2014 AFL draft


The 2014 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2014 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year. This was the last year in which any team passed on a selection in the national draft.
The key dates for the trading and drafting periods are:
Final club lists for the 2015 AFL season were lodged to the AFL on 5 December 2014.
The 2014 draft was the best draft from a NSW/ACT perspective in recent history, as there were as many as seven players recruited from the region. Isaac Heeney was taken at pick 18, followed by Jack Hiscox, Abe Davis, Jack Steele, Dougal Howard, Logan Austin and Jeremy Finlayson. This total of seven new recruits was just one player less than what was recruited from the traditional football state of Western Australia.

Player movements

Free agency

The initial list of free agents, published in March 2014, consisted of 48 unrestricted free agents and nine restricted free agents. The mid-year revision in July listed 27 unrestricted free agents and only two restricted free agents, due to players re-signing with their existing clubs or announcing their retirement.
The final free agents list issued on 29 September, the week before the trade period commenced, consisted of 13 unrestricted free agents and only Shaun Higgins on the restricted free agent list, reflecting that most of the original list had either re-signed with their current club or retired from the AFL. James Frawley, Jarrad Waite, Dustin Fletcher, Brad Sewell, Luke McPharlin, Adam Goodes and Nick Malceski were the highest profile players remaining on the list.
PlayerDateFree agent typeFormer clubNew clubCompensationRef
3 10 2014Unrestricted-
3 10 2014Restricted2nd round
6 10 2014Unrestricted1st round
6 10 2014Unrestricted2nd round
11 10 2014Unrestricted-
02 11 2014Delisted-
05 11 2014Delisted-
2 11 2014Delisted-
3 11 2014Delisted-
3 11 2014Delisted-
5 11 2014Delisted-
5 11 2014Delisted-

Trades

The AFL trade period will run from Monday 6 October until Thursday 16 October. The AFL announced that it was shortening the trade period by one day from the usual Friday deadline due to Etihad Stadium, which is used by the AFL clubs during the trade period, being booked on the Friday for the International Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
On 9 October it was revealed that the AFL had banned the Sydney Swans from recruiting players, either by trading or through free agency signing, for the next two trading periods, unless the club was prepared to give up its cost of living allowance, the allowance above the base salary cap which the club is permitted to pay its players to reflect the higher cost of living in Sydney compared with Melbourne. Sydney opted to abide by the restrictions in order to retain its COLA, and recruited no players. The club was not restricted from receiving draft picks in exchange for players leaving the club.
#PlayerTraded fromTraded toTraded forRef
1Jonathan O'Rourke
Pick 43
Pick 19
Pick 40
2Jeff Garlett
Pick 83
Pick 61
Pick 79
3Joel PatfullPick 21
4Allen ChristensenPick 21
5Heritier LumumbaMitch Clark
5Mitch ClarkTravis Varcoe
5Travis VarcoeHeritier Lumumba
6Dayne Beams
Pick 67
Jack Crisp
Pick 5
Pick 25
7Levi GreenwoodPick 25
8Rhys Stanley
Pick 60
Pick 21
9Kristian Jaksch
Mark Whiley
Pick 19
Pick 7
10Ryan Griffen
Pick 6
Tom Boyd
11Jonathan Giles
Pick 62
Pick 53
12Paddy RyderPick 17
Pick 37
13Adam CooneyPick 37
14Mitch HallahanPick 47
Pick 49
15Sam Frost
Pick 40
Pick 53
Pick 23
16Shane Biggs
Pick 39
Pick 37
17Liam JonesPick 46
18Kyle Cheney
Luke Lowden
Pick 43
Pick 47
Pick 59
Pick 31
Pick 50
Pick 68
19Pick 10
Pick 47
Pick 14
Pick 35

Note: The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different to the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.

Retirements and delistings

List of 2014 AFL player changes---

2014 national draft

The 2014 AFL national draft was held on 27 November 2014 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre.
PlayerNotes
11Geelong FalconsTAC Cup
12Eastern RangesTAC Cup
13Sandringham DragonsTAC CupFree agency compensation pick
14South FremantleWAFL
15Oakleigh ChargersTAC CupTraded from
16Murray BushrangersTAC CupTraded from
17Calder CannonsTAC CupTraded from
18Calder CannonsTAC Cup
19Oakleigh ChargersTAC CupFather–son rule selection – son of Peter Moore
110NT ThunderNEAFLTraded from
111Western JetsTAC Cup
112Western JetsTAC Cup
113Southport/BroadbeachNEAFL
114Calder CannonsTAC CupTraded from
115South FremantleWAFLTraded from ; compensation pick from 2012
116West AdelaideSANFL
117Northern KnightsTAC CupTraded from
118CardiffBDAFLAcademy player
119Swan DistrictsWAFLTraded from ; received from
120Western JetsTAC CupFirst selection at end of first round due to supplements scandal penalty
121Geelong FalconsTAC CupTraded from ; received from ; received from ; received from via a trade in 2012; traded by in 2010; Compensation pick from 2010
222Oakleigh ChargersTAC Cup
223GisborneBendigo Football LeagueTraded from
224BelconnenNEAFLAcademy player
225Eastern RangesTAC CupTraded from ; received from
226Oakleigh ChargersTAC Cup
227Gippsland PowerTAC CupFree agency compensation pick
228Western JetsTAC Cup
229Calder CannonsTAC Cup
230Sandringham DragonsTAC Cup
231Murray BushrangersTAC CupTraded from
232Dandenong StingraysTAC Cup
233Western JetsTAC Cup
234Swan DistrictsWAFL
235North AdelaideSANFLTraded from
236Sandringham DragonsTAC Cup
237SturtSANFLTraded from ; received from ; received from
238Sydney UniversityNEAFLAcademy player
239Port AdelaideSANFLTraded from ; Free agency compensation pick
240GlenelgSANFLTraded from ; received from
341Dandenong StingraysTAC Cup
342GlenelgSANFLFather-son rule selection – son of Steven Stretch
343ClaremontWAFLTraded from ; received from
344AspleyNEAFLAcademy player
345Dandenong StingraysTAC Cup
346South AdelaideSANFLTraded by
347GlenelgSANFLTraded from ; received from ; received from
348Calder CannonsTAC Cup
349Geelong FalconsTAC CupTraded from ; received from via a trade in 2013; traded by in 2010; Compensation pick from 2010
350Oakleigh ChargersTAC CupTraded by
351Geelong FalconsTAC Cup
352Murray BushrangersTAC Cup
353North Ballarat RebelsTAC CupTraded from ; received from
354Sandringham DragonsTAC Cup
355SturtSANFL
356Murray BushrangersTAC Cup
357Passed
358Sandringham DragonsTAC CupTraded by
459Gippsland PowerTAC CupTraded by
460PerthWAFLTraded from
461AspleyNEAFLAcademy player
462Geelong FalconsTAC CupFather-son rule selection – son of Brian Cordy
463Calder CannonsTAC Cup
464Passed
465GlenorchyTSLTraded by
466Calder CannonsTAC Cup
467North Ballarat RebelsTAC Cup
468SubiacoWAFL
469BelconnenNEAFL
470UNSW-Eastern SuburbsSydney AFLAcademy player
571PassedTraded from
572Passed
573Bendigo PioneersTAC Cup
574Passed
575Passed
576WAFLFather-son rule selection – son of Chris Waterman
577Northern KnightsTAC Cup
578North Ballarat RebelsTAC Cup
579Passed
680Passed
681LauderdaleTSL
682Passed
683Passed
684South FremantleWAFL
785Sydney Hills EaglesNEAFLAcademy player
786Sandringham DragonsTAC CupFather-son rule selection – son of Scott Clayton
787Passed

; Notes
  • Compensation picks are selections in addition to the normal order of selection, allocated to clubs by the AFL as compensation for losing uncontracted players to the new expansion clubs, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney. The picks can be held for up to five years and clubs declare at the beginning of the season of their intent to utilise the pick at the end of the season. Picks could be traded to other clubs in return for players or other draft selections.
  • Free agency compensation picks are additional selections awarded to teams based on their net loss of players during the free agency trade period.
  • Academy players are local zone selections available to the four NSW and Queensland clubs. Both Academy and Father-son selections are subject to a bidding process, where the club with the family or academy connection must match any opposition club's bid with their next available selection.

    Rookie elevations

Between 2009 and 2013, rookie listed players that were elevated to their club's senior list were listed in the national draft order at the end of the club's selections. In 2014 the AFL reverted to the system used in 2008 and earlier, where they are not included in the draft list. Club can retain a rookie for up to three years before they must be elevated to the senior list or delisted. The 22 players elevated in 2014 are provided below.
PlayerClub

2015 pre-season draft

The 2015 AFL pre-season draft was held on 3 December 2014. Only five clubs could have taken part, with the other clubs completing their lists during the National Draft, however Carlton made the only selection, with all other clubs passing.
RoundPickPlayerDrafted toRecruited fromLeague
11Passed
12AFL
13Passed
14Passed
15Passed
26Passed
27Passed
28Passed
39Passed

2015 rookie draft

The 2015 AFL rookie draft was held on 3 December 2014. The official rookie draft order was released on 2 December and each club, with the exception of Greater Western Sydney who are still operating with an expanded list, can have between 4 and 6 players on their rookie list, as long as they have a maximum of 44 players on their combined primary and rookie lists.

Selections by league

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