2021 AFL Women's draft
Ninth women's draft organised by the Australian Football League
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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.
| 2021 AFL Women's draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date | 27 July 2021 |
| Time | 7:00pm AEST |
| Sponsored by | NAB |
| Overview | |
| League | AFL Women's |
| First selection | Charlie Rowbottom (Gold Coast) |
Special assistance
In May 2021, just before the draft period began, the AFL Commission approved special draft and signing assistance to the Gold Coast, Geelong, West Coast, St Kilda and Richmond 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.[1]
| Club | Measure | Pick number/Player name | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | First round pick | Pick 6 | [1] | |
| First round pick | Pick 8 | |||
| Mature age signing | Unused | |||
| Mature age signing | Unused | |||
| Geelong | First round pick | Pick 7 | [1] | |
| First round pick | Pick 9 | |||
| Mature age signing | Claudia Gunjaca | [2] | ||
| Mature age signing | Olivia Fuller | |||
| West Coast | Second round pick | Pick 24 | [1] | |
| Third round pick | Pick 41 | |||
| St Kilda | Second round pick | Pick 25 | Traded to Western Bulldogs | [1] |
| Richmond | Second round pick | Pick 26 | Traded to Carlton and on to Collingwood | [1] |
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.[3]
Retirements and delistings
Trades
| Clubs involved | Trade | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood Richmond |
to Collingwood (from Richmond)
|
to Richmond (from Collingwood)
|
[51] |
| St Kilda Richmond |
to Richmond (from St Kilda)
|
to St Kilda (from Richmond)
|
[52] |
| Western Bulldogs Greater Western Sydney |
to Western Bulldogs (from Greater Western Sydney)
|
to Greater Western Sydney (from Western Bulldogs)
|
[53] |
| Melbourne Geelong |
to Melbourne (from Geelong)
|
to Geelong (from Melbourne)
|
[54] |
| Geelong Adelaide |
to Geelong (from Adelaide)
|
to Adelaide (from Geelong)
| |
| Adelaide Melbourne |
to Adelaide (from Melbourne)
|
to Melbourne (from Adelaide)
| |
| Carlton Greater Western Sydney |
to Carlton (from Greater Western Sydney)
|
to Greater Western Sydney (from Carlton)
| |
| Melbourne Greater Western Sydney |
to Melbourne (from Greater Western Sydney)
|
to Greater Western Sydney (from Melbourne)
| |
| Melbourne Carlton |
to Melbourne (from Carlton)
|
to Carlton (from Melbourne)
| |
| Gold Coast St Kilda |
to Gold Coast (from St Kilda)
|
to St Kilda (from Gold Coast)
|
[55] |
| Carlton Collingwood |
to Carlton (from Collingwood)
|
to Collingwood (from Carlton)
|
[56] |
| Carlton Western Bulldogs |
to Carlton (from Western Bulldogs)
|
to Western Bulldogs (from Carlton)
|
[57] |
| St Kilda Western Bulldogs |
to St Kilda (from Western Bulldogs)
|
to Western Bulldogs (from St Kilda)
|
[58] |
| Greater Western Sydney North Melbourne |
to Greater Western Sydney (from North Melbourne)
|
to North Melbourne (from Greater Western Sydney)
|
[59] |
| West Coast Fremantle |
to West Coast (from Fremantle)
|
to Fremantle (from West Coast)
|
[60] |
| Richmond Carlton |
to Richmond (from Carlton)
|
to Carlton (from Richmond)
|
[34] |
| Gold Coast North Melbourne |
to Gold Coast (from North Melbourne)
|
to North Melbourne (from Gold Coast)
|
[61] |
Delisted free agency
The delisted free agency period will close on 25 June 2021.[3]
| Date | Player | Former club | New club | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June | Aimee Schmidt | Greater Western Sydney | West Coast | [62][63] |
| 10 June | Alison Downie | Carlton | Collingwood | [40] |
| 15 June | Alana Woodward | Richmond | St Kilda | [64] |
| 18 June | Richelle Cranston | Geelong | Western Bulldogs | [65] |
| Phoebe Monahan | Richmond | Brisbane | [66] | |
| 25 June | Jasmyn Hewett | Gold Coast | Adelaide | [67] |
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.
| Club | Player | Other/former sport | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Jasmine Simmons | Basketball | [68] |
| Geelong | Rachel Kearns | Gaelic football | [2] |
| Melbourne | Eliza West | Basketball | [69] |
| St Kilda | Paige Price | Basketball | [70] |
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.[71] Players on each club's inactive list ahead of 2022 season 6 are listed below:
Draft
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.
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.[103]
| Club | Player | Former club | Former league | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle | Mikayla Western | Peel Thunder | WAFLW | [104] |