THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is done and dusted for another year, and here is how the picks all went down tonight.
Round 1
1 (Sydney) – Montana Ham (Western Jets FC)
2 (Hawthorn) – Jasmine Fleming (Oakleigh Chargers)
3 (Port Adelaide) – Hannah Ewings (North Adelaide)
4 (Essendon) – Amber Clarke (Dandenong Stingrays)
5 (Sydney) – Sofia Hurley (Sandringham Dragons)
6 (Hawthorn) – Mackenzie Eardley (Dandenong Stingrays)
7 (Port Adelaide) – Sarah Goodwin (Glenelg)
8 (Essendon) – Paige Scott (GWV Rebels)
9 (Hawthorn) – Charlotte Baskaran (Western Jets)
10 (Hawthorn) – Bridie Hipwell (Sandringham Dragons)
11 (Sydney) – Cynthia Hamilton (Queanbeyan Tigers)
12 (Sydney) – Montana Beruldsen (Hawthorn VFLW)
13 (Sydney) – Alice Mitchell (Gunnedah Bulldogs)
14 (West Coast) – Ella Roberts (Peel Thunder)
15 (West Coast) – Lauren Wakfer (South Fremantle)
16 (St Kilda) – J’Noemi Anderson (St Mary’s NTFLW)
17 (Carlton) – Keeley Skepper (Murray Bushrangers)
18 (Carlton) – Mia Austin (Eastern Ranges)
19 (Gold Coast) – Alana Gee (Southport)
20 (GWS) – Zarlie Goldsworthy (Murray Bushrangers)
21 (Western Bulldogs) – Rylie Wilcox (Northern Knights)
22 (Hawthorn) – Lucy Wales (Casey Demons VFLW)
23 (Port Adelaide) – Sachi Syme (Norwood)
24 (West Coast) – Abbygail Bushby (Swan Districts)
25 (Hawthorn) – Emily Everist (Bendigo Pioneers)
26 (Hawthorn) – Laura Elliott (Western Jets)
27 (Fremantle) – Madeleine Scanlon (Claremont)
28 (North Melbourne) – Taylah Gatt (Dandenong Stingrays)
29 (Western Bulldogs) – Keely Coyne (Sandringham Dragons)
30 (Collingwood) – Charlotte Taylor (Oakleigh Chargers)
31 (Port Adelaide) – Ella Boag (Glenelg)
32 (Essendon) – Stephanie Wales (Casey Demons VFLW)
33 (Geelong) – Mia Skinner (Geelong VFLW)
34 (Gold Coast) – Claire Ransom (Tasmania Devils)
35 (Essendon) – Mia Busch (Eastern Ranges)
36 (West Coast) – Zoe Wakfer (South Fremantle)
Round 2
37 (Western Bulldogs) – Heidi Woodley (Calder Cannons)
38 (Richmond) – Charley Ryan (Dandenong Stingrays)
39 (North Melbourne) – Sophia McCarthy (Williamstown VFLW)
40 (Adelaide) – Keeley Kustermann (West Adelaide)
41 (Brisbane) – Ella Smith (Aspley)
42 (Geelong) – Brooke Plummer (Northern Knights)
43 (West Coast) – Emily Elkington (Claremont)
44 (Melbourne) – Maeve Chaplin (Casey Demons VFLW)
45 (Port Adelaide) – Yasmin Duursma (Gippsland Power)
46 (Essendon) – Mia Van Dyke (Geelong Falcons)
47 (West Coast) – Jaide Britton (Peel Thunder)
48 (Carlton) – Lily Goss (Carlton VFLW)
Round 3
49 (Melbourne) – Samantha Johnson (Casey VFLW)
50 (North Melbourne) – Charli Granville (Eastern Ranges)
51 (North Melbourne) – Grace Matser (Collingwood VFLW)
52 (Gold Coast) – Jasmyn Smith (Bond Uni)
53 (West Coast) – Mikayla Western (Claremont)
54 (North Melbourne) – Cassidy Mailer (Murray Bushrangers)
55 (Geelong) – Abbey McDonald (Calder Cannons)
56 (Collingwood) – Charlotte Blair (Dandenong Stingrays)
57 (Brisbane) – Dee Heslop (Re-listed from Gold Coast)
58 (Richmond) – Eilish Sheerin (Inner West Magpies)
59 (Fremantle) – Tara Stribley (Swan Districts)
60 (Richmond) – Katelyn Cox (Hawthorn VFLW)
61 (Port Adelaide) – Amelie Borg (North Adelaide)
62 (Essendon) – Amelia Radford (Essendon VFLW)
63 (St Kilda) – Hannah Stuart (Southern Saints)
64 (GWS) – Fleur Davies (Southport)
65 (Gold Coast) – PASS
66 (GWS) – Meghan Gaffney (Tasmanian Devils)
67 (Carlton) – Jess Jones (North Melbourne VFLW)
68 (Western Bulldogs) – Brooke Vernon (Carlton VFLW)
69 (Adelaide) – Kiera Mueller (Sturt)
70 (Brisbane) – Charlotte Mullins (Aspley)
71 (Adelaide) – McKenzie Dowrick (Re-listed)
72 (Melbourne) – Georgia Gall (Murray Bushrangers/Melbourne Stars BBL)
73 (Essendon) – Ashleigh Van Loon (Geelong Falcons)
74 (St Kilda) – Deanna Jolliffe (Southern Saints)
75 (GWS) – Madison Brazendale (Tasmanian Devils)
76 (Collingwood) – PASS
77 (Fremantle) – Megan Kauffman (Wembley Amateurs)
78 (Brisbane) – Kiara Hillier (Maroochydore)
79 (Melbourne) – PASS
80 (Port Adelaide) – Lily Johnston (West Adelaide)
81 (St Kilda) – Caitlin Matthews (Oakleigh Chargers)
82 (GWS) – Jodie Hicks (Re-listed)
83 (Fremantle) – Amy Mulholland (Subiaco)
84 (GWS) – Cambridge McCormack (Eastlake Demons)
85 (Fremantle) – Tahlia Read (Calder Cannons)
86 (GWS) – Tess Cattle (Ainslie)
87 (GWS) – PASS
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