RICHMOND has been allocated the prized No.1 pick in the 2019 NAB AFL Women's Draft as a priority selection.
The Tigers, one of four teams entering the competition next season, have been given seven priority picks after signing six players from other teams in the first phase of the AFLW Trade and Signing Period.
Richmond and the other expansion teams – Gold Coast, St Kilda and West Coast – had the opportunity to sign up to 12 players in the two-week window that finished last Thursday.
If the teams did not sign 12 players, the AFL allocated them priority picks to make up the shortfall, with all four given one extra priority pick on top of their allotments.
The four sides are only able to trade one priority selection in a round where they have been granted multiple priority picks.
St Kilda has four priority selections, Gold Coast two and West Coast just the one.
It's a similar result to last year's expansion period, which saw Geelong allocated six picks before North Melbourne had its first, a reflection of their contrasting list-building approaches.
The AFL released a statement explaining this year’s round of priority selections, saying it took into consideration:
- An assessment of the expansion signings for each team
- The players selected by each team through the 17-year-old priority selection period
- The need for existing teams to receive selections in the draft that reflect their finishing positions in 2019
Compensation picks after the Trade and Signing Period have also been announced, with Brisbane (pick 20), Fremantle (21), Greater Western Sydney (23) and Western Bulldogs (24) receiving a pick at the start of the second round.
After losing 11 players during the first Trade and Signing Period, Brisbane – through picks received in trades – has four selections in the first round before cross-town rival Gold Coast has its first selection (18).
Following a strong signing period, West Coast's first selection is pick 19.
2019 NAB AFLW DRAFT ORDER AS AT APRIL 23
Round 1
1 Richmond Priority selection 1
2 Collingwood
3 Brisbane Lions
4 GWS Giants
5 St Kilda Priority selection 1
6 Western Bulldogs
7 Richmond Priority selection 2
8 Melbourne
9 St Kilda Priority selection 2
10 North Melbourne
11 Geelong Cats
12 Fremantle
13 Carlton
14 Adelaide Crows
15 Brisbane Lions Previously St Kilda (Kate McCarthy Trade)
16 Brisbane Lions Previously Richmond (Sabrina Frederick Trade)
17 Brisbane Lions Previously West Coast (McKenzie Dowrick Trade)
18 Gold Coast Suns
Round 2
19 West Coast Priority selection 1
20 Brisbane Lions Compensation selection
21 Fremantle Compensation selection
22 Gold Coast Suns Priority selection 1
23 GWS Giants Compensation selection
24 Western Bulldogs Compensation selection
25 Richmond Priority selection 3
26 Collingwood
27 St Kilda Priority selection 3
28 Brisbane Lions
29 GWS Giants
30 Western Bulldogs
31 Richmond Priority selection 4
32 North Melbourne
33 St Kilda Priority selection 4
34 Geelong Cats
35 Fremantle
36 Carlton
37 Adelaide Crows
38 Gold Coast Suns
39 West Coast
40 Richmond
41 St Kilda
Round 3
42 Gold Coast Suns Priority selection 2
43 Richmond Priority selection 5
44 Collingwood
45 Brisbane Lions
46 GWS Giants
47 Western Bulldogs
48 Melbourne
49 North Melbourne
50 Geelong Cats
51 Fremantle
52 Carlton
53 Adelaide Crows
54 St Kilda
55 Richmond
56 West Coast
57 Gold Coast Suns
Round 4
58 Richmond Priority selection 6
59 Collingwood
60 Brisbane Lions
61 GWS Giants
62 Western Bulldogs
63 Melbourne
64 North Melbourne
65 Geelong Cats
66 Fremantle
67 Carlton
68 Adelaide Crows
69 Gold Coast Suns
70 West Coast
71 Richmond
72 St Kilda
Round 5
73 Richmond Priority selection 7
74 Collingwood
75 Brisbane Lions
76 GWS Giants
77 Western Bulldogs
78 Melbourne
79 North Melbourne
80 Geelong Cats
81 Fremantle
82 Carlton
83 Adelaide Crows
84 St Kilda
85 Richmond
86 West Coast
87 Gold Coast Suns
Round 6
88 Richmond
89 St Kilda
90 West Coast
PICKS BY CLUB
Adelaide: 14, 37, 53, 68, 83
Brisbane: 3, 15 (traded from St Kilda), 16 (traded from Richmond), 17 (traded from West Coast), 20 (compensation), 28, 45, 60, 75
Carlton: 13, 36, 52, 67, 82
Collingwood: 2, 26, 44, 59, 74
Fremantle: 12, 21 (compensation), 35, 51, 66, 81
Geelong: 11, 34, 50, 65, 80
Gold Coast: 18, 22 (priority), 38, 42 (priority), 57, 69, 87
Greater Western Sydney: 4, 23 (compensation), 29, 46, 61, 76
Melbourne: 8, 48, 63, 78
North Melbourne: 10, 32, 49, 64, 79
Richmond: 1 (priority), 7 (priority), 25 (priority), 31 (priority), 40, 43 (priority), 55, 58 (priority), 71, 73 (priority), 85, 88
St Kilda: 5 (priority), 9 (priority), 27 (priority), 33 (priority), 41, 54, 72, 84, 89
West Coast: 19 (priority), 39, 56, 70, 86, 90
Western Bulldogs: 6, 24 (compensation), 30, 47, 62, 77
