THE AFLW Sign and Trade Period will commence on Monday, April 8 and will conclude on Thursday, April 18.
Expansion clubs (Gold Coast Suns, Richmond, St Kilda, West Coast Eagles) are able to sign up to 12 players. Expansion clubs can sign no more than four players from any Victorian team, the Adelaide Crows or GWS Giants and no more than eight players from Fremantle or the Brisbane Lions.
All clubs can sign up to three Rookie players. Rookie players are those that have not been listed with any Australian football team for the past three years.
A Draft lottery was also conducted which saw expansion teams St Kilda, Richmond, West Coast Eagles and the Gold Coast Suns randomly drawn in that order.
As per previous years, only selections in first five rounds can be traded. The AFL see fit to provide compensation selections after expansion signings.
The NAB AFLW Draft order as at April 5 is below.
Key dates for the 2019 AFLW Sign and Trade Period:
April 8 – 18 Sign & Trade Period #1 (including expansion signings)
April 23 2019 NAB AFLW Draft order confirmed
April 23 – 26 Sign & Trade Period #2 (excluding expansion signings)
April 26 – 30 Free Agency
May 3 List Lodgement #1
2019 NAB AFLW Draft order – as at April 5
Round 1
1 Collingwood
2 Brisbane Lions
3 GWS Giants
4 Western Bulldogs
5 Melbourne
6 North Melbourne
7 Geelong Cats
8 Fremantle
9 Carlton
10 Adelaide Crows
11 St Kilda
12 Richmond
13 West Coast Eagles
14 Gold Coast Suns
Round 2
15 Collingwood
16 Brisbane Lions
17 GWS Giants
18 Western Bulldogs
19 Melbourne
20 North Melbourne
21 Geelong Cats
22 Fremantle
23 Carlton
24 Adelaide Crows
25 Gold Coast Suns
26 West Coast Eagles
27 Richmond
28 St Kilda
Round 3
29 Collingwood
30 Brisbane Lions
31 GWS Giants
32 Western Bulldogs
33 Melbourne
34 North Melbourne
35 Geelong Cats
36 Fremantle
37 Carlton
38 Adelaide Crows
39 St Kilda
40 Richmond
41 West Coast Eagles
42 Gold Coast Suns
Round 4
43 Collingwood
44 Brisbane Lions
45 GWS Giants
46 Western Bulldogs
47 Melbourne
48 North Melbourne
49 Geelong Cats
50 Fremantle
51 Carlton
52 Adelaide Crows
53 Gold Coast Suns
54 West Coast Eagles
55 Richmond
56 St Kilda
Round 5
57 Collingwood
58 Brisbane Lions
59 GWS Giants
60 Western Bulldogs
61 Melbourne
62 North Melbourne
63 Geelong Cats
64 Fremantle
65 Carlton
66 Adelaide Crows
67 St Kilda
68 Richmond
69 West Coast Eagles
70 Gold Coast Suns
