Seventh women's draft organised by the Australian Football League
The2019 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the 14 clubs in theAFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's2020 season .
At the conclusion of the period clubs were required to have 27 senior-listed and three rookie-listed players.
Expansion club signing period [ edit ] Prior to the completion of the 2019 season, future expansion clubsGold Coast ,Richmond ,St Kilda andWest Coast were permitted to pre-list up to 10 players from their women's academies or designated development zones. A maximum of seven of these players could be open-age signings who had nominated for the2018 AFL Women's draft but not been selected. A final three spots were reserved for three junior players of minimum draft age (born in 2001) and who hailed from the clubs' designated development regions.[ 1]
From 8 April expansion clubsGold Coast ,Richmond ,St Kilda andWest Coast will have an 11-day window until 18 April to sign players who played for existing clubs during the 2019 season.[ 23] Brisbane andFremantle could lose no more than four players to the mechanism while Brisbane and Fremantle can each lose a maximum of eight due to the entry ofGold Coast andWest Coast into their previously exclusive state-zones.[ 23] [ 24]
Signing and trading period [ edit ] Concurrently to the expansion club signing period, all 14 clubs were able to sign and trade players. Players can be signed during this period are eligible for one or two year contracts.[ 24] [ 49]
Retirements and delistings [ edit ] A free agency period was held between the end of the trading and signing period on April 26 and until April 30 in which clubs were permitted to sign delisted or uncontracted players.[ 49] [ 74] [ 49]
In the absence of a rookie draft, each club was required to sign two rookie players, either new or retained from their rookie list the year prior. New players to this list must not have played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program.[ 81]
A draft was held on October 22, 2019. Players nominated for a single selection pool, aligned to a state or metropolitan region, with players only being eligible to be drafted by clubs operating in that region.[ 94] [ 49] [ 95]
Undrafted free agency [ edit ] A final free agency period opened after the conclusion of the draft, allowing clubs that passed on a draft selection to recruit from outside their state-based zone.
Before the opening round of the season, clubs were permitted to replace players who had suffered a long-term injury or for whom personal circumstances had ruled them out for playing in any match that year. The replacement players are signed to a train-on list and are considered semi-eligible for section. Though they are eligible to train with the club, they cannot be selected for match play until further injuries to player on the club's list mean a club has fewer than 23 players available for any single match.[ 97]
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