2022 AFL Women's draft

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 2023 season.

2022 AFL Women's draft
General information
Date(s)2022
Sponsored byNAB
Overview
LeagueAFL Women's

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[1]

Table of pre-list signings
Date Player Club Recruited from Classification Ref
Club League
21 February Bridget Deed Hawthorn Hawthorn VFLW Open-age [2]
11 March Georgia Nanscawen Essendon Essendon VFLW Open-age [3]
14 March Ruby Sargent-Wilson Sydney Sydney Swans Academy NGA [4]
21 March Alice Mitchell Sydney Gunnedah Bulldogs AFL North West Open-age [5]
Sarah Ford Essendon VFLW
Molly Eastman North Melbourne VFLW
Lauren Szigeti Hawthorn VFLW
Aimee Whelan Hawthorn VFLW
Montana Beruldsen Hawthorn VFLW
22 March Zoe Barbakos Hawthorn Sandringham Dragons VFLW Open-age [6]
31 March Sophie Locke Hawthorn Port Melbourne VFLW Open-age [7]
12 April Zoe Hurrell Sydney North Shore AFL Sydney Open-age [8]
Ella Heads Inner West Magpies AFL Sydney
22 April Caitlin Sargent Essendon Western Jets NAB League Open-age [9]
3 May Dominique Carbone Hawthorn Hawthorn VFLW Open-age [10]
Table of expansion club AFLW signings
Date Player Former club New club Ref
21 March Maddy Collier West Coast Sydney [11]
11 April Madison Prespakis Carlton Essendon [12]
Georgia Gee
12 April Rebecca Privitelli Greater Western Sydney Sydney [8]
13 April Bonnie Toogood Western Bulldogs Essendon [13]
26 April Stephanie Cain Fremantle Essendon [14]
27 April Erin Phillips Adelaide Port Adelaide [15]
30 April Angela Foley Adelaide Port Adelaide [16]
3 May Sophie Alexander Collingwood Essendon [17]
5 May Justine Mules Adelaide Port Adelaide [18]

Signing and trading period

Players can be signed for one or two year contracts.

Retirements and delistings
Table of player retirements and delistings
Date Name Club Status Ref
19 April Ann McMahon Fremantle Delisted [19]
Tiah Toth Delisted
Jasmin Stewart Retired

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.

See also

References
  1. Black, Sarah (20 December 2021). "Expansion list rules: How the four new clubs can sign players". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
  2. "Hawthorn takes momentous step on AFLW journey". Hawthorn. Telstra Media. 21 February 2022.
  3. "Nanscawen makes history as first AFLW Bomber". Essendon. Telstra Media. 11 March 2022.
  4. "It's game on: Sydney Swans sign first AFLW player". Sydney Swans. Telstra Media. 14 March 2022.
  5. "Seven new Swans as Sydney's AFLW list builds". Sydney Swans. Telstra Media. 21 March 2022.
  6. "Barbakos becomes Hawks second AFLW signing". Hawthorn. Telstra Media. 22 March 2022.
  7. "Hawks Locke in third AFLW recruit". Hawthorn. Telstra Media. 31 March 2022.
  8. "Swans make trio of AFLW signings". Sydney Swans. Telstra Media. 12 April 2022.
  9. "Sargent bolsters AFLW Bombers". Essendon. Telstra Media. 22 April 2022.
  10. "Carbone commits to the Hawks". Hawthorn. Telstra Media. 3 May 2022.
  11. Reilly, Eliza (21 March 2022). "AFLW 2022: West Coast utility Maddy Collier returns home to join Sydney Swans". The West Australian.
  12. "Prespakis and Gee commit to AFLW Bombers". Essendon. Telstra Media. 11 April 2022.
  13. "From good to Toogood: AFLW list build progresses". Essendon. Telstra Media. 13 April 2022.
  14. "Cain commits to AFLW Bombers". Essendon. Telstra Media. 26 April 2022.
  15. "Three-time AFLW premiership player Erin Phillips leaves Adelaide Crows, commits to rivals Port Adelaide". ABC News. 27 April 2022.
  16. Green, Jess (30 April 2022). "Ange Foley commits to Port Adelaide". Port Adelaide. Telstra Media.
  17. "Alexander another coup for AFLW Bombers". Essendon. Telstra Media. 3 May 2022.
  18. Anderson, Jamie (5 May 2022). "Mules commits to Alberton". Port Adelaide. Telstra Media.
  19. "AFLW List Update: Freo thank trio". Fremantle. Telstra Media. 19 April 2022.
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