unusually large number of players who retired, particularly senior and "champion" players.
Name Club Date Retired Reason Jonathan Hay 22 February Contractual problems resulting from bi-polar issues. Darren Gaspar 4 May To help Richmond's younger players and go for a youth policy. Brett Montgomery 25 May Disk bulge in neck. Rhys Archard 29 July Return to family in rural Victoria. Luke Darcy 30 July Frustrated and angry at game due to knee injuries. Anthony Koutoufides 31 July Hip injury; had already planned to retire at the end of the season. Mark Ricciuto 16 August Body could no longer cope with AFL football. Matthew Robbins 24 August Struggled throughout the year despite having a ripping 2006 season. Josh Mahoney 24 August Unable to hold down a regular position. Troy Cook 24 August It seemed the right time for him to leave the game. Shane Parker 24 August Was always going to struggle to play the year out and there was no way he could continue. Chris Scott 25 August Injury. Ray Hall 28 August Serious hip injury that had sidelined him for the entire 2007 season. Trent Knobel 28 August Persistent ankle injury. Kent Kingsley 28 August Injury. Darryl Wakelin 29 August Struggled with injury. Matthew Lappin 29 August To help his club focus on playing younger players. Nathan Brown 29 August Ready to start the next chapter of his life. Clint Bizzell 29 August Right time to do so. Byron Pickett 31 August Waning passion for the game. Chris Johnson 31 August Decided to leave the game – he was the last ever Fitzroy player in the AFL. Andrew Thompson 1 September Right time to do so. Matthew Clarke 1 September One year contract expired; he decided to leave the game. James Hird 1 September Right time to do so.Josh Wooden5 September Nagging hip injury. Richie Vandenberg 6 September Due to a troublesome back injury, his body could not cope any more. Brett Voss 18 September Made the most of his time as an AFL footballer. Ben Dixon 19 September Inability of his body to prepare well enough for senior football. Rowan Jones 19 September Right time to do so. Glenn Archer 22 September Right time to do so. James Clement 23 September Family health; right time to do so. Joel Smith 25 September Thought the time was right, it was time to move on. Kasey Green 26 September Wanted to move back to Perth. Chris Heffernan 2 October His opportunities to play senior football beyond 2007 were limited. Scott Camporeale 2 October Injury. Chris Grant 2 October Injury and right time to do so. Aaron Hamill 2 October Injury and right time to do so; he felt it was in the best interest of the club moving forward. Mark Bolton 3 October Had been struggling to make the starting 22 in 2007 and recognised the right time to do so. Nathan Buckley 5 October Chronic hamstring injuries had curtailed his ability to remain fit for selection. Paul Licuria 5 October Battled injury and form problems this season. Nathan Ablett 5 October Ending career after winning 2007 Premiership. Justin Longmuir 31 October Chronic knee injury. Stephen Doyle 31 October Series of knee injuries. Lance Whitnall 12 November Knee injury.
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2007 national draft
Round Pick Player Recruited from League Club Priority 1 Matthew Kreuzer Northern Knights TAC Cup 1 2Trent Cotchin Northern Knights TAC Cup 1 3Chris Masten East Fremantle WAFL 1 4 Cale Morton Claremont WAFL 1 5 Jarrad Grant Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup 1 6 David Myers Perth WAFL 1 7Rhys Palmer East Fremantle WAFL 1 8 Lachlan Henderson Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 1 9Ben McEvoy Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup 1 10Patrick Dangerfield Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 1 11 Patrick Veszpremi Northern Knights TAC Cup 1 12Cyril Rioli St Mary's NTFL 1 13 Brad Ebert Port Adelaide Magpies SANFL 1 14 Jack Grimes Northern Knights TAC Cup 1 15 Robbie Tarrant Bendigo Pioneers TAC Cup 1 16 Matthew Lobbe Eastern Ranges TAC Cup 1 17Harry Taylor East Fremantle WAFL Priority 18Alex Rance Swan Districts WAFL 2 19 Callan Ward Western Jets TAC Cup 2 20 Tony Notte Swan Districts WAFL 2 21 Addam Maric Calder Cannons TAC Cup 2 22 Scott Selwood Bendigo Pioneers TAC Cup 2 23 Tayte Pears East Perth WAFL 2 24 Clayton Hinkley North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup 2 25 Tom Collier Tassie Mariners TAC Cup 2 26 Brett Meredith Northern Knights TAC Cup 2 27 Andy Otten Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup 2 28 Marlon Motlop Wanderers NTFL 2 29 Brendan Whitecross Zillmere QAFL 2 30 Jarrhan Jacky Subiaco WAFL 2 31 John McCarthy Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup 2 32 Levi Greenwood Port Adelaide Magpies SANFL 2 33 Matthew Westhoff Central District SANFL 2 34 Dawson Simpson Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup 3 35 Sam Reid Zillmere QAFL 3 36 Steven Browne West Perth WAFL 3 37Scott Thompson Geelong VFL 3 38 Myke Cook Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup 3 F/S 39 Darcy Daniher Calder Cannons TAC Cup 3 40 Chris Mayne Perth WAFL 3 41 James Polkinghorne Calder Cannons TAC Cup 3 42 Jack Steven Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 3 43Easton Wood Camperdown/Geelong Grammar School HFNL 3 44 Scott Simpson Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup 3 45Stuart Dew AFL 3 46 Dennis Armfield Swan Districts WAFL 3 47 Toby Thoolen Bendigo Pioneers TAC Cup 3 48 Jarrad Boumann Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup 3 49 Mitchell Farmer Calder Cannons TAC Cup 3 50 Dan McKenna Gippsland Power TAC Cup 4 51 Dean Putt Calder Cannons TAC Cup 4 52 Bradd Dalziell East Fremantle WAFL 4 53 Kyle Cheney North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup 4 54Cale Hooker East Fremantle WAFL 4 55 Mark Johnson AFL 4 56 Matt Austin North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup 4 57 Fraser Gehrig (ret.) AFL 4 58 Tony Armstrong NSW/ACT Rams/Calder Cannons TAC Cup 4 59Craig Bird NSW/ACT Rams/Nelson Bay TAC Cup 4 F/S 60 Adam Donohue Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 4 F/S 61 Jaxson Barham Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 4 62 Josh Smith West Perth WAFL 4 63 Guy O'Keefe Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 5 64 Pass 5 65 Pass 5 66 Tom McNamara South Adelaide SANFL 5 67 Pass 5 68 Pass 5 69 Kepler Bradley AFL 5 70 Eljay Connors Bendigo Pioneers TAC Cup 5 71 Aaron Kite Calder Cannons TAC Cup 5 72 Blake Grima AFL 6 73 Pass 6 74 Pass Fremantle 6 (NSW SP) 75Taylor Walker NSW/ACT Rams/North Broken Hill TAC Cup
2008 pre-season draft Round Pick Player Recruited from League Club11David GourdisSubiacoWAFL12Darren PfeifferAFL13Stefan MartinSandringhamVFL14Scott WelshAFL15John WilliamsMorningside QAFL16Joshua HeadSouth FremantleWAFL17Patrick McGinnityClaremontWAFL18Tom BellchambersLauncestonNTFL (Tas)
2008 rookie draft
Round Pick Player Recruited from Club 1 1 Clayton Collard 1 2 Aaron Joseph Tassie Mariners 1 3 Trent Zomer Eastern Ranges 1 4 James Mulligan Southport 1 5 Rhys Magin Zillmere 1 6 Brent Connelly Gippsland Power 1 7 Phil Smith Calder Cannons 1 8 Glenn Chivers Oakleigh Chargers 1 9 James Moss Central District 1 10 Matthew O'Dwyer 1 11 Hugh Sandilands Oakleigh Chargers 1 12 Lewis Stevenson Claremont 1 13 Luke Casey-Leigh Sandringham Dragons 1 14 Nathan Grima Central District 1 15 Nick Salter Woodville-West Torrens 1 16 Brodie Moles Tasmania 2 17 Jarrod Silvester Coburg Tigers 2 18 Lachlan Hill Oakleigh Chargers 2 19 Austin Wonaeamirri St Mary's Football Club 2 20 Henry White North Adelaide 2 21 Jarrod Atkinson Bendigo Bombers 2 22 Luke Pratt Swan Districts 2 23 Pat Garner 2 24 Luke Miles Swan Districts 2 25 Jared Petrenko Woodville-West Torrens 2 26 Brendan Murphy County Carlow (Gaelic football) 2 27 Timothy Walsh Port Adelaide Magpies 2 28 Ashley Arrowsmith Calder Cannons 2 29 Kevin Dyas County Armagh (Gaelic football) 2 30 Cruize Garlett Perth 2 31 Daniel Boyle Murray Bushrangers 2 32 Jeremy Laidler Calder Cannons 3 33 Tristan Cartledge 3 34 David Ellard Swan Districts 3 35 Jake Spencer Redland Bombers 3 36 John Shaw Sandringham Dragons 3 37 Calib Mourish 3 38 Pearce Hanley County Mayo (Gaelic football) 3 39 Andrew McQualter 3 40 Ed Curnow Geelong Falcons 3 41 Jake Orreal Unregistered 3 42 Alex Grima Tassie Mariners 3 43 Will Sullivan Western Jets 3 44 Alan Obst 3 45 Ryan Willits 3 46 Chris Kangars Geelong Falcons 4 47 Cameron Howat 4 48 Michael Shields County Cork (Gaelic football) 4 49 Shane Valenti Sandringham Zebras 4 50 Ryley Dunn 4 51 Khan Haretuku UNSW Eastern Suburbs 4 52 Brodie Martin Sturt 4 53 Matthew Beckmans Turvey Park 4 54 Cameron Stokes Darwin 4 55 Callum Wilson South Fremantle 4 56 Michael Wundke North Adelaide 4 57Shane Mumford (VFL) 5 58 Aaron Bruce Eastlake 5 59 Beau Maister 5 60 James Wilsen St George 6 61 Dean Terlich Murray Bushrangers 6 62 Ryan Davis North Shore Bombers
Draft firsts This draft has been the first ever draft where elevated NSW scholarship players (Taylor Walker, Craig Bird, Ryan Davis, James Wilsen, Khan Haretuku) were drafted to their respective clubs by the draft under the rule, clubs must give up their last selection in either rookie or senior draft in order to draft that elevated scholarship player.
Selections by league National and Pre-season draft selection totals by leagues:
League Playersselected State TAC Cup 40 VIC WAFL 18 WA SANFL 4 SA QAFL 3 QLD VFL 2 VIC NTFL 2 NT HFNL 1 VIC
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