AFLW AFLW Trade/Draft Period 2025

[Ford Fairlane]

The aflw draft went national way too soon for port Adelaide. We were still trying to build our list.

Now what we’ve going to have going forward is Sa’s best players going interstate , and Sa clubs often taking the Sa players left over

Weeks out from the draft it was strongly said port was only looking at Sa players.

Gonna be very hard for port to build a contender like that.

Just drafted Olivia Crane from Subiaco, 181cm key defender

 

[Traveling_Power]

with our 2nd pick we have picked Olivia Crane

 

[Traveling_Power]

from Rookie me central

SNAPSHOT: “An intercepting machine with a damaging left-foot kick, Crane is highly regarded both on and off the field.”

Further information
What Crane does so well compared to a lot of key defenders is the fact that she can impact the game both ways. Her offensive work is very good, but she is just as capable defensively, so if given a job, can fulfil that effectively. One-on-one you would back Crane more often than not, with only the ultra-athletic tall marking targets likely to pose her problems.
Crane is not quick nor overly athletic so they are arguably the main setback in her game, but she makes up for it with her sublime reading of the play. By judging the ball in flight and being able to get to the right area faster than most, she often out-smarts or out-foxes her opponent as if it is a chess match. Once she has the ball in her grasp, she is a damaging left-footer who can pierce some of the best passes you will see.

 

[Traveling_Power]

Round 2 of the draft

Round two​

26. Jade McLay - St Kilda
27. Priya Bowering - Geelong
28. Mischa Barwin - Collingwood
29. Josephine Bamford - Collingwood
30. Olivia Crane - Port Adelaide
31. Chelsea Sutton - St Kilda
32. Bronte Parker - Gold Coast
33. Marlo Graham - Brisbane
34. Tayla McMillan - Carlton
35. Charli Hazelhurst - Fremantle
36. Jovie Skewes-Clinton - West Coast
37. Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner - North Melbourne

 

[Ford Fairlane]

North get former #1 pick Kristi-Lee Weston-Turner with pick 37

 

[Traveling_Power]

North get former #1 pick Kristi-Lee Weston-Turner with pick 37

It is interesting that no other side decided to intervene and try and trade her later next year

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Did we draft only two players?

Does Port hate the draft?

 

[Traveling_Power]

Round 3 & 4

Round three​

38. Fina Dethlefsen - Richmond
39. Alicia Blizard - Adelaide
40. Monique Bessen - Fremantle
41. Matilda Argus - Collingwood
42. Abby Hobson - St Kilda
43. Renee Morgan - Geelong
44. Rhianna Ingram - Gold Coast (matching the Western Bulldogs' bid)
45. Charlie O'Connor Moreira - Western Bulldogs
46. Mia Anderson - Fremantle
47. Molly Thomas - Sydney
48. Zara Neuwirth - Collingwood
49. Shauna McElligott - North Melbourne
50. Nalu Brothwell - Essendon
51. Hannah Looney - Hawthorn

Round four​

52. Olivia Lacy - Brisbane
53. Sarah Wall - North Melbourne
54. Baia Pugh - Richmond
55. Yasmeen Janschek - Greater Western Sydney
56. PASS - Sydney
57. Maya Dear - Hawthorn
58. PASS - Hawthorn
59. Meg Lappin - Brisbane
60. Maya Louvel-Finn - St Kilda
61. Carys D'Addario - St Kilda
62. PASS - Gold Coast
63. Ava Stewart - Adelaide

 

[Schulzenfest]

North get former #1 pick Kristi-Lee Weston-Turner with pick 37

AFL and AFLW clubs are both such pussies.

 

[Coobk001]

Thats a great draft for us.

We made the baffling call to delist Alissa Brook, but suddenly it makes sense when you draft a direct replacement.

Additionally we desperately needed a winger, link runner type. Sophie looks like a perfect fit for that. We needed it last year and ended with an inside type in Patterson, this appears like a really decent list upgrade though.

To also add Hampson in the same period, it definitely feels like this has been a successful building period. We should really be targeting a top 4 finish for next year. No reason we cant be right up there.

 

[philthy05]

Did we draft only two players?

Does Port hate the draft?

Pretty weak Sa contingent in this draft.

 

[El_Scorcho]

AFL and AFLW clubs are both such pussies.

It's ****ed. We effectively cosplay a US player movement and equalisation system but in the US, every team would have taken the free talented player,

 

[Grave Danger]

I don't know if this is true or not, but of course the Crowvertiser wouldn't have it any other way, would they...