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THE FOUR expansion clubs will be able to sign up to 14 current AFLW players in a special 'expansion signing period', in proposed rules released by the AFL on Monday.
Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney will join the NAB AFLW competition ahead of the 2022-23 season, rounding out all 18 clubs.
The AFL hasn’t yet confirmed rules around the number of players per existing club who can move to new clubs.
Last expansion round, Brisbane and Fremantle could lose up to eight players, given Gold Coast and West Coast were entering the competition, with other teams losing up to four.
The new clubs can also acquire players through the following methods:
The expansion clubs will receive the first eight picks of the state-based draft, with the order to be determined at random.
- Open-age signings: players who have previously nominated for the NAB AFLW Draft and aren’t on a list
- Under-18 talent from their NGA region. There will be a limit on this category, which is yet to be determined
- Sign and trade period: following the expansion signing period. Expansion clubs cannot on-trade players they have signed through other mechanisms
- NAB AFLW Draft
They will then receive remaining picks at the end of each round, following the existing 14 clubs.
A number of Essendon and Hawthorn VFLW players nominated for the 2021 draft, making them eligible for signing as an open-age player.
Bombers VFLW skipper and competition best and fairest Georgia Nanscawen opted not to nominate for the 2021 draft, but should be eligible as an open-age signing as she has previously gone through the drafting process.
The AFL has said final list build rules will be determined in 2022.
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So we should be able to sign any of our VFLW players who nominated in 2021 or before, sign some existing AFLW players from other clubs, plus two picks in the first 8 and a bunch of later picks.
PMBangers Pie 4 Life any thoughts on who we might be able to get, or who we should keep an eye on?
I’m surprised we have VFLW co-captains this year. Not a slight on Mia-Rae Clifford but Nanscawen is head and shoulders above the rest I think. And she just took out the BnF!No. 1 for me and should be AFLW captain.
Maybe the oldest succession plan in history for when Nanscawen goes up to AFLW level? hahaI’m surprised we have VFLW co-captains this year. Not a slight on Mia-Rae Clifford but Nanscawen is head and shoulders above the rest I think. And she just took out the BnF!
I think we have 4-5 ex-AFLW players that dropped out of the league due to an injury or whatever that has since healed. Effectively like a DFA I guess? I don’t know if that counts as a fringe player for your purposes; e.g. Sarah Ford, Jordan Zanchetta, Georgia Nanscawen.3 current "fringe" AFLW players (ideally ready-to-take-next-the-step types who've had limited opportunity at a top team)
Alana Barba was rookied by GC as well, so that’s 7.Star ball-winner Georgie Prespakis headlined the group as the No.2 pick (Geelong), with Zali Friswell (pick No.7, Geelong), Emelia Yassir (pick No.16, Richmond), Tara Slender (pick No.19, North Melbourne), Elizabeth Snell (pick No.27, Western Bulldogs) and Tahlia Gillard (pick No.42, Melbourne) also finding new homes.
Well I wouldn't have thought to count Sarah Ford because she hasn't played at AFLW level. Even so, fudging a bit in that bracket isn't going to be the make or break part of the list build.I think we have 4-5 ex-AFLW players that dropped out of the league due to an injury or whatever that has since healed. Effectively like a DFA I guess? I don’t know if that counts as a fringe player for your purposes; e.g. Sarah Ford, Jordan Zanchetta, Georgia Nanscawen.
Re: Sarah Ford, idk haha. I don't watch AFLW closely, but I do follow our VFLW team, watch pretty much every game and whatever other content we can get about it. This is what they said about her when they introduced our new players;Well I wouldn't have thought to count Sarah Ford because she hasn't played at AFLW level. Even so, fudging a bit in that bracket isn't going to be the make or break part of the list build.
The key distinction I'm getting at is somebody like Ruby Svarc (who wouldn't be getting a game if Brisbane had a full squad to pick from) should not be seen as more than a "current fringe AFLW player" if she were to sign with Essendon.
12 "current best 21 AFLW players" needs to be the clear-cut non-negotiable part. And among that needs to be 3 AA calibre midfielders and a couple AA calibre forwards (calibre in the sense of: maybe not yet fully proven, but definitely already on their way), rather than just a marquee player or two.
“We’ve got Sarah Ford, who moved down from Sydney in November after spending a couple of years on the edge of AFLW selection for GWS. She’s a big Bombers fan and has family in Craigieburn, which has made the transition easier.
Bendigo is an Essendon aligned club so they will have first rights to pre-list her if they want I imagine.Then we have Octavia Di Donato on our development list, I don’t know if we have rights to sign her but if she’s any good we’ll know enough about it to make a serious effort at drafting her when the time comes.
Signings so far:
- Georgia Nanscawen (Open Age)
- Madison Prespakis (AFLW Sign & Trade)
- Georgia Gee (AFLW Sign & Trade)
I don't think she is (Harvey) but I was wondering the same thing about all the Georgias haha. G is the new H.How interesting.
A Georgia.
Another Georgia.
And a sister of a Georgie.
Plus head AFLW recruiter Georgia Harvey. (Not sure if she's related to Mark Harvey or not.)