The 2022 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 18 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's seventh season.
Expansion club signing period The expansion clubs Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, and Sydney are able to sign up to 14 current AFLW players before the sign and trade period. They can also pre-list under-18 players from their Next Generation Academy (NGA) region or players as open-age signings if they previously nominated for the AFLW draft and aren't on a current list.
+ Table of pre-list signingsDatePlayerClubRecruited fromClassificationClubLeague VFLW Open-age VFLW Open-age Bond University QAFLW NGA VFLWOpen-age VFLW VFLW VFLW Sandringham Dragons NAB League Open-age VFLW Open-age North Shore AFL SydneyOpen-age Inner West Magpies AFL Sydney Western Jets NAB League Open-age VFLW Open-age Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Open-age VFLWOpen-age VFLWOpen-age Bond UniversityQAFLWOpen-age VFLWOpen-age VFLW Open-age Southern Power AFL Sydney Open-age SANFLW Open-age VFLW Open-age WAFLW VFLW Open-age SANFLW VFLW VFLW Open-age WAFLW Priority VFLW Priority Ainslie AFL Canberra Bond University QAFLW WAFLW Open-ageVFLW VFLW Priority VFLW Open-age
+ Table of expansion club AFLW signingsDatePlayerFormer clubNew club
Signing and trading period 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 Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Retired Retired Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted
Trades + Table of trades Clubs involved Trade to (from Carlton)
Nicola Stevens to (from St Kilda)
pick #28 to (from Geelong)
Stephanie Williams to (from Richmond)
Ingrid Houtsma to (from Melbourne)
Isabella Simmons Krstel Petrevski pick #77 to (from West Coast)
pick #50 to (from Melbourne)
Jacqueline Parry Shelley Scott to (from Geelong)
Jordan Ivey pick #51 to (from Carlton)
Charlotte Wilson to (from Melbourne)
pick #42 to (from Carlton)
Lauren Brazzale pick #38 pick #89 to (from Collingwood)
Amelia Velardo pick #73 to (from Richmond)
pick #18 to (from Hawthorn)
pick #30 pick #33 to (from Collingwood)
pick #25 pick #38 to (from Richmond)
pick #30 pick #33 to (from Carlton)
Grace Egan to (from Richmond)
pick #25 to (from Greater Western Sydney)
Ally Morphett to (from Sydney)
pick #29 to (from Geelong)
Phoebe McWilliams pick #17 to (from Carlton)
pick #21 pick #42 to (from Geelong)
Olivia Barber to (from Collingwood)
pick #33 to (from Greater Western Sydney)
Libby Graham to (from Richmond)
pick #68 to (from Greater Western Sydney)
Erin McKinnon pick #54 to (from St Kilda)
pick #37 to (from Gold Coast)
Cheyenne Hammond Brittany Perry Kate Surman Jacqui Yorston to (from Port Adelaide)
pick #34 pick #81 to (from Hawthorn)
pick #45 pick #80 to (from Melbourne)
pick #51 pick #59 to (from Richmond)
pick #52 to (from Hawthorn)
pick #59 pick #62 to (from Western Bulldogs)
Isabel Huntington to (from Greater Western Sydney)
pick #29 pick #37 to (from Geelong)
Millie Brown pick 21 to (from Western Bulldogs)
pick #24 pick #56 to (from West Coast)
Mikayla Bowen to (from Geelong)
pick #24 to (from West Coast)
Grace Kelly to (from St. Kilda)
pick #54 to (from Carlton)
Courtney Jones to (from Gold Coast)
pick #49 to (from North Melbourne)
Kaitlyn Ashmore to (from Hawthorn)
pick #51 to (from Hawthorn)
pick #18 to (from Carlton)
pick #25 pick #28 pick #55 to (from North Melbourne)
Daisy Bateman pick #74 to (from Western Bulldogs)
pick #72 pick #90 to (from Adelaide)
Nikki Gore pick #60 to (from Fremantle)
pick #40 pick #75 to (from West Coast)
Niamh Kelly Amber Ward to (from Adelaide)
Jess Sedunary pick #43 to (from North Melbourne)
pick #26 pick #72 to (from Hawthorn)
pick #28 pick #52 pick #55
Delisted free agency The delisted free agency period closed 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 signingsClubPlayerRecruited fromOther/former sport Rockingham Flames Basketball Sydney Thunder Cricket Meath GAA Gaelic football Glenelg Netball Galway GAA Gaelic football Armagh GAA Gaelic football Meath GAA Gaelic football Cork GAA Gaelic football Bulleen Lions Soccer South Adelaide Basketball Southside Flyers Basketball Southern Districts Rugby Union
Inactive players
+ Table of inactive playersClubPlayerReason Pregnancy Work Work Knee Mental health Knee Knee Knee Knee Foot Foot Knee Pregnancy Knee Personal break Rugby Rugby Knee Back Army Pregnancy Knee Knee Shoulder Knee Knee Back Knee Knee Knee Knee Work Knee Knee Wrist Knee Knee Knee
Draft
The 2022 AFL Women's draft took place on Wednesday, 29 June. The indicative draft order was updated following the sign and trade period:
+ Table of draft selectionsPickPlayerClubRecruited fromNotesClubLeague 1 1 Western Jets NAB League Girls 2 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Girls 3 North Adelaide SANFLW 4 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Girls 5 Sandringham Dragons NAB League Girls 6 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Girls 7 Glenelg SANFLW 8 Greater Western Victoria Rebels NAB League Girls 9 Western Jets NAB League Girls 10 Sandringham Dragons NAB League Girls 11 Queanbeyan AFL Canberra 12 Hawthorn VFLW 13 Gunnedah & District AFL North West 14 WAFLW 15 WAFLW 16 Sandringham Dragons NAB League Girls 17 Murray Bushrangers NAB League Girls ← 18 Eastern Ranges NAB League Girls ←← 19 Southport QAFLW 20 Murray Bushrangers NAB League Girls 21 Northern Knights NAB League Girls ←← 22 Casey Demons VFLW 23 SANFLW 24 WAFLW ←← 25 Bendigo Pioneers NAB League Girls ←←← 26 Western Jets NAB League Girls ← 27 WAFLW 28 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Girls ←←← 29 Sandringham Dragons NAB League Girls ←← 30 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Girls ←← 31 SANFLW 32 Casey Demons VFLW 33 Geelong VFLW ←←← 34 North Hobart TSLW ← 35 Eastern Ranges NAB League Girls 36 WAFLW 2 37 Calder Cannons NAB League Girls ←← 38 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Girls ←← 39 Williamstown VFLW 40 SANFLW ← 41 Aspley QAFLW 42 Northern Knights NAB League Girls ←← 43 WAFLW ← 44 Casey Demons VFLW ← 45 Gippsland Power NAB League Girls 46 Geelong Falcons NAB League Girls 47 WAFLW 48 VFLW ← 3 49 Casey Demons VFLW ← 50 VFLW ←←← 51 Gippsland Power NAB League Girls ←← 52 Bond University QAFLW 53 WAFLW ←← 54 Murray Bushrangers NAB League Girls ←← 55 Calder Cannons NAB League Girls ← 56 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League Girls 57 AFLW 58 Inner West Magpies AFL Sydney ←← 59 WAFLW ← 60 VFLW ← 61 SANFLW 62 VFLW 4 63 Southern Saints VFLW 64 Southport QAFLW ← 65 Passed — — 66 Tasmania Devils NAB League Girls 67 VFLW 68 AFLW ← 69 SANFLW ← 70 Aspley QAFLW 71 AFLW 72 Euroa Goulburn Valley FNL ← 73 VFLW 5 74 Southern Saints VFLW 75 Tasmania Devils NAB League Girls 76 Passed — — ← 77 Wembley Perth Football League 78 Maroochydore QAFLW 79 Passed — — 80 SANFLW 6 81 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League GirlsFather–daughter selection (Daughter of Dean Matthews) 82 Macquarie University AFL Sydney 83 WAFLW 7 84 Eastlake AFL Canberra 85 Calder Cannons NAB League Girls 8 86 Ainslie AFL Canberra 9 87 Passed — —
Free agency and replacement signings Where players were moved to the inactive list after the draft had taken place, clubs were entitled to replace them.
+ Free agent or replacement signingsClubPlayerReasonFormer clubFormer league Replacement (Hewett) SANFLW Replacement (B. Smith) University of Queensland QAFLW Free agent Bond University QAFLW Replacement (Nanscawen) VFLW Replacement (Ashley-Cooper) Gippsland Power NAB League Girls Replacement (Borg) SANFLW Replacement (Gooden) GWV Rebels NAB League Girls Replacement (McMahon) VFLW Free agent WAFLW Replacement (Gee) Southport QAFLW Free agent Murray Bushrangers NAB League Girls Replacement (Davies) UTS AFL Sydney Free agent AFLW Replacement (McNamara) Woodville-West Torrens SANFLW Replacement (Campbell) VFLW Replacement (Ryan) Southern Saints VFLW Replacement (Cutting) VFLW Replacement (Mitchell) Darebin VFLW Replacement (Beruldsen) North Shore Bombers AFL Sydney Replacement (L. Wakfer) Collegians Perth Football League Replacement (Davison) WAFLW
Elevated train-on players When 24 or fewer players were available for selection during the season, clubs were permitted to elevate train-on players to their squads, where they would be available for selection in AFLW games. This section lists elevations which occurred during 2022 season 7.
+ Elevated train-on playersDateClubPlayer
See also 2022 AFL draft
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