Wikipedia / 1996 AFL draft
Wikipedia / 1996 AFL draft
The 1996 AFL draft was held at the conclusion of the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season. The inaugural rookie draft was held with the 1997 pre-season draft.
The AFL draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
Clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season, although these picks can be swapped around by teams for trading players.
Trades: club by club
Adelaide Football ClubAdelaide
Brett James from for Jonathon Ross
Trent Ormond-Allen from for draft pick #83
Clay Sampson from for Nick Pesch
Tim Cook and Aaron Keating from for Scott Hodges
Nick Laidlaw from for David Brown
Barry Standfield from for draft picks #32 and #47
Carlton Football ClubCarlton
Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill from for Brent Heaver
Mick McGuane from for draft picks #19 and #65
Collingwood Football ClubCollingwood
Anthony Rocca from for Ben Wilson, Mark Orchard and draft picks #14 and #33
John R. Barnett from for draft pick #70
Richard Osborne from for draft pick #61
Jonathon Ross from for Brett James
Geelong Football ClubGeelong
Hamish Simpson and Cameron Roberts from for draft pick #37
Tim Hargreaves from for Aaron Lord
Hawthorn Football ClubHawthorn
Aaron Lord from for Tim Hargreaves
Justin Crawford from for David McEwan and draft pick #17
North Melbourne Football ClubNorth Melbourne
Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley from for Paul Geister
Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne
Nick Pesch from for Clay Sampson
Port Adelaide Football ClubPort Adelaide
Shane Bond and Brayden Lyle from for draft pick #57
Shayne Breuer from for Hamish Simpson, Cameron Roberts and draft picks #8 and 43
David Brown from for Nick Laidlaw
Paul Geister from for Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley
Brent Heaver from for Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill
Scott Hodges from for Aaron Keating and Tim Cook
For zone and uncontracted player selections see below
Richmond Football ClubRichmond
Trent Nichols from for draft pick #50
St Kilda Football ClubSt Kilda
Troy Gray from for draft pick #34
Sydney SwansSydney
Mark Orchard and Ben Wilson from for Anthony Rocca
David McEwan from for Justin Crawford
West Coast EaglesWest Coast
Ilija Grgic from for Luke Trew and draft pick #20
Western BulldogsWestern Bulldogs
Simon Minton-Connell from for draft pick #29
Luke Trew from for Ilija Grgic
1996 national draft
1997 pre-season draft
1997 rookie draft
The first AFL rookie draft was held on 25 February 1997. Only players aged between 18 and 23 were eligible to be drafted. Whilst each club could draft up to six players onto their Rookie Lists, only , and selected a full complement, whilst and declined to take part.
Port Adelaide zone selections
As part of Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL they were entitled to recruit some uncontracted players from other AFL clubs and players from the SANFL prior to the national draft. Clubs that lost players were entitled to compensation selections before both the first and second rounds of the 1996 national draft.
Uncontracted player selection
Ian Downsborough (): compensation selections #1 (Michael Gardiner) and #24 (Josh Wooden)
Gavin Wanganeen (): compensation selections #2 (Chris Heffernan) and #25 (Andrew Bomford)
Matthew Primus (): compensation selections #3 (Rory Hilton) and #26 (Tim Notting) to
Adam Heuskes (): compensation selections #4 (Mark Kinnear) and #27 (Troy Cook)
Scott Cummings (): compensation selections #5 (Daniel McAlister) and #28 (Jason Johnson)
Zone selections
Brisbane Lions pre-draft selections
As part of the conditions of the merger between Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Football Club, Brisbane was able to recruit up to eight players from Fitzroy into the newly created Brisbane Lions.
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