Huntington a Bulldog and Molloy a Magpie in AFLW inaugural draft

WESTERN Bulldogs fans will look forward to seeing key forward Isabel Huntington roaming the forward line with Katie Brennan next year after the Bulldogs’ took the Sandringham Dragons’ product with the first overall pick in the 2017 AFLW National Draft. Huntington was selected just ahead of AFL Draft Central’s own Chloe Molloy who lived her dream of being selected by Collingwood, the club she has grown up supporting and which her uncle Jarrod played for.

Molloy’s Calder Cannons’ teammate Monique Conti joined Huntington at the Dogs with pick four, while Bendigo Pioneers’ tall star Eden Zanker headed to the Dees with pick six. For the interstate teams, Stephanie Cain was re-picked up by Fremantle, talented cricketer Jodie Hicks was snaffled by GWS, Jordan Zanchetta went to Brisbane and Jessica Allan landed at the Crows. Equal TAC Cup Girls’ best and fairest winner Bridie Kennedy was taken with the last Victorian selection, snaffled by the Blues.

The full order of selections are as follows:

ROUND ONE
1. Western Bulldogs – Isabel Huntington (Melbourne Uni/Sandringham Dragons)
2. Fremantle – Stephanie Cain (Swan Districts/Fremantle)
3. Collingwood – Chloe Molloy (Diamond Creek/Calder Cannons)
4. Western Bulldogs – Monique Conti (Melbourne Uni/Calder Cannons)
5. Greater Western Sydney – Jodie Hicks (Belconnen/ACT)
6. Melbourne – Eden Zanker (Woorineen/Bendigo Pioneers)
7. Brisbane Lions – Jordan Zanchetta (Yeronga South Brisbane)
8. Adelaide – Jessica Allan (Salisbury/Glenelg)

ROUND TWO
9. Collingwood – Darcy Guttridge (Cranbourne/Gippsland Power)
10. Fremantle – Evangeline Gooch (East Fremantle)
11. Western Bulldogs – Jenna Bruton (St Kilda Sharks)
12. Carlton – Georgia Gee (Beaconsfield/Dandenong Stingrays)
13. Collingwood – Iilish Ross (Wodonga/Murray Bushrangers)
14. Melbourne – Maddy Guerin (Fitzroy/Northern Knights)
15. Brisbane Lions – Arianna Clarke (Coolangatta)
16. Adelaide – Jasmyn Hewett (St Marys, NT)

ROUND THREE
17. Greater Western Sydney – Tanya Hetherington (Diamond Creek)
18. Fremantle – Jodie White (Coastal Titans)
19. Western Bulldogs – Daria Bannister (Launceston)
20. Collingwood – Sarah Dargan (Pascoe Vale)
21. Collingwood – Kristy Stratton (Box Hill)
22. Melbourne – Tegan Cunningham (Melbourne basketballer)
23. Brisbane Lions – Renee Cowan (Yeronga South Brisbane)
24. Adelaide – Eloise Jones (Morphettville Park/Glenelg)

ROUND FOUR
25. Greater Western Sydney – Courtney Gum (Adelaide Uni)
26. Fremantle – Ashlee Atkins (East Fremantle)
27. Western Bulldogs – Emma Mackie (Box Hill)
28. Carlton – Sophie Li (Adelaide Uni/Norwood)
29. Carlton – Reni Hicks (Diamond Creek)
30. Melbourne – Claudia Whitfort (Mornington Peninsula lifesaver)
31. Brisbane Lions – Kalinda Howarth (Coolangatta)
32. Adelaide – Marijana Rajcic (Norwood)

ROUND FIVE
33. Fremantle – Emily McGuire (Swan Districts)
34. Western Bulldogs – PASS
35. Collingwood – Ash Brazill (Collingwood netballer)
36. Carlton – Bridie Kennedy (Cranbourne/Dandenong Stingrays)
37. Brisbane Lions – Emma Pittman (University of Queensland)
38. Adelaide – Ruth Wallace (Adelaide Uni/Norwood)

ROUND SIX
39. Greater Western Sydney – Phoebe Monahan (UNSW-ES Stingrays)
40. Fremantle – Alicia Janz (Swan Districts)
41. Brisbane Lions – Ruby Blair (Coolangatta)
42. Adelaide – Rheanne Lugg (Riverina, NSW)

ROUND SEVEN
43. Greater Western Sydney – Philippa Smyth (Nelson Bay)
44. Fremantle – Leah Mascall (Coastal Titans)
45. Brisbane Lions – Sophie Conway (Zillmere)
46. Adelaide – PASS

ROUND EIGHT
47. Greater Western Sydney – Cora Staunton (Ireland, Gaelic)
48. Brisbane Lions – Jessy Keeffe (Yeronga South Brisbane)

ROUND NINE
49. Greater Western Sydney – PASS

PICKS BY CLUB

Adelaide: Jessica Allan, Jasmyn Hewett, Eloise Jones, Marijana Rajcic, Ruth Wallace.

Brisbane: Jordan Zanchetta, Arianna Clarke, Renee Cowan, Kalinda Howarth, Emma Pittman.

Carlton: Georgia Gee, Sophie Li, Reni Hicks, Bridie Kennedy.

Collingwood: Chloe Molloy, Darcy Guttridge, Sarah Dargan, Kristy Stratton, Ash Brazill.

Fremantle: Stephanie Cain, Evangeline Gooch, Jodie White, Ashlee Atkins, Emily McGuire, Alicia Janz, Leah Mascall.

Greater Western Sydney: Jodie Hicks, Tanya Hethrington, Courtney Gum, Phoebe Monahan, Philippa Smyth, Cora Staunton.

Melbourne: Eden Zanker, Maddy Guerin, Tegan Cunningham, Claudia Whitfort.

Western Bulldogs: Isabel Huntington, Monique Conti, Jenna Bruton, Daria Bannister, Emma Mackie.

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