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