The four AFLW expansion clubs will be able to poach as many as 14 players each from rivals in new rules released by the league on Monday.
THE FOUR expansion clubs will be able to sign up to 14 current AFLW players in a special âexpansion signing periodâ, 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 hasnât 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:
- Open-age signings: players who have previously nominated for the NAB AFLW Draft and arenât 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
The expansion clubs will receive the first eight picks of the state-based draft, with the order to be determined at random.
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, once they learn who Essendon intends to poach.
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AFLW season in all sorts of mess with the WA teams relocating and stuffing the draw, and other teams in trouble too (e.g. a Gold Coast positive case today).
Presumably this is why they still havenât released the VFLW draw, as they want to sync the two leagues as much as possible come February.
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So Darcy Vescio has come out as non binary eh
There are so many gender groups types now that i cant keep up with will never understand it
Nino, here ate some good reading points .
Iâll never forget the day Darcy kicked 1001 goals against us.
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I know what non binary,trans etc is
My concern is I donât want to come across as insisntive becuase I might have miss genderd some one by accident.
Reckon this should be more scientific. Everyone should be tested each birthday, physiologically and psychologically, and given a number where 100 is totally female and zero is totally male.
Then we can have numerous AFL competitionâs ranging in percentiles.
Just call people they.
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You can actually call the person by their name.
yes yaco, yaco was right when yaco said you could just call yaco, yaco.
The Gold Coast SUNS can confirm that following subsequent testing, five members of its AFLW program have tested positive to Covid-19 and are currently isolating at home.
Each positive case is fully vaccinated and experiencing either mild or no symptoms at this stage.
The AFL has (more or less) stated that if you can name 21 players the game goes on.
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Yassir named for Richmond in the opening match tomorrow.
You can stream every game on the AFL Womenâs Official App and the AFL Live Official App.
womens.afl and AFL.com.au will have live streams for every game.
The Telstra TV AFLW App will also show every game live.
All NAB AFL Womenâs competition matches will be also be broadcast live on the Seven Network, Fox Footy, and Kayo.
(4 matches on Seven this week.)
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In the 2023 season, which starts December 2022.
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Yassir playing forward for the Tigers in #27. Early tackle and handball, fails to complete a mark.
Then got robbed of a mark by her teammate.
Did really well to force a stoppage in a 3-on-1 contest there.
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Stormy day, and itâs sunny and windless in Franga 
(but wet)
Saints get the first goal against the flow.
Just pop one through from beyond 50, no dramas.