A BUMPER Mid-Season Draft saw 18 players added to AFL lists, with Collingwood and Melbourne fulfilling all three selections, and West Coast also taking a couple as Port Adelaide passed its third selection. Aged between 19 and 27, the VFL was a massive source for clubs with 11 of the draftees coming from the competition, while the SANFL made up six of the remaining seven, including a massive three from Woodville-West Torrens.

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2026 AFL MID-SEASON DRAFT: EVERY PICK

ROUND 1:

1. Essendon – Jaxon Artemis (Tasmania Devils VFL) | General Defender
2. Richmond – Kye Annand (Geelong VFL) | Key Defender
3. West Coast – Oliver Francou (North Adelaide SANFL) | Inside Midfielder
4. Carlton – Flynn Riley (Carlton VFL) | Ruck
5. Port Adelaide – Xavier Bamert (North Melbourne VFL) | Midfielder
6. North Melbourne – Ollie Griffin (Sandringham Dragons) | Forward
7. St Kilda – Campbell Lake (Southport VFL) | Small Forward
8. Collingwood – Harrison Coe (Frankson VFL) | Ruck
9. Western Bulldogs – Caleb May (West Adelaide SANFL) | Ruck
10. Adelaide – Hugo Hall-Kahan (Williamstown VFL) | General Defender
11. Melbourne – Lukas Cooke (WWT Eagles SANFL) | Tall Defender
12. Hawthorn – Max Beattie (WWT Eagles SANFL) | Small Forward/Midfielder

ROUND 2:

13. West Coast – Marcus Herbert (Geelong VFL) | Midfielder/Defender
14. Port Adelaide – Alex Van Wyk (North Adelaide SANFL) | Ruck
15. Collingwood – Liam Puncher (WWT Eagles SANFL) | Tall Defender
16. Melbourne – Joel Fitzgerald (Frankston VFL) | Midfielder

ROUND 3:

17. Port Adelaide – Pass
18. Collingwood – Mitch Podhajski (Coburg VFL) | General Forward
19. Melbourne – Max Mapley (Tasmania Devils VFL) | Ruck