The 2021 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 2022 season 6.
Special assistance In May 2021, just before the draft period began, the AFL Commission approved special draft and signing assistance to the , , , and to support the strengthening of their playing lists in line with the competition's leading clubs. As a condition of receiving assistance, the clubs were required to use at least five selections at the upcoming draft.
+ Table of special assistanceClubMeasurePick number/Player nameNotes First round pick Pick 6 First round pick Pick 8 Mature age signing Unused Mature age signing Unused First round pick Pick 7 First round pick Pick 9 Mature age signing Claudia Gunjaca Mature age signing Olivia Fuller Second round pick Pick 24 Third round pick Pick 41 Second round pick Pick 25 Traded to Second round pick Pick 26 Traded to and on to
Signing and trading period Players can be signed for one or two year contracts. The trade period opened on 31 May 2021 and will close on 9 June 2021. Players can be re-signed until 16 June 2021.
Retirements and delistings + Table of player retirements and delistingsDateNameClubStatus Retired Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Retired Retired Delisted Retired Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Retired Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Retired Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted
Trades + Table of trades Clubs involved Trade to (from Richmond)
Sabrina Frederick pick #26 pick #55 to (from Collingwood)
Maddie Shevlin pick #16 pick #48 to (from St Kilda)
Poppy Kelly to (from Richmond)
Pick #48 to (from Greater Western Sydney)
Elle Bennetts to (from Western Bulldogs)
Pick #28 to (from Geelong)
Olivia Purcell Pick #37 to (from Melbourne)
Chantel Emonson Pick #15 to (from Adelaide)
Chloe Scheer to (from Geelong)
Pick #20 to (from Melbourne)
Pick #47 to (from Adelaide)
Pick #49 to (from Greater Western Sydney)
Jessica Dal Pos Pick #10 Pick #27 to (from Carlton)
Chloe Dalton Katie Loynes to (from Greater Western Sydney)
Pick #42 to (from Melbourne)
Pick #37 to (from Carlton)
Tayla Harris Pick #44 to (from Melbourne)
Pick #32 to (from St Kilda)
Claudia Whitfort to (from Gold Coast)
Pick #36 to (from Collingwood)
Pick #26 Pick #55 to (from Carlton)
Pick #29 Pick #32 to (from Western Bulldogs)
Pick #11 Pick #57 to (from Carlton)
Pick #12 Pick #27 to (from Western Bulldogs)
Pick #12 to (from St Kilda)
Pick #22 Pick #25 to (from North Melbourne)
Jasmine Grierson to (from Greater Western Sydney)
Pick #28 to (from Fremantle)
Evangeline Gooch to (from West Coast)
Pick #38 to (from Carlton)
Jess Hosking Pick #55 Pick #57 to (from Richmond)
Pick #23 Pick #40 to (from North Melbourne)
Vivien Saad Pick #30 to (from Gold Coast)
Pick #19
Delisted free agency The delisted free agency period will close on 25 June 2021.
+ 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 Basketball Gaelic football Basketball Basketball
Inactive players Following final list lodgements, a number of players experienced changing circumstances that made them unable to participate in 2022 season 6. 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 2022 season 6 are listed below:
+ Table of inactive playersClubPlayerReason Olympics Injury Work commitments Unvaccinated Knee Mental health Knee Shoulder Work commitments Pregnancy Personal break Personal break Pregnancy Knee Work commitments Rugby Rugby Army Pregnancy Pregnancy Knee Foot Knee Lower leg Illness Hip Knee Shoulder Concussion
Draft + Table of draft selectionsPickPlayerClubRecruited fromNotesClubLeague 1 1 Charlie Rowbottom Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Girls 2 Georgie Prespakis Calder Cannons NAB League Girls 3 Charlie Thomas Subiaco Lions WAFL Women's 4 Ella Friend Greater Western Victoria Rebels NAB League Girls 5 Stella Reid Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Girls 6 Teagan Levi Bond University Football Club AFL Queensland Women's League 7 Zali Friswell Calder Cannons NAB League Girls 8 Ashanti Bush Darwin Football Club Northern Territory Football League 9 Gabbi Featherston Geelong Falcons NAB League Girls 10 Annie Lee Geelong Falcons NAB League Girls ← 11 Keeley Sherar Eastern Ranges NAB League Girls ← 12 Ashleigh Richards Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Girls ←← 13 Tess Craven Geelong Falcons NAB League Girls 14 Amy Franklin Claremont Football Club WAFL Women's 15 Annabel Johnson Geelong VFLW VFL Women's ← 16 Emilia Yassir Calder Cannons NAB League Girls ← 17 Zoe Prowse Sturt Football Club SANFL Women's 18 Maggie Harmer Maroochydore Football Club AFL Queensland Women's League 2 19 Tara Slender Bendigo Pioneers NAB League Girls ← 20 Brooke Tonon SANFL Women's ← 21 Courtney Rowley Peel Thunder WAFL Women's 22 Amanda Ling Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Girls ← 23 Brooke Vickers Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Girls ← 24 Beth Schilling Peel Thunder WAFL Women's 25 Aurora Smith Murray Bushrangers NAB League Girls ← 26 Imogen Milford Casey Demons VFL Women's ←← 27 Elizabeth Snell Bendigo Pioneers NAB League Girls ←← 28 Kim Rennie Western Bulldogs AFL Women's ←← 29 Eliza James Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Girls ← 30 Giselle Davies Bond University Football Club AFL Queensland Women's League ← 31 Dana East Swan Districts Football Club WAFL Women's 32 Eloise Chaston Eastern Ranges NAB League Girls ←← 33 Imogen Barnett Collingwood VFL Women's 34 Abbie Ballard SANFL Women's 35 Bella Smith Maroochydore Football Club AFL Queensland Women's League 3 36 Pass ← 37 Ally Morphett Murray Bushrangers NAB League Girls ←← 38 Makaela Tuhakaraina South Fremantle Football Club WAFL Women's 39 Pass 40 Sarah Lakay Swan Districts Football Club WAFL Women's ← 41 Georgia Campbell Eastern Ranges NAB League Girls ← 42 Tahlia Gillard Calder Cannons NAB League Girls ← 43 Perri King Glenorchy Football Club Tasmanian Football League 44 Airlie Runnalls VFL Women's ← 45 Alison Brown Casey Demons VFL Women's ← 46 Mikayla Pauga Bond University Football Club AFL Queensland Women's League 4 47 Emily Bennett Claremont Football Club WAFL Women's ← 48 Meagan Kiely VFL Women's ←← 49 Jessica Doyle Manly Warringah AFL Sydney ← 50 Ingrid Houtsma Geelong Falcons NAB League Girls ←← 51 Jasmine Ferguson VFL Women's 52 Jessica Low Claremont Football Club WAFL Women's 53 Luka Yoshida-Martin University of Queensland AFL Queensland Women's League 5 54 Akec Makur Chuot AFL Women's 55 Brodee Mowbray Sutherland AFC AFL Sydney 56 Ella Maurer VFL Women's 57 Sarah Wielstra Swan Districts Football Club WAFL Women's 58 Lucinda Pullar Bond University Football Club AFL Queensland Women's League 6 59 Georgina Fowler East Coast Eagles AFL Sydney 7 60 Casidhe Simmons UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs AFL Sydney 8 61 Erin Todd Western Suburbs Magpies AFC AFL Sydney
Free agency and replacement signings Where players were moved to inactive list after the draft had taken place, club were entitled to replace them by free agency signing.
+ Free agent or replacement signingsClubPlayerReasonFormer clubFormer league Replacement (Varnhagen) SANFLW Free agent SANFLW Replacement (Gibbs) Geelong Falcons NAB League Girls Replacement (Lin) VFL Women's Replacement (Pittman) VFL Women's Replacement (Bradfield) VFL Women's Replacement (M. Levi) Bond University QWAFL Replacement (T. Levi) Maroochydore QWAFL Replacement (Goodsir) North Shore AFL Sydney Replacement (McLeay) East Coast Eagles AFL Sydney Replacement (Simmons) Northern Knights NAB League Replacement (King) VFL Women's Replacement (Ross) AFL Women's Replacement (McLaren) VFL Women's Free agent SANFLW Replacement (Price) VFL Women's Replacement (Newton) AFL Women's Replacement (McLeod) VFL Women's
Train on players Where multiple players were ruled unable to play due to COVID-19 related health and safety protocols, clubs were entitled to field up to five train on players to enable them to field a full side.
+ Train on playersClubPlayerFormer clubFormer league WAFLW
See also 2021 AFL draft
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