AFLW 2025 AFLW season - Geelong & the greater league...

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KEY AFLW PLAYER MOVEMENT DATES​

• November 6 - AFLW Draft Nominations open 9am (AEDST)
• November 27 - AFLW Draft Nominations close 5pm (AEDST)
• December 4 to December 10 - AFLW Trade Period
  
  
• December 15, 2025 - 2025 Telstra AFLW Draft

Geelong's current picks - 7, 25, 43, 61 & 79

Link to current Draft Picks

Indicative AFLW Draft Order

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[Geminicatz01]

If it helps ease the pain of those who may not have been excited by the trade rumour and now deal, there's St Kilda fans online who aren't happy and feel ripped off by the trade

I just didn’t want us to pick up players over 30.

 

[terry_bright]

I just didn’t want us to pick up players over 30.

Not ideal but makes some sense. We lost a lot of leadership experience over the offseason.
At 33 by the start of next season and on a min 2 year deal, it does come with some risk

 

[cats_09]

And the announcements keep coming....

Can never have enough Irish

 

[cats_09]

Not ideal but makes some sense. We lost a lot of leadership experience over the offseason.
At 33 by the start of next season and on a min 2 year deal, it does come with some risk

I agree that leadership experience has likely played into this decision

Between the retirements of Meg Mac, Darby, Scott & Fowler, plus the delisting of Bragg, we've lost 5 30+ players from this years list

Pre-additions, we would have gone into next year with Crockett-Grills, Surman, Emonson & Parry (30 in July) as our veteran aged players, so Stevens brings that tally up to 5 which seems slightly better balanced than the 7 available for selection this past season, and I'm not sure we'll see all of them in the playing 21 each week


She'll hopefully be help take some pressure off Gunjaca who's clearly our #1 key defender, as we've got an experience gap to those coming through - kinda help bridge the gap as we get games into Gregor (9 games) and now also Brook (10) who are young taller defenders.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Can St Kilda send this list manager to the trade table next year...




This now locks in our future first which is good, and some flexibility with the future third coming back

The price is not too bad but I dont see the point of trading for stevens at her age.

 

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This will be a shorter commute for work commitments



And as per Mitch Cleary - Stinear was given Melbourne life membership on Sunday after 10 seasons at the helm dating back to the start of the competition

 

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[noclashjumpers]

OK, this is definitely a step in the right direction.

 

[Geminicatz01]

With the 4 players we picked up yesterday and with Chantel Emonson set to return from a year off after giving birth to her first child, Geelong will take three selections to next Monday’s AFLW Draft, currently picks 7, 25, 43.

 

[winty]

I read before we were supposedly part of a 4-club trade which failed to be approved by the deadline. I wonder what the trade entailed. Guess we'll never know.

 

[cats_09]

I read before we were supposedly part of a 4-club trade which failed to be approved by the deadline. I wonder what the trade entailed. Guess we'll never know.

Last gasp by North and Bulldogs?

 

[winty]

Last gasp by North and Bulldogs?

Nah, doesn't look like they were involved...

 

[winty]

For those curious of the whereabouts of our former coach....

 

[cats_09]

Nah, doesn't look like they were involved...

Adelaide & Carlton got the deal done in the end, but it included Brisbane instead of us and/or Melbourne

 

[Pure_Ownage]

For those curious of the whereabouts of our former coach....

Good club for him to get appointed to.

 

[cats_09]

Deserved 2yr contracts here and happy to see Gregor with an early extension




And 1yr deals for a couple of veterans

 

[Kitcat]

Any chance we can get the Bulldogs player who wanted to go to North Melbourne, but ended up in the draft?

 

[cats_09]

Any chance we can get the Bulldogs player who wanted to go to North Melbourne, but ended up in the draft?

I wouldn't be using pick 7 on her, but if she's still there at 25 then it's maybe something to consider

But reading comments from her manager, I wonder if she'd be worth the potential headache that could come with selecting her, though I wouldn't mind if another club took that risk

This is what her manager said following yesterday's deadline:

"She'll get to North Melbourne. She's committed and they're committed to taking her. She'll get to North Melbourne," he said.

Oakes said he has a "beer deal" with Hawthorn women's footy boss Keegan Brooksby and doesn't believe the Hawks will pounce, while Weston-Turner had already declined Brisbane's interest given she didn't want to move interstate and he said he hopes the Lions "respect that".

Managers comments link - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1459905...xt=KRISTIE-LEE Weston-Turner's manager,1 pick.

 

[winty]

Interesting that according to the list changes on the AFLW website, they're listing Erica Fowler as having retired, yet her name appears on the list of players who have nominated for next week's draft.

 

[winty]

Noticed an Olivia Fuller is also on the list - wonder if that's the same Liv Fuller who was on our AFLW list a few seasons back before she decided to join the air force as a firefighter....

 

[cats_09]

Interesting that according to the list changes on the AFLW website, they're listing Erica Fowler as having retired, yet her name appears on the list of players who have nominated for next week's draft.

Wondering if she doesn't want to commit this far out to playing a full season, the training etc, but to keep herself open as a replacement player she needs to nominate for the draft?

 

[cats_09]

One question I have regarding our list is what's happening with - Julia Crockett-Grills, Bryde O’Rourke & Chantal Mason?

The most recent contract news I've seen for JC-G was she signed a contract through to 2026, and I believe O'Rourke & Mason would have received 2yr deals as draftees which runs out this year

They aren't mentioned in the list changes, but I also haven't seen any mention of contract extensions for any of those 3

 

[Kitcat]

I wouldn't be using pick 7 on her, but if she's still there at 25 then it's maybe something to consider

But reading comments from her manager, I wonder if she'd be worth the potential headache that could come with selecting her, though I wouldn't mind if another club took that risk

This is what her manager said following yesterday's deadline:






Managers comments link - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1459905/saving-face-wantaway-western-bulldog-kristie-lee-weston-turner-left-in-limbo-after-move-blocked#:~:text=KRISTIE-LEE Weston-Turner's manager,1 pick.

North were so committed that they offered only rubbish pics. As she plays for the Bulldogs, she may live on the west side close to Geelong. I certainly wouldn’t give pic seven so 25 sounds alright. She has taken the risk of going to the draft instead of staying with bulldogs. Some club should take a stand to prevent a good player walking to the current premiers for nothing who are dominating the game unfortunately.

 

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[cats_09]

Noticed an Olivia Fuller is also on the list - wonder if that's the same Liv Fuller who was on our AFLW list a few seasons back before she decided to join the air force as a firefighter....

I'm guessing the air force thing didn't work out