# 2020 AFL Women's draft

The 2020 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 2021 season.

## Signing and trading period

A significantly delayed trade period was announced to begin from 3 August and conclude on 12 August, following the suspension of normal list management responsibilities due to COVID-19 pandemic. Concurrently, clubs will be permitted to re-sign existing players and will have until 17 August to do so. Players can be signed for one or two year contracts.

### Retirements and delistings

Table of player retirements and delistings :
| Date | Name | Club | Status |
| 17 January | Ruth Wallace | Adelaide | Retired |
| 19 March | Melissa Hickey | Geelong | Retired |
| 20 March | Nicole Callinan | Western Bulldogs | Retired |
| 23 March | Emma Mackie | St Kilda | Retired |
| 25 March | Emma Grant | Collingwood | Retired |
| 25 March | Lauren Tesoriero | Richmond | Retired |
| 27 March | Laura Bailey | Richmond | Retired |
| 27 March | Jess Foley | Adelaide | Retired |
| 4 June | Eliza Hynes | Collingwood | Retired |
| 20 June | Mairéad Seoighe | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 20 June | Chloe Haines | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 20 June | Libby Haines | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 20 June | Taylor Mesiti | North Melbourne | Retired |
| 15 July | Courtney Cramey | Adelaide | Retired |
| 17 July | Courtney Gum | Adelaide | Retired |
| 17 July | Sophie Li | Adelaide | Retired |
| 31 July | Talia Radan | West Coast | Retired |
| 1 August | Joanne Doonan | Carlton | Delisted |
| 1 August | Emerson Woods | Carlton | Delisted |
| 1 August | Katie Harrison | Carlton | Delisted |
| 1 August | Sharnie Whiting | Carlton | Delisted |
| 3 August | Georgia Gourlay | Collingwood | Delisted |
| 3 August | Machaelia Roberts | Collingwood | Retired |
| 5 August | Ainslie Kemp | Melbourne | Delisted |
| 7 August | Arianna Clarke | Brisbane | Retired |
| 7 August | Bri McFarlane | Brisbane | Delisted |
| 7 August | Hannah Hillman | Brisbane | Delisted |
| 11 August | Anna Teague | Geelong | Retired |
| 11 August | Cassie Blakeway | Geelong | Delisted |
| 11 August | Gemma Wright | Geelong | Delisted |
| 11 August | Emma Humphries | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 12 August | Ella Wood | Richmond | Retired |
| 12 August | Nekaela Butler | Richmond | Delisted |
| 12 August | Ciara Fitzgerald | Richmond | Delisted |
| 12 August | Emma Horne | Richmond | Delisted |
| 12 August | Emily Bonser | West Coast | Retired |
| 12 August | Kate Bartlett | West Coast | Delisted |
| 12 August | Cassie Davidson | West Coast | Delisted |
| 12 August | Emily McGuire | West Coast | Delisted |
| 12 August | Danika Pisconeri | West Coast | Delisted |
| 12 August | Tarnee Tester | West Coast | Delisted |
| 12 August | Maisie Nankivell | Adelaide | Retired |
| 12 August | Nicole Campbell | Adelaide | Delisted |
| 12 August | Jaimi Tabb | Adelaide | Delisted |
| 12 August | Kate Flood | Fremantle | Retired |
| 12 August | Mia-Rae Clifford | Fremantle | Delisted |
| 12 August | Sarah Garstone | Fremantle | Delisted |
| 12 August | Lindal Rohde | Fremantle | Delisted |
| 12 August | Courteney Munn | St Kilda | Retired |
| 12 August | Sammie Johnson | St Kilda | Delisted |
| 12 August | Melissa Kuys | St Kilda | Delisted |
| 12 August | Kelly O'Neill | St Kilda | Delisted |
| 14 August | Georgia Breward | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 14 August | Alexia Hamilton | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 14 August | Maddy Roberts | Gold Coast | Retired |
| 14 August | Tayla Thorn | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 14 August | Kitara Whap-Farrar | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 16 August | Kaila Bentvelzen | Collingwood | Retired |
| 17 August | Ellie Brush | Greater Western Sydney | Retired |
| 17 August | Ingrid Nielsen | Greater Western Sydney | Retired |
| 17 August | Maggie Gorham | Greater Western Sydney | Retired |
| 3 October | Tiarna Ernst | Gold Coast | Retired |
| 10 October | Lucy Bellinger | Brisbane | Delisted |

### Trades

Table of trades :
| Clubs involved | Trade | Trade |
| Carlton Richmond | to Carlton (from Richmond) pick #15 | to Richmond (from Carlton) Sarah Hosking |
| North Melbourne Richmond | to North Melbourne (from Richmond) Grace Campbell | to Richmond (from North Melbourne) pick #43 |
| Collingwood North Melbourne | to Collingwood (from North Melbourne) Abbey Green | to North Melbourne (from Collingwood) pick #40 |
| Carlton St Kilda | to Carlton (from St Kilda) pick #36 | to St Kilda (from Carlton) Jayde Van Dyk pick #42 |
| Collingwood Richmond | to Collingwood (from Richmond) pick #31 pick #45 | to Richmond (from Collingwood) Sarah D'Arcy Sarah Dargan |
| Melbourne Richmond | to Melbourne (from Richmond) pick #17 | to Richmond (from Melbourne) Harriet Cordner |
| Collingwood Melbourne | to Collingwood (from Melbourne) pick #11 Aliesha Newman | to Melbourne (from Collingwood) pick #10 pick #17 |
| West Coast Western Bulldogs | to West Coast (from Western Bulldogs) pick #3 Aisling McCarthy | to Western Bulldogs (from West Coast) pick #2 pick #16 |
| Adelaide St Kilda | to Adelaide (from St Kilda) Jess Sedunary pick #42 | to St Kilda (from Adelaide) pick #34 |
| North Melbourne St Kilda | to North Melbourne (from St Kilda) pick #22 pick #57 | to St Kilda (from North Melbourne) pick #29 pick #40 pick #50 |
| Melbourne St Kilda | to Melbourne (from St Kilda) pick #29 | to St Kilda (from Melbourne) Bianca Jakobsson |
| Adelaide Greater Western Sydney | to Adelaide (from GWS Giants) Lisa Whiteley pick #25 | to Greater Western Sydney (from Adelaide) pick #20 pick #42 |
| Greater Western Sydney Melbourne | to Greater Western Sydney (from Melbourne) Katherine Smith pick #29 | to Melbourne (from GWS) pick #20 pick #39 |
| Carlton Melbourne | to Carlton (from Melbourne) Elise O'Dea Maddy Guerin | to Melbourne (from Carlton) pick #15 |
| Collingwood Western Bulldogs | to Collingwood (from Western Bulldogs) pick #33 | to Western Bulldogs (from Collingwood) Katie Lynch pick #45 |
| Adelaide Western Bulldogs | to Adelaide (from Western Bulldogs) Hannah Munyard pick #45 | to Western Bulldogs (from Adelaide) pick #25 |
| Collingwood Western Bulldogs | to Collingwood (from Western Bulldogs) pick #19 pick #25 | to Western Bulldogs (from Collingwood) pick #11 |
| Geelong Melbourne | to Geelong (from Melbourne) pick #10 pick #20 pick #27 pick #39 | to Melbourne (from Geelong) pick #5 pick #35 pick #49 |
| Fremantle North Melbourne | to Fremantle (from North Melbourne) Jess Trend | to North Melbourne (from Fremantle) pick #44 |
| Fremantle West Coast | to Fremantle (from West Coast) pick #46 | to West Coast (from Fremantle) Tayla Bresland |
| Carlton Gold Coast | to Carlton (from Gold Coast) Charlotte Hammans | to Gold Coast (from Carlton) pick #56 |
| Brisbane Gold Coast | to Brisbane (from Gold Coast) Taylor Smith pick #37 pick #51 | to Gold Coast (from Brisbane) pick #24 |
| Gold Coast St Kilda | to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) Alison Drennan | to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) pick #24 |

### Delisted free agency

A delisted free agency period was held from August 17 to August 21, where unsigned players could move to other clubs.
Table of free agency signings :
| Date | Player | Former club | New club | Ref |
| 17 August | Tarnee Tester | West Coast | Fremantle | |

### 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.
Table of rookie signings :
| Club | Player | Other/former sport |
| Brisbane | Courtney Hodder | Rugby union |
| Collingwood | Imogen Purcell | Rowing |
| Greater Western Sydney | Bríd Stack | Gaelic football |
| Melbourne | Lauren Magee | Gaelic football |

### Inactive players

Following final list lodgements, a number of players experienced changing circumstances that made them unable to participate in the 2021 season. Clubs were granted permission to place these players on an inactive list, gaining end of draft selections to replace them for the one season. Players on each club's inactive list ahead of the 2020 draft are listed below:
Table of inactive players :
| Club | Player | Reason |
| Brisbane | Gabby Collingwood | Injury (ACL) |
| Brisbane | Sharni Webb | Pregnancy |
| Fremantle | Jess Trend | Personal |
| Fremantle | Leah Mascall | Injury (ACL) |
| Geelong | Kate Darby | Pregnancy |
| Gold Coast | Jasmyn Hewett | Work |
| Gold Coast | Jacqui Yorston | Injury (ACL) |
| Greater Western Sydney | Jacinda Barclay$^1$ | Personal |
| Greater Western Sydney | Yvonne Bonner | Visa |
| North Melbourne | Elisha King | Injury |
| Richmond | Holly Whitford | Injury (foot) |
| St Kilda | Clara Fitzpatrick | Visa |
| West Coast | Mhicca Carter | Injury (foot) |
| West Coast | McKenzie Dowrick | Personal |
| West Coast | Ashton Hill | Injury (ACL) |
| Western Bulldogs | Katy Herron | Personal |
$^1$ Barclay passed away on 12 October 2020.

## Richmond and West Coast concessions

After poor on-field performances and list builds in 2020, the AFL decided to award special assistance to both Richmond and West Coast. Each club was issued an end-of-first round draft selection which they were required to on-trade to another club in exchange for an established player. Clubs were permitted to package the picks (15 and 16 for Richmond and West Coast, respectively) but could not receive draft selections back in any trade.

## Draft

A draft was held on the night of 6 October 2020. Players will nominate for a single selection pool, aligned to a state or metropolitan region, with players only being eligible to be drafted by clubs operating in that region.
Table of draft selections :
| Rd. | Pick | Player | Club | Recruited from | Recruited from | Notes |
| Rd. | Pick | Player | Club | Club | League | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ellie McKenzie | Richmond | Northern Knights | NAB League | |
| 1 | 2 | Jess Fitzgerald | Western Bulldogs | Northern Knights | NAB League | ←West Coast |
| 1 | 3 | Isabella Lewis | West Coast | Claremont | WAFLW | ←Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 4 | Teah Charlton | Adelaide | South Adelaide | SANFLW | |
| 1 | 5 | Alyssa Bannan | Melbourne | Northern Knights | NAB League | ←Geelong |
| 1 | 6 | Tyanna Smith | St Kilda | Dandenong Stingrays | NAB League | |
| 1 | 7 | Annise Bradfield | Gold Coast | Bond University | QAFLW | |
| 1 | 8 | Zimmorlei Farquharson | Brisbane | Yeronga South Brisbane | QAFLW | |
| 1 | 9 | Tarni Evans | Greater Western Sydney | Queanbeyan | AFL Canberra | |
| 1 | 10 | Darcy Moloney | Geelong | Geelong Falcons | NAB League | ←Melbourne←Collingwood |
| 1 | 11 | Sarah Hartwig | Western Bulldogs | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | Collingwood←Melbourne |
| 1 | 12 | Mimi Hill | Carlton | Oakleigh Chargers | NAB League | |
| 1 | 13 | Isabella Eddey | North Melbourne | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | |
| 1 | 14 | Sarah Verrier | Fremantle | Peel Thunder | WAFLW | |
| 1 | 15 | Eliza McNamara | Melbourne | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | Carlton←Richmond, assistance pick with on-trade stipulation |
| 1 | 16 | Isabelle Pritchard | Western Bulldogs | Western Jets | NAB League | ←West Coast, assistance pick with on-trade stipulation |
| 2 | 17 | Maggie Caris | Melbourne | GWV Rebels | NAB League | ←Richmond← |
| 2 | 18 | Shanae Davison | West Coast | Swan Districts | WAFLW | |
| 2 | 19 | Tarni Brown | Collingwood | Eastern Ranges | NAB League | Father–daughter selection (Daughter of Gavin Brown) ←Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | 20 | Laura Gardiner | Geelong | Geelong Falcons | NAB League | ←Adelaide |
| 2 | 21 | Olivia Barber | Geelong | Murray Bushrangers | NAB League | |
| 2 | 22 | Alice O'Loughlin | North Melbourne | Oakleigh Chargers | NAB League | ←St Kilda |
| 2 | 23 | Sarah Perkins | Gold Coast | Hawthorn | VFLW | |
| 2 | 24 | Alice Burke | St Kilda | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | Father–daughter selection (Daughter of Nathan Burke) ←Brisbane |
| 2 | 25 | Amelia Velardo | Collingwood | Western Jets | NAB League | ←Greater Western Sydney |
| 2 | 26 | Joanna Lin | Collingwood | Oakleigh Chargers | NAB League | |
| 2 | 27 | Stephanie Williams | Geelong | Geelong Falcons | NAB League | ←Melbourne |
| 2 | 28 | Daisy Walker | Carlton | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | |
| 2 | 29 | Emily Pease | Greater Western Sydney | Belconnen | AFL Canberra | ←North Melbourne |
| 2 | 30 | Mikayla Morrison | Fremantle | East Perth | WAFLW | |
| 3 | 31 | Abbi Moloney | Collingwood | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | ←Richmond |
| 3 | 32 | Julie-Anne Norrish | West Coast | East Fremantle | WAFLW | |
| 3 | 33 | Pass | Collingwood | — | — | |
| 3 | 34 | Renee Saulitis | St Kilda | GWV Rebels | NAB League | |
| 3 | 35 | Megan Fitzsimon | Melbourne | Gippsland Power | NAB League | |
| 3 | 36 | Winnie Laing | Carlton | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | |
| 3 | 37 | Indy Tahau | Brisbane | South Adelaide | SANFLW | |
| 3 | 38 | Ruby Svarc | Brisbane | Essendon | VFLW | |
| 3 | 39 | Carly Remmos | Geelong | Geelong Falcons | NAB League | |
| 3 | 40 | Jacqueline Vogt | St Kilda | Southern Saints | VFLW | |
| 3 | 41 | Mietta Kendall | Melbourne | Eastern Ranges | NAB League | |
| 3 | 42 | Libby Graham | Greater Western Sydney | Manly Warringah | Sydney AFL | |
| 3 | 43 | Tessa Lavey | Richmond | Dandenong Rangers | WNBL | ←North Melbourne |
| 3 | 44 | Georgia Hammond | North Melbourne | Darebin Falcons | VFLW | |
| 3 | 45 | Rachelle Martin | Adelaide | West Adelaide | SANFLW | |
| 4 | 46 | Tiah Haynes | Fremantle | Subiaco | WAFLW | |
| 4 | 47 | Ashleigh Woodland | Adelaide | North Adelaide | SANFLW | |
| 4 | 48 | Isabella Simmons | Melbourne | GWV Rebels | NAB League | |
| 4 | 49 | Brooke Brown | North Melbourne | Launceston | TWFL | |
| 4 | 50 | Maddison Levi | Gold Coast | Bond University | QAFLW | |
| 4 | 51 | Pass | St Kilda | — | — | |
| 5 | 52 | Luka Lesosky-Hay | Richmond | Richmond | VFLW | |
| 5 | 53 | Andrea Gilmore | West Coast | Claremont | WAFLW | |
| 5 | 54 | Janet Baird | Gold Coast | Palmerston | NTFL | |
| 5 | 55 | Amy Smith | North Melbourne | Williamstown | VFLW | Father–daughter selection (Daughter of Shaun Smith) |
| 6 | 56 | Pass | West Coast | — | — | |
| 6 | 57 | Lucy Single | Gold Coast | Bond University | QAFLW | |
| 7 | 58 | Bess Keaney | Gold Coast | Southern Saints | VFLW | |
| 8 | 59 | Pass | West Coast | — | — | |
| 8 | 60 | Daisy D'Arcy | Gold Coast | Hermit Park | AFL Townsville | |
| 9 | 61 | Wallis Randell | Gold Coast | Bond University | QAFLW | |

## Post-Draft
### Undrafted free agency and replacement players

Due to the shortened season and small lists, replacement players are allowed for players that are placed on the inactive list, often due to injury, work commitments, personal issues or pregnancy. A final free agency period was opened after the conclusion of the draft, allowing clubs that passed on a draft selection to recruit from outside their state-based zone.
Table of replacement player signings :
| Date | Player | Free agent/Replacement | Former club | New club |
| 7 October | Bella Smith | Free agent | Norwood (SANFLW) | Collingwood |
| 8 October | Tahlia Meyer | Free agent | South Adelaide (SANFLW) | St Kilda |
| 8 October | Lauren Gauci | Free agent | North Adelaide (SANFLW) | West Coast |
| 8 October | Amber Ward | Free agent | North Adelaide (SANFLW) | West Coast |
| 21 October | Maggie MacLachlan | Replacement (Trend) | Subiaco (WAFLW) | Fremantle |
| 26 November | Demi Liddle | Replacement (Hill) | Peel Thunder (WAFLW) | West Coast |
| 21 November | Jessica Matin | Replacement (Fitzpatrick) | Dandenong Stingrays (NAB League) | St Kilda |
| 17 December | Erin Todd | Replacement (Bonner) | Sydney Uni Flames (WNBL) | Greater Western Sydney |
| 17 December | Beth Pinchin | Replacement (Webb) | Coolangatta (QAFLW) | Brisbane |
| 21 December | Hannah McLaren | Replacement (Whitford) | Richmond (VFLW) | Richmond |
| 4 January | Annabel Strahan | Replacement (Herron) | Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League Girls) | Western Bulldogs |
| 13 January | Katelyn Cox | Replacement (Elisha King) | North Melbourne (VFLW) | North Melbourne |
| 22 January | Mikayla Hyde | Replacement (Mascall) | Swan Districts (WAFLW) | Fremantle |
| 25 January | Georgia Bevan | Replacement (Yorston) | Sturt (SANFLW) | Gold Coast |
| 25 January | Katelyn Pope | Replacement (Carter) | North Adelaide (SANFLW) | West Coast |
| 26 January | Paige Trudgeon | Replacement (Dalton) | Montmorency Football Club, (NFNL) | Carlton |
| 5 February | Rebecca Ott | Replacement (Xenos) | Southern Saints (VFLW) | St Kilda |