2022 AFL draft
| 2022 AFL draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date(s) | 1 June: Mid-season Draft 28–29 November: National Draft 30 November: Pre-Season and Rookie Draft |
| Location | Marvel Stadium |
| Network(s) | Fox Footy |
| Sponsored by | National Australia Bank |
| Overview | |
| League | AFL |
The 2022 AFL draft will consist of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2022 AFL season.
2022 Covid top-up players
Due to the League wanting to ensure that matches are not cancelled or postponed during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, each club named twenty players to their Covid top-up player list. For Victorian based teams, all of these players played for their affiliated reserves team or junior development academy, or for clubs outside of Victoria, the majority were sourced from the local second level leagues.[1]
In round 2, West Coast became the first club to utilise the top-up player pool, when they had twelve players unable to play due to the AFL's health and safety protocols. Five players, Angus Dewar, Aaron Black, Stefan Giro, Declan Mountford and Brayden Ainsworth were chosen to play against North Melbourne.[2]
Key Dates
| Event | Date(s) |
|---|---|
| Mid-season rookie draft | 1 June 2022 |
| Free agency period | Restricted and Unrestricted: 30 September – 7 October 2022 Delisted: TBA |
| Trade period | 3–12 October 2022 |
| National draft | First round: 28 November 2022 Second and subsequent rounds: 29 November 2022 |
| Pre-Season and Rookie draft | 30 November 2022 |
| Pre-season supplemental selection period | January-March 2023 |
2022 mid-season rookie draft
The mid-season draft will be held after the conclusion of Round 11 of the 2022 AFL season on 1 June.[4] The draft was only open to clubs with inactive players on their list and vacancies available, such as long term injuries or retirements.
Previous trades
Player movements
Free agency
| Player | Free agent type | Recruited from | New club | Compensation | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Amon | Unrestricted | Port Adelaide | Hawthorn | Second round | [20] |
| Jayden Hunt | Unrestricted | Melbourne | West Coast | Third round | [21] |
| Daniel McStay | Unrestricted | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood | Second round | [22] |
| Liam Jones | Unrestricted | Carlton | Western Bulldogs | Third round | [23] |
| Zaine Cordy | Unrestricted | Western Bulldogs | St Kilda | None [a] | [24] |
- a Western Bulldogs received no compensation pick for Zaine Cordy due to signing Liam Jones
Trades
List changes
Retirements
Delistings
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North Melbourne concessions
Due to the club's poor on-field results since 2020, the AFL announced draft concessions for North Melbourne [92] which included:
- A second-round pick and third-round pick in the 2023 AFL Draft: at least one of these picks must be traded for a player during the 2022 trade period.
- North Melbourne will not carry the picks into 2023, but they will be tied to their finishing position.
- Two extra Category A Rookie list spots.
2022 national draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Club | Recruited from | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | ←North Melbourne | ||||
| 2 | North Melbourne | ←West Coast | |||||
| 3 | North Melbourne | ←Greater Western Sydney | |||||
| 4 | Essendon | ||||||
| 5 | Gold Coast | ←Adelaide | |||||
| 6 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 7 | Gold Coast | ||||||
| 8 | West Coast | ←Port Adelaide | |||||
| 9 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 10 | Carlton | ||||||
| 11 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 12 | West Coast | Greater Western Sydney←Richmond | |||||
| 13 | Melbourne | ←Fremantle | |||||
| 14 | Sydney | ←Adelaide (2021)←Melbourne (2021) | |||||
| 15 | Greater Western Sydney | ←Brisbane Lions | |||||
| 16 | Collingwood | ||||||
| 17 | Sydney | ||||||
| 18 | Greater Western Sydney | ←Geelong | |||||
| 2 | 19 | Greater Western Sydney | ←Richmond←North Melbourne (2021) | ||||
| 20 | West Coast | ||||||
| 21 | Brisbane Lions | ←Greater Western Sydney | |||||
| 22 | Essendon | ||||||
| 23 | Adelaide | ||||||
| 24 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 25 | Geelong | ←Brisbane Lions←Gold Coast | |||||
| 26 | West Coast | ←Port Adelaide (2021) | |||||
| 27 | Melbourne | ←Port Adelaide free agency compensation pick (Amon) | |||||
| 28 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 29 | Carlton | ||||||
| 30 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 31 | Richmond | ||||||
| 32 | St Kilda | ←Gold Coast←Fremantle (2021) | |||||
| 33 | Port Adelaide | ←Melbourne | |||||
| 34 | Brisbane Lions | ||||||
| 35 | Brisbane Lions | Free agency compensation pick (McStay) | |||||
| 36 | Brisbane Lions | ←Gold Coast←Collingwood (2021) | |||||
| 37 | Sydney | ||||||
| 38 | Brisbane Lions | ←Geelong | |||||
| 3 | 39 | Western Bulldogs | ←North Melbourne (2021) | ||||
| 40 | North Melbourne | ←West Coast | |||||
| 41 | Collingwood | ←Greater Western Sydney | |||||
| 42 | Essendon | ||||||
| 43 | North Melbourne | Port Adelaide←Melbourne←Adelaide (2021) | |||||
| 44 | Fremantle | ←Melbourne←Greater Western Sydney←Collingwood←Hawthorn (2021) | |||||
| 45 | Gold Coast | ||||||
| 46 | Adelaide | ←Gold Coast←Brisbane Lions←Greater Western Sydney (2021)←Port Adelaide (2021) | |||||
| 47 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 48 | Brisbane Lions | ←Geelong←Fremantle (2021)←Carlton (2021) | |||||
| 49 | Carlton | Free agency compensation pick (Jones) | |||||
| 50 | Collingwood | ←North Melbourne (2021)←Western Bulldogs (2021) | |||||
| 51 | Collingwood | ←Richmond (2021) | |||||
| 52 | Hawthorn | ←Collingwood (2021)←Fremantle (2021) | |||||
| 53 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 54 | Greater Western Sydney | Port Adelaide←Melbourne free agency compensation pick (Hunt) | |||||
| 55 | Brisbane Lions | ←Geelong←Collingwood (2021)←Hawthorn (2021)←Geelong (2021)←Brisbane Lions (2021) | |||||
| 56 | Brisbane Lions | ←Gold Coast ←Collingwood (2021) | |||||
| 57 | Greater Western Sydney | Port Adelaide←Sydney (2021) | |||||
| 58 | Geelong | ||||||
| 4 | 59 | North Melbourne | |||||
| 60 | Port Adelaide | ←West Coast (2021) | |||||
| 61 | Greater Western Sydney | ||||||
| 62 | Essendon | ||||||
| 63 | Greater Western Sydney | ←Collingwood (2021)←St Kilda (2021)←Adelaide (2021) | |||||
| 64 | Geelong | ←Hawthorn (2021) | |||||
| 65 | Hawthorn | ←Collingwood (2021)←Gold Coast (2021) | |||||
| 66 | Carlton | ←Port Adelaide (2021) | |||||
| 67 | Fremantle | ←Melbourne←St Kilda (2021) | |||||
| 68 | Essendon | ←Carlton | |||||
| 69 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 70 | North Melbourne | ←Richmond (2021) | |||||
| 71 | Gold Coast | ←Fremantle (2021) | |||||
| 72 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 73 | Brisbane Lions | ||||||
| 74 | Gold Coast | ←Collingwood (2021) | |||||
| 75 | Sydney | ||||||
| 76 | Fremantle | ←Geelong (2021) | |||||
| 5 | 77 | North Melbourne | |||||
| 78 | West Coast | ||||||
| 79 | Greater Western Sydney | ||||||
| 80 | Essendon | ||||||
| 81 | Adelaide | ||||||
| 82 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 83 | Gold Coast | ||||||
| 84 | Port Adelaide | ||||||
| 85 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 86 | Carlton | ||||||
| 87 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 88 | Richmond | ||||||
| 89 | Fremantle | ||||||
| 90 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 91 | Brisbane Lions | ||||||
| 92 | Collingwood | ||||||
| 93 | Sydney | ||||||
| 94 | Geelong | ||||||
2023 rookie draft
Category B rookie selections
| Name | Club | Origin | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultan Kelm | Fremantle | Fermanagh GAA | International selection (Ireland) | [93] |
See also
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West Coast's first move of the player exchange period has landed Melbourne speedster Jayden Hunt via free agency
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Collingwood has today welcomed tall forward Daniel McStay from the Brisbane Lions.
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Liam Jones has returned to the Western Bulldogs on a three-year deal as an unrestricted free agent.
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Premiership Bulldog Zaine Cordy has joined St Kilda as a free agent this morning.
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Collingwood has added exciting small forward Bobby Hill from the GWS Giants.
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Richmond is delighted to welcome former GWS midfielder Tim Taranto.
- ^ "New Blue: Dockers wingman lands at third club with Carlton switch". AFL.com.au. Telstra. 4 October 2022.
Wingman Blake Acres has landed at his third AFL club, joining Carlton from Fremantle
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- ^ "Dockers duo to join Kangaroos as deal reached". AFL.com.au. Telstra. 4 October 2022.
The Kangaroos have agreed a deal to secure Dockers pair Griffin Logue and Darcy Tucker
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The Gold Coast SUNS have acquired the services of 25-year-old Ben Long after a trade was secured with St Kilda today.
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The Gold Coast SUNS have traded for small forward Tom Berry in a deal struck with Brisbane.
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Fremantle is poised to secure Josh Corbett from the Suns, but a deal for wingman Jeremy Sharp has stalled
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Tanner Bruhn has finally made his way to Geelong, where he grew up and played as a junior
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Luke Jackson has got his wish to join Fremantle after the Dockers secured a deal with Melbourne, with Toby Bedford landing at GWS
- ^ "Bombers bring in Blue to boost midfield depth". AFL.com.au. Telstra. 10 October 2022.
The Bombers have landed Will Setterfield from the Blues
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Adelaide finalised a deal with Gold Coast on Monday
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Luke Dahlhaus has called time on his career after 225 games across two clubs
- ^ "Flag hero calls time". West Coast. 30 September 2022.
A selfless Eagle and critical member of West Coast's 2018 premiership team has decided to call time on his decorated career
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Collingwood has today informed Callum Brown, Tyler Brown, Isaac Chugg and Liam McMahon that they will not be offered new contracts with the Club for 2023.
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The Fremantle Football Club confirmed two changes to its playing list on Tuesday
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Three West Coast players have not been offered contracts for next season, including 102-gamer Jackson Nelson
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The GIANTS have announced their initial list changes.
- ^ "Lions Farewell Trio Ahead of '23".
- ^ "Five Cats Depart GMHBA Stadium".
- ^ "Sydney makes two list changes".
The Sydney Swans have informed Lewis Taylor and Barry O'Connor that they will not be given new contracts with the club for the 2023 season.
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