2009 AFL draft
{{Short description|Draft for the Australian Football League}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2009 AFL draft
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| date = 26 November 2009
15 December 2009
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| sponsor = National Australia Bank
| network = Fox Sports
| league = AFL
| first = Tom Scully ({{AFL Mel}})
| prev = 2008
| next = 2010
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The 2009 AFL draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2009/10 Australian Football League off-season. These were the trade week (held between 5 October and 9 October), the national draft (held on 26 November), the pre-season draft (15 December) and the rookie draft (15 December).
Player movements
In the lead up to the trade week many high-profile players such as Brendan Fevola, Darren Jolly, Shaun Burgoyne, Luke Ball, Barry Hall, Andrew Lovett and Josh Gibson either requested to be traded or were suggested to be likely to be traded during the AFL's annual trading period.[http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfnews/trade-week--whats-in-the-wind/2009/10/05/1254590917892.html trade week - what's in the wind] (5 October 2009) Of these players, only Luke Ball was unable to secure a trade by the end of the week.
Trade week was significantly more active than the previous year. Four trades involving seven players, including a three-team, four-player trade, were completed on the first day of the trade week alone,Brodie, Will (5 October 2009)[http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/trade-week-off-to-flyer/2009/10/05/1254700971893.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 trade week off to flyer] compared to only six players traded in the entire 2008 trade week.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24475256-23211,00.html |title=Prismall a Bomber, Warnock a Blue|work=Fox Sports|author=Adam Cooper and Sam Lienert|date=10 October 2008|access-date=4 November 2008}} Overall, twenty-three players changed clubs (the most since the 2003 trade week), and twenty-five draft picks were traded.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/85938/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011144948/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/85938/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2009 |title=Plentiful trades put free agency on backburner|first=Jennifer|last=Witham|date=9 October 2009|access-date=9 October 2009|publisher=AFL.com.au}} Of the sixteen active clubs, only the Adelaide Crows did not make a trade.
This was the first season in which teams were permitted to trade rookie-listed players, with Geelong's Shane Mumford being the first player to be traded whilst still officially on the rookie list.Quayle, Emma (9 October 2009) [http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfnews/swans-generous-offer-for-young-cat/2009/10/08/1254701105359.html Swans' offer too generous for young Cat]
=Fevola trade=
The most widely anticipated trade during trade week was that of Carlton full forward and incumbent Coleman medallist Brendan Fevola. Carlton announced its intentions to trade the 28-year-old Fevola after his drunken behaviour at the 2009 Brownlow Medal Count, which served as the last straw in a long rap sheet of off-field indiscretions while at the club.
The Brisbane Lions emerged as the likely destination. Brisbane initially offered 31-year-old full-forward Daniel Bradshaw and 23-year-old midfielder Michael Rischitelli in the trade. Both players were flown to Melbourne to tour Carlton's facilities, but Rischitelli was not willing to relocate. On the final day of trade week, Brisbane agreed to give Carlton 19-year-old key position prospect Lachlan Henderson and a first round draft pick, in exchange for Fevola, a second-round draft pick,{{cite web|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/done-deal-fevola-traded-to-lions-20091009-gpic.html|first1=Jake|first2=Michael|last1=Niall|last2=Gleeson|date=9 October 2009|access-date=24 December 2011|publisher=WA Today|title=Done deal: Fevola traded to Lions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012094246/http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/done-deal-fevola-traded-to-lions-20091009-gpic.html|archive-date=12 October 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and for Carlton to pay $100,000 of Fevola's salary for each of the two years remaining on his existing contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/the-real-story-behind-why-brendan-fevola-wont-be-back-at-carlton/story-fn6cisdj-1226131808708|title=The real story behind why Brendan Fevola won't be back at Carlton|date=8 September 2011|access-date=8 September 2011|publisher=Herald Sun|first=Jon|last=Ralph}}
Although considered reasonable at the time, the trade is now widely viewed as a complete disaster for the Brisbane Lions,{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/rejects-give-clubs-the-boot-karl-langdorn/story-e6frg1wu-1225925961879|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911063422/http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/rejects-give-clubs-the-boot-karl-langdorn/story-e6frg1wu-1225925961879|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2012|first=Karl|last=Langdon|title='Rejects' give clubs the boot|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=18 September 2010|access-date=24 December 2011}} because all players involved in the trade negotiations had left the club within eighteen months. Shortly after trade, Bradshaw walked out on the Lions, and was recruited to the Sydney Swans in the pre-season draft – either because his feelings were hurt by being offered to trade, or because Fevola's recruitment would have limited Bradshaw's own opportunities in the Lions' forward-line.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/gossip-columnists-loss-is-sydneys-gain-as-bradshaw-gets-job-done-without-the-circus-fev-brings-20100429-twih.html|title=Gossip columnists' loss is Sydney's gain as Bradshaw gets job done without the circus Fev brings|first=Richard|last=Hinds|date=30 April 2010|access-date=24 December 2011|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}} Rischitelli left the club at the end of 2010, after signing a contract with league newcomers Gold Coast; some in the media speculated that he was also disgruntled about being offered in the Fevola trade, but this has never been confirmed.{{cite news|title=A pot of gold lures Michael Rischitelli|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/michael-rischitelli-joins-gold-coast-suns/story-fn69a32t-1225915206772|date=7 September 2010|access-date=24 December 2011|newspaper=Herald Sun|first=Laine|last=Clarke}} Finally, prior to the 2011 season, Brisbane sacked Fevola after further off-field incidents during the 2010/11 offseason.{{cite web | title = Lions sack Fevola | date = 20 February 2011 | work = ABC News | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/20/3143744.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110223115502/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/20/3143744.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 23 February 2011 | access-date = 20 February 2011 }}
=Trades=
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! width=3%|Trade ! width=19%|Player traded{{ref|1|Note 1}} ! width=11%|Original club ! width=11%|New club ! width=25%|Traded for |
1
|Josh Gibson and draft pick No. 69 |{{AFL NM}} |{{AFL Haw}} | Draft picks No. 25 and 41 |
2
|{{AFL Ric}} |{{AFL BL}} | Draft pick No. 44 |
3
|{{AFL Mel}} |{{AFL Car}} | Draft pick No. 11 |
rowspan="3"|4
|Brent Staker and draft pick No. 39 |{{AFL WC}} |{{AFL BL}} | Bradd Dalziell |
Mark Seaby and draft pick No. 55 Draft pick No. 28 |{{AFL WC}} |{{AFL Syd}} | Amon Buchanan |
Bradd Dalziell Draft picks No. 22 and 118 |{{AFL BL}} |{{AFL WC}} | Brent Staker and draft pick No. 39 |
5
|{{AFL Syd}} |{{AFL WB}} | Draft pick No. 47 |
6
|{{AFL Ess}} |{{AFL|StK}} | Draft pick No. 16 |
7{{ref|2|Note 2}}
| Draft pick No. 47 |{{AFL Syd}} |{{AFL BL}} | Draft pick No. 39 |
8
|{{AFL Fre}} |{{AFL|StK}} | Draft pick No. 48 |
9
|{{AFL Ric}} |{{AFL|PA}} |Mitchell Farmer and draft pick No. 71 |
10
|{{AFL|StK}} |{{AFL BL}} | Draft pick No. 60 |
11
|{{AFL Syd}} |{{AFL Col}} |Draft picks No. 14 and 46 |
12
|{{AFL Gee}} |{{AFL Syd}} | Draft pick No. 28 |
13
|Ben McGlynn and Josh P. Kennedy |{{AFL Haw}} |{{AFL Syd}} | Draft picks No. 39, 46 and 70 |
rowspan="4"|14
|{{AFL|PA}} |{{AFL Haw}} |Jay Nash and draft pick No. 9 |
Jay Nash and draft pick No. 16 Draft pick No. 9 Draft pick No. 97 |{{AFL Ess}} |{{AFL|PA}} |Shaun Burgoyne and draft picks No. 24, 40 and 56 |
Mark Williams Draft pick No. 24 Draft pick No. 33 |{{AFL Haw}} |{{AFL Ess}} |Jay Nash, draft picks No. 16 and 42 |
Draft picks No. 40 and 56 Draft pick No. 42 |{{AFL|PA}} |{{AFL Gee}} |Draft picks No. 33 and 97 |
15
|{{AFL Fre}} |{{AFL Gee}} | Draft pick No. 49 |
16
|Brendan Fevola and draft pick No. 27 |{{AFL Car}} |{{AFL BL}} |Lachlan Henderson and draft pick No. 12 |
17{{ref|3|Note 3}}
|Draft pick No. 58 |{{AFL Ess}} |{{AFL Haw}} |Draft pick No. 89 |
Source:[https://web.archive.org/web/20091019110514/http://www.afl.com.au/trade%20tracker/tabid/10490/default.aspx AFL Trade Tracker]
:1.{{note|1}} The numbering of the draft picks in this trades table is based on the original order prior to draft day. The final numbering of many of these draft picks was adjusted on draft day due to clubs passing in the later rounds.
:2.{{note|2}} Although lodged as a separate trade, this exchange of draft picks is effectively part of the three-team trade amongst Sydney, Brisbane and West Coast (trade No. 4).
:3.{{note|3}} Although lodged as a separate trade, this exchange of draft picks is effectively part of the four-team trade amongst Hawthorn, Essendon, Port Adelaide and Geelong (trade No. 14).
=Retirements and delistings=
2009 national draft
The 2009 national draft was held on 26 November, a Thursday evening, rather than the Saturday morning timeslot that has been used in the past years.[http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-sport/afl-draft-date-made-tv-friendly-20090826-ezo1.html AFL Draft date made TV friendly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001043412/http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-sport/afl-draft-date-made-tv-friendly-20090826-ezo1.html |date=1 October 2009 }}; The Age For the first time, the top ten selections will be made prior to the telecast, and unveiled in a countdown manner from ten to one, rather than the usual counting up method.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-tries-to-spice-up-night-of-namecalling-as-draft-returns-to-live-tv-20091125-jrro.html|title=AFL tries to spice up night of name-calling as draft returns to live TV|last=Richard|first=Hinds|date=26 November 2009 |work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=25 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091129132047/http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-tries-to-spice-up-night-of-namecalling-as-draft-returns-to-live-tv-20091125-jrro.html| archive-date= 29 November 2009 | url-status= live}}
Melbourne finished the 2009 AFL season in last position and as they had won fewer than 5 games during each previous two seasons, they have the first two selections in the draft. This proved controversial as it was later revealed that the club had deliberately lost matches towards the end of the season; after a thorough investigation, the club was fined $500,000 in 2013.{{citation|date=July 30, 2012|access-date= February 20, 2013|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/carlton-midfielder-brock-mclean-reveals-he-left-melbourne-demons-because-the-club-was-tanking/story-e6frf3e3-1226438977035#.USRRGpLh2F8|title=Carlton midfielder Brock McLean reveals he left Melbourne Demons because the club was tanking}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/demons-tanked-mclean-20120730-23akv.html|title=Demons tanked: McLean|work=The Age|date=30 July 2012 |access-date=16 August 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/afl-to-interview-brock-mclean-over-tanking-claims/story-e6frf9io-1226438966390|title=AFL to interview Brock McLean over tanking claims|date=31 July 2012|access-date=31 July 2012|newspaper=Herald Sun|first1=Mark|last1=Hayes|first2=Daryl|last2=Timms}} Despite much discussion concerning tanking during the season, no other club qualified for a priority pick.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090908101621/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/84331/default.aspx First 13 picks in draft decided]
In the lead up to the draft, it was widely tipped that Tom Scully and Jack Trengove would be Melbourne's first two selections.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/jack-trengrove-and-tom-scully-in-dark-over-afl-draft-order/story-e6frf9ix-1225803935852|title=Jack Trengrove and Tom Scully in dark over AFL draft order|last= Capel |first=Andrew|date=26 November 2009|work=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corp|access-date=25 November 2009}} The destination of former St Kilda captain Luke Ball was also subject to much debate, with Collingwood being the likely club after failing to secure a trade for him during the October trade week.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/luke-ball-will-not-be-playing-for-st-kilda-next-year-but-tonight-his-future-will-become-clearer-at-the-afl-draft/story-e6frg7mf-1225803958933 |title=Luke Ball will not be playing for St Kilda next year, but tonight his future will become clearer at the AFL draft |last=Rielly |first=Stephen |date=26 November 2009 |work=The Australian |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008190815/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/luke-ball-will-not-be-playing-for-st-kilda-next-year-but-tonight-his-future-will-become-clearer-at-the-afl-draft/story-e6frg7mf-1225803958933 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}
{{AFL Draft legend|y|y|y|y|y|y}}
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! Round ! Pick ! Player ! Recruited from ! League ! Club |
Priority
| 1 | TAC Cup |{{AFL Mel}} |
1
| 2 | Sturt | SANFL | {{AFL Mel}} |
1
| 3 | bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Dustin Martin | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ric}} |
1
| 4 | Peel | WAFL | {{AFL Fre}} |
1
| 5 | TAC Cup | {{AFL NM}} |
1
| 6 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Gary Rohan | TAC Cup | {{AFL Syd}} |
1
| 7 | bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Brad Sheppard | WAFL | {{AFL|WC}} |
1
| 8 | TAC Cup | {{AFL|PA}} |
1
| 9 | TAC Cup | {{AFL|PA}} |
1
| 10 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ess}} |
1
| 11 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Mel}} |
1
| 12 | WAFL | {{AFL Car}} |
1
| 13 | bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Daniel Talia | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ade}} |
1
| 14 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Lewis Jetta | WAFL | {{AFL Syd}} |
1
| 15 | Glenelg | SANFL | {{AFL WB}} |
1
| 16 | TAC Cup | {{AFL|PA}} |
1
| 17 | SANFL | {{AFL Gee}} |
2
| 18 | SANFL | {{AFL Mel}} |
2
| 19 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ric}} |
2
| 20 | bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Nathan Fyfe | WAFL | {{AFL Fre}} |
2
| 21 | TAC Cup | {{AFL NM}} |
2
| 22 | WAFL | {{AFL WC}} |
2
| 23 | TAC Cup | {{AFL WC}} |
2
| 24 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ess}} |
2
| 25 | Peel | WAFL | {{AFL NM}} |
2
| 26 | WAFL | {{AFL Ess}} |
2
| 27 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|Callum Bartlett | TAC Cup | {{AFL BL}} |
2
| 28 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Mitch Duncan | WAFL | {{AFL Gee}} |
2
| 29 | bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Jack Gunston | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ade}} |
2
| 30 | bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Luke Ball | St Kilda | AFL | {{AFL Col}} |
2
| 31 | Ainslie | NEAFL | {{AFL WB}} |
2
| 32 | WAFL | {{AFL|StK}} |
2
| 33 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ess}} |
3
| 34 | bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Max Gawn | TAC Cup | {{AFL Mel}} |
3
| 35 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|David Astbury | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ric}} |
3
| 36 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|Joel Houghton | Perth | WAFL | {{AFL Fre}} |
3
| 37 | TAC Cup | {{AFL NM}} |
3
| 38 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Sam Reid | TAC Cup | {{AFL Syd}} |
3
| 39 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Haw}} |
3
| 40 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Allen Christensen | TAC Cup | {{AFL Gee}} |
3
| 41 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|Ayden Kennedy | TAC Cup | {{AFL NM}} |
3
| 42 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Nathan Vardy | TAC Cup | {{AFL Gee}} |
3
| 43 | TSL | {{AFL Car}} |
3
| 44 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ric}} |
3
| 45 | Sam Shaw | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ade}} |
3
| 46 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Ben Stratton | WAFL | {{AFL Haw}} |
3
| 47 | TSL | {{AFL BL}} |
3
| 48 | TSL | {{AFL Fre}} |
3
| 49 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Fre}} |
4
| 50 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Mel}} |
4
| 51 | CAFL | {{AFL Ric}} |
4
| 52 | SANFL | {{AFL Fre}} |
4
| 53 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|Brayden Norris | TAC Cup | {{AFL NM}} |
4
| 54 | SANFL | {{AFL Syd}} |
4
| 55 | Subiaco | WAFL | {{AFL Syd}} |
4
| 56 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Gee}} |
4
| 57 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|Jordan Williams | TAC Cup | {{AFL Haw}} |
4
| 58 | AFL | {{AFL Haw}} |
4
| 59 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|Rohan Kerr | TAC Cup | {{AFL Car}} |
4
| 60 | AFL | {{AFL|StK}} |
4
| 61 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|James Craig | SANFL | {{AFL Ade}} |
4
| 62 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Col}} |
4
| 63 | VFL | {{AFL WB}} |
4
| 64 | Richmond | AFL | {{AFL|StK}} |
4
| 65 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Gee}} |
5
| 66 | Pass | | | {{AFL Mel}} |
5
| 67 | Clarence | TSL | {{AFL Ric}} |
5
| 68 | Pass | | | {{AFL Fre}} |
5
| 69 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Taylor Duryea | TAC Cup | {{AFL Haw}} |
5
| 70 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Matt Suckling | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Haw}} |
5
| 71 | SANFL | {{AFL Ric}} |
5
| 72 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Car}} |
5
| 73 | SANFL | {{AFL BL}} |
5
| 74 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Ade}} |
5
| 75 | Redland | QAFL | {{AFL Col}} |
5
| 76 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|Shane Thorne | NTFL | {{AFL WB}} |
5
| 77 | VFL | {{AFL|StK}} |
6
| 78 | Pass | | | {{AFL Ric}} |
6
| 79 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Fre}} |
6
| 80 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL NM}} |
6
| 81 | Pass | | | {{AFL Syd}} |
6
| 82 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL|PA}} |
6
| 83 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Car}} |
6
| 84 | Labrador | QAFL | {{AFL BL}} |
6
| 85 | AFL | {{AFL Col}} |
6
| 86 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Liam Picken | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL WB}} |
6
| 87 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL|StK}} |
6
| 88 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL|PA}} |
7
| 89 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Ric}} |
7
| 90 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Syd}} |
7
| 91 | St Kilda | AFL | {{AFL BL}} |
7
| 92 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL WB}} |
7
| 93 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL|StK}} |
8
| 94 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL Ric}} |
8
| 95 | (Promoted rookie) | | {{AFL BL}} |
2010 pre-season draft
The 2010 pre-season draft was held on Tuesday 15 December. Unlike the national draft, it is an online meeting using Microsoft Office Live Meeting software.[http://aflpa.com.au/node/756 AFL Draft Key Dates]
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! Round ! Pick ! Player ! Recruited from ! League ! Club |
1
| 1 | {{AFL BL}} | AFL | {{AFL Mel}} |
1
| 2 | TAC Cup | {{AFL Ric}} |
1
| 3 | {{AFL Ess}} | AFL | {{AFL Fre}} |
1
| 4 | {{AFL BL}} | AFL | {{AFL Syd}} |
1
| 5 | WAFL | {{AFL|WC}} |
1
| 6 | {{AFL BL}} | AFL | {{AFL|PA}} |
1
| 7 | WAFL | {{AFL Ess}} |
2010 rookie draft
The 2010 rookie draft was held on Tuesday 15 December, immediately after the pre-season draft. Unlike the national draft, it is an online meeting using Microsoft Office Live Meeting software. The rookie draft rules allow each club to have up to eight rookies, and for the first time allowed clubs to retain rookies for a third year[https://web.archive.org/web/20091026180850/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/86302/default.aspx Rookie changes to help Eagles] and be able to draft two mature-age rookies, without the restriction that they must not have been previously listed by an AFL club. The Gold Coast Football Club was allocated the first five selections, despite the new club only competing in the Victorian Football League for the 2010 season, before entering the AFL for the 2011 season.[http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/6586618/draft-to-throw-up-plenty-of-surprises/ Draft to throw up plenty of surprises]
Selections by league
References
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