A TOTAL of 91 AFLW Draft hopefuls will be put through their paces next month as part of the revamped AFL Women’s National and State Draft Combines. In an announcement made by the AFL today following the conclusion of the national championships, 47 players were invited to attend the 2024 AFLW National Draft Combine, with an additional 44 nominated for respective State Draft Combines.

The National AFLW Draft Combine will run across three days from Friday, October 4 to Sunday, October 6, with club interviews held at the MCG across Friday and Saturday. The athletes will then undergo a series of physical tests at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) on Sunday.

Joining those invited to the national combine are State Combine invitees from Victoria, NSW/ACT, Queensland and Tasmania, all of whom will test at MSAC on the Sunday. The following weekend, nominations from South Australia and Northern Territory will head to Nazareth College and South Australia Athletics Stadium on October 12 to be put through the same tests, with the final State Combine taking place in Western Australia the day after at the Gold Netball Centre and Western Australia Athletics Stadium.

Among the invitations across the National Draft Combine invites are 44 Victorians – making up 48.4 per cent of the total invitations – with South Australia (16), Western Australia (13) and Queensland (nine) the other prominent states. After only having one pre-listed player and one drafted player last year, NSW/ACT has five athletes nominated, the most of the Allied states. Tasmania (three) and Northern Territory (one) round out the full list.

As always, Rookie Me Central will provide AFLW Draft profiles on each of the 91 AFLW Draft Combine invites in the lead-up to the draft.

2024 AFLW NATIONAL DRAFT COMBINE INVITEES:

2024 AFLW DRAFT STATE COMBINE INVITEES: