The 2019 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2020 season.

At the conclusion of the period clubs were required to have 27 senior-listed and three rookie-listed players.

Expansion club signing period First period Prior to the completion of the 2019 season, future expansion clubs , , and were permitted to pre-list up to 10 players from their women's academies or designated development zones. A maximum of seven of these players could be open-age signings who had nominated for the 2018 AFL Women's draft but not been selected. A final three spots were reserved for three junior players of minimum draft age (born in 2001) and who hailed from the clubs' designated development regions.

+ Table of pre-list signingsDatePlayerClubRecruited fromClassificationClubLeague WAWFL Junior — — Junior Southern Saints VFL Women's Open-age Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Junior Bond University QAFLW Junior Hermit Park AFL Townsville Junior South Cairns AFL Cairns Junior Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Junior Richmond VFL Women's Open-age Richmond VFL Women's Open-age Coolangatta QAFLW Open-age Essendon VFL Women's Open-age Bond University QAFLW Open-age Richmond VFL Women's Open-age Richmond VFL Women's Open-age Open-age Open-age Maroochydore QAFLW Open-age NT Thunder VFL Women's Open-age Southern Saints VFL Women's Open-age Southern Saints VFL Women's Open-age Richmond VFL Women's Open-age Claremont WAWFL Open-age Subiaco WAWFL Open-age Essendon VFL Women's Open-age East Fremantle WAWFL Open-age Subiaco WAWFL Open-age Swan Districts WAWFL Open-age Bond University QAFLW Open-age Southern Saints VFL Women's Open-age Open-age Bond University QAFLW Open-age Southern Saints VFL Women's Open-age

Second period From 8 April expansion clubs , , and will have an 11-day window until 18 April to sign players who played for existing clubs during the 2019 season. These clubs can sign a maximum of 12 players each through this mechanism. All existing clubs other than and could lose no more than four players to the mechanism while Brisbane and Fremantle can each lose a maximum of eight due to the entry of and into their previously exclusive state-zones. No compensation will be offered to those clubs losing players under this process, but the player's existing club are permitted to negotiate to re-sign the player. Players can be signed under this mechanism to one or two year contracts.

+ Table of expansion club signingsDatePlayerFormer clubNew club 18 April

Signing and trading period Concurrently to the expansion club signing period, all 14 clubs were able to sign and trade players. Players can be signed during this period are eligible for one or two year contracts. A second stage to the trade period will open from 23 April and run until 26 April, with only the 10 established clubs able to take part.

Trades + Table of trades Clubs involved Trade to (from Richmond)

pick #12 to (from Brisbane)

Sabrina Frederick to (from St Kilda)

pick #11 to (from Brisbane)

Kate McCarthy to (from West Coast)

pick #13 to (from Brisbane)

McKenzie Dowrick to (from Greater Western Sydney)

pick #46 to (from Adelaide)

Jessica Allan to (from Richmond)

pick #1 to (from Western Bulldogs)

Monique Conti to (from Collingwood)

pick #2 pick #26 pick #44 pick #59 to (from Carlton)

Brianna Davey pick #67 pick #82 to (from West Coast)

pick #90 to (from Western Bulldogs)

Kate Bartlett to (from West Coast)

pick #86 to (from Fremantle)

Cassie Davidson to (from Melbourne)

Ashleigh Guest pick #8 pick #48 to (from Western Bulldogs)

Libby Birch pick #77 to (from St Kilda)

pick #9 to (from Western Bulldogs)

Emma Mackie pick #24 pick #30 to (from St Kilda)

pick #54 pick #72 to (from Melbourne)

Claudia Whitfort pick #63

Retirements and delistings + Table of player retirements and delistingsDateNameClubStatus Retired Retired Retired Retired Delisted Delisted17 April RetiredDelisted18 AprilDelisted RetiredDelisted24 AprilDelisted25 AprilDelisted Retired26 AprilDelisted Retired Retired

Free agency A free agency period was held between the end of the trading and signing period on April 26 and until April 30 in which clubs were permitted to sign delisted or uncontracted players. At the conclusion of the period, clubs are permitted to have retained no more than 22 senior players and two rookies. Team lists matching those requirements must be submitted on May 3.

+ Table of free agency signingsDatePlayerFormer clubNew club

Rookie signings In the absence of a rookie draft, each club was required to sign two rookie players, either new or retained from their rookie list the year prior. New players to this list must not have played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program.

+ Table of rookie signingsClubPlayerOther/former sport Gaelic football Soccer Gaelic football Rugby sevens Gaelic football Gaelic football Netball Gaelic football Gaelic football Volleyball Gaelic football Basketball Gaelic football Rugby union Gaelic football Soccer

Draft A draft was held on October 22, 2019. Players nominated 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. An indicative draft order was published in early April while the final draft order was published by the AFL in the wake of the expansion signing period on 23 April.

+ Table of draft selectionsPickPlayerClubRecruited fromNotesClubLeague 1 1 Northern Knights NAB League ←! 2 Geelong Falcons NAB League ← 3 Maroochydore QAFLW 4 Belconnen AFL Canberra 5! Calder Cannons NAB League 6 Northern Knights NAB League 7! GWV Rebels NAB League 8 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ← 9 Western Jets NAB League ←! 10 VFL Women's 11^ Murray Bushrangers NAB LeagueFather–daughter selection (Daughter of Paul Brown) 12 WAFLW 13 Richmond VFL Women's Academy eligible for , but they elected not to match 14 SANFLW 15 Maroochydore QAFLW ← 16 Wilston Grange QAFLW ← 17 Coorparoo QAFLW ← 18 Bond University QAFLW 219! WAFLW 20# SANFLW 21# WAFLW 22! Queanbeyan AFL Canberra 23# Nelson Bay AFL Hunter Central Coast 24 VFL Women's ←#25! Eastern Ranges NAB League 26 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League ←27! Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 28 Coorparoo QAFLW 29 Darebin Falcons VFL Women's 30 Coorparoo QAFLW ←31! GWV Rebels NAB League 32 VFL Women's 33! VFL Women's 34 VFL Women's 35 WAFLW 36 Williamstown VFL Women's 37 SANFLW 38 Canberra AFL Canberra 39 WAFLW Academy selection - matched bid 40 Northern Knights NAB League 41 SANFLW 342! SANFLW 43! Melbourne University VFL Women's 44 Eastern Ranges NAB League ← 45 Coolangatta-Tweed Heads QAFLW 46 SANFLW ←47^ Western Jets NAB LeagueFather–daughter selection (Daughter of Chris Grant) 48 Northern Knights NAB League ← 49 Launceston TWFL 50 Casey Demons VFL Women's 51 WAFLW 52 VFL Women's 53 SANFLW 54 Canberra AFL Canberra ← 55 GWV Rebels NAB League 56 WAFLW 57 SANFLW 458! Western Jets NAB League 59 Southern Saints VFL Women's ← 60 University of Queensland QAFLW 61 Newcastle City AFL Hunter Central Coast 62 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 63 — — ← 64 Melbourne University VFL Women's 65 Geelong Falcons NAB League 66 WAFLW 67 Casey Demons VFL Women's ← 68 SANFLW 69 Yeronga QAFLW 70 WAFLW 71 VFL Women's Academy selection - matched bid 72 East Coast Eagles Sydney AFL ← 573! VFL Women's 74 VFL Women's 75 University of Queensland QAFLW 76 East Coast Eagles Sydney AFL 77 Darebin Falcons VFL Women's ← 78 Calder Cannons NAB League 79 Launceston TWFL 80 VFL Women's 81 Perth Angels WAFLW 82 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ← 83 SANFLW 84 VFL Women's Academy selection - matched bid 85 WAFLW ← 86 Yeronga QAFLW 6 87 Northern Knights NAB League 88 — — ← 89 AFLW 90 East Coast Eagles Sydney AFL 91 Coolangatta-Tweed Heads QAFLW 92 VFL Women's 93 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 94 NT Thunder VFL Women's 95 UNSW Eastern Suburbs Sydney AFL 96 VFL Women's 97 UNSW Eastern Suburbs Sydney AFL 98 Geelong Falcons NAB League 99 UNSW Eastern Suburbs Sydney AFL 7 100 SANFLW 101 VFL Women's 102 SANFLW

Post-Draft Undrafted free agency A final free agency period opened after the conclusion of the draft, allowing clubs that passed on a draft selection to recruit from outside their state-based zone.

+ Table of injury replacement player signingsDatePlayerFree agent typeFormer clubNew club Undrafted Undrafted

Train-on list Before the opening round of the season, clubs were permitted to replace players who had suffered a long-term injury or for whom personal circumstances had ruled them out for playing in any match that year. The replacement players are signed to a train-on list and are considered semi-eligible for section. Though they are eligible to train with the club, they cannot be selected for match play until further injuries to player on the club's list mean a club has fewer than 23 players available for any single match.

+ Table of undrafted free agency period signingsClubNew signingPlayer replacingReason for replacement Personal Injury (ACL) Injury (ACL) Retirement Injury (ACL) Injury (ACL) Pregnancy Injury (shoulder) Injury (shoulder) Injury (shoulder)

Note: was given special permission to treat Saad as a full signing.

See also 2019 AFL draft

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