2019 AFL Women’s Draft preview

UP to 102 draft hopefuls could realise their AFL Women’s dream tomorrow when the 2019 AFL Women’s Draft takes place. Clubs will have between four and 13 picks in the draft, with Melbourne and Richmond having the benchmark minimum and maximum selections. Collingwood will enter the draft last of all clubs, with the Magpies’ first selection at a lowly 67. Up the other end, the Western Bulldogs have four top 10 picks and will welcome in a host of young pups to the Kennel.

A number of players have already been selected such as Millie Brown (Geelong) and Isabella Grant (Western Bulldogs) under the father-daughter rule, but their pick selection is unknown until draft day. Meanwhile, Carlton has pre-selected Grace Egan who played for Richmond’s VFL Women’s side this season, and Egan will be taken with Pick 13. This AFL Women’s Draft marks the first time that Richmond, St Kilda, Gold Coast and West Coast will take part as the expansion clubs into the competition next year.

Three players are in contention for the number one selection at tomorrow’s AFL Women’s Draft, with Western Bulldogs set to pick between Geelong Falcons’ Lucy McEvoy, Calder Cannons’ Georgia Patrikios and Northern Knights’ Gabby Newton. Carlton and St Kilda have the next two Victorian selections in the AFL Women’s Draft. Looking at the Queensland sides, Brisbane has the first four picks from that state before Gold Coast enter the draft, while over in Western Australia, Fremantle have the first selection and six of the top 10 compared to West Coast’s four. Players from other states expected to go highly are Western Australia’s Roxanne Roux, Queensland’s Lily Postlethwaite and South Australia’s Montana McKinnon. Tasmania’s top prospect, Mia King will likely find her way to North Melbourne given the Kangaroos have first chance to secure the talented youngster.

The 2019 NAB AFL Women’s Draft will be live streamed on womens.afl, the AFLW App and the AFLW Facebook account from 10:40am EDT tomorrow, Tuesday October 22.

For features on more than 80 AFL Women’s Draft hopefuls, check out our AFL Women’s Features page.

Below we have listed the club-by-club breakdown as well as the state-based selections that clubs will take to the draft.

CLUB-BY-CLUB BREAKDOWN

Adelaide [8]: 14, 37, 46, 53, 68, 83, 100, 102

Brisbane [9]: 3, 15, 16, 17, 20, 28, 45, 60, 75

Carlton [7]: 2, 13 (Grace Egan), 26, 36, 44, 52, 59

Collingwood [5]: 67, 74, 82, 89, 94

Fremantle [7]: 12, 21, 35, 51, 66, 81, 85

Geelong [6]: 11, 34, 50, 65, 80, 98

Gold Coast [8]: 18, 22, 38, 42, 57, 69, 86, 91

GWS Giants [9]: 4, 23, 29, 61, 76, 90, 95, 97, 99

Melbourne [4]: 54, 72, 77, 78

North Melbourne [5]: 10, 32, 49, 64, 79

Richmond [13]: 7, 25, 31, 40, 43, 55, 58, 71, 73, 84, 87, 93, 96

St Kilda [7]: 5, 24, 27, 30, 33, 41, 63

West Coast [6]: 19, 39, 56, 70, 92, 101

Western Bulldogs [8]: 1, 6, 8, 9, 47, 48, 62, 88

STATE-BASED DRAFT PICKS:

Queensland:

Brisbane [9]: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15

Gold Coast [8]: 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17

Victoria:

Carlton [7]: 2, 10 (Egan), 20, 24, 29, 33

Collingwood [5]: 38, 42, 47, 51, 53,

Geelong [6]: 9, 19, 28, 37, 46, 55

Melbourne [4]: 30, 40, 43, 44

North Melbourne [5]: 8, 17, 27, 36, 45

Richmond [13]: 5, 12, 16, 21, 23, 31, 32, 39, 41, 48, 49, 52, 54

St Kilda [7]: 3, 11, 14, 15, 18, 22, 35

Western Bulldogs [8]: 1, 4, 6, 7, 25, 26, 34, 50

Western Australia:

Fremantle [7]: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

West Coast [6]: 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13

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