All AFL clubs were required to submit final club lists to the AFL today by 2pm, in preparation for the 2012 NAB AFL Draft, to be held next week on Thursday November 22 on the Gold Coast.

The selection order for the 2012 Draft has been confirmed after the list lodgement today and is attached below. A further 13 players were removed from clubs lists with two players also added, as follows:

Removed from lists:

Adelaide Crows – Nicholas Joyce (delisted)

Essendon – Ricky Dyson, Brent Prismall, Ariel Steinberg (all delisted).

Fremantle – Jesse Crichton, Nick Lower, Dylan Roberton (all delisted).

GC Suns – Taylor Hine (uncontracted listed player, previously delisted himself).

GWS Giants – Dean Brogan (delisted).

Melbourne – Clint Bartram (retired).

North Melbourne – Cameron Richards (delisted).

Port Adelaide – Ben Jacobs (uncontracted listed player, previously delisted himself).

Western Bulldogs – Zephaniah Skinner (retired).

Added to lists

Hawthorn – Jonathan Simpkin (Geelong Cats, unrestricted free agent, delisted player).

Melbourne – Tom Gillies (Geelong Cats, unrestricted free agent, delisted player).

Changes to club lists today means there will be a total of 107 selections at this year’s draft, comprising 79 live picks to be taken on the night, three Father-Son Selections (Joe Daniher, Essendon; Jack Viney, Melbourne and Lachlan Hunter, Western Bulldogs), 24 promoted rookies and one Queensland local talent selection.

AFL General Manager Football Operations Adrian Anderson said the AFL had been encouraged with the first-time operation of the new Free Agency Period, in concert with the club Exchange Period.

“The Free Agency Rules were introduced for 2012, after a detailed negotiation over several years with the Players’ Association, with the aim of providing players with long-term service at a club the ability to determine the next step in their careers, in recognition of their service, while also enabling our clubs to consider all the list options available to them for their long-term planning” Mr Anderson said.

“The Free Agency period, leading in the Trade period, was extended this year to give both clubs and players the maximum opportunity in the first year of operation to assess their options.”

Mr Anderson said a total of 41 players had moved clubs through either the free agency, trade rules or expansion club list establishment rules, compared to 28 (2011), 21 (2010) and 23 (2009) players respectively in the three previous seasons.

“We will review with the AFLPA and the clubs the first year of operation of Free Agency, including the length of the Trade and Free Agency Period, to see if it is appropriate, but clubs and players were able to make considered decisions around their lists, or their career paths,” he said.

Free Agency would need to be considered over some years, Mr Anderson said, to assess its full impact on the competition, but the first year of operation had seen both players moving to clubs higher-ranked on the ladder, in search of potential finals opportunities, as well as players moving to clubs lower-ranked on the ladder, in search of greater on-field opportunities.

“At all times, clubs continue to be subject to the TPP limits that apply across the competition, and ensure that talent must be spread across all teams,” he said.

Player movement in recent seasons: 

2012 – 41 players (Free Agency, List Expansion Rules and Trade player movement combined)

Danyle Pearce, Brendon Goddard, Chris Knights, Troy Chaplin, Quinten Lynch, Clinton Young, Tom Murphy, Jared Rivers, Brent Moloney, Shannon Byrnes (all restricted / unrestricted free agents):

Stephen Gilham, Stefan Martin, Trent Dennis-Lane, Jamie Cripps, Koby Stevens, Tom Hickey, Greg Broughton, David Rodan, Lewis Stevenson, Thomas Young, Campbell Heath, Cale Morton, Aaron Edwards, Cameron Pedersen, Jordan Gysberts, Jordan Russell, Matthew Spangher, Sharrod Wellingham, Angus Monfries, Josh Caddy, Angus Graham, Jack Hombsch, Hamish McIntosh, Chris Dawes, Brian Lake (all trades);

Jed Anderson, Jake Neade, Dominic Barry, Tom Lee (expansion rules trades);

Jonathan Simpkin, Tom Gillies (delisted free agents).

2011 – 28 players (Trade / List Expansion Rules player movement combined)

Steven Morris, Marty Clarke, Jamie Elliott, Jack Gunston, Terry Milera, Ahmed Saad, Luke Brown, Will Sierakowski, Ivan Maric, Tom Lynch, Brent Renouf, Jordan Lisle, Jarrad Boumann, Dean Brogan, Chad Cornes, Brad Ebert, Mitch Clark, Peter Yagmoor, Mitch Morton, Luke Power, Josh Hill, Dayne Zorko, Matthew Warnock, Ben Hudson, Lewis Johnston, Tony Armstrong, Tommy Walsh, Josh Jenkins.

2010 – 21 players (Trade / List Expansion Rules player movement combined)

Peter Faulks, Andrew Krakouer, Jonathon Ceglar, Rohan Bewick, Nathan Djerrkura, David Hale, Ben McKinley, Richard Tambling, Tendai Mzungu, Sam Jacobs, Justin Sherman, Patrick Veszpremi, Andrejs Everitt, Jonathon Griffin, Andrew Collins, Shaun Grigg, Jeremy Laidler, Kyle Cheney, Chris Tarrant, Cameron Richardson, Simon Phillips.

2009 – 23 players (Trade player movement)

Josh Gibson, Amon Buchanan, Bradd Dalziell, Brent Staker, Mark Seaby, Brock McLean, Barry Hall, Andrew Lovett, Darren Jolly, Xavier Clarke, Shane Mumford, Josh Kennedy, Ben McGlynn, Mark Williams, Shaun Burgoyne, Jay Nash, Brendan Fevola, Lachlan Henderson, Jay Schulz, Mitch Farmer, Andrew Raines, Brett Peake, Marcus Drum.

2008 – 6 players (Trade player movement)

Adam Thomson, Rhyce Shaw, Anthony Corrie, Farren Ray, Brent Prismall, Robert Warnock.

2007 – 20 players (Trade player movement)

Martin Mattner, Chris Judd, Josh Kennedy, John Meesen, Cameron Wood, Travis Johnstone, Brad Moran, Brad Symes, Jordan McMahon, Henry Playfair, Adam Schneider, Sean Dempster, Mitch Morton, Steven King, Charlie Gardiner, Ben Hudson, Tim Callan, Ben Davies, Sam Power, Richard Hadley.

2006 – 9 players (Trade player movement)

Shane Birss, Andrew McDougall, Jason Akermanis, Graham Polak, Chris Tarrant, Paul Medhurst, Michael Gardiner, Peter Everitt, Dean Solomon.

The selection order for the 2012 NAB AFL Draft is broken down as follows:

PR indicates Promoted Rookie position.

LT indicated Local Talent position.

CLUB       NUMBER OF SELECTIONS           SELECTION NUMBER
Adelaide Crows – (3) – 20, 54, 64* (PR).

Brisbane Lions – (5) – 8, 24, 33, 87* (PR), 99* (PR).

Carlton – (7) – 11, 36, 56, 71, 76, 90* (PR), 102* (PR).

Collingwood – (6) – 18, 19, 21, 39, 82, 95* (PR).

Essendon – (8) – 10* (F/S Daniher), 35, 52, 55, 75, 89, 101, 106* (PR).

Fremantle – (5) – 17, 37, 40, 80* (PR), 94* (PR).

Geelong Cats – (3) – 16, 79, 93* (PR).

Gold Coast Suns - (4) – 13, 57, 59* (PR), 60* (LT).

GWS Giants – (10) – 1, 2, 3, 12, 14, 28, 65, 69, 84* (PR), 97* (PR).

Hawthorn – (3) – 29, 68, 72.

Melbourne – (7) – 4, 27* (F/S Viney), 49, 53, 70, 73* (PR), 74* (PR).

North Melbourne – (9) – 15, 38, 42, 48, 58, 63, 78* (PR), 92* (PR), 103* (PR).

Port Adelaide – (5) – 7, 30, 31, 83, 86* (PR).

Richmond – (6) – 9, 32, 34, 43, 88, 100.

St Kilda – (6) – 25, 26, 41, 44, 77, 91* (PR).

Sydney Swans – (8) – 23, 45, 47, 66, 67, 96, 104, 107* (PR).

West Coast – (4) – 46, 61, 62, 81* (PR).

Western Bulldogs – (8) – 5, 6, 22, 50* (F/S Hunter), 51, 85, 98* (PR), 105* (PR).

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Issued by:

Patrick Keane