2015 AFL draft

2015 AFL draft
General information
Date	24, 27 November 2015
Time	5:30 pm ACDT (24 November) 11:00 am AEDT (27 November)
Location	Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Country	Australia
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Broadcast	Fox Footy
First selection	Jacob Weitering (Carlton)
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The 2015 Australian Football League draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2015 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.

The key dates for the trading and drafting periods were:^[1][2]

• Academy players to be nominated by 15 September. With a bidding process held on 24 November along with father–son selections during the national draft.
• The free agency offer period; held between 9 October and 18 October. Three further free agency periods are held for delisted players, between 31 October and 9 November, 11 November to 20 November, and 25 November to 26 November.
• The trade period; held between 12 October and 22 October.
• The 2015 national draft; held on 24 November at the Adelaide Convention Centre, which, for the first time, included live bidding for academy and father-son selections.
• The 2016 pre-season draft; which was to be held on 27 November, but was cancelled when all clubs declined to take part, and
• The 2016 rookie draft; which was held on 27 November.

Additionally, following the guilty verdicts handed down to 34 past and present Essendon players in January 2016 for doping violations, Essendon was given the opportunity to recruit top-up players between January and March 2016.

Player movements

Free agency

After winning two premierships with Hawthorn, Matt Suckling (right) signed with the Western Bulldogs as an unrestricted free agent

The initial list of free agents, published in March 2015, consisted of 74 unrestricted and restricted free agents, however, 35 of those players re-signed and 15 retired during or after the home-and-away season.^[3]

2015 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
Suckling, MattMatt Suckling	12 October 2015	Unrestricted	Hawthorn	Western Bulldogs	End of 2nd round	[4]
Selwood, ScottScott Selwood	12 October 2015	Restricted	West Coast	Geelong	2nd round	[5]
Leuenberger, MatthewMatthew Leuenberger	15 October 2015	Restricted	Brisbane Lions	Essendon	End of 2nd round	[6]
Simpson, DawsonDawson Simpson	16 October 2015	Unrestricted	Geelong	Greater Western Sydney	None	[7]
Moore, AndrewAndrew Moore	6 November 2015	Delisted	Port Adelaide	Richmond	None	[8]
Grant, JarradJarrad Grant	6 November 2015	Delisted	Western Bulldogs	Gold Coast	None	[9]
Gorringe, DanielDaniel Gorringe	9 November 2015	Delisted	Gold Coast	Carlton	None	[10]
Wright, MatthewMatthew Wright	26 November 2015	Delisted	Adelaide	Carlton	None	[11]

Trades

Originally a restricted free agent, Patrick Dangerfield was traded to Geelong from Adelaide

Lachie Henderson became the first player in history to be traded for a future draft pick when he was traded to Geelong from Carlton

Highly rated youngster, Harley Bennell was traded to Fremantle from Gold Coast

Jeremy Howe, Ben Kennedy, Paul Seedsman, and Jimmy Toumpas were all involved in a major deal involving four clubs.

Charlie Dixon was traded to Port Adelaide from Gold Coast

For the first time, clubs were allowed to trade future selections from the next year's draft as well as the current draft.^[12] Geelong became the first AFL club to trade a future draft pick on 14 October 2015 when they traded their 2016 first round pick to Carlton for Lachie Henderson.^[13]

2015 AFL trade period

#	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for	Ref
1	Dangerfield, PatrickPatrick Dangerfield	Adelaide	Geelong	Gore, DeanDean Gore	[14]
				Pick 9
	Pick 50			Pick 28
2	Redden, JackJack Redden	Brisbane Lions	West Coast	Pick 17	[15]
3	Henderson, LachieLachie Henderson	Carlton	Geelong	2016 first round pick (Geelong)	[16]
4	Bennell, HarleyHarley Bennell	Gold Coast	Fremantle	Pick 16	[17]
	Pick 22			Pick 35
5	Jetta, LewisLewis Jetta	Sydney	West Coast	Sinclair, CallumCallum Sinclair	[18]
6	Melksham, JakeJake Melksham	Essendon	Melbourne	Pick 25	[19]
7	Anderson, JedJed Anderson	Hawthorn	North Melbourne	Pick 15	[20]
	Pick 38
	Pick 40			Pick 55
8	Hampton, CurtlyCurtly Hampton	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	2016 second round pick (Adelaide)	[21]
9	Townsend, JacobJacob Townsend	Greater Western Sydney	Richmond	Pick 70	[22]
	Pick 120
10	Bell, TomTom Bell	Carlton	Brisbane Lions	Pick 21	[23]
	Pick 41			Pick 60
11	Walker, JoshJosh Walker	Geelong	Brisbane Lions	2016 third round pick (Geelong)	[24]
	Jansen, JarradJarrad Jansen
12	Smith, ZacZac Smith	Gold Coast	Geelong	Pick 49	[25]
				Pick 53
13	Currie, DanielDaniel Currie	North Melbourne	Gold Coast	Pick 53	[25]
14	Johnson, SteveSteve Johnson	Geelong	Greater Western Sydney	2016 fifth round pick (Greater Western Sydney)	[26]
15	Giles, JonathanJonathan Giles	Essendon	West Coast	Pick 57	[27]
	Pick 62
16	Seedsman, PaulPaul Seedsman	Collingwood	Adelaide	Pick 32	[28]
	Howe, JeremyJeremy Howe	Melbourne	Collingwood	Kennedy, BenBen Kennedy
	Pick 68	Port Adelaide		Pick 32
	Pick 29	Port Adelaide	Melbourne	Toumpas, JimmyJimmy Toumpas
	Pick 50
	Kennedy, BenBen Kennedy	Collingwood		Howe, JeremyJeremy Howe
	Toumpas, JimmyJimmy Toumpas	Melbourne	Port Adelaide	Pick 29
				Pick 50
	Pick 32	Collingwood		Pick 68
17	Freeman, NathanNathan Freeman	Collingwood	St Kilda	2016 second round pick (St Kilda)	[29]
	Pick 68			Pick 63
18	Dixon, CharlieCharlie Dixon	Gold Coast	Port Adelaide	Pick 10	[30]
	Pick 49			2016 second round pick (Port Adelaide)
	Pick 19		Richmond	Pick 31
				2016 second round pick (Richmond)
19	Carlisle, JakeJake Carlisle	Essendon	St Kilda	Pick 5	[31]
	Pick 14	Sydney		Pick 24
	Bird, CraigCraig Bird		Essendon	Pick 23
				Pick 44
	Pick 5	St Kilda		Carlisle, JakeJake Carlisle
	Pick 24
	Pick 23	Essendon	Sydney	Bird, CraigCraig Bird
	Pick 44			Pick 14
20	Pick 3	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6	[32]
	Pick 10			Pick 29
	Pick 43			2016 first round pick (Melbourne)
21	Rosa, MattMatt Rosa	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick 31	[33]
22	Kerridge, SamSam Kerridge	Adelaide	Carlton	Menzel, TroyTroy Menzel	[34]
	Pick 28
23	Lamb, JedJed Lamb	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 28	[34]
	Phillips, AndrewAndrew Phillips			Pick 77
	Plowman, LachieLachie Plowman			Pick 95
	Sumner, LiamLiam Sumner			2016 first round pick (Geelong)
	Pick 8
24	Treloar, AdamAdam Treloar	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	Pick 7	[35]
				Pick 65
	Pick 28			2016 first round pick (Collingwood)
25	Fitzpatrick, JackJack Fitzpatrick	Melbourne	Hawthorn	Pick 94	[36]
26	Bugg, TomasTomas Bugg	Greater Western Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 10	[37]
				Pick 43
	Pick 7			Pick 64
27	Pick 55	Hawthorn	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 48	[38]
	Pick 58
28	Aish, JamesJames Aish	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Pick 26	[39]
				2016 second round pick (St Kilda)
	Pick 28	Collingwood	North Melbourne	Pick 34
	Pick 47			Pick 53
	Bastinac, RyanRyan Bastinac	North Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	Pick 17
	Pick 38
	Pick 40			Pick 26
	2016 third round pick
29	Pick 23	Sydney	West Coast	Pick 36	[38]
				Pick 37
30	Pick 11	Western Bulldogs	Carlton	Pick 20	[40]
	2016 third round pick			Pick 21
31	Yarran, ChrisChris Yarran	Carlton	Richmond	Pick 19	[41]
32	Pick 27	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	Pick 34	[38]
	Pick 66
	Pick 77			Pick 53
	Pick 84			Pick 63
33	Talia, MichaelMichael Talia	Western Bulldogs	Sydney	2016 fourth round pick (Sydney)	[42]
	Pick 69
34	Pick 35	Gold Coast	Fremantle	Pick 56	[40]
	Pick 61			2016 second round pick (Fremantle)

Note

• The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different to the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.

Retirements and delistings

List of 2015 AFL player changes

Name Club Date Notes Flynn, DanielDaniel Flynn Port Adelaide 30 January 2015 Quit, returned to Ireland[43] Waters, BeauBeau Waters West Coast 19 February 2015 Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately[44] Sumner, TimmyTimmy Sumner Gold Coast 8 April 2015 Retired, effective immediately[45] Sylvia, ColinColin Sylvia Fremantle 28 April 2015 Retired, effective immediately[46] Hartman, BradBrad Hartman Geelong 1 May 2015 Retired, effective immediately[47] Reilly, BrentBrent Reilly Adelaide 13 May 2015 Retired due to head injury, effective immediately[48] Cornes, KaneKane Cornes Port Adelaide 14 May 2015 Retired, effective after round 8[49] Toohey, JamesJames Toohey Geelong 14 May 2015 Retired, effective immediately[50] Judd, ChrisChris Judd Carlton 9 June 2015 Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately[51] Maguire, MattMatt Maguire Brisbane Lions 23 June 2015 Retired due to ongoing concussion, effective immediately[52] Grima, NathanNathan Grima North Melbourne 8 July 2015 Retired due to back injury, effective immediately[53] McIntosh, HamishHamish McIntosh Geelong 29 July 2015 Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately[54] Adams, LeighLeigh Adams North Melbourne 1 August 2015 Retired due to ongoing concussion, effective immediately[55] Keefe, LachlanLachlan Keefe Collingwood 10 August 2015 Delisted due to testing positive to a banned substance[56] Thomas, JoshJosh Thomas Collingwood 10 August 2015 Delisted due to testing positive to a banned substance[56] Foley, NathanNathan Foley Richmond 13 August 2015 Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately[57] Newman, ChrisChris Newman Richmond 18 August 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[58] Shaw, RhyceRhyce Shaw Sydney 20 August 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[59] Adcock, JedJed Adcock Brisbane Lions 20 August 2015 Delisted[60] Rivers, JaredJared Rivers Geelong 24 August 2015 Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately[61] Siggins, SamSam Siggins Adelaide 24 August 2015 Delisted, left club due to personal reasons[62] Schneider, AdamAdam Schneider St Kilda 25 August 2015 Retired, effective after round 22[63] Chapman, PaulPaul Chapman Essendon 25 August 2015 Retired, effective after round 22[64] Staker, BrentBrent Staker Brisbane Lions 26 August 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[65] Knights, ChrisChris Knights Richmond 27 August 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[66] Raines, AndrewAndrew Raines Gold Coast 28 August 2015 Retired, effective immediately[67] Blease, SamSam Blease Geelong 31 August 2015 Retired due to head injury, effective immediately[68] Carrazzo, AndrewAndrew Carrazzo Carlton 1 September 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[69] Stokes, MathewMathew Stokes Geelong 1 September 2015 Delisted[70] Cross, DanielDaniel Cross Melbourne 2 September 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[71] Broughton, GregGreg Broughton Gold Coast 2 September 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[72] Kelly, JamesJames Kelly Geelong 2 September 2015 Delisted[73] Petterd, RickyRicky Petterd Richmond 3 September 2015 Retired due to foot injury, effective immediately[74] McGuane, LukeLuke McGuane Brisbane Lions 3 September 2015 Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately[75] Ellard, DavidDavid Ellard Carlton 4 September 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[76] Fletcher, DustinDustin Fletcher Essendon 4 September 2015 Retired, effective immediately[77] Johnson, SteveSteve Johnson Geelong 4 September 2015 Delisted[78] Winderlich, JasonJason Winderlich Essendon 6 September 2015 Retired[79] Hall, JoshJosh Hall Gold Coast 8 September 2015 Quit, signed to play rugby league[80] Downie, TyroneTyrone Downie Gold Coast 8 September 2015 Delisted[81] Ellis, JarredJarred Ellis Gold Coast 8 September 2015 Delisted[81] Herbert, LouisLouis Herbert Gold Coast 8 September 2015 Delisted[81] Jamar, MarkMark Jamar Melbourne 11 September 2015 Delisted[82] Armstrong, TonyTony Armstrong Collingwood 14 September 2015 Delisted[83] Dwyer, SamSam Dwyer Collingwood 14 September 2015 Delisted[83] Manteit, MichaelMichael Manteit Collingwood 14 September 2015 Delisted[83] Young, ClintonClinton Young Collingwood 14 September 2015 Delisted[83] Bourke, JordonJordon Bourke Brisbane Lions 14 September 2015 Delisted[84] Golby, MitchMitch Golby Brisbane Lions 14 September 2015 Delisted[84] Cordy, AyceAyce Cordy Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Darley, SamSam Darley Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Fuller, MattMatt Fuller Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Goodes, BrettBrett Goodes Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Kelly, JordanJordan Kelly Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Pearce, DanielDaniel Pearce Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Arnot, MatthewMatthew Arnot Richmond 15 September 2015 Delisted[86] McDonough, MatthewMatthew McDonough Richmond 15 September 2015 Delisted[86] Logan, TomTom Logan Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Retired[87] Harvey, MitchMitch Harvey Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Redden, JarradJarrad Redden Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Russell, SamSam Russell Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Shaw, MasonMason Shaw Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Wagner, JohannJohann Wagner Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Bail, RohanRohan Bail Melbourne 18 September 2015 Delisted[88] Fitzpatrick, JackJack Fitzpatrick Melbourne 18 September 2015 Delisted[88] McKenzie, JordieJordie McKenzie Melbourne 18 September 2015 Delisted[88] Riley, AidanAidan Riley Melbourne 18 September 2015 Delisted[88] Giles, CameronCameron Giles Carlton 18 September 2015 Delisted[89] Johnson, BlaineBlaine Johnson Carlton 18 September 2015 Delisted[89] Russell, FraserFraser Russell Carlton 18 September 2015 Delisted[89] Watson, MatthewMatthew Watson Carlton 18 September 2015 Delisted[89] Goodes, AdamAdam Goodes Sydney 19 September 2015 Retired[90] Markworth, DanielDaniel Markworth St Kilda 22 September 2015 Delisted[91] Simpkin, TomTom Simpkin St Kilda 22 September 2015 Delisted[91] Siposs, ArrynArryn Siposs St Kilda 22 September 2015 Delisted[91] White, SpencerSpencer White St Kilda 22 September 2015 Delisted[91] Karnezis, PatrickPatrick Karnezis Collingwood 22 September 2015 Retired[92] Aylett, KurtKurt Aylett Essendon 22 September 2015 Delisted[93] Dalgleish, LauchlanLauchlan Dalgleish Essendon 22 September 2015 Delisted[93] Podsiadly, JamesJames Podsiadly Adelaide 25 September 2015 Retired[94] McMahon, ScottScott McMahon North Melbourne 29 September 2015 Delisted[95] Wallace, EricEric Wallace North Melbourne 29 September 2015 Delisted[95] Warren, MaxMax Warren North Melbourne 29 September 2015 Delisted[95] McPharlin, LukeLuke McPharlin Fremantle 30 September 2015 Retired[96] Martin, BrodieBrodie Martin Adelaide 30 September 2015 Delisted[97] Osborn, JackJack Osborn Adelaide 30 September 2015 Delisted[97] Wilson, AnthonyAnthony Wilson Adelaide 30 September 2015 Delisted[97] Lake, BrianBrian Lake Hawthorn 6 October 2015 Retired[98] Hale, DavidDavid Hale Hawthorn 6 October 2015 Retired[98] Maginness, WillWill Maginness West Coast 6 October 2015 Delisted[99] Main, DylanDylan Main West Coast 6 October 2015 Delisted[99] Powell, RowenRowen Powell West Coast 6 October 2015 Delisted[99] Duffield, PaulPaul Duffield Fremantle 8 October 2015 Retired[100] Ballard, JacobJacob Ballard Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Crowley, RyanRyan Crowley Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Deluca, JoshJosh Deluca Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Duffy, MaxMax Duffy Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Moller, CraigCraig Moller Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Grimley, SamSam Grimley Hawthorn 8 October 2015 Delisted[101] Hardisty, JaredJared Hardisty Hawthorn 8 October 2015 Delisted[101] Woodward, AlexAlex Woodward Hawthorn 8 October 2015 Delisted[101] Vandeleur, TomTom Vandeleur Fremantle 9 October 2015 Delisted[102] Pyke, MikeMike Pyke Sydney 16 October 2015 Retired[103] Grant, JarradJarrad Grant Western Bulldogs 23 October 2015 Delisted[104] Moore, AndrewAndrew Moore Port Adelaide 23 October 2015 Delisted[105] O'Brien, ZacZac O'Brien Brisbane Lions 26 October 2015 Delisted[106] Paine, JacksonJackson Paine Brisbane Lions 26 October 2015 Delisted[106] Browne, AlexAlex Browne Essendon 27 October 2015 Delisted[107] Kavanagh, ElliottElliott Kavanagh Essendon 27 October 2015 Delisted[107] Wright, MatthewMatthew Wright Adelaide 28 October 2015 Delisted[108] Thomas, MattMatt Thomas Richmond 28 October 2015 Retired[109] Dea, MattMatt Dea Richmond 28 October 2015 Delisted[109] Gordon, NathanNathan Gordon Richmond 28 October 2015 Delisted[109] Fields, TomTom Fields Carlton 28 October 2015 Delisted[110] Holman, NickNick Holman Carlton 28 October 2015 Delisted[110] Walsh, BradBrad Walsh Carlton 28 October 2015 Delisted[110] Warnock, RobertRobert Warnock Carlton 28 October 2015 Delisted[110] Mitchell, KaneKane Mitchell Port Adelaide 28 October 2015 Delisted[111] Daw, MajakMajak Daw North Melbourne 29 October 2015 Delisted[112] Harper, KieranKieran Harper North Melbourne 29 October 2015 Delisted[112] Glenn, JoshJosh Glenn Gold Coast 29 October 2015 Delisted[113] Gorringe, DanielDaniel Gorringe Gold Coast 29 October 2015 Delisted[113] Stanley, DannyDanny Stanley Gold Coast 29 October 2015 Delisted[113] Ray, FarrenFarren Ray St Kilda 30 October 2015 Delisted[114] Saad, AhmedAhmed Saad St Kilda 30 October 2015 Delisted[114] Saunders, JoshJosh Saunders St Kilda 30 October 2015 Delisted[114] Steinberg, ArielAriel Steinberg Essendon 30 October 2015 Delisted[115] Marsh, HarrisonHarrison Marsh Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[116] McLaren, SeanSean McLaren Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[116] Perris, LloydLloyd Perris Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[116] Simpkin, JonathanJonathan Simpkin Hawthorn 30 October 2015 Delisted[117] Addison, DylanDylan Addison Greater Western Sydney 30 October 2015 Retired[118] Golds, TimTim Golds Greater Western Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[118] Schulz, SamSam Schulz Greater Western Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[118] Morabito, AnthonyAnthony Morabito Fremantle 30 October 2015 Delisted[119] Colledge, BrantBrant Colledge West Coast 30 October 2015 Delisted[120] Newman, MurrayMurray Newman West Coast 30 October 2015 Delisted[120] Tunbridge, SimonSimon Tunbridge West Coast 30 October 2015 Delisted[120] Waterman, AlecAlec Waterman West Coast 30 October 2015 Delisted[120] Abbott, BrendenBrenden Abbott Collingwood 30 October 2015 Delisted[121] Boston, AndrewAndrew Boston Gold Coast 2 November 2015 Retired[122] O'Brien, NickNick O'Brien Essendon 5 November 2015 Delisted[123] Hams, WillWill Hams Essendon 5 November 2015 Delisted[123] Michie, VivViv Michie Melbourne 10 November 2015 Delisted[124]

2015 national draft

The 2015 AFL national draft was held on 24 November 2015 at the Adelaide Convention Centre.^[1] For the first time, live bidding occurred during the draft for selections made under the father–son rule and from the northern state's development academies, whereby each draft selection is allocated a points value. Clubs nominating a player were forced to use their existing draft selections to match the points value of the pick used by the club bidding for the player.^[125][126]

Final draft order^[127]

Draft-eve selection order, club by club, and points value of each pick

Round Pick Points Club Notes 1 1 3000 Carlton 1 2 2517 Brisbane Lions 1 3 2234 Melbourne Traded from Gold Coast 1 4 2034 Essendon 1 5 1878 Essendon Traded by St Kilda 1 6 1751 Gold Coast Traded from Melbourne 1 7 1644 Melbourne Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Collingwood 1 8 1551 Carlton Traded from Greater Western Sydney 1 9 1469 Adelaide Traded from Geelong 1 10 1395 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne; received from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide 1 11 1329 Carlton Traded from Western Bulldogs 1 12 1268 Richmond 1 13 1212 Adelaide 1 14 1161 St Kilda Traded by Sydney 1 15 1112 Hawthorn Traded from North Melbourne 1 16 1067 Gold Coast Traded from Fremantle 1 17 1025 North Melbourne Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from West Coast 1 18 985 Hawthorn 1 19 948 Carlton Traded from Richmond; received from Gold Coast; received from Greater Western Sydney via a trade in 2012; traded to the Giants by Fremantle in 2011; originally received by Fremantle as compensation for Rhys Palmer. 2 20 912 Western Bulldogs Traded from Carlton 2 21 878 Western Bulldogs Traded from Carlton; received from Brisbane Lions 2 22 845 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast 2 23 815 West Coast Traded from Sydney; received from Essendon 2 24 785 Essendon Traded by St Kilda 2 25 756 Essendon Traded from Melbourne 2 26 729 North Melbourne Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from Collingwood 2 27 703 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 2 28 677 North Melbourne Traded from Collingwood; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton; received from Adelaide; received from Geelong 2 29 653 Gold Coast Traded from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide 2 30 629 Western Bulldogs 2 31 606 West Coast Traded from Gold Coast; received from Richmond 2 32 584 Port Adelaide Traded from Adelaide 2 33 563 Sydney 2 34 542 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from North Melbourne 2 35 522 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast; received from Fremantle 2 36 502 Sydney Traded from West Coast 2 37 483 Sydney Traded from West Coast; free agency compensation pick (Selwood) 2 38 465 Brisbane Lions Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn 2 39 446 Brisbane Lions Free agency compensation pick (Leuenberger) 2 40 429 Brisbane Lions Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn; free agency compensation pick (Suckling) 3 41 412 Brisbane Lions Traded from Carlton 3 42 395 Brisbane Lions 3 43 378 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne; received from Gold Coast 3 44 362 Sydney Traded by Essendon 3 45 347 St Kilda 3 46 331 Melbourne 3 47 316 North Melbourne Traded from Collingwood 3 48 302 Hawthorn Traded from Greater Western Sydney 3 49 287 Port Adelaide Traded from Gold Coast; received from Geelong 3 50 273 Melbourne Traded from Port Adelaide 3 51 259 Western Bulldogs 3 52 246 Richmond 3 53 233 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from North Melbourne; received from Gold Coast; received from Geelong; received from Adelaide 3 54 220 Sydney 3 55 207 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Hawthorn; received from North Melbourne 3 56 194 Gold Coast Traded from Fremantle 3 57 182 Essendon Traded from West Coast 3 58 170 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Hawthorn 4 59 158 Carlton 4 60 146 Carlton Traded from Brisbane Lions 4 61 135 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast 4 62 123 West Coast Traded from Essendon 4 63 112 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from St Kilda 4 64 101 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne 4 65 90 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood 4 66 80 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 4 67 69 Geelong 4 68 59 St Kilda Traded from Collingwood; received from Port Adelaide 4 69 49 Sydney Traded from Western Bulldogs 4 70 39 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Richmond 4 71 29 Adelaide 4 72 19 Sydney 4 73 9 North Melbourne 4 74 0 Fremantle 4 75 0 West Coast 4 76 0 Hawthorn 5 77 0 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton 5 78 0 Brisbane Lions 5 79 0 Gold Coast 5 80 0 Essendon 5 81 0 St Kilda 5 82 0 Melbourne 5 83 0 Collingwood 5 84 0 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 5 85 0 Geelong 5 86 0 Port Adelaide 5 87 0 Western Bulldogs 5 88 0 Richmond 5 89 0 Adelaide 5 90 0 Sydney 5 91 0 North Melbourne 5 92 0 Fremantle 5 93 0 West Coast 5 94 0 Melbourne Traded from Hawthorn 6 95 0 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Carlton 6 96 0 Brisbane Lions 6 97 0 Gold Coast 6 98 0 Essendon 6 99 0 St Kilda 6 100 0 Melbourne 6 101 0 Collingwood 6 102 0 Greater Western Sydney 6 103 0 Geelong 6 104 0 Port Adelaide 6 105 0 Western Bulldogs 6 106 0 Richmond 6 107 0 Adelaide 6 108 0 Sydney 6 109 0 North Melbourne 6 110 0 Fremantle 6 111 0 West Coast 6 112 0 Hawthorn 7 113 0 Carlton 7 114 0 Brisbane Lions 7 115 0 Gold Coast 7 116 0 Essendon 7 117 0 St Kilda 7 118 0 Melbourne 7 119 0 Collingwood 7 120 0 Richmond Traded from Greater Western Sydney 7 121 0 Geelong 7 122 0 Port Adelaide 7 123 0 Western Bulldogs 7 124 0 Richmond 7 125 0 Adelaide 7 126 0 Sydney 7 127 0 North Melbourne 7 128 0 Fremantle 7 129 0 West Coast 7 130 0 Hawthorn

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Weitering, JacobJacob Weitering	Carlton	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	2	Schache, JoshJosh Schache	Brisbane Lions	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
1	3	Mills, CallumCallum Mills	Sydney	North Shore	Sydney AFL	Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with picks 33, 36, 37 and 43[128]
1	4	Oliver, ClaytonClayton Oliver	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast
1	5	Parish, DarcyDarcy Parish	Essendon	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	6	Francis, AaronAaron Francis	Essendon	West Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from St Kilda
1	7	Hopper, JacobJacob Hopper	Greater Western Sydney	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Academy player; Gold Coast's bid matched with pick 11[128]
1	8	Ah Chee, CallumCallum Ah Chee	Gold Coast	South Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Melbourne
1	9	Weideman, SamSam Weideman	Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Collingwood
1	10	McKay, HarryHarry McKay	Carlton	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
1	11	Milera, WayneWayne Milera	Adelaide	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Geelong
1	12	Curnow, CharlieCharlie Curnow	Carlton	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from Western Bulldogs
1	13	Kennedy, MatthewMatthew Kennedy	Greater Western Sydney	Collingullie-Glenfield Park	RFNL	Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 34 and 40[128]
1	14	Hipwood, EricEric Hipwood	Brisbane Lions	Aspley	NEAFL	Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 36 and 37[128]
1	15	Rioli, DanielDaniel Rioli	Richmond	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
1	16	Himmelberg, HarrisonHarrison Himmelberg	Greater Western Sydney	Mangoplah-CUE	RFNL	Academy player; Adelaide's bid matched with picks 48, 50, 55 and 59[128]
1	17	Doedee, TomTom Doedee	Adelaide	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	18	Gresham, JadeJade Gresham	St Kilda	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney
1	19	Burton, RyanRyan Burton	Hawthorn	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from North Melbourne
1	20	Fiorini, BraydenBrayden Fiorini	Gold Coast	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Fremantle
1	21	McKay, BenBen McKay	North Melbourne	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from West Coast
1	22	Lovell, KieranKieran Lovell	Hawthorn	Tigers FC	TSL
1	23	Cuningham, DavidDavid Cuningham	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Richmond; received from Gold Coast; received from Greater Western Sydney via a trade in 2012; received from Fremantle in 2011; compensation pick from 2011 (Palmer)
2	24	Keays, BenBen Keays	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	NEAFL	Academy player; Western Bulldogs' bid matched with Brisbane's next pick[128]
2	25	Dunkley, JoshJosh Dunkley	Western Bulldogs	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton; father-son eligible (son of Andrew Dunkley), but Sydney did not match bid[128]
2	26	Collins, KieranKieran Collins	Western Bulldogs	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton; received from Brisbane Lions
2	27	Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	Fremantle	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast
2	28	Partington, LukeLuke Partington	West Coast	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from Sydney; received from Essendon
2	29	Morgan, AlexAlex Morgan	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from St Kilda
2	30	Redman, MasonMason Redman	Essendon	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded from Melbourne
2	31	Clarke, RyanRyan Clarke	North Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from Collingwood
2	32	Sier, BraydenBrayden Sier	Collingwood	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
2	33	Hibberd, MitchellMitchell Hibberd	North Melbourne	Clarence	TSL	Traded from Collingwood; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton; received from Adelaide; received from Geelong
2	34	Schoenfeld, JoshJosh Schoenfeld	Gold Coast	Peel Thunder	WAFL	Traded from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide
2	35	Adams, MarcusMarcus Adams	Western Bulldogs	West Perth	WAFL
2	36	Cole, TomTom Cole	West Coast	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Richmond
2	37	Bonner, RileyRiley Bonner	Port Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Adelaide
2	38	Balic, HarleyHarley Balic	Fremantle	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Fremantle
3	39	Mathieson, RhysRhys Mathieson	Brisbane Lions	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn; free agency compensation pick (Suckling)
3	40	White, BrandonBrandon White	St Kilda	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
3	41	Flynn, MatthewMatthew Flynn	Greater Western Sydney	Narrandera	RFNL	Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with GWS' next pick[128]
3	42	King, MitchMitch King	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
3	43	Wagner, CoreyCorey Wagner	North Melbourne	Aspley	NEAFL	Traded from Collingwood; academy eligible, but Brisbane Lions did not match bid[128]
3	44	Hardwick, BlakeBlake Hardwick	Hawthorn	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
3	45	Johnson, AidynAidyn Johnson	Port Adelaide	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Geelong
3	46	Hulett, LiamLiam Hulett	Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Port Adelaide
3	47	Skinner, SamSam Skinner	Brisbane Lions	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton
3	48	Williams, BaileyBailey Williams	Western Bulldogs	Glenelg	SANFL
3	49	Rice, BaileyBailey Rice	St Kilda	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Rice); Richmond's bid matched with St Kilda's next pick[128]
3	50	Markov, OlegOleg Markov	Richmond	North Adelaide	SANFL
3	51	Leonardis, TyroneTyrone Leonardis	Sydney	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
3	52	Willis, MackenzieMackenzie Willis	Gold Coast	Tigers FC	TSL	Traded from Fremantle
3	53	Silvagni, JackJack Silvagni	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Stephen Silvagni); Essendon's bid matched with Carlton's next pick[128]
3	54	Brown, MitchMitch Brown	Essendon	Sandringham	VFL	Traded from West Coast
4	55	Collins, SamSam Collins	Fremantle	Box Hill Hawks	VFL	Traded from Gold Coast
4	56	Dawson, JordanJordan Dawson	Sydney	Sturt	SANFL
4	57	Mutimer, KurtKurt Mutimer	West Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
4	58	Phillips, TomTom Phillips	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
4	59	Gardner, RyanRyan Gardner	Geelong	Burnie	TSL
4	60	Mountford, DeclanDeclan Mountford	North Melbourne	Claremont	WAFL
4	61	Yarran, ShaneShane Yarran	Fremantle	Subiaco	WAFL
4	62	Allen, MatthewMatthew Allen	West Coast	Glenelg	SANFL
5	63	Wills, RupertRupert Wills	Collingwood	Collingwood	VFL	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton
5	64	Eades, YestinYestin Eades	Essendon	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
5	65	Crocker, BenBen Crocker	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
5	66	Menegola, SamSam Menegola	Geelong	Subiaco	WAFL
5	67	Broad, NathanNathan Broad	Richmond	Swan Districts	WAFL
6	68	Hartley, MichaelMichael Hartley	Essendon	Coburg	VFL
6	69	Buzza, WylieWylie Buzza	Geelong	Mount Gravatt	QAFL
7	70	Hayball, MatthewMatthew Hayball	Geelong	West Adelaide	SANFL

Notes

• Compensation picks are selections in addition to the normal order of selection, allocated to clubs by the AFL as compensation for losing uncontracted players to the new expansion clubs, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney. The picks can be held for up to five years and clubs declare at the beginning of the season of their intent to utilise the pick at the end of the season. Picks could be traded to other clubs in return for players or other draft selections.
• Free agency compensation picks are additional selections awarded to teams based on their net loss of players during the free agency trade period.
• Academy players are local zone selections available to the four NSW and Queensland clubs. Both academy and father-son selections are subject to a bidding process, where the club with the family or academy connection must match any opposition club's bid with their next available selection.

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2015 to their 2016 primary playing list prior to the draft. In total, 14 players were promoted.^[129]

Player	Club
Kelly, JakeJake Kelly	Adelaide
Frost, JackJack Frost	Collingwood
McKernan, ShaunShaun McKernan	Essendon
Hughes, EthanEthan Hughes	Fremantle
Luxford, MichaelMichael Luxford	Geelong
Saad, AdamAdam Saad	Gold Coast
Brooksby, KeeganKeegan Brooksby	Gold Coast
Heatherley, KurtKurt Heatherley	Hawthorn
vandenBerg, AaronAaron vandenBerg	Melbourne
Harmes, JamesJames Harmes	Melbourne
Gray, SamSam Gray	Port Adelaide
Lambert, KaneKane Lambert	Richmond
Sinclair, JackJack Sinclair	St Kilda
Naismith, SamSam Naismith	Sydney

2016 rookie draft

The 2016 AFL rookie draft was held on 27 November 2015.^[2] The official rookie draft order was released on 26 November and each club, with the exception of Greater Western Sydney who are still operating with an expanded list, can have between four and six players on their rookie list, as long as they have a maximum of 44 players on their combined primary and rookie lists.^[130]

The pre-season draft was not held as all eligible clubs informed the AFL they would not be participating.^[130]

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Glass-McKasker, JesseJesse Glass-McKasker	Carlton	Swan Districts	WAFL
1	2	Paine, JacksonJackson Paine	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
1	3	Keough, TomTom Keough	Gold Coast	West Adelaide	SANFL
1	4	Nyuon, GachGach Nyuon	Essendon	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	5	O'Kearney, NickNick O'Kearney	St Kilda	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	6	Wagner, JoshJosh Wagner	Melbourne	Aspley	NEAFL
1	7	Keeffe, LachlanLachlan Keeffe	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL	Ineligible to play in 2016 due to serving a two-year ban for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol
1	8	Reid, SamSam Reid	Greater Western Sydney	UWS Giants	NEAFL
1	9	Cornell, JockJock Cornell	Geelong	Mangoplah-CUE	RFNL
1	10	Snelling, WillWill Snelling	Port Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL
1	11	Lynch, BradleyBradley Lynch	Western Bulldogs	Swan Districts	WAFL
1	12	Moore, CallumCallum Moore	Richmond	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	13	Hunter, PaulPaul Hunter	Adelaide	Redland	NEAFL
1	14	Papley, TomTom Papley	Sydney	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
1	15	Ray, FarrenFarren Ray	North Melbourne	St Kilda	AFL
1	16	Uebergang, MattMatt Uebergang	Fremantle	Redland	NEAFL
1	17	Snadden, JordanJordan Snadden	West Coast	East Fremantle	WAFL
1	18	Surman, LukeLuke Surman	Hawthorn	Norwood	SANFL
2	19	Gallucci, AndrewAndrew Gallucci	Carlton	Williamstown	VFL
2	20	William, ReubenReuben William	Brisbane Lions	Zillmere	QAFL
2	21	MacPherson, DarcyDarcy MacPherson	Gold Coast	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
2	22	McDonald-Tipungwuti, AnthonyAnthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	Essendon	Essendon	VFL
2	23	Coughlan, NickNick Coughlan	St Kilda	Albury	O&MFL
2	24	Michie, VivViv Michie	Melbourne	Melbourne	AFL
2	25	Smith, JoshJosh Smith	Collingwood	Redland	NEAFL
2	26	Lloyd, DanielDaniel Lloyd	Greater Western Sydney	Killarney Vale	BDAFL
2	27	Parsons, JamesJames Parsons	Geelong	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
2	28	Hewett, CameronCameron Hewett	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL
2	29	Goetz, LukeLuke Goetz	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets	TAC Cup
2	30	Chol, MabiorMabior Chol	Richmond	Aspley	NEAFL
2	31	Beech, JonathonJonathon Beech	Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL
2	32	Marsh, HarrisonHarrison Marsh	Sydney	Sydney	AFL
2	33	Daw, MajakMajak Daw	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
2	34	Nyhuis, RyanRyan Nyhuis	Fremantle	Nightcliff	NTFL
2	35	Colledge, BrantBrant Colledge	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
2	36	Stewart, KadeKade Stewart	Hawthorn	South Fremantle	WAFL
3	37	Korcheck, MatthewMatthew Korcheck	Carlton	Arizona	Pac-12	International player (basketball)
3	38	Davis, RyanRyan Davis	Gold Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL
3	39	Hams, WillWill Hams	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
3	40	Saunders, JoshJosh Saunders	St Kilda	St Kilda	AFL
3	41	Smith, JoelJoel Smith	Melbourne	Geelong Supercats	SEABL	Three-year non-registered player, via basketball (also the son of Shaun Smith)
3	42	Thomas, JoshJosh Thomas	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL	Ineligible to play in 2016 due to serving a two-year ban for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol
3	43	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
3	44	Ruggles, TomTom Ruggles	Geelong	Geelong	VFL
3	45	Houston, DanDan Houston	Port Adelaide	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
3	46	Adcock, JedJed Adcock	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	AFL
3	47	Marcon, AdamAdam Marcon	Richmond	Williamstown	VFL
3	48	Greenwood, HughHugh Greenwood	Adelaide	Perth Wildcats	NBL	3-year non-registered player, via basketball.
3	49	Passed	Sydney	—	—
3	50	Morabito, AnthonyAnthony Morabito	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
3	51	Waterman, AlecAlec Waterman	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
3	52	Woodward, AlexAlex Woodward	Hawthorn	Hawthorn	AFL
4	53	Loersch, CameronCameron Loersch	Gold Coast	South Fremantle	WAFL
4	54	Wallis, TomTom Wallis	Essendon	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Wallis)
4	55	Golds, TimTim Golds	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
4	56	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
4	57	Mitchell, KaneKane Mitchell	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	AFL
4	58	Keath, AlexAlex Keath	Adelaide	Victoria	Cricket Australia	Three-year non-registered player, via cricket
4	59	Galloway, KyleKyle Galloway	Sydney	Shepparton	GVFL
4	60	Deluca, JoshJosh Deluca	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
4	61	Tunbridge, SimonSimon Tunbridge	West Coast		AFL
4	62	Glass, ConorConor Glass	Hawthorn	Derry GAA	GAA	International player (Gaelic football)
5	63	Stanley, DannyDanny Stanley	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
5	64	Wyatt, DarreanDarrean Wyatt	Collingwood	Coastal Georgia	SSAC	Three-year non-registered player, via basketball
5	65	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
5	66	Murray, SamSam Murray	Sydney	Wodonga	O&MFL
6	67	Joyce, JesseJesse Joyce		Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL
6	68	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
6	69	O'Riordan, ColinColin O'Riordan	Sydney	Tipperary GAA	GAA	International player (Gaelic football)
7	70	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
8	71	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
9	72	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
Source[131]

Player breakdown

A total of 134 players were drafted across the national and rookie drafts. The following is a breakdown of players drafted by position and the league they were drafted from:^[132][133]

• Defender – 16
• Half-back – 14
• Midfielder – 49
• Half-forward – 22
• Forward – 19
• Ruckman – 10
• Utility – 3

The TAC Cup was the league with the highest number of players drafted, with forty-five in total. The Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup had the most players drafted out of any team with seven players.

League	National draft	Rookie draft	Total	State/territory
	Players selected
AFL	0	19	19	Australia-wide
NEAFL	3	6	9	ACT, NSW, NT, QLD
SANFL	11	5	16	South Australia
TAC Cup	36	9	45	Victoria
TSL	4	0	4	Tasmania
VFL	4	4	8	Victoria
WAFL	7	6	13	Western Australia
Other leagues	5	8	13	Australia-wide
Three-year non-registered players	0	4	4	Australia-wide
International recruits	0	3	3	International
Total	70	64	134

Essendon top-up signings

On 12 January 2016, thirty-four past and present Essendon Football Club players – twelve of whom were still on the Essendon list – were suspended until November 2016 after being found guilty of being injected with the banned substance thymosin beta-4 during the 2012 season, significantly compromising Essendon's playing list for 2016. The club received permission to augment its list by recruiting up to ten top-up players from lower levels on contracts which would last until 31 October 2016. The club was limited to players who had been on an AFL list in either 2014 or 2015, with no more than one player to be taken from any state-level club; or, it could recruit any VFL-listed player from its own reserves team without restriction.^[134]

Essendon top-up signings

Player	Date	Recruited from	League	Former AFL club	Ref
Crowley, RyanRyan Crowley	19 January 2016	Swan Districts	WAFL	Fremantle (2015)	[135]
Kelly, JamesJames Kelly	20 January 2016	Southern Districts	NTFL	Geelong (2015)	[136]
Simpkin, JonathanJonathan Simpkin	27 January 2016	Balwyn	Eastern FL	Hawthorn (2015)	[137]
Dea, MattMatt Dea	28 January 2016	Williamstown	VFL	Richmond (2015)	[138]
Polkinghorne, JamesJames Polkinghorne	29 January 2016	Essendon reserves	VFL	Brisbane Lions (2014)	[139]
Stokes, MathewMathew Stokes	29 January 2016	Palmerston	NTFL	Geelong (2015)	[139]
Jamar, MarkMark Jamar	2 February 2016	St Kevin's Old Boys	VAFA	Melbourne (2015)	[140]
Grimley, SamSam Grimley	6 February 2016	Subiaco	WAFL	Hawthorn (2015)	[141]
Grima, NathanNathan Grima	18 February 2016	Strathmore	EDFL	North Melbourne (2015)	[142]
Michael, SamSam Michael	25 February 2016	Redland	NEAFL	Brisbane Lions (2014)	[143]

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