First round picks during the 2024 Telstra AFLW Draft at Marvel Stadium. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos

Twenty-nine players from Coates Talent League teams were selected in the 2024 Telstra AFLW Draft.

This year’s event was the league’s first ever national Draft, with all nominees available to be selected by any of the 18 AFLW clubs.

A total of 60 players were picked on Monday night, with nearly half of them coming from the Coates Talent League.

All 13 of the competition’s full-time teams from Victoria and Tasmania had a player selected, headed by the Eastern Ranges who had five players picked.

Ash Centra became the first player from the Gippsland Power to be taken selected with the first pick in an AFLW Draft, with the star midfielder/forward drafted by Collingwood.

Centra also became just the second player in the Magpies’ history to be selected with the first selection in a Draft, following Josh Fraser in 1999.

Below is a list of the Coates Talent League players who were selected in the 2024 Telstra AFLW Draft.

BENDIGO PIONEERS

Lucia Painter (White Hills) selected by West Coast Eagles with pick 7
Alexis Gregor (Moama) selected by Geelong Cats with pick 10
Lavinia Cox (Eaglehawk) selected by Hawthorn with pick 15

CALDER CANNONS

Kyla Forbes (Aberfeldie) selected by St Kilda with pick 55

DANDENONG STINGRAYS

Zoe Besanko (Frankston Dolphins) selected by St Kilda with pick 32
Elli Symonds (Frankston Dolphins) selected by Hawthorn with pick 45
Kayla Dalgleish (Officer) selected by West Coast Eagles with pick 57

EASTERN RANGES

Grace Belloni (Olinda Ferny Creek) selected by Essendon with pick 9
Georgie Brisbane (Blackburn) selected by Fremantle with pick 14
Georgia Knight (Monbulk) selected by Collingwood with pick 26
Grace Baba (Mooroolbark) selected by Hawthorn with pick 28
Evie Parker (Vermont) selected by Fremantle with pick 38

GEELONG FALCONS

Sara Howley (Newtown & Chilwell) selected by GWS Giants with pick 4
Rebecca Clottey (St Mary’s) selected by Hawthorn with pick 50

GIPPSLAND POWER

Ash Centra (Sale City) selected by Collingwood with pick 1
Jasmine Sowden (Warragul Industrials) selected by Port Adelaide with pick 52

GWV REBELS

Claire Mahony (Lake Wendouree) selected by North Melbourne with pick 36

MURRAY BUSHRANGERS

Holly Egan (Shepparton United) selected by Fremantle with pick 34

NORTHERN KNIGHTS

Holly Ridewood (Heidelberg) selected by Essendon with pick 12
Zoe Hargreaves (Fitzroy) selected by Richmond with pick 20

OAKLEIGH CHARGERS

Emma McDonald (Ashburton) selected by Western Bulldogs with pick 8
Sienna Tallariti (Whitehorse) selected by Geelong Cats with pick 18
Maggie Mahony (Glen Iris) selected by Melbourne with pick 21
Sarah Poustie (Hawthorn Citizens) selected by Western Bulldogs with pick 25

SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS

Sophie McKay (Prahran) selected by Carlton with pick 17
Daisy Flockart (Old Brighton Grammarians) selected by Hawthorn with pick 23

TASMANIA DEVILS

Sophie Strong (North Hobart Demons) selected by Essendon with pick 35

WESTERN JETS

Sierra Grieves (Yarraville Seddon Eagles) selected by Richmond with pick 11
Lou-Lou Field (Werribee Districts) selected by Carlton with pick 46