Pick-by-Pick: 2022 AFL Rookie Draft
A SHALLOW draft has been rounded out by today’s rookie intake, with 12 of the 27 selections made being re-listings, and three other players given a lifeline having been discarded by other AFL clubs. Among the fresh faces, four were taken from state leagues, while the remaining eight draftees were of the more conventional draft age after missing out during the national intake.
ROUND 1:
Pick 1 (North Melbourne) – Blake Drury
Pick 2 (West Coast) – Isiah Winder*
Pick 3 (GWS) – Phil Davis*
Pick 4 (Essendon) – Rhett Montgomerie
Pick 5 (Adelaide) – Andrew McPherson*
Pick 6 (Hawthorn) – Seamus Mitchell*
Pick 7 (Gold Coast) – Connor Blakely
Pick 8 (Port Adelaide) – Dylan Williams*
Pick 9 (St Kilda) – PASS
Pick 10 (Carlton) – Ed Curnow*
Pick 11 (Western Bulldogs) – PASS
Pick 12 (Richmond) – Seth Campbell
Pick 13 (Fremantle) – Liam Reidy
Pick 14 (Melbourne) – Will Verrall
Pick 15 (Brisbane) – Ryan Lester*
Pick 16 (Collingwood) – Cooper Murley*
Pick 17 (Sydney) – Cameron Owen
Pick 18 (Geelong) – Oscar Murdoch
ROUND 2:
Pick 19 (North Melbourne) – Hamish Free
Pick 20 (West Coast) – Zane Trew*
Pick 21 (Adelaide) – Paul Seedsman*
Pick 22 (Hawthorn) – PASS
Pick 23 (Gold Coast) – Jake Stein
Pick 24 (St Kilda) – PASS
Pick 25 (Western Bulldogs) – PASS
Pick 26 (Richmond) – Tylar Young
Pick 27 (Fremantle) – PASS
Pick 28 (Melbourne) – Oliver Sestan
Pick 29 (Brisbane) – Nakia Cockatoo*
Pick 30 (Collingwood) – PASS
Pick 31 (Sydney) – Jaiden Magor
Pick 32 (Geelong) – Osca Riccardi
ROUND 3:
Pick 33 (North Melbourne) – Daniel Howe
Pick 34 (Gold Coast) – PASS
Pick 35 (Richmond) – PASS
Pick 36 (Gold Coast) – PASS
Pick 37 (Brisbane) – PASS
Pick 38 (Geelong) – PASS
ROUND 4:
Pick 39 (North Melbourne) – Kayne Turner*
Pick 40 (Gold Coast) – PASS
ROUND 5:
Pick 41 (Gold Coast) – PASS
* – denotes re-listed
PRE-LISTED ROOKIES:
F/S = Father-Son
NA = Northern Academy
NGA = Next Generation Academy
Brisbane – Shadeau Brain (QLD zone), Daryl McDowell-White Jr (F/S)
Essendon – Anthony Munkara (NGA)
Fremantle – Josh Draper (NGA), Ultan Kelm, Conrad Williams (NGA)
Geelong – Ted Clohesy (NGA), Oisin Mullin, Osca Riccardi (F/S)
Gold Coast – Lloyd Johnston (NA)
GWS – Jason Gillbee (NSW zone), Nick Madden (NA)
Hawthorn – Josh Bennetts (NGA)
Melbourne – Kyah Farris-White
Port Adelaide – Nathan Barkla (NGA)
St Kilda – Angus McLennan (NGA)
Sydney – Will Edwards (NA)
West Coast – Jordyn Baker (NGA), Tyrell Dewar (NGA)