2011 AFL draft

The 2011 AFL draft consisted of five opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2011/12 Australian Football League off-season.

2011 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	24 November 2011 13 December 2011
Location	Sydney, New South Wales
Network(s)	Fox Sports
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Jonathon Patton (Greater Western Sydney)
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These were:

• 2011 trade week; which was held between 10 October and 17 October^[1]
• A mini-draft of 17-year-old players, as part of the recruitment concessions given to the newly established Greater Western Sydney Giants, which was held on 13 October
• The 2011 national draft; which was held on 24 November in Sydney.^[2]
• The 2012 pre-season draft, held on 13 December 2011 and
• The 2012 rookie draft, also on 13 December 2011.

It was the first national draft to feature the Greater Western Sydney Giants, who joined the league in 2012. It was the final draft period before the introduction of free agency in the 2012/13 offseason.^[3]

Greater Western Sydney concessions

The Greater Western Sydney Giants were to join the AFL in 2012, and were provided with several draft concessions, including additional draft selections, early access to recruit 17-year-old players, and access to uncontracted and previously listed players in this offseason. These concessions were similar to those provided to the Gold Coast Football Club, which entered the league in the previous season.

Greater Western Sydney was permitted to recruit the following players directly, without the need for any draft:

• At the end of 2010, up to twelve 17-year-old players (born between 1 January – 30 April 1993), who were too young to enter the 2010 AFL draft. These players were not eligible to play senior AFL football in 2011, and would continue to undergo junior development, either in Sydney or their home state.
• Up to ten players who were not on an AFL list but had previously nominated for a national draft. These players could be recruited at the end of either 2011 or 2012, with no more than ten players recruited in this manner over the two years. Greater Western Sydney could immediately trade any players recruited in this manner.
• Up to sixteen players who were on an AFL list, but were out of contract at the end of the season. Again, these players could be recruited at the end of either 2011 or 2012, with no more than sixteen players recruited in this manner over the two years, and no more than one player recruited from any other club. Clubs who lost players in this manner received compensatory selections in the national draft; the number and value of these selections was determined based on age, contract size, on-field performance and draft order, and were permitted to be used in any year between 2011 and 2015.
• Up to sixteen players recruited from the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory zone, recruited at any time between 2010 and 2013, and from the Northern Territory zone, recruited between 2011 and 2013.

Then, in the drafts, Greater Western Sydney had the following selections:

• In the 2011 national draft, the first selection in each round, and picks No. 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 in the first round.
• In the 2011 rookie draft, the first eight selections.
• In the 2012 rookie draft, the first selection in each round.

Additionally, at the end of 2011, Greater Western Sydney had the ability to trade the only four selections in a once-off "mini-draft", which could be used to recruit 17-year-old players (born between 1 January – 30 April 1994). Greater Western Sydney could only use these draft picks as trade currency; the club was not permitted to use the picks for its own list development. Players recruited and traded in this manner were not eligible to play senior AFL football in 2012, and would continue to undergo junior development. This specific concession was unique to Greater Western Sydney; Gold Coast did not have the same concession the previous year.

Greater Western Sydney began with an expanded list size of up to fifty senior players and nine rookies, to be gradually reduced to a standard list size of thirty-eight senior players and nine rookies by 2019.^[4]

During the 2011 AFL season there was speculation about several players who would be uncontracted at the end of the season, including Tom Scully, Rhys Palmer, Callan Ward and Taylor Walker.^[5] In August 2011, Phil Davis from Adelaide was the first player to announce a move to Greater Western Sydney as an uncontracted player signing.^[6] After the season had ended, Palmer, Scully and Ward also announced moves to the Giants. As compensation, Scully was rated as a top-level player, resulting in Melbourne receiving both a first-round and a mid-first round draft pick as compensation. Davis and Ward were rated as second-level, earning Adelaide and Western Bulldogs a first round compensation selection, and Palmer was rated a third-level player, giving Fremantle an end of first round selection.^[7]

Player movements

Trades

In the lead up to trade week, the requests of players to move back to their home states dominated most trade rumours. Mitch Clark, Leon Davis, Brad Ebert and Jack Gunston all requested to be traded back to teams in their states of origin.^[1][8]

Early in trade week, many trades involved unlisted players being recruited directly by Greater Western Sydney under the club's concessions, then immediately traded.^[9] Where this has occurred, the club from which GWS recruited the player is shown in parentheses after his name.

Trade	Player	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for
1[10]	Steven Morris (West Adelaide) draft pick No. 15	Greater Western Sydney	Richmond	draft pick No. 14
2[11]	Martin Clarke (Down GAA) Jamie Elliott (Murray Bushrangers) draft pick No. 67	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	draft pick No. 25
3[12]	Jack Gunston draft pick No. 53 and 71	Adelaide	Hawthorn	draft picks No. 24, 46 and 64
4[13]	draft pick No. 4 compensation draft pick (first round)	Gold Coast	Greater Western Sydney	Mini-draft pick No. 1 draft pick No. 31
5[14]	Terry Milera (Port Adelaide Magpies) Ahmed Saad (Northern Bullants) draft pick No. 25	Greater Western Sydney	St Kilda	draft pick No. 20
6[15]	draft pick No. 20	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	compensation draft pick (end of first round)
7[16]	Luke Brown (Norwood) Mini-draft pick No. 2	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	draft pick No. 10 compensation draft pick (first round)
8[17]	Will Sierakowski	Hawthorn	North Melbourne	draft pick No. 58
9[18]	Ivan Maric	Adelaide	Richmond	draft pick No. 37
10[18]	Tom Lynch	St Kilda	Adelaide	draft pick No. 37
11[19]	Brent Renouf	Hawthorn	Port Adelaide	draft pick No. 33
12[20]	Mitch Clark	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	draft pick No. 12
13[21]	Jordan Lisle	Hawthorn	Brisbane Lions	priority draft pick (No. 29)
14[22]	draft picks No. 38 and 56	Fremantle	Hawthorn	priority draft pick (No. 29) draft picks No. 58 and 71
15[22]	Jarrad Boumann (Box Hill Hawks)	Greater Western Sydney	Hawthorn	draft pick No. 56
16[22]	Chad Cornes Dean Brogan draft pick No. 69	Port Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	draft pick No. 49
17[22]	Brad Ebert draft pick No. 45	West Coast	Port Adelaide	priority draft pick (No. 28) draft pick No. 49
18[22]	Peter Yagmoor (QLD zone selection) draft pick No. 50	Gold Coast	Collingwood	draft pick No. 47
19[22]	Mitch Morton	Richmond	Sydney	draft pick No. 79
20[22]	Luke Power	Brisbane Lions	Greater Western Sydney	draft pick No. 69
21[22]	Josh Hill	Western Bulldogs	West Coast	draft pick No. 49
22[23]	Dayne Zorko (QLD zone selection) draft pick No. 47	Gold Coast	Brisbane Lions	draft pick No. 34 (3-way trade)
23[23]	draft pick No. 34	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	(3-way trade)
24[23]	Matthew Warnock	Melbourne	Gold Coast	(3-way trade)
25[22]	Ben Hudson	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	draft pick No. 70
26[22]	draft pick No. 26	Geelong	Gold Coast	draft picks No. 32 and 34
27[22]	draft pick No. 24	Adelaide	Gold Coast	draft picks No. 27, 31 and 68
28[22][24]	Tony Armstrong draft pick No. 35 and 68	Adelaide	Sydney	Lewis Johnston
29[22]	Tommy Walsh	St Kilda	Sydney	draft picks No. 35 and 68
30[22]	Josh Jenkins draft pick No. 41	Essendon	Adelaide	draft pick No. 31
31[23]	compensation draft pick (end of first round)	Richmond	Gold Coast	draft pick No. 26 compensation draft pick (second round)

Note: the numbering of the draft picks in this trades table is based on the original order prior to draft day. The final numbering of many of these draft picks was adjusted on draft day due to either the insertion of compensation draft picks in the early rounds, or clubs passing in the later rounds.

Retirements and delistings

Name	Club	Date	Notes
Albert Proud	Brisbane Lions	10 February 2011	Sacked, continuous breaches of contract.[25]
Brendan Fevola	Brisbane Lions	20 February 2011	Sacked, continuous breaches of contract.[26]
Craig Bolton	Sydney	24 March 2011	Retirement, due to ankle injury.[27]
Tom Hunter	Collingwood	31 March 2011	Retirement, due to neck injury.[28]
Daniel Bradshaw	Sydney	17 June 2011	Retirement, due to knee injury.
Scott Stevens	Adelaide	21 June 2011	Retirement, because of multiple head knocks.
Dean Brogan	Port Adelaide	28 June 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Barry Hall	Western Bulldogs	19 July 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Marcus Drum	Geelong	21 July 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing injury problems.
Mark Williams	Essendon	25 July 2011	Retirement, due to degenerative knee condition.
Chad Cornes	Port Adelaide	3 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Jamie Charman	Brisbane Lions	3 August 2011	Retirement, effective immediately.[29]
Darcy Daniher	Essendon	13 August 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing groin injuries.[30]
Daniel Harris	Gold Coast	17 August 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing injury.[31]
Cameron Mooney	Geelong	23 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.[32]
Brady Rawlings	North Melbourne	24 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.[33]
Mitch Hahn	Western Bulldogs	24 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.[34]
Ben Hudson	Western Bulldogs	24 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.[35]
Luke Power	Brisbane Lions	27 August 2011	Retirement, effective immediately.[36]
Byron Schammer	Fremantle	29 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.[37]
Brad Moran	Adelaide	31 August 2011	Retirement, effective immediately.[38]
Roger Hayden	Fremantle	31 August 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing injury.[39]
Tadhg Kennelly	Sydney	1 September 2011	Retirement, at end of season.[40]
Leigh Brown	Collingwood	1 September 2011	Retirement, at end of season.[41]
Nathan Ablett	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.[42]
Michael Coad	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.[42]
Marc Lock	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.[42]
Jack Stanlake	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.[42]
Roland Ah Chee	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.[42]
Jake Crawford	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.[42]
Jack Stanley	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.[42]
Joel Tippett	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.[42]
Clayton Hinkley	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.[43]
Joel Houghton	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.[43]
Tim Ruffles	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.[43]
Ben Bucovaz	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.[43]
Hamish Shepheard	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.[43]
Ryan Houlihan	Carlton	8 September 2011	Retirement, effective immediately for AFL games, and at end of season for VFL-affiliate games.[44]
Ed Lower	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.[45]
Ben Ross	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.[45]
Brayden Norris	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.[45]
Marcus White	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.[45]
Matthew Scott	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.[45]
Michael Gardiner	St Kilda	10 September 2011	Retired.[46]
Steven Baker	St Kilda	10 September 2011	Retired.[46]
Robert Eddy	St Kilda	10 September 2011	Retired.[46]
Andrew McQualter	St Kilda	10 September 2011	Retired.[46]
Matt Austin	Brisbane Lions	11 September 2011	Delisted.[47]
Xavier Clarke	Brisbane Lions	11 September 2011	Delisted.[47]
Broc McCauley	Brisbane Lions	11 September 2011	Delisted.[47]
Bart McCulloch	Brisbane Lions	11 September 2011	Delisted.[47]
Tom Hislop	Richmond	12 September 2011	Delisted.[48]
Robert Hicks	Richmond	12 September 2011	Delisted.[48]
Nick Westhoff	Richmond	12 September 2011	Delisted.[48]
Tyson Slattery	Essendon	19 September 2011	Delisted.[49]
Taite Silverlock	Essendon	19 September 2011	Delisted.[49]
James Webster	Essendon	19 September 2011	Delisted.[49]
Marlon Motlop	Port Adelaide	22 September 2011	Delisted.[50]
Matthew Westhoff	Port Adelaide	22 September 2011	Delisted.[50]
Callum Hay	Port Adelaide	22 September 2011	Delisted.[50]
Danny Meyer	Port Adelaide	22 September 2011	Retired.[50]
Brett Jones	West Coast	27 September 2011	Retired.[51]
Daniel Bass	Port Adelaide	29 September 2011	Delisted.[52]
Tim Houlihan	West Coast	4 October 2011	Delisted.[53]
Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls	West Coast	4 October 2011	Delisted.[53]
Cameron Ling	Geelong	5 October 2011	Retired.[54]
Andrew Welsh	Essendon	7 October 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing injury.[55]
Chris Schmidt	Adelaide	7 October 2011	Delisted.[56]
Jake von Bertouch	Adelaide	7 October 2011	Delisted.[56]
Lachlan Roach	Adelaide	7 October 2011	Delisted.[56]
Jay Neagle	Essendon	8 October 2011	Delisted.[57]
Wayde Twomey	Carlton	10 October 2011	Delisted.[58]
Joseph Dare	Carlton	10 October 2011	Delisted.[58]
Jaryd Cachia	Carlton	10 October 2011	Delisted.[58]
Darren Milburn	Geelong	11 October 2011	Retired.[59]
Daniel Pratt	North Melbourne	17 October 2011	Delisted.[60]
Gavin Urquhart	North Melbourne	17 October 2011	Delisted.[60]
Mark Austin	Carlton	18 October 2011	Delisted.[61]
Setanta Ó hAilpín	Carlton	18 October 2011	Delisted.[61]
Troy Taylor	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.[62]
Pat Contin	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.[62]
Jamie O'Reilly	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.[62]
Mitch Farmer	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.[62]
Ben Nason	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.[62]
Ben Jaokbi	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.[62]
Michael Pettigrew	Port Adelaide	18 October 2011	Retired will nominate in the pre-season draft.[63]
Jason Davenport	Port Adelaide	18 October 2011	Delisted.[63]
Daniel Motlop	Port Adelaide	18 October 2011	Delisted.[63]
Paul Bevan	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.[64]
Max Otten	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.[64]
Chrissy McKaigue	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.[64]
Daniel Currie	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.[64]
Byron Sumner	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.[64]
Campbell Heath	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.[64]
Addam Maric	Melbourne	19 October 2011	Delisted.[65]
Robert Campbell	Melbourne	19 October 2011	Retired.[65]
Cameron Johnston	Melbourne	19 October 2011	Delisted.[65]
Tom McNamara	Melbourne	19 October 2011	Delisted.[65]
Jordan Jones	West Coast	19 October 2011	Delisted.[66]
Callum Wilson	West Coast	19 October 2011	Delisted.[66]
James Sellar	Adelaide	19 October 2011	Delisted.[67]
Myke Cook	Adelaide	19 October 2011	Delisted.[67]
Will Young	Adelaide	19 October 2011	Delisted.[67]
James Craig	Adelaide	19 October 2011	Delisted.[67]
Mark Blake	Geelong	19 October 2011	Retired.[68]
Michael Quinn	Essendon	20 October 2011	Delisted.[69]
Rick Ladson	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.[70]
Jordan Williams	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.[70]
Jack Mahony	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.[70]
Riley Milne	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.[70]
Sam Menegola	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.[70]
Will Thursfield	Richmond	24 October 2011	Retired.[71]
Joseph Daye	Gold Coast	24 October 2011	Delisted.[72]
Lewis Broome	West Coast	24 October 2011	Retired.[73]
Clancee Pearce	Fremantle	26 October 2011	Delisted.[74]
Casey Sibosado	Fremantle	26 October 2011	Delisted.[74]
Justin Bollenhagen	Fremantle	26 October 2011	Delisted.[74]
Tom Collier	Brisbane Lions	28 October 2011	Delisted.[75]
Will Johnson	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.[76]
Ryan Gamble	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.[76]
Paul Cahill	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.[76]
Nicholas Heyne	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.[76]
Alistair Smith	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.[76]
Brad Ottens	Geelong	31 October 2011	Retired.[77]
Leon Davis	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Retired.[78]
Austin Wonaeamirri	Melbourne	31 October 2011	Delisted.[79]
Brad Dick	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.[80]
John McCarthy	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.[80]
Daniel Farmer	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.[80]
Trent Stubbs	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.[80]
Brennan Stack	Western Bulldogs	31 October 2011	Delisted.[81]
Tom Gordon	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.[80]
Declan Reilly	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.[80]
Jack Perham	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.[80]
Jye Bolton	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.[80]
Michael Newton	Melbourne	31 October 2011	Delisted.[82]
Ben Johnson	Geelong	4 November 2011	Delisted.[83]
Jack Weston	Geelong	4 November 2011	Delisted.[83]
Anthony Long	Essendon	16 November 2011	Delisted.[84]
Jayden Schofield	Western Bulldogs	30 November 2011	Delisted.[85]
David Gourdis	Richmond	30 November 2011	Delisted.[86]
Rex Liddy	Gold Coast	30 November 2011	Delisted.[86]

Mini-draft

As part of their entry concessions, Greater Western Sydney was allocated up to four selections in a mini-draft, which could be used to recruit seventeen-year-old players who otherwise would not be eligible for the 2011 National Draft, but who could not play senior AFL football until the 2013 season. Greater Western Sydney were not permitted to use these draft picks directly, but had to trade them to other clubs. In 2011, Gold Coast and Adelaide secured trades with GWS for selections in this draft, leaving two selections remaining for the 2012 AFL Draft.

Pick	Player	Recruited from	League	Club
1	Jaeger O'Meara	Perth	WAFL	Gold Coast
2	Brad Crouch	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Adelaide

2011 national draft

The 2011 AFL National Draft was held on 24 November in Sydney. It was the second time that the draft was held outside of Melbourne, after being held at the Gold Coast in 2010.^[87]

Prior to the draft, three players were selected under the Father–son rule. Dylan Buckley, son of Jim was selected by Carlton, Andrew Bews' son Jed was selected by Geelong and Tom Mitchell, son of Barry was selected by Sydney. Buckley and Bews were secured with no rival clubs submitting bids, allowing Carlton and Geelong to each use its final draft selection for the father–son pick. Fremantle submitted a first round bid for Mitchell, which Sydney was able to match, so, Mitchell was drafted with the 21st selection in the draft.^[88]

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been a premiership player and been selected for at least one All-Australian team
+	Denotes player who has been a premiership player at least once
x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Australian team
#	Denotes player who has never played in a VFL/AFL home and away season or finals game
~	Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star

2011 AFL National Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League	Drafted to
1	1	Jonathon Patton	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	2	Stephen Coniglio	Swan Districts	WAFL	Greater Western Sydney
1	3	Dom Tyson	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	4	Will Hoskin-Elliott	Western Jets	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	5	Matt Buntine	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	6	Chad Wingard	Sturt	SANFL	Port Adelaide
1	7	Nick Haynes	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	8	Billy Longer	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Brisbane Lions
1	9	Adam Tomlinson	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	10	Liam Sumner	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	11	Toby Greene	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	12	Sam Docherty	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Brisbane Lions
1	13	Taylor Adams	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	14	Devon Smith	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	15	Brandon Ellis	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Richmond
1	16	Tom Sheridan	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Fremantle
1	17	Clay Smith	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
1	18	Brad McKenzie	Sturt	SANFL	North Melbourne
1	19	Elliott Kavanagh	Western Jets	TAC Cup	Essendon
1	20	Hayden Crozier	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Fremantle
1	21 (F/S)	Tom Mitchell	Claremont	WAFL	Sydney
1	22	Josh Bootsma	South Fremantle	WAFL	Carlton
1	23	Murray Newman	Swan Districts	WAFL	West Coast
1	24	Henry Schade	North Hobart Demons	TSL	Gold Coast
1	25	Sebastian Ross	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	St Kilda
1	26	Todd Elton	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Richmond
Priority	27	Sam Kerridge	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Adelaide
Priority	28	Fraser McInnes	Perth	WAFL	West Coast
Priority	29	Alex Forster	Norwood	SANFL	Fremantle
Compensation	30	Elliot Yeo	East Fremantle	WAFL	Brisbane Lions
2	31	Jackson Merrett	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Essendon
2	32	Joel Hamling	Claremont	WAFL	Geelong
2	33	Bradley Hill	West Perth	WAFL	Hawthorn
2	34	Shane Kersten	South Fremantle	WAFL	Geelong
2	35	Daniel Markworth	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	St Kilda
2	36	Rory Taggert	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Melbourne
2	37	Jack Newnes	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	St Kilda
2	38	Jordan Kelly	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Hawthorn
2	39	Michael Talia	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
2	40	Tom Curran	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	North Melbourne
2	41	Mitchell Grigg	Norwood	SANFL	Adelaide
2	42	Jimmy Webster	Glenorchy	TSL	St Kilda
2	43	Jordan Lockyer	West Perth	WAFL	Sydney
2	44	Sam Rowe	Norwood	SANFL	Carlton
2	45	Brendon Ah Chee	South Fremantle	WAFL	Port Adelaide
2	46	Nicholas Joyce	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Adelaide
2	47	Patrick Wearden	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Brisbane Lions
2	48	Jordan Murdoch	Glenelg	SANFL	Geelong
2	49	Daniel Pearce	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
3	50	Jackson Paine	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Collingwood
3	51	Nathan Blee	East Perth	WAFL	Port Adelaide
3	52	Josh Tynan	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Melbourne
3	53	Alex Woodward	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Hawthorn
3	54	James Sellar	Adelaide	AFL	Melbourne
3	55	Matthew Arnot	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Richmond
3	56	Tom Downie	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
3	57	Tory Dickson	Bendigo Bombers	VFL	Western Bulldogs
3	58	Lachie Neale	Glenelg	SANFL	Fremantle
3	59	Nick O'Brien	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Essendon
3	60	Jay Lever	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	St Kilda
3	61	Alex Brown	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Sydney
3	62 (F/S)	Dylan Buckley	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Carlton
3	63	Ashton Hams	(Rookie promotion)		West Coast
3	64	Cam Ellis-Yolmen	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Adelaide
3	65	Corey Gault	Swan Districts	WAFL	Collingwood
3	66	Lincoln McCarthy	Glenelg	SANFL	Geelong
4	67	Jarrod Witts	Sydney University (NSW Scholarship)	Sydney AFL	Collingwood
4	68	Beau Maister[nb 1]	Claremont	WAFL	St Kilda
4	69	Mitchell Golby	(Rookie promotion)		Brisbane Lions
4	70	Luke Dahlhaus	(Rookie promotion)		Western Bulldogs
4	71	Cameron Sutcliffe	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Fremantle
4	72	Pass			Fremantle
4	73	Matthew Panos	(Rookie promotion)		Western Bulldogs
4	74	Luke Delaney	(Rookie promotion)		North Melbourne
4	75	Stewart Crameri	(Rookie promotion)		Essendon
4	76	Jason Blake	St Kilda (redrafted)	AFL	St Kilda
4	77	Luke Breust	(Rookie promotion)		Hawthorn
4	78	Orren Stephenson	North Ballarat	VFL	Geelong
5	79	Setanta Ó hAilpín	Carlton	AFL	Greater Western Sydney
5	80	Alik Magin	(Rookie promotion)		Gold Coast
5	81	Pass			Port Adelaide
5	82	Matthew Wright	(Rookie promotion)		Adelaide
5	83	Nick Lower	(Rookie promotion)		Fremantle
5	84	Cameron Pedersen	(Rookie promotion)		North Melbourne
5	85	Nathan Gordon	(Rookie promotion)		Sydney
5	86 (F/S)	Jed Bews	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Geelong
6	87	James McDonald	Old Xaverians	VAFA	Greater Western Sydney
6	88	Alex Sexton	Redland (Zone selection)	NEAFL	Gold Coast
6	89	Aidan Riley	(Rookie promotion)		Adelaide
7	90	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
7	91	Jackson Allen	Morningside (Zone selection)	NEAFL	Gold Coast
8	92	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
8	93	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
8	94	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
8	95	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
8	96	Pass			Greater Western Sydney

Notes

1. Maister was known as Beau Wilkes when drafted

2012 pre-season draft

The 2012 AFL pre-season draft was held on 13 December 2011.^[89] Zac Dawson, Leon Davis and John McCarthy were considered to be the delisted AFL players most likely to be selected. The changes to the list rules to allow mature age players to be rookie listed has also resulted in less preseason draft selections.^[90]

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League	Drafted to
1	1	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
1	2	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
1	3	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
1	4	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
1	5	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
1	6	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
1	7	Aaron Hall	Hobart	TSL	Gold Coast
1	8	John McCarthy	Collingwood	AFL	Port Adelaide
1	9	Brett O'Hanlon	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Richmond
1	10	Zac Dawson	St Kilda	AFL	Fremantle
1	11	Fletcher Roberts	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs

2012 rookie draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League	Drafted to
1	1	Sam Frost	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Greater Western Sydney
1	2	Kyal Horsley	Subiaco	WAFL	Gold Coast
1	3	Darren Pfeiffer	Norwood	SANFL	Port Adelaide
1	4	Justin Clarke	Booleroo Centre/Melrose/Wilmington	NAFA	Brisbane Lions
1	5	Rory Laird	West Adelaide	SANFL	Adelaide
1	6	Jai Sheehan	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Melbourne
1	7	Addam Maric	Melbourne	AFL	Richmond
1	8	Lee Spurr	Central District	SANFL	Fremantle
1	9	Lin Jong	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
1	10	Max Warren	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	North Melbourne
1	11	Lauchlan Dalgleish	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Essendon
1	12	Sam Dunell	Bendigo Bombers	VFL	St Kilda
1	13	Shane Biggs	Bendigo Bombers	VFL	Sydney
1	14	Tom Bell	Morningside	NEAFL	Carlton
1	15	Michael Mascoulis	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	West Coast
1	16	Broc McCauley	Brisbane Lions	AFL	Hawthorn
1	17	Lachlan Smith	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Collingwood
1	18	Cam Eardley	East Fremantle	WAFL	Geelong
2	19	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
2	20	Andrew McQualter	St Kilda	AFL	Gold Coast
2	21	Danny Butcher	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Port Adelaide
2	22	Stephen Wrigley	Labrador	NEAFL	Brisbane Lions
2	23	Dylan Orval	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Adelaide
2	24	Tom Couch	Collingwood (VFL)	VFL	Melbourne
2	25	Ben Darrou	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Richmond
2	26	Haiden Schloithe	South Fremantle	WAFL	Fremantle
2	27	Tom Campbell	Bendigo Bombers	VFL	Western Bulldogs
2	28	Brad Mangan	Werribee	VFL	North Melbourne
2	29	Cory Dell'Olio	South Fremantle	WAFL	Essendon
2	30	Cameron Shenton	Norwood	SANFL	St Kilda
2	31	Campbell Heath	Sydney	AFL	Sydney
2	32	Nicholas Heyne	St Kilda	AFL	Carlton
2	33	Callum Papertalk	East Fremantle	WAFL	West Coast
2	34	Amos Frank	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Hawthorn
2	35	Marley Williams	Claremont	WAFL	Collingwood
2	36	Jackson Sheringham	Geelong (VFL)	VFL	Geelong
3	37	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
3	38	Michael Coad	Gold Coast	AFL	Gold Coast
3	39	Pass			Port Adelaide
3	40	Jack Crisp	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Brisbane Lions
3	41	Tim McIntyre	Sturt	SANFL	Adelaide
3	42	James Magner	Sandringham	VFL	Melbourne
3	43	Steven Verrier	South Fremantle	WAFL	Richmond
3	44	Sam Menegola	Hawthorn	AFL	Fremantle
3	45	Alex Greenwood	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
3	46	Malcolm Lynch	Port Melbourne	VFL	North Melbourne
3	47	Mark Baguley	Frankston	VFL	Essendon
3	48	Jordan Staley	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	St Kilda
3	49	Pass			Sydney
3	50	Frazer Dale	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Carlton
3	51	Simon Tunbridge	Greater Western Sydney	NEAFL	West Coast
3	52	Andrew Boseley	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Hawthorn
3	53	Trent Stubbs	Collingwood	AFL	Collingwood
3	54	Mark Blicavs	Unregistered player	(Athletics)	Geelong
4	55	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
4	56	Pass			Gold Coast
4	57	Richard Newell NSW Scholarship elevation	Brisbane Lions reserves	NEAFL	Brisbane Lions
4	58	Will Young	Adelaide	AFL	Adelaide
4	59	Leigh Williams	Norwood	EFL	Melbourne
4	60	Gibson Turner	Glenelg	SANFL	Richmond
4	61	Jordan Wilson-King	North Adelaide	SANFL	Fremantle
4	62	Jack Redpath	Kyneton	BFL	Western Bulldogs
4	63	Sam Gibson	Box Hill Hawks	VFL	North Melbourne
4	64	Hal Hunter	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Essendon
4	65	Darren Minchington	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	St Kilda
4	66	Pass			Sydney
4	67	Matthew Lodge NSW Scholarship elevation	Riverview[91]	AFL Sydney	Carlton
4	68	Brad Dick	Collingwood	AFL	West Coast
4	69	Adam Pattison	Box Hill Hawks	VFL	Hawthorn
4	70	Daniel Farmer	Collingwood	AFL	Collingwood
5	71	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
5	72	Pass			Greater Western Sydney
5	73	James Craig	Adelaide	AFL	Adelaide
5	74	Piva Wright	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Richmond
5	75	Clancee Pearce	Fremantle	AFL	Fremantle
5	76	Mark Austin	Carlton	AFL	Western Bulldogs
5	77	Gavin Urquhart	North Melbourne	AFL	North Melbourne
5	78	Brendan Lee	East Perth	WAFL	Essendon
5	79	Pass			St Kilda
5	80	Pass			Sydney
5	81	Caolan Mooney	Down	GAA	Collingwood
6	82	Pass			Gold Coast
6	83	Pass			Adelaide
6	84	Pass			Richmond
6	85	Anthony Long	Essendon	AFL	Essendon
6	86	Pass			Sydney
6	87	Michael Hartley NSW Scholarship elevation	Sydney University	Sydney AFL	Collingwood
7	88	Pass			Gold Coast
7	89	Ben Dowdell	Alternative talent	(Basketball)	Adelaide
7	90	John Heslin	Westmeath	GAA	Richmond
7	91	Pass			Sydney
8	92	Pass			Gold Coast
8	93	Harry Cunningham	Turvey Park	RFNL	Sydney
9	94	Josh Hall	Gold Coast reserves	NEAFL	Gold Coast
9	95	Jack Lynch NSW Scholarship elevation	Sydney reserves	NEAFL	Sydney
9	96	Sam Michael Queensland priority selection	Redland	NEAFL	Brisbane Lions

Selections by league

Draft selection totals by leagues:

League	National draft	Pre-season draft	Rookie draft	Total	State/territory
	Players selected
TAC Cup	39	2	18	59	Victoria
WAFL	14	0	8	22	Western Australia
SANFL	11	0	8	19	South Australia
VFL	2	0	11	13	Victoria
NEAFL	3	0	7	10	ACT, NSW, NT, QLD
TSL	2	1	0	3	Tasmania
GAA	0	0	2	2	Ireland
AFL	3	2	16	21	Australia-wide
AFL rookie elevations	13	–	–	13	Australia-wide
Other leagues	1	0	6	7	Victoria, NSW & SA
Other sports (excluding Gaelic football)	0	0	2	2	N/A
Total	88	5	78	171

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