NEW CLUB Geelong has strengthened its hand and will now have three picks in the top seven at this year’s NAB AFL Women's Draft.

The Cats benefitted from a complicated five-club trade completed on Monday, sending pick 11 to Collingwood for selection seven from Greater Western Sydney.

Under the state-based draft system, which requires clubs to draft players from their state unless a player nominates to play elsewhere, Geelong will be competing with Carlton and Melbourne for access to Victoria's top six players. Fremantle, with pick four, will likely have the choice of the best-ranked West Australian player.

North Melbourne, the competition's other new club, will have its first selection (No.25 overall) at the start of the third round.

The AFL issued the new order for this year's draft following the sign and trade period that ended on Monday. The order is still subject to change, depending on the outcome of the free agency signing window that runs until June 7.

The AFL also confirmed Carlton had foregone its eighth-round pick as it had only seven live selections available.

This year's NAB AFLW Draft is set to be held in mid-October in Melbourne.

The AFL also announced on Tuesday it would establish a competition committee to consider all aspects of the AFLW competition, including how the game is played, rules, the fixture and match review and tribunal.

2018 NAB AFLW DRAFT

1^st ROUND
1 Geelong
2 Geelong
3 Carlton
4 Fremantle
5 Collingwood
6 Melbourne
7 Geelong
8 Adelaide
9 Brisbane
10 Western Bulldogs
11 Collingwood

2^nd ROUND
12 Greater Western Sydney
13 Collingwood
14 Geelong
15 Melbourne
16 Carlton
17 Fremantle
18 Collingwood
19 Collingwood
20 Geelong
21 Carlton
22 Brisbane
23 Western Bulldogs
24 Geelong

3^rd ROUND
25 North Melbourne
26 Western Bulldogs
27 Carlton
28 Fremantle
29 Collingwood
30 Adelaide
31 Melbourne
32 Collingwood
33 Brisbane
34 Western Bulldogs
35 Geelong
36 North Melbourne

4^th ROUND
37 Adelaide
38 Carlton
39 Fremantle
40 Carlton
41 Adelaide
42 Greater Western Sydney
43 Melbourne
44 Brisbane
45 Western Bulldogs
46 Geelong
47 Adelaide

5^th ROUND
48 Carlton
49 Fremantle
50 Collingwood
51 Melbourne
52 Greater Western Sydney
53 North Melbourne
54 Brisbane
55 Western Bulldogs
56 Geelong
57 North Melbourne

6^th ROUND
58 Fremantle
59 Greater Western Sydney
60 Brisbane
61 Geelong
62 North Melbourne

7^th ROUND
63 Fremantle
64 Greater Western Sydney
65 Brisbane
66 Geelong
67 North Melbourne

8^th ROUND
68 Fremantle
69 Greater Western Sydney
70 Geelong
71 North Melbourne

9^th ROUND
72 Greater Western Sydney
73 Geelong
74 North Melbourne

10^th ROUND
75 Greater Western Sydney
76 Geelong
77 North Melbourne

11^th ROUND
78 Geelong