The 1996 AFL draft was held at the conclusion of the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season. The inaugural rookie draft was held with the 1997 pre-season draft.
The AFL draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
Clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season, although these picks can be swapped around by teams for trading players.
Trades: club by club
Adelaide
Brett James from for Jonathon Ross Trent Ormond-Allen from for draft pick #83 Clay Sampson from for Nick Pesch Tim Cook and Aaron Keating from for Scott Hodges Nick Laidlaw from for David Brown Barry Standfield from for draft picks #32 and #47
Carlton
Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill from for Brent Heaver Mick McGuane from for draft picks #19 and #65
Collingwood
Anthony Rocca from for Ben Wilson, Mark Orchard and draft picks #14 and #33 John R. Barnett from for draft pick #70 Richard Osborne from for draft pick #61 Jonathon Ross from for Brett James
Geelong
Hamish Simpson and Cameron Roberts from for draft pick #37 Tim Hargreaves from for Aaron Lord
Hawthorn
Aaron Lord from for Tim Hargreaves Justin Crawford from for David McEwan and draft pick #17
North Melbourne
Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley from for Paul Geister
Melbourne
Nick Pesch from for Clay Sampson
Port Adelaide
Shane Bond and Brayden Lyle from for draft pick #57 Shayne Breuer from for Hamish Simpson, Cameron Roberts and draft picks #8 and 43 David Brown from for Nick Laidlaw Paul Geister from for Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley Brent Heaver from for Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill Scott Hodges from for Aaron Keating and Tim Cook For zone and uncontracted player selections see below
Richmond
Trent Nichols from for draft pick #50
St Kilda
Troy Gray from for draft pick #34
Sydney
Mark Orchard and Ben Wilson from for Anthony Rocca David McEwan from for Justin Crawford
West Coast
Ilija Grgic from for Luke Trew and draft pick #20
Western Bulldogs
Simon Minton-Connell from for draft pick #29 Luke Trew from for Ilija Grgic
1996 national draft
Pick Player Recruited from Club1Michael GardinerClaremont (WAFL)2Chris HeffernanGeelong (U18)3Rory HiltonMurray (U18)4Mark KinnearCalder (U18)5Daniel McAlisterTasmania (U18)6John RombotisFitzroy7Bowen LockwoodGeelong (U18)8Leigh BrockmanTasmania (U18)9Mark HarwoodTasmania (U18)10Nathan BrownBendigo (U18)11Brent GrgicGeelong (U18)12Heath Black Oakleigh Chargers13Tom GilliganSouthern (U18)14Brett O'Farrell Prahran Dragons15Max HudghtonWest Brisbane (AFLQ)16Pat Steinfort Oakleigh Chargers17Rowan WarfeFitzroy (U18)18Gerrard BennettTasmania (U18)19Brent TuckeyBallarat (U18)20Matthew DentFitzroy21Tim Williams East Perth (WAFL)22Alistair NicholsonClaremont23Evan HewittSubiaco (WAFL)24Josh WoodenNSW-ACT (U18)25Andrew BomfordSydney26Tim NottingBallarat (U18)27Troy CookPerth (WAFL)28Jason JohnsonCalder (U18)29Nathan Turvey South Fremantle (WAFL)30Hayden LamaroMurray (U18)31Jess SinclairEastern (U18)32Jim PlunkettNorthern (U18)33Will Sangster Prahran Dragons34Shannon CorcoranBrisbane35Mark ChaffeyCaulfield Grammar36Jonathan HayEast Fremantle (WAFL)37Adam KingsleyEssendon38Sam Smart Norwood (SANFL)39Nick StoneClaremont (WAFL)40Forfeited due to violation of salary cap regulations -41Matthew ManfieldFitzroy42Martin PikeFitzroy43Paul CorriganMelbourne44Jacob RhodesGeelong (U18)45Clayton GardinerClaremont (WAFL)46Matthew ClucasEast Fremantle (WAFL)47Brett MontgomeryFootscray48Marty WarryFitzroy49Jason HeatleyWest Coast50Luke McCormickNSW-ACT (U18)51Robert McMahonFitzroy52Damien LockBendigo (U18)53Michael BraunBendigo (U18)54Mathew WatsonEssendon55Steven McKeeMyrtelford (VCFL)56Cameron MooneyNSW-ACT (U18)57Trent CummingsFitzroy58Paul DooleyWilliamstown (VFL)59Anthony McDonaldMelbourne60Andrew EcclesNorthern (U18)61Stephen PowellMelbourne62Andrew ThompsonSt Kilda63Jason BaldwinFitzroy64Darren CollinsPort Adelaide65Brad CassidyFitzroy66Paul HillsEssendon67Byron PickettPort Adelaide68Russell RobertsonTasmania (U18)69Chad RintoulEast Fremantle70Adam HayEast Perth71Brett KnowlesGippsland (U18)72Brent FrewenFitzroy73Brett HowmanNSW-ACT (U18)74Chris JacksonNSW-ACT (U18)75Mark WintertonSouthern (U18)76Greg DempseyWest Adelaide77Marcus BarhamCalder (U18)78Lucas FlemingNorthern (U18)79Daniel DonatiOld Xavs (VAFA)80Chris HolcombeSouthern (U18)81Anthony FranchinaCarlton82Duncan O'TooleDevonport83Ashley GehlingMelbourne84Josh MahoneyWilliamstown (VFL)85Brad ScottHawthorn86Ben ParkerMurray (U18)87Brad FullerNSW-ACT (U18)88Phil SmithWest Perth89Dwayne GriffinSwan Districts90Leigh SinglineSth Launceston
1997 pre-season draft
Pick Player Recruited from Club1Stephen PaxmanFitzroyPort Adelaide2Paul HudsonHawthornWestern Bulldogs3Leigh NewtonAlburyMelbourne4Jason TaylorHawthornCollingwood5Brett CookFitzroySt Kilda6Brett EvansSpringvaleRichmond7Jon HassallCollingwoodHawthorn8Darren HulmeSouthern StingraysCarlton9Matthew BanksEastern RangesEssendon10John StevensOld Ivanhoe GrammariansSydney11Brett ChandlerFitzroyNorth Melbourne12Steven PittCollingwoodWestern Bulldogs13Robert PymanCollingwoodMelbourne14Robert SchaeferCentral DistrictCollingwood15Brad CampbellPort MelbourneSt Kilda16Todd RidleyFremantleHawthorn17Anthony MellingtonFitzroyNorth Melbourne18Shane WoewodinEast FremantleMelbourne19Michael R. GardinerSubiacoCollingwood20Nigel CredinFitzroyHawthorn
1997 rookie draft The first AFL rookie draft was held on 25 February 1997. Only players aged between 18 and 23 were eligible to be drafted. Whilst each club could draft up to six players onto their Rookie Lists, only , and selected a full complement, whilst and declined to take part.
PickPlayerRecruited fromAFL club 1Jason DylanPort Adelaide 2Adam Contessa reservesWestern Bulldogs 3Nathan BassettMelbourne 4Cameron VenablesFremantle 5Ben MarshAdelaide 6Mal Michael reservesCollingwood 7Justin PlappBurnieRichmond 8Brad L. CampbellKyabramHawthorn 9Michael Brown reservesGeelong 10Mark PorterCarlton 11Paul BlairWest Coast 12Mark JohnsonCalder U18Essendon 13PassBrisbane 14Nathan TresizeMurray U18Sydney 15Julian Kirzner reservesNorth Melbourne 16Luke OttensPort Adelaide 17Jason Lappin reservesWestern Bulldogs 18Daniel Ward reservesMelbourne 19Matthew RichterFremantle 20Steven CoghillAdelaide 21Andrew PugsleyEastern U18Collingwood 22Jason RamseyRichmond 23PassHawthorn 24Shawn LewfattGeelong 25PassCarlton 26Ryan WebbWest Coast 27Gary Moorcroft reservesEssendon 28PassBrisbane 29PassSydney 30Bryan BeinkeNorth Melbourne 31PassPort Adelaide 32PassWestern Bulldogs 33Matthew BishopMelbourne 34Rupert BetherasFremantle 35PassAdelaide 36Michael PolleyCollingwood 37PassRichmond 38PassHawthorn 39PassGeelong 40PassCarlton 41Trent SimpsonWest Coast 42Andrew RamsdenOld TrinityEssendon 43PassBrisbane 44PassSydney 45PassNorth Melbourne 46PassPort Adelaide 47PassWestern Bulldogs 48Russell RobertsonMelbourne 49Scott GoochFremantle 50PassAdelaide 51Brett Warburton reservesCollingwood 52PassRichmond 53PassHawthorn 54PassGeelong 55PassCarlton 56Todd NenerWest Coast 57Luke TrewEssendon 58PassBrisbane 59Steven MaharBelconnenSydney 60PassNorth Melbourne 61PassPort Adelaide 62PassWestern Bulldogs 63Duncan O'TooleMelbourne 64Gavin MilentisFremantle 65PassAdelaide 66Peter O'BrienOld MelburniansCollingwood 67PassRichmond 68PassHawthorn 69PassGeelong 70PassCarlton 71PassWest Coast 72Andrew HendersonUniversity BluesEssendon 73PassBrisbane 74Leigh MarshallSydney 75PassNorth Melbourne 76PassPort Adelaide 77PassWestern Bulldogs 78James McDonaldOld XaveriansMelbourne 79PassFremantle 80Pass Adelaide 81Mark OxleyCastlemaineCollingwood 82PassRichmond 83PassHawthorn 84PassGeelong 85PassCarlton 86PassWest Coast 87Damien FrankenDonvaleEssendon 88Pass Brisbane 89Adam RyderBelconnenSydney 90PassNorth Melbourne
Port Adelaide zone selections As part of Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL they were entitled to recruit some uncontracted players from other AFL clubs and players from the SANFL prior to the national draft. Clubs that lost players were entitled to compensation selections before both the first and second rounds of the 1996 national draft.
Uncontracted player selection Ian Downsborough (): compensation selections #1 (Michael Gardiner) and #24 (Josh Wooden) Gavin Wanganeen (): compensation selections #2 (Chris Heffernan) and #25 (Andrew Bomford) Matthew Primus (): compensation selections #3 (Rory Hilton) and #26 (Tim Notting) to Adam Heuskes (): compensation selections #4 (Mark Kinnear) and #27 (Troy Cook) Scott Cummings (): compensation selections #5 (Daniel McAlister) and #28 (Jason Johnson)
Zone selections Player Recruited fromNathan Eagleton West AdelaideTom Harley NorwoodPeter Burgoyne Port AdelaideStuart Dew Central DistrictFabian Francis Port AdelaideJosh Francou North AdelaideRoger James NorwoodBrendon Lade South AdelaideDarren Mead Port AdelaideNathan Steinberner Central DistrictWarren Tredrea Port AdelaideMichael Wilson Port AdelaideStephen Daniels NorwoodDonald Dickie NorwoodPaul Evans Port AdelaideScott Bassett NorwoodRhett Biglands Woodville-West TorrensTom Carr Port AdelaideStephen Carter Port AdelaideMark Conway Central DistrictJarrod Cotton Central DistrictNigel Fiegert Port AdelaideScott Freeborn Woodville-West TorrensJake Lynch Woodville-West TorrensScott Mathews Woodville-West TorrensAndrew Osborn South AdelaideDarryl Poole Port AdelaideDamian Squire North AdelaideJonathon Yerbury Norwood
Brisbane Lions pre-draft selections As part of the conditions of the merger between Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Football Club, Brisbane was able to recruit up to eight players from Fitzroy into the newly created Brisbane Lions.
Scott Bamford John Barker Brad Boyd Nick Carter Shane Clayton Simon Hawking Chris Johnson Jarrod Molloy
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