# 2021 AFL Women's draft

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.

## 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.
Table of special assistance :
| Club | Measure | Pick number/Player name | Notes |
| Gold Coast | First round pick | Pick 6 | |
| Gold Coast | First round pick | Pick 8 | |
| Gold Coast | Mature age signing | Unused | |
| Gold Coast | Mature age signing | Unused | |
| Geelong | First round pick | Pick 7 | |
| Geelong | First round pick | Pick 9 | |
| Geelong | Mature age signing | Claudia Gunjaca | |
| Geelong | Mature age signing | Olivia Fuller | |
| West Coast | Second round pick | Pick 24 | |
| West Coast | Third round pick | Pick 41 | |
| St Kilda | Second round pick | Pick 25 | Traded to Western Bulldogs |
| Richmond | Second round pick | Pick 26 | Traded to Carlton and on to Collingwood |

## 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.

### Retirements and delistings

Table of player retirements and delistings :
| Date | Name | Club | Status |
| 25 March | Aasta O'Connor | Geelong | Retired |
| 28 March | Alison Downie | Carlton | Delisted |
| 28 March | Katie Loynes | Carlton | Delisted |
| 29 March | Sally Riley | Gold Coast | Retired |
| 31 March | Alison Brown | St Kilda | Delisted |
| 31 March | Selena Karlson | St Kilda | Retired |
| 31 March | Tamara Luke | St Kilda | Delisted |
| 31 March | Nadia von Bertouch | St Kilda | Delisted |
| 5 April | Emily Harley | Richmond | Delisted |
| 5 April | Luka Lesosky-Hay | Richmond | Delisted |
| 5 April | Cleo Saxon-Jones | Richmond | Delisted |
| 5 April | Holly Whitford | Richmond | Delisted |
| 7 April | Maddie Boyd | Geelong | Delisted |
| 7 April | Nicole Garner | Geelong | Delisted |
| 7 April | Mia Skinner | Geelong | Delisted |
| 9 April | Leah Mascall | Fremantle | Retired |
| 9 April | Jessica Edwards | Carlton | Delisted |
| 12 April | Sam Virgo | Gold Coast | Retired |
| 14 April | Sharni Norder | Collingwood | Retired |
| 16 April | Kristy Stratton | Collingwood | Delisted |
| 16 April | Niamh McEvoy | Melbourne | Retired |
| 16 April | Shae Sloane | Melbourne | Retired |
| 16 April | Tarnee Tester | Fremantle | Delisted |
| 16 April | Jess Trend | Fremantle | Delisted |
| 16 April | Alex Williams | Fremantle | Delisted |
| 18 April | Emma Zielke | Brisbane | Retired |
| 19 April | Lauren Arnell | Brisbane | Retired |
| 22 April | Jessy Keeffe | Brisbane | Retired |
| 28 April | Georgia Bevan | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 28 April | Jordann Hickey | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 28 April | Molly Ritson | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 30 April | Katelyn Cox | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 30 April | Georgia Hammond | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 13 May | Renee Forth | Adelaide | Delisted |
| 2 June | Amelia van Oosterwijck | Western Bulldogs | Retired |
| 4 June | Leah Kaslar | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 7 June | Alice Edmonds | Richmond | Delisted |
| 7 June | Bethany Lynch | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 7 June | Tahni Nestor | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 8 June | Meg Downie | Melbourne | Retired |
| 8 June | Winnie Laing | Carlton | Delisted |
| 8 June | Paige Parker | Gold Coast | Delisted |
| 8 June | Phoebe Monahan | Richmond | Delisted |
| 8 June | Alana Woodward | Richmond | Delisted |
| 9 June | Alicia Janz | West Coast | Delisted |
| 9 June | Beatrice Devlyn | West Coast | Delisted |
| 9 June | Brianna Green | West Coast | Delisted |
| 9 June | Demi Liddle | West Coast | Delisted |
| 9 June | Julie-Anne Norrish | West Coast | Delisted |
| 9 June | Kate Orme | West Coast | Delisted |
| 9 June | Katelyn Pope | West Coast | Delisted |
| 9 June | Mhicca Carter | West Coast | Delisted |
| 9 June | Tegan Cunningham | Melbourne | Retired |
| 9 June | Mietta Kendell | Melbourne | Delisted |
| 9 June | Akec Makur Chuot | Richmond | Delisted |
| 9 June | Richelle Cranston | Geelong | Delisted |
| 9 June | Kate Darby | Geelong | Delisted |
| 9 June | Rebecca Goring | Geelong | Delisted |
| 9 June | Kate Gillespie-Jones | North Melbourne | Delisted |
| 9 June | Beth Pinchin | Brisbane | Delisted |
| 9 June | Selina Priest | Brisbane | Delisted |
| 9 June | Jordan Zanchetta | Brisbane | Delisted |
| 9 June | Sarah Halvorsen | Greater Western Sydney | Delisted |
| 9 June | Jodie Hicks | Greater Western Sydney | Delisted |
| 9 June | Erin Todd | Greater Western Sydney | Delisted |
| 9 June | Britt Tully | Greater Western Sydney | Delisted |
| 10 June | Abbey Green | Collingwood | Retired |
| 10 June | Rheanne Lugg | Brisbane | Retired |
| 10 June | Lauren Spark | Western Bulldogs | Retired |
| 14 June | Chantella Perera | West Coast | Delisted |
| 16 June | McKenzie Dowrick | West Coast | Delisted |
| 16 June | Katie-Jayne Grieve | Fremantle | Delisted |
| 16 June | Angelica Gogos | Western Bulldogs | Retired |
| 16 June | Danielle Marshall | Western Bulldogs | Delisted |
| 16 June | Kim Rennie | Western Bulldogs | Delisted |
| 16 June | Katy Herron | Western Bulldogs | Delisted |
| 16 June | Taylah Davies | Greater Western Sydney | Delisted |
| 29 June | Clara Fitzpatrick | St Kilda | Delisted |

### Trades

Table of trades :
| Clubs involved | Trade | Trade |
| Collingwood Richmond | to Collingwood (from Richmond) Sabrina Frederick pick #26 pick #55 | to Richmond (from Collingwood) Maddie Shevlin pick #16 pick #48 |
| St Kilda Richmond | to Richmond (from St Kilda) Poppy Kelly | to St Kilda (from Richmond) Pick #48 |
| Western Bulldogs Greater Western Sydney | to Western Bulldogs (from Greater Western Sydney) Elle Bennetts | to Greater Western Sydney (from Western Bulldogs) Pick #28 |
| Melbourne Geelong | to Melbourne (from Geelong) Olivia Purcell Pick #37 | to Geelong (from Melbourne) Chantel Emonson Pick #15 |
| Geelong Adelaide | to Geelong (from Adelaide) Chloe Scheer | to Adelaide (from Geelong) Pick #20 |
| Adelaide Melbourne | to Adelaide (from Melbourne) Pick #47 | to Melbourne (from Adelaide) Pick #49 |
| Carlton Greater Western Sydney | to Carlton (from Greater Western Sydney) Jessica Dal Pos Pick #10 Pick #27 | to Greater Western Sydney (from Carlton) Chloe Dalton Katie Loynes |
| Melbourne Greater Western Sydney | to Melbourne (from Greater Western Sydney) Pick #42 | to Greater Western Sydney (from Melbourne) Pick #37 |
| Melbourne Carlton | to Melbourne (from Carlton) Tayla Harris Pick #44 | to Carlton (from Melbourne) Pick #32 |
| Gold Coast St Kilda | to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) Claudia Whitfort | to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) Pick #36 |
| Carlton Collingwood | to Carlton (from Collingwood) Pick #26 Pick #55 | to Collingwood (from Carlton) Pick #29 Pick #32 |
| Carlton Western Bulldogs | to Carlton (from Western Bulldogs) Pick #11 Pick #57 | to Western Bulldogs (from Carlton) Pick #12 Pick #27 |
| St Kilda Western Bulldogs | to St Kilda (from Western Bulldogs) Pick #12 | to Western Bulldogs (from St Kilda) Pick #22 Pick #25 |
| Greater Western Sydney North Melbourne | to Greater Western Sydney (from North Melbourne) Jasmine Grierson | to North Melbourne (from Greater Western Sydney) Pick #28 |
| West Coast Fremantle | to West Coast (from Fremantle) Evangeline Gooch | to Fremantle (from West Coast) Pick #38 |
| Richmond Carlton | to Richmond (from Carlton) Jess Hosking Pick #55 Pick #57 | to Carlton (from Richmond) Pick #23 Pick #40 |
| Gold Coast North Melbourne | to Gold Coast (from North Melbourne) Vivien Saad Pick #30 | to North Melbourne (from Gold Coast) Pick #19 |

### Delisted free agency

The delisted free agency period will close on 25 June 2021.
Table of free agency signings :
| Date | Player | Former club | New club |
| 9 June | Aimee Schmidt | Greater Western Sydney | West Coast |
| 10 June | Alison Downie | Carlton | Collingwood |
| 15 June | Alana Woodward | Richmond | St Kilda |
| 18 June | Richelle Cranston | Geelong | Western Bulldogs |
| 18 June | Phoebe Monahan | Richmond | Brisbane |
| 25 June | Jasmyn Hewett | Gold Coast | Adelaide |

### 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 |
| Adelaide | Jasmine Simmons | Basketball |
| Geelong | Rachel Kearns | Gaelic football |
| Melbourne | Eliza West | Basketball |
| St Kilda | Paige Price | Basketball |

### 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. Players on each club's inactive list ahead of 2022 season 6 are listed below:
Table of inactive players :
| Club | Player | Reason |
| Adelaide | Jess Sedunary | Olympics |
| Adelaide | Ange Foley | Injury |
| Adelaide | Rhiannon Metcalfe | Work commitments |
| Adelaide | Deni Varnhagen | Unvaccinated |
| Brisbane | Lily Postlethwaite | Knee |
| Carlton | Serena Gibbs | Mental health |
| Collingwood | Jordan Membrey | Knee |
| Collingwood | Joanna Lin | Shoulder |
| Fremantle | Sabreena Duffy | Work commitments |
| Fremantle | Ashley Sharp | Pregnancy |
| Geelong | Denby Taylor | Personal break |
| Geelong | Millie Brown | Personal break |
| Geelong | Renee Garing | Pregnancy |
| Gold Coast | Annise Bradfield | Knee |
| Gold Coast | Emma Pittman | Work commitments |
| Gold Coast | Maddison Levi | Rugby |
| Gold Coast | Teagan Levi | Rugby |
| Greater Western Sydney | Jessica Allan | Army |
| Greater Western Sydney | Yvonne Bonner | Pregnancy |
| Greater Western Sydney | Emily Goodsir | Pregnancy |
| Greater Western Sydney | Isadora McLeay | Knee |
| Melbourne | Isabella Simmons | Foot |
| North Melbourne | Elisha King | Knee |
| Richmond | Iilish Ross | Lower leg |
| Richmond | Hannah McLaren | Illness |
| St Kilda | Paige Price | Hip |
| St Kilda | Tyanna Smith | Knee |
| Western Bulldogs | Gabby Newton | Shoulder |
| Western Bulldogs | Kirsten McLeod | Concussion |

## Draft

Table of draft selections :
| Rd. | Pick | Player | Club | Recruited from | Recruited from | Notes |
| Rd. | Pick | Player | Club | Club | League | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Charlie Rowbottom | Gold Coast | Oakleigh Chargers | NAB League Girls | |
| 1 | 2 | Georgie Prespakis | Geelong | Calder Cannons | NAB League Girls | |
| 1 | 3 | Charlie Thomas | West Coast | Subiaco Lions | WAFL Women's | |
| 1 | 4 | Ella Friend | St Kilda | Greater Western Victoria Rebels | NAB League Girls | |
| 1 | 5 | Stella Reid | Richmond | Oakleigh Chargers | NAB League Girls | |
| 1 | 6 | Teagan Levi | Gold Coast | Bond University Football Club | AFL Queensland Women's League | |
| 1 | 7 | Zali Friswell | Geelong | Calder Cannons | NAB League Girls | |
| 1 | 8 | Ashanti Bush | Gold Coast | Darwin Football Club | Northern Territory Football League | |
| 1 | 9 | Gabbi Featherston | Geelong | Geelong Falcons | NAB League Girls | |
| 1 | 10 | Annie Lee | Carlton | Geelong Falcons | NAB League Girls | ←Greater Western Sydney |
| 1 | 11 | Keeley Sherar | Carlton | Eastern Ranges | NAB League Girls | ←Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 12 | Ashleigh Richards | St Kilda | Dandenong Stingrays | NAB League Girls | ←Western Bulldogs←Carlton |
| 1 | 13 | Tess Craven | North Melbourne | Geelong Falcons | NAB League Girls | |
| 1 | 14 | Amy Franklin | Fremantle | Claremont Football Club | WAFL Women's | |
| 1 | 15 | Annabel Johnson | Geelong | Geelong VFLW | VFL Women's | ←Melbourne |
| 1 | 16 | Emilia Yassir | Richmond | Calder Cannons | NAB League Girls | ←Collingwood |
| 1 | 17 | Zoe Prowse | Adelaide | Sturt Football Club | SANFL Women's | |
| 1 | 18 | Maggie Harmer | Brisbane | Maroochydore Football Club | AFL Queensland Women's League | |
| 2 | 19 | Tara Slender | North Melbourne | Bendigo Pioneers | NAB League Girls | ←Gold Coast |
| 2 | 20 | Brooke Tonon | Adelaide | Glenelg | SANFL Women's | ←Geelong |
| 2 | 21 | Courtney Rowley | West Coast | Peel Thunder | WAFL Women's | |
| 2 | 22 | Amanda Ling | Western Bulldogs | Oakleigh Chargers | NAB League Girls | ←St Kilda |
| 2 | 23 | Brooke Vickers | Carlton | Oakleigh Chargers | NAB League Girls | ←Richmond |
| 2 | 24 | Beth Schilling | West Coast | Peel Thunder | WAFL Women's | |
| 2 | 25 | Aurora Smith | Western Bulldogs | Murray Bushrangers | NAB League Girls | ←St Kilda |
| 2 | 26 | Imogen Milford | Carlton | Casey Demons | VFL Women's | ←Collingwood←Richmond |
| 2 | 27 | Elizabeth Snell | Western Bulldogs | Bendigo Pioneers | NAB League Girls | ←Carlton←Greater Western Sydney |
| 2 | 28 | Kim Rennie | North Melbourne | Western Bulldogs | AFL Women's | ←Greater Western Sydney←Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | 29 | Eliza James | Collingwood | Oakleigh Chargers | NAB League Girls | ←Carlton |
| 2 | 30 | Giselle Davies | Gold Coast | Bond University Football Club | AFL Queensland Women's League | ←North Melbourne |
| 2 | 31 | Dana East | Fremantle | Swan Districts Football Club | WAFL Women's | |
| 2 | 32 | Eloise Chaston | Collingwood | Eastern Ranges | NAB League Girls | ←Carlton←Melbourne |
| 2 | 33 | Imogen Barnett | Collingwood | Collingwood | VFL Women's | |
| 2 | 34 | Abbie Ballard | Adelaide | West Adelaide | SANFL Women's | |
| 2 | 35 | Bella Smith | Brisbane | Maroochydore Football Club | AFL Queensland Women's League | |
| 3 | 36 | Pass | St Kilda | | | ←Gold Coast |
| 3 | 37 | Ally Morphett | Greater Western Sydney | Murray Bushrangers | NAB League Girls | ←Melbourne←Geelong |
| 3 | 38 | Makaela Tuhakaraina | Fremantle | South Fremantle Football Club | WAFL Women's | West Coast |
| 3 | 39 | Pass | Carlton | | | |
| 3 | 40 | Sarah Lakay | West Coast | Swan Districts Football Club | WAFL Women's | ←Greater Western Sydney |
| 3 | 41 | Georgia Campbell | Melbourne | Eastern Ranges | NAB League Girls | ←Greater Western Sydney |
| 3 | 42 | Tahlia Gillard | Melbourne | Calder Cannons | NAB League Girls | ←Carlton |
| 3 | 43 | Perri King | North Melbourne | Glenorchy Football Club | Tasmanian Football League | |
| 3 | 44 | Airlie Runnalls | Fremantle | North Melbourne | VFL Women's | ←Greater Western Sydney |
| 3 | 45 | Alison Brown | Melbourne | Casey Demons | VFL Women's | ←Adelaide |
| 3 | 46 | Mikayla Pauga | Brisbane | Bond University Football Club | AFL Queensland Women's League | |
| 4 | 47 | Emily Bennett | West Coast | Claremont Football Club | WAFL Women's | ←Melbourne |
| 4 | 48 | Meagan Kiely | Richmond | North Melbourne | VFL Women's | ←Carlton←Collingwood |
| 4 | 49 | Jessica Doyle | Greater Western Sydney | Manly Warringah | AFL Sydney | ←Adelaide |
| 4 | 50 | Ingrid Houtsma | Richmond | Geelong Falcons | NAB League Girls | ←Carlton←Western Bulldogs |
| 4 | 51 | Jasmine Ferguson | North Melbourne | Collingwood | VFL Women's | |
| 4 | 52 | Jessica Low | Fremantle | Claremont Football Club | WAFL Women's | |
| 4 | 53 | Luka Yoshida-Martin | Brisbane | University of Queensland | AFL Queensland Women's League | |
| 5 | 54 | Akec Makur Chuot | Richmond | Richmond | AFL Women's | |
| 5 | 55 | Brodee Mowbray | Greater Western Sydney | Sutherland AFC | AFL Sydney | |
| 5 | 56 | Ella Maurer | North Melbourne | North Melbourne | VFL Women's | |
| 5 | 57 | Sarah Wielstra | Fremantle | Swan Districts Football Club | WAFL Women's | |
| 5 | 58 | Lucinda Pullar | Brisbane | Bond University Football Club | AFL Queensland Women's League | |
| 6 | 59 | Georgina Fowler | Greater Western Sydney | East Coast Eagles | AFL Sydney | |
| 7 | 60 | Casidhe Simmons | Greater Western Sydney | UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs | AFL Sydney | |
| 8 | 61 | Erin Todd | Greater Western Sydney | Western Suburbs Magpies AFC | AFL Sydney | |

### 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.
Free agent or replacement signings :
| Club | Player | Reason | Former club | Former league |
| Adelaide | McKenzie Dowrick | Replacement (Varnhagen) | Woodville-West Torrens | SANFLW |
| Carlton | Jess Good | Free agent | Glenelg | SANFLW |
| Carlton | Poppy Schaap | Replacement (Gibbs) | Geelong Falcons | NAB League Girls |
| Collingwood | Olivia Meagher | Replacement (Lin) | Collingwood | VFL Women's |
| Gold Coast | Alana Barba | Replacement (Pittman) | Essendon | VFL Women's |
| Gold Coast | Tara Bohanna | Replacement (Bradfield) | Southern Saints | VFL Women's |
| Gold Coast | Shannon Danckert | Replacement (M. Levi) | Bond University | QWAFL |
| Gold Coast | Jacqueline Dupuy | Replacement (T. Levi) | Maroochydore | QWAFL |
| Greater Western Sydney | Isadora McLeay | Replacement (Goodsir) | North Shore | AFL Sydney |
| Greater Western Sydney | Ally Dallaway | Replacement (McLeay) | East Coast Eagles | AFL Sydney |
| Melbourne | Maeve Chaplin | Replacement (Simmons) | Northern Knights | NAB League |
| North Melbourne | Lexi Hamilton | Replacement (King) | North Melbourne | VFL Women's |
| Richmond | Bethany Lynch | Replacement (Ross) | North Melbourne | AFL Women's |
| Richmond | Meg Macdonald | Replacement (McLaren) | Casey | VFL Women's |
| St Kilda | Leah Cutting | Free agent | Norwood | SANFLW |
| St Kilda | Lucy Burke | Replacement (Price) | Southern Saints | VFL Women's |
| Western Bulldogs | Alice Edmonds | Replacement (Newton) | Richmond | AFL Women's |
| Western Bulldogs | Jemima Woods | Replacement (McLeod) | Western Bulldogs | VFL Women's |

### 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.
Train on players :
| Club | Player | Former club | Former league | Ref |
| Fremantle | Mikayla Western | Peel Thunder | WAFLW | |