OUR 2022 AFL Women’s Draft team-by-team reviews are now complete, with all 18 teams covered for the first time in AFLW history. With Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney joining the competition for Season 7, we saw the largest draft in league history, and 87 new players joining the ranks. Over the last week and a half we have taken a look at the new faces, what they might add to their team’s and where they might fit in. In case you missed them, here’s links to the 18 team reviews.
We labelled each team’s key theme below, with a link to the full draft review.
>> ADELAIDE
Key Theme: Kicking skills
>> BRISBANE
Key Theme: Ball use
>> CARLTON
Key Theme: Filling needs
>> COLLINGWOOD
Key Theme: Clearance ability
>> ESSENDON
Key Theme: Readymade talent
>> FREMANTLE
Key Theme: Speed and running capacity
>> GEELONG
Key Theme: Character and work rate
>> GOLD COAST
Key Theme: Speed and skill
>> GWS
Key theme: Midfield and ruck depth
>> HAWTHORN
Key theme: Best available and defensive depth
>> MELBOURNE
Key theme: Readymade experience
>> NORTH MELBOURNE
Key theme: Upside
>> PORT ADELAIDE
Key theme: Skill and decision making
>> RICHMOND
Key theme: Speed and competitiveness
>> ST KILDA
Key theme: Tough and contested ball winners
>> SYDNEY
Key theme: Best available
>> WEST COAST
Key theme: Best available and midfield depth
>> WESTERN BULLDOGS
Key theme: Run and carry
2024 AFLW Draft review: Hawthorn
HAWTHORN wasted no time rolling the dice in the 2024 AFLW Draft, preferring players with huge upside. The brown and gold went for predominantly taller players, though the underlying theme was elite athleticism, so the Hawks will have no problems providing speed on the ball in any third of the ground. >> EVERY PICK: National […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: GWS
IT WAS a relatively quiet evening for the GWS Giants, but they got to choose quality over quantity with their two selections. Thanks to it being a fully National Draft, the Giants got to pick a couple of young guns outside of NSW-ACT and add serious depth to its on-ball brigade. >> EVERY PICK: National […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: Gold Coast
IN WHAT was the most straightforward evening for any of the 18 AFL Women’s clubs, the Gold Coast Suns simply matched or selected the five players from their Academy. All five will provide different strengths and showed how talented they are over the last few years, beginning what looms as a massive era at the […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: Geelong
POWER and strength were key elements of Geelong’s AFLW Draft night, with the Cats using three of their four selections, while leaving the door ajar following a pass. Giving another VFLW Cat a chance with their last pick, they grabbed a versatile key position talent, and respected defender earlier in the piece. >> EVERY PICK: […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: Fremantle
A TRIO of Victorians will head west to join the Purple Army, with the National Draft paying dividends for the Dockers. They scooped up some incredible height across their four selections, with Fremantle also picking the younger sister of its 2024 AFLW best and fairest winner. >> EVERY PICK: National Draft | Recap DRAFT HAUL […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: Essendon
A DEADLINE day trade saw Essendon snatch a top 10 pick and further add to its midfield depth, with a mix of strength, and then later on speed and size with the Bombers’ final three selections. They also looked outside Victoria later on with a West Australian and Tasmanian joining the ranks. >> EVERY PICK: […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: Collingwood
WINNING its first ever AFLW wooden spoon, Collingwood’s prize was the number one pick and the Magpies selected a readymade star and arguably the most skilful draft prospect of all-time. The black and whites also scooped up the most dangerous general forward and a competitive father-daughter prospect. >> EVERY PICK: National Draft | Recap DRAFT […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: Brisbane
REIGNING grand finalists Brisbane did not need to do too much to its already contending list, and the Lions just took the minimum two selections in the 2024 AFL Women’s Draft. Much like the Crows, the Lions secured two National Academy members, including a WAFLW premiership player from out west, and one from their own […]
2024 AFLW Draft review: Adelaide
ADELAIDE fans would be over the moon with its small, but impactful haul at the 2024 AFL Women’s Draft. Collecting two locals for under value, the Crows will remain a premiership threat with a couple of senior experienced National Academy members to top up their already enviable depth. >> EVERY PICK: National Draft | Recap […]
