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.
Signing and trading period 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.
Retirements and delistings + Table of player retirements and delistingsDateNameClubStatus Retired Retired Retired Retired Retired Retired Retired Retired Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Retired Retired Retired Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Retired Retired Retired Retired Retired Delisted
Trades + Table of trades Clubs involved Trade to (from Richmond)
pick #15 to (from Carlton)
Sarah Hosking to (from Richmond)
Grace Campbell to (from North Melbourne)
pick #43 to (from North Melbourne)
Abbey Green to (from Collingwood)
pick #40 to (from St Kilda)
pick #36 to (from Carlton)
Jayde Van Dyk pick #42 to (from Richmond)
pick #31 pick #45 to (from Collingwood)
Sarah D'Arcy Sarah Dargan to (from Richmond)
pick #17 to (from Melbourne)
Harriet Cordner to (from Melbourne)
pick #11 Aliesha Newman to (from Collingwood)
pick #10 pick #17 to (from Western Bulldogs)
pick #3 Aisling McCarthy to (from West Coast)
pick #2 pick #16 to (from St Kilda)
Jess Sedunary pick #42 to (from Adelaide)
pick #34 to (from St Kilda)
pick #22 pick #57 to (from North Melbourne)
pick #29 pick #40 pick #50 to (from St Kilda)
pick #29 to (from Melbourne)
Bianca Jakobsson to (from GWS Giants)
Lisa Whiteley pick #25 to (from Adelaide)
pick #20 pick #42 to (from Melbourne)
Katherine Smith pick #29 to (from GWS)
pick #20 pick #39 to (from Melbourne)
Elise O'Dea Maddy Guerin to (from Carlton)
pick #15 to (from Western Bulldogs)
pick #33 to (from Collingwood)
Katie Lynch pick #45 to (from Western Bulldogs)
Hannah Munyard pick #45 to (from Adelaide)
pick #25 to (from Western Bulldogs)
pick #19 pick #25 to (from Collingwood)
pick #11 to (from Melbourne)
pick #10 pick #20 pick #27 pick #39 to (from Geelong)
pick #5 pick #35 pick #49 to (from North Melbourne)
Jess Trend to (from Fremantle)
pick #44 to (from West Coast)
pick #46 to (from Fremantle)
Tayla Bresland to (from Gold Coast)
Charlotte Hammans to (from Carlton)
pick #56 to (from Gold Coast)
Taylor Smith pick #37 pick #51 to (from Brisbane)
pick #24 to (from St Kilda)
Alison Drennan to (from Gold Coast)
pick #24
Delisted free agency A delisted free agency period was held from August 17 to August 21, where unsigned players could move to other clubs.
+ Table of free agency signingsDatePlayerFormer clubNew club
Rookie signings 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.
+ Table of rookie signingsClubPlayerOther/former sport Rugby union Rowing Gaelic football Gaelic football
Inactive players 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. Players on each club's inactive list ahead of the 2020 draft are listed below:
+ Table of inactive playersClubPlayerReason Injury (ACL) Pregnancy Personal Injury (ACL) Pregnancy Work Injury (ACL) 1 Personal Visa Injury Injury (foot) Visa Injury (foot) Personal Injury (ACL) Personal
1 Barclay died on 12 October 2020.
Richmond and West Coast concessions 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.
Draft A draft was held on the night of 6 October 2020. 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.
+ Table of draft selectionsPickPlayerClubRecruited fromNotesClubLeague 1 1 Northern Knights NAB League 2 Northern Knights NAB League ← 3 Claremont WAFLW ← 4 South Adelaide SANFLW 5 Northern Knights NAB League ← 6 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League 7 Bond University QAFLW 8 Yeronga South Brisbane QAFLW 9 Queanbeyan AFL Canberra 10 Geelong Falcons NAB League ←← 11 Sandringham Dragons NAB League ← 12 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 13 Sandringham Dragons NAB League 14 Peel Thunder WAFLW 15 Sandringham Dragons NAB League ←, assistance pick with on-trade stipulation 16 Western Jets NAB League←, assistance pick with on-trade stipulation 2 17 GWV Rebels NAB League ←← 18 Swan Districts WAFLW 19 Eastern Ranges NAB LeagueFather–daughter selection (Daughter of Gavin Brown)← 20 Geelong Falcons NAB League ← 21 Murray Bushrangers NAB League 22 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ← 23 Hawthorn VFLW 24 Sandringham Dragons NAB LeagueFather–daughter selection (Daughter of Nathan Burke) ← 25 Western Jets NAB League ← 26 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 27 Geelong Falcons NAB League ← 28 Sandringham Dragons NAB League 29 Belconnen AFL Canberra ← 30 East Perth WAFLW 3 31 Sandringham Dragons NAB League ← 32 East Fremantle WAFLW 33 34 GWV Rebels NAB League 35 Gippsland Power NAB League 36 Sandringham Dragons NAB League 37 South Adelaide SANFLW 38 Essendon VFLW 39 Geelong Falcons NAB League 40 Southern Saints VFLW 41 Eastern Ranges NAB League 42 Manly Warringah Sydney AFL 43 Dandenong Rangers WNBL ← 44 Darebin Falcons VFLW 45 West Adelaide SANFLW 4 46 Subiaco WAFLW 47 North Adelaide SANFLW 48 GWV Rebels NAB League 49 Launceston TWFL 50 Bond University QAFLW 51 5 52 Richmond VFLW 53 Claremont WAFLW 54 Palmerston NTFL 55 Williamstown VFLWFather–daughter selection (Daughter of Shaun Smith) 6 56 57 Bond University QAFLW 7 58 Southern Saints VFLW 8 59 60 Hermit Park AFL Townsville 9 61 Bond University QAFLW
Post-Draft Undrafted free agency and replacement players 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.
+ Table of replacement player signingsDatePlayerFree agent/ReplacementFormer clubNew club Free agent (SANFLW) Free agent (SANFLW) Free agent (SANFLW) Free agent (SANFLW) Replacement (Trend) (WAFLW) Replacement (Hill) (WAFLW) Replacement (Fitzpatrick) Dandenong Stingrays (NAB League) Replacement (Bonner) Sydney Uni Flames (WNBL) Replacement (Webb) Coolangatta (QAFLW) Replacement (Whitford) (VFLW) Replacement (Herron) Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League Girls) Replacement (Elisha King) (VFLW) Replacement (Mascall) (WAFLW) Replacement (Yorston) Sturt (SANFLW) Replacement (Carter) North Adelaide (SANFLW) Replacement (Dalton) Montmorency Football Club, (NFNL) Replacement (Xenos) (VFLW)
See also 2020 AFL draft
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