page_title: 2018 AFL Women's draft
section_title: Signing and trading period
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 AFL Women's draft / Signing and trading period
caption_attribution_description: English: Christina Bernardi during the round 3, 2018, AFL Women's match between Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney
context_page_description: The 2018 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the ten clubs in the Australian rules football women's competition could recruit players prior to the competition's 2019 season.
  As in the previous season, all player contracts are all capped at one-year deals, and all existing AFLW players must be re-signed prior to the 2019 season.
context_section_description: Beginning 23 May, clubs were given a 13-day window to re-sign players on their lists from the previous season During this time clubs were also permitted to arrange player and pick trades with other clubs.
  Players who do not receive offers from their 2017 club will be free to sign with any club during the four-day free agency period starting 4 June or to nominate for the 2018 draft.
caption: Collingwood's leading goalkicker in 2018, Christina Bernardi, was traded to Greater Western Sydney.[13]
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