The 2024 AFL Women's draft was the annual draft that enabled the 18 clubs in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition to recruit players following the 2024 AFL Women's season. It was held on 16 December 2024. It took place during the 2024–25 AFL Women's player movement period, which began in November 2024 and ran until March 2025.
Background In June 2024, the Australian Football League (AFL) announced that long-time major partner Telstra had expanded its partnership with the league to become the naming rights sponsor for the AFL and AFLW drafts and both competitions' Rising Star awards from 2024 onwards. Later that month, AFL executive general manager Laura Kane announced that the AFL Women's draft would transition to a fully national draft for the first time, following feedback from clubs and the use of an "opt-in model" in the 2023 draft, where nearly 70 per cent of draftees (including twelve of the top 16 selections) nominated for the national draft pool rather than chose to remain in their home state. The draft also saw the introduction of minimum two-year contracts for draftees. In August, AFLW general manager Emma Moore announced that the girls' draft combine would also become a national event for the first time, having previously been staged only as state-based events, and would be held in Melbourne in October on the same weekend as the boys' combine. Players who were not invited to the national combine were also able to attend smaller state-based draft combines in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
The draft was held on 16 December at Marvel Stadium and broadcast on afl.com.au and the official AFL app. In the week leading up to the draft, experts from afl.com.au, The Age and Fox Sports considered Gippsland Power midfielder Ash Centra the favourite to be taken by with the first selection; the Herald Sun reported the day before the draft that Collingwood had already settled on Centra for the selection, with Collingwood confirming the selection the following night at the draft.
National draft The order of selections for the national draft was finalised on 11 December, at the conclusion of the 2024 trade period.
A Academy selection FD Father–daughter selection Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 Gippsland Power Talent League Girls 2 (A) Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's 3 South Fremantle WAFL Women's Received from 4 Geelong Falcons Talent League Girls 5 East Fremantle WAFL Women's 6 Glenelg SANFL Women's 7 Bendigo Pioneers Talent League Girls 8 Emma McDonald Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls 9 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from 10 Bendigo Pioneers Talent League Girls 11 Western Jets Talent League Girls Received from 12 Northern Knights Talent League Girls 13 Sturt SANFL Women's Received from 14 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls 15 Bendigo Pioneers Talent League Girls 16 Claremont WAFL Women's Received from 17 (FD) Sandringham Dragons Talent League Girls 18 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls Received from 19 Swan Districts WAFL Women's Received from 20 Northern Knights Talent League Girls Received from 2 21 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls Received from 22 Woodville-West Torrens SANFL Women's 23 Sandringham Dragons Talent League Girls Received from ; previously from ; originally from 24 Central District SANFL Women's 25 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls 26 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from ; originally from 27 (A) Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's Received from 28 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from ; originally from 29 (A) Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's Received from 30 East Fremantle WAFL Women's 31 AFL Women's Received from 32 Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls Received from 33 Woodville-West Torrens SANFL Women's 34 Murray Bushrangers Talent League Girls Received from ; originally from 35 Tasmania Devils Talent League Girls Received from 36 Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent League Girls 3 37 Geelong Cats VFL Women's Received from 38 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from ; originally from 39 (A) Brisbane Academy/Maroochydore QAFL Women's Received from ; previously from ; originally from 40 North Adelaide SANFL Women's Received from 41 (A) Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's Received from 42 (FD) Glenelg SANFL Women's 43 Offaly All-Ireland ILFC Received from 44 Central District SANFL Women's Received from 45 Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls Received from 46 Western Jets Talent League Girls Received from ; previously from ; previously from ; originally from 47 (A) Gold Coast Academy/Bond University QAFL Women's Received from 48 Brisbane Academy/Coorparoo QAFL Women's Received from 49 Western Bulldogs VFL Women's Received from ; originally from 50 Geelong Falcons Talent League Girls 51 South Fremantle WAFL Women's Received from ; previously from ; originally from 52 Gippsland Power Talent League Girls Received from 53 West Adelaide SANFL Women's Received from 4 54 Pass — Received from ; originally from 55 Calder Cannons Talent League Girls Received from 56 (A) Sydney Academy Talent League Girls 57 Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls 58 AFL Women's 5 59 East Coast Eagles AFL Sydney Women's 60 Pass — 6 61 North Adelaide SANFL Women's 7 62 Pass — 63 Cross-code athlete (cross country, hockey, swimming)
Rookie signings Player Club Date Other/former sport 2 December 2024 Gaelic football 5 December 2024 Gaelic football 6 December 2024 Hockey
See also 2024 AFL draft
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References
External links Official AFL Women's website