1989 VFL draft


The 1989 VFL draft was the fourth annual national draft held by the Victorian Football League as the main method for the 14 teams to recruit players for the 1990 season. It consisted of a trading period, pre-draft selections, the main national draft and the 1990 pre-season draft and a non-compulsory 1990 mid-year draft. The minimum age for most draftees was 16 and clubs other than the West Coast Eagles were only allowed to choose one player each from Western Australia. For the non-Queensland and NSW clubs, players from those states had to be 19 to be selected, by which time the Brisbane Bears or Sydney Swans would have had three chances to recruit them.

Pre-draft picks

PickPlayerDrafted toRecruited fromLeagueGames for new club
1Peter MannClaremontWAFL0
2Ryan TurnbullClaremontWAFL129
3Andrew JarmanNorth AdelaideSANFL0
4Darren JarmanNorth AdelaideSANFL0
5Kevin CatonAFL8
6Peter DavidsonAFL7
7Brian HinkleyAFL0
8Doug SmartNorth AdelaideSANFL0
9Darren DennemanAFL3
10Shane FellAFL15
11John FidgeAFL0
12Paul StarbuckAFL1

Pre-draft trades

Player Traded to Traded fromGames for new club
Peter Wilson 117
Gavin Keane7
Trevor Poole54
Gary Keane0
Steven Clark21
Michael Scott0
Trevor Spencer3
Matthew Ryan10

1989 national draft

RoundPickPlayerDrafted toRecruited fromLeagueGames for new club
11Anthony BanikRichmondWon Wron WoodsideAlberton Football League49
12Matthew CroftFootscrayMilduraSunraysia Football League186
13Jody ArnolSt KildaNorth HobartTFL Statewide League13
14Peter MateraWest CoastSouth FremantleWAFL253
15Brad RoweBrisbaneEast FremantleWAFL14
16Mark BrayshawNth MelbourneClaremontWAFL32
17 Stephen EdgarCarltonEast FremantleWAFL14
18 Brad TunbridgeSydneyEast FremantleWAFL50
19 Dale KickettFitzroyClaremontWAFL15
110Daryl GrovesCollingwoodMaryboroughBendigo Football League0
111Darren SmithEssendonPort AdelaideSANFL0
112Gavin WanganeenEssendonPort AdelaideSANFL127
113Allister ScottRichmondInverloch-KongwakAlberton Football League19
114Ben AllanHawthornClaremontWAFL98
215Nathan BowerRichmondMilduraSunraysia Football League74
216Jason ShieldsFootscrayMoeLatrobe Valley Football League0
217Gilbert McAdamSt KildaCentral DistrictSANFL53
218Robert WrenRichmondAssumption CollegeAPS0
219Ashley GreenEssendonWarragulLatrobe Valley Football League0
220Brett HawkeyNth MelbourneNathaliaMurray Football League0
221Peter DoyleCarltonUnion0
222Mathew HanrahanCollingwoodWickliffe-Lake BolacMininera & District Football League0
223Roger DelaneyFitzroyPort AdelaideSANFL1
224Mathew StylesCollingwoodGlenorchyTFL Statewide League0
225Paul RouvrayMelbourneGlenelgSANFL0
226Alister CarrEssendonSouth BendigoBendigo Football League0
227Joel SaundersFitzroyBairnsdaleLatrobe Valley Football League0
228Jason GibsonHawthornDeloraineTFL Statewide League0
329Wayne CampbellRichmondGolden SquareBendigo Football League297
330Glenn ColemanFootscrayAFL69
331Darel HartSt KildaNorth AdelaideSANFL0
332Shaun SlaterRichmondSt ArnaudNorth Central Football League0
333Shaun HartBrisbaneSheppartonGVFL273
334Andrew VennerNth MelbourneBallarat YCWBFL0
335Chris BondCarltonNorth HobartTFL Statewide League22
336Rohan SmithSydneyPort AdelaideSANFL0
337Shayne StevensonFitzroySandy BayTFL Statewide League11
338Gavin RoseCollingwoodEast PerthWAFL0
339Peter CransbergEssendonEast PerthWAFL79
340Travis St ClairEssendonSouth BendigoBendigo Football League0
341Chris WaterworthRichmondSandy BayTFL Statewide League0
342Matthew RobranHawthornNorwoodSANFL7
343Chris GuertsBrisbaneWarragulLatrobe Valley Football League0
344Jonathan SolomonBrisbaneSeymourGVFL2
345Sasha Dyson-HollandFitzroyLeongathaLatrobe Valley Football League0
346Shane RadboneEssendonSturtSANFL0
447Richard GerkeRichmondWoodvilleSANFL0
448Dennis RapacholiFootscrayWest PerthWAFL0
449Greg JonesSt KildaSwan DistrictsWAFL2
450Dean IrvingWest CoastSouth FremantleWAFL43
451Joe WilsonBrisbaneWangarattaOMNFL0
452Rod JamesonNorth MelbourneGlenelgSANFL0
453Derek CoghlanCarltonLemnosGVFL0
454Steven BozicevicSydneyMyrtlefordOMFNL0
455Grant CoffeeFitzroyCentral DistrictSANFL0
456Shayne BennettCollingwoodNorth AdelaideSANFL0
457Tim MorelandMelbourneSheppartonGVFL0
458Jason DullardEssendonBairnsdaleLatrobe Valley Football League0
459Daniel FrawleyGeelongWangarattaOMNFL0
460Chris SharpHawthornEast BallaratBFL0
561Simon EastaughRichmondSheppartonGVFL0
562John BrunnerFootscrayYarrawongaOMNFL0
563Wayne ThornborrowSt KildaGlenelgSANFL13
564Tony EvansWest CoastClaremontWAFL108
565Alan SchwartzEssendonWest TorrensSANFL0
566Shannon BergmannNorth MelbourneSwan HillCentral Murray Football League0
567Ben JuddCarltonSturtSANFL0
568Scott TomlinsonSydneyShepparton UnitedGVFL0
569Jamie ElliottFitzroyMaryboroughBendigo Football League40
570Paul Williams CollingwoodNorth HobartTFL Statewide League189
571Glenn Wilkins MelbourneNorth HobartTFL Statewide League0
572Glenn CrawfordEssendonBaroogaMurray Football League0
573Tim Birthisel GeelongIngelwoodLoddon Valley Football League0
574Alistair BurkeHawthornTaturaGVFL0
675Stephen PearceRichmondEchucaGVFL0
676Shayne WardFootscrayDarleyBFL0
677Christian ListerSt KildaGolden SquareBendigo Football League1
678Stephen SchwerdtWest CoastCentral DistrictSANFL0
679David BrownBrisbanePort AdelaideSANFL0
680Damien MurrayNorth MelbourneWest AdelaideSANFL2
681Sam GrossCarltonBoortNorth Central Football League0
682Troy LehmannCollingwoodNorth AdelaideSANFL31
683Mark Robinson FitzroyGlenorchyTFL Statewide League0
684Matthew KellyCollingwoodNorwoodSANFL0
685Anthony TohillMelbourneIreland0
686Gerrard HarringtonEssendonSouthport Football ClubQAFL0
687Ashley CouttsGeelongKanivaKowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League0
688Tim LengHawthornMilduraSunraysia Football League0
789Jason SmithRichmondLockington Bamawm UnitedHeathcote District Football League1
790Ben CrossFootscrayEast WarrnamboolWarrnambool District Football League0
791Grant LawrieSt KildaBox HillVFA17
792Brett HeadyWest CoastSubiacoWAFL156
793Tony PaynterBrisbanePakenhamMPNFL0
794John BinghamNth MelbourneOld HaileyburiansVAFA0
795Jeremy SmithCarltonSandy BayTFL Statewide League1
796Gary StevensSydneyWaaiaPicola & District Football League5
797Paul McConvilleFitzroyGolden SquareBendigo Football League0
798Kym RussellCollingwoodSturtSANFL3
799Nick TsiotanisEssendonBulleen-TemplestoweVAFA0
7100David PittmanEssendonNorwoodSANFL0
7101Richard HarrisonGeelongSouth AdelaideSANFL0
7102Dion SheehanHawthornMansfieldGVFL0
8103Brett ChalmersRichmondPort AdelaideSANFL0
8104Tony TriggFootscrayBungareeCentral Highlands Football League0
8105Stuart AnnandSt KildaRedanBFL0
8106Ernie HugCollingwoodSaleLatrobe Valley Football League0
8107Sean ValentaBrisbaneMorningsideQAFL0
8108Eric LissendenNth MelbourneNeerim-Neerim SouthEllinbank & District Football League2
8109Colin CorkeryCarltonIreland0
8110Craig BudarickSydneyGlenelgSANFL0
8111David NobleFitzroyNorth HobartTFL Statewide League0
8112Ashley McIntoshWest CoastClaremontWAFL242
8113Shane CrothersGeelongGrovedaleGFL4
8114Jason WalscgottEssendonWest GambierWestern Border Football League0
8115Colum McManamonGeelongIreland0
8116Brendan BicknallHawthornSheppartonGVFL0

Post-draft picks

PickPlayerDrafted toRecruited fromLeagueGames for new club
1Dean KempSubiacoWAFL243
2Tony BegovichClaremontWAFL9
3Brad GwilliamClaremontWAFL4

1990 preseason draft

1990 mid-season draft