The AFL has today revealed the 2019 NAB AFL Women’s Draft Order, with the Western Bulldogs currently holding picks 6, 24, 30, 47, 62 and 77.
With a second Sign and Trade period opening this morning, the Bulldogs can continue to sign a further nine players (22 total) to their primary list, as well as trade players and/or draft selections.
No further expansion signings can occur.
During the initial Sign and Trade Period, expansion clubs (Gold Coast Suns, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast Eagles) could sign up to twelve players from 2019 AFLW lists. The Clubs who did not make up the full quota have been provided with priority selections to make up the full twelve signings.
The position of priority selections considered the expansion signings for each club, the players selected via the 17-year-old priority selection and the need for existing clubs to receive draft selections that reflect their 2019 season.
Expansion Clubs will only be permitted to trade a maximum of one priority selection in any round where they have been provided with multiple priority picks.
Due to losing the maximum four players to expansion clubs (Katie Brennan, Selena Karlson, Belinda Smith and Tiarna Ernst), the Bulldogs have received pick 24 as a compensation selection.
2019 NAB AFLW Draft order as at April 23
Round 1
1 Richmond Priority selection 1
2 Collingwood
3 Brisbane Lions
4 GWS Giants
5 St Kilda Priority selection 1
6 Western Bulldogs
7 Richmond Priority selection 2
8 Melbourne
9 St Kilda Priority selection 2
10 North Melbourne
11 Geelong Cats
12 Fremantle
13 Carlton
14 Adelaide Crows
15 Brisbane Lions Previously St Kilda (Kate McCarthy Trade)
16 Brisbane Lions Previously Richmond (Sabrina Frederick Trade)
17 Brisbane Lions Previously West Coast (McKenzie Dowrick Trade)
18 Gold Coast Suns
Round 2
19 West Coast Priority selection 1
20 Brisbane Lions Compensation selection
21 Fremantle Compensation selection
22 Gold Coast Suns Priority selection 1
23 GWS Giants Compensation selection
24 Western Bulldogs Compensation selection
25 Richmond Priority selection 3
26 Collingwood
27 St Kilda Priority selection 3
28 Brisbane Lions
29 GWS Giants
30 Western Bulldogs
31 Richmond Priority selection 4
32 North Melbourne
33 St Kilda Priority selection 4
34 Geelong Cats
35 Fremantle
36 Carlton
37 Adelaide Crows
38 Gold Coast Suns
39 West Coast
40 Richmond
41 St Kilda
Round 3
42 Gold Coast Suns Priority selection 2
43 Richmond Priority selection 5
44 Collingwood
45 Brisbane Lions
46 GWS Giants
47 Western Bulldogs
48 Melbourne
49 North Melbourne
50 Geelong Cats
51 Fremantle
52 Carlton
53 Adelaide Crows
54 St Kilda
55 Richmond
56 West Coast
57 Gold Coast Suns
Round 4
58 Richmond Priority selection 6
59 Collingwood
60 Brisbane Lions
61 GWS Giants
62 Western Bulldogs
63 Melbourne
64 North Melbourne
65 Geelong Cats
66 Fremantle
67 Carlton
68 Adelaide Crows
69 Gold Coast Suns
70 West Coast
71 Richmond
72 St Kilda
Round 5
73 Richmond Priority selection 7
74 Collingwood
75 Brisbane Lions
76 GWS Giants
77 Western Bulldogs
78 Melbourne
79 North Melbourne
80 Geelong Cats
81 Fremantle
82 Carlton
83 Adelaide Crows
84 St Kilda
85 Richmond
86 West Coast
87 Gold Coast Suns
Round 6
88 Richmond
89 St Kilda
90 West Coast
Key dates for the 2019 AFLW Trade and Signing Period:
April 8 – 18 Trade & Signing Period #1 (including expansion signings)
April 23 2019 NAB AFLW Draft order confirmed
April 23 – 26 Trade & Signing Period #2 (excluding expansion signings)
April 26 – 30 Free Agency
May 3 List Lodgement #1
