2009 AFL draft
The 2009 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2009/10 Australian Football League off-season. These were the Trade Week (held between 5 October and 9 October), the National Draft (held on 26 November), the Pre-Season Draft (15 December) and the Rookie Draft (15 December).[1]
Trades
In the lead up to the trade week many high profile players such as Brendan Fevola, Darren Jolly, Shaun Burgoyne, Luke Ball, Barry Hall, Andrew Lovett and Josh Gibson either requested to be traded or were suggested to be likely to be traded during the AFL's annual trading period.[2] Of these players, only Luke Ball was unable to secure a trade by the end of the week.
Trade week was significantly more active than the previous year. Four trades involving seven players, including a three-team, four-player trade, were completed on the first day of the trade week alone,[3] compared to only six players traded in the entire 2008 trade week.[4] Overall, twenty-three players changed clubs (the most since the 2003 trade week), and twenty-five draft picks were traded.[5] Of the sixteen active clubs, only the Adelaide Crows did not make a trade.
This was the first season in which teams were permitted to trade rookie-listed players, with Geelong's Shane Mumford being the first player to be traded whilst still officially on the rookie list.[6]
| Trade | Player | Original club | New club | Traded for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Gibson and draft pick #69 | North Melbourne | Hawthorn | Draft picks #25 and #41 |
| 2 | Andrew Raines | Richmond | Brisbane Lions | Draft pick #44 |
| 3 | Brock McLean | Melbourne | Carlton | Draft pick #11 |
| 4 | Brent Staker and draft pick #39 Amon Buchanan |
West Coast Sydney |
Brisbane Lions | Bradd Dalziell and draft pick #28 |
| 4 | Mark Seaby and draft pick #55 Draft pick #28 |
West Coast Brisbane Lions |
Sydney | Amon Buchanan and draft picks #22 and #118 |
| 4 | Bradd Dalziell Draft picks #22 and #118 |
Brisbane Lions Sydney |
West Coast | Brent Staker, Mark Seaby and draft picks #39 and #55 |
| 5 | Barry Hall | Sydney | Western Bulldogs | Draft pick #47 |
| 6 | Andrew Lovett | Essendon | St Kilda | Draft pick #16 |
| 7 | Draft pick #47 | Sydney | Brisbane Lions | Draft pick #39 |
| 8 | Brett Peake | Fremantle | St Kilda | Draft pick #48 |
| 9 | Jay Schulz | Richmond | Port Adelaide | Mitchell Farmer and draft pick #72 |
| 10 | Xavier Clarke | St Kilda | Brisbane Lions | Draft pick #60 |
| 11 | Darren Jolly | Sydney | Collingwood | Draft picks #14 and #46 |
| 12 | Shane Mumford | Geelong | Sydney | Draft pick #28 |
| 13 | Ben McGlynn and Josh P. Kennedy | Hawthorn | Sydney | Draft picks #39, #46 and #70 |
| 14 | Shaun Burgoyne | Port Adelaide | Hawthorn | Mark Williams and draft pick #9 |
| 14 | Jay Nash and draft pick #16 Draft pick #9 Draft pick #97 |
Essendon Hawthorn Geelong |
Port Adelaide | Shaun Burgoyne and draft picks #24, #40 and #56 |
| 14 | Mark Williams Draft pick #24 Draft pick #33 |
Hawthorn Port Adelaide Geelong |
Essendon | Jay Nash, draft picks #16 and #42 |
| 14 | Draft picks #40 and #56 Draft pick #42 |
Port Adelaide Essendon |
Geelong | Draft picks #33 and #97 |
| 15 | Marcus Drum | Fremantle | Geelong | Draft pick #49 |
| 16 | Brendan Fevola and draft pick #27 | Carlton | Brisbane Lions | Lachlan Henderson and draft pick #12 |
| 17 | Draft pick #58 | Essendon | Hawthorn | Draft pick #89 |
Source:AFL Trade Tracker
2009 National Draft
The 2009 National Draft was held on 26 November, a Thursday evening, rather than the Saturday morning timeslot that has been used in the past years.[7] For the first time, the top ten selections will be made prior to the telecast, and unveiled in a countdown manner from ten to one, rather than the usual counting up method.[8]
Melbourne finished the 2009 AFL season in last position and as they had won fewer than 5 games during each previous two seasons, they have the first two selections in the draft. Despite much discussion concerning tanking during the season, no other club qualified for a priority pick.[9]
In the lead up to the draft, it was widely tipped that Tom Scully and Jack Trengove would be Melbourne's first two selections.[10] The destination of former St Kilda captain Luke Ball was also subject to much debate, with Collingwood being the likely club after failing to secure a trade for him during the October trade week.[11]
2010 Pre-season Draft
The 2010 Pre-season Draft will be held on Tuesday December 15. Unlike the national draft, it is an online meeting using Microsoft Live software.[1]
| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Joel Macdonald | Brisbane Lions | Melbourne |
| 1 | 2 | Dylan Grimes | Northern Knights | Richmond |
| 1 | 3 | Adam McPhee | Essendon | Fremantle |
| 1 | 4 | Daniel Bradshaw | Brisbane Lions | Sydney |
| 1 | 5 | Ryan Neates | Claremont | West Coast |
| 1 | 6 | Scott Harding | Brisbane Lions | Port Adelaide |
| 1 | 7 | Kyle Hardingham | East Fremantle | Essendon |
2010 Rookie Draft
The 2010 Rookie Draft will be held on Tuesday December 15, immediately after the Pre-season Draft. Unlike the national draft, it is an online meeting using Microsoft Live software.[1] The rookie draft rules allow each club to have up to eight rookies, and for the first time allowed clubs to retain rookies for a third year[13] and be able to draft two mature age rookies, without the restriction that they must not have been previously listed by an AFL club. The Gold Coast Football Club was allocated the first five selections, despite the new club only competing in the Victorian Football League for the 2010 season, before entering the AFL for the 2011 season.[14]
References
- ^ a b c AFL Draft Key Dates
- ^ Trade week - what's in the wind (5 October 2009)
- ^ Brodie, Will (5 October 2009)Trade week off to flyer
- ^ "Prismall a Bomber, Warnock a Blue". Fox Sports. 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
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- ^ AFL Draft date made TV friendly; The Age
- ^ Richard, Hinds (26 November 2009). "AFL tries to spice up night of name-calling as draft returns to live TV". Sydney Mornng Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ First 13 picks in draft decided
- ^ Capel, Andrew (26 November 2009). "Jack Trengrove and Tom Scully in dark over AFL draft order". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ Rielly, Stephen (26 November 2009). "Luke Ball will not be playing for St Kilda next year, but tonight his future will become clearer at the AFL draft". The Australian. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ Final draft order (25 Nov 2009)
- ^ Rookie changes to help Eagles
- ^ Draft to throw up plenty of surprises