2016 AFL Rookie draft
Full list of selections:
Pick 1 Essendon
Sam Draper
South Adelaide
Pick 2 Brisbane Lions
Jake Barrett
GWS Giants
Pick 3 Fremantle
Taylin Duman
Oakleigh Chargers
Pick 4 Gold Coast Suns
Keegan Brooksby
Gold Coast Suns
Pick 5 Carlton
Kym LeBois
North Adelaide
Pick 6 Richmond
Tyson Stengle
Woodville West Torrens
Pick 7 Collingwood
Mitch McCarthy
Dandenong Stingrays
Pick 8 Melbourne
Lachlan Filipovic
Sandringham Dragons
Pick 9 Port Adelaide
Peter Ladhams
Norwood
Pick 10 St Kilda
Rowan Marshall
North Ballarat
Pick 11 North Melbourne
Cameron Zurhaar
East Fremantle
Pick 12 West Coast Eagles
Thomas Gorter
East Perth
Pick 13 Adelaide
Sam Shaw
Adelaide Football Club
Pick 14 Hawthorn
Oliver Hanrahan
St. Kevin’s College
Pick 15 GWS Giants
Tendai M’Zungu
Fremantle Football Club
Pick 16 Geelong Cats
Jack Henry
Geelong Falcons
Pick 17 Sydney Swans
Ben Ronke
Calder Cannons
Pick 18 Western Bulldogs
Nathan Mullenger-McHugh
Eastern Ranges
Pick 19 Essendon
Shaun McKernan
Essendon
Pick 20 Brisbane Lions
Mitchell Hinge
Glenelg
Pick 21 Fremantle
Luke Strnadica
East Fremantle
Pick 22 Gold Coast Suns
Cameron Loersch
Gold Coast Suns
Pick 23 Carlton
Alex Silvagni
Fremantle Football Club
Pick 24 Collingwood
Henry Schade
Gold Coast Suns
Pick 25 Melbourne
Tim Smith
Casey Scorpions
Pick 26 Port Adelaide
Brett Eddy
South Adelaide
Pick 27 St Kilda
Passed
Pick 28 North Melbourne
Oscar Junker
Western Jets
Pick 29 West Coast Eagles
Drew Petrie
North Melbourne Kangaroos
Pick 30 Adelaide
Passed
Pick 31 Hawthorn
Jack Fitzpatrick
Hawthorn Football Club
Pick 32 GWS Giants
Joel Patfull
Greater Western Sydney
Pick 33 Geelong Cats
Zach Guthrie
Calder Cannons
Pick 34 Sydney Swans
Robbie Fox
Coburg
Pick 35 Western Bulldogs
Joshua Prudden
Western Bulldogs
Pick 36 Essendon
Yestin Eades
Essendon FC
Pick 37 Brisbane Lions
Oscar McInerney
Casey Scorpions
Pick 38 Fremantle
Brady Grey
Fremantle Football Club
Pick 39 Carlton
Andrew Gallucci
Carlton FC
Pick 40 Collingwood
Liam Mackie
Glenelg Football club
Pick 41 Melbourne
Declan Keilty
Casey Scorpions
Pick 42 Port Adelaide
Jarrod Lienert
Sturt FC
Pick 43 North Melbourne
Matthew Taylor
Perth
Pick 44 West Coast Eagles
Fraser McInnes
West Coast Eagles
Pick 45 Adelaide
Ben Jarman
North Adelaide
Pick 46 Hawthorn
James Cousins
Murray Bushrangers
Pick 47 GWS Giants
Passed
Pick 48 Geelong Cats
Jamaine Jones
North Ballarat Rebels
Pick 49 Sydney Swans
Shaun Edwards
Essendon
Pick 50 Fremantle
Josh Deluca-Cardillo
Peel Thunder
Pick 51 Collingwood
Max Lynch
Murray Bushrangers
Pick 52 GWS Giants
Passed
Pick 53 Geelong Cats
Sam Simpson
Geelong Falcons
Pick 54 Sydney Swans
Toby Pink
Glenelg
Category B Selections:
Internationals:
Mark O’Connor, Ireland (Geelong)
Connor Nash, Ireland (Hawthorn)
Darragh Joyce, Ireland (St Kilda)
Ray Connellan, Ireland (St Kilda)
3-year non-registered players:
Corey Maynard (Melbourne)
Jack Stein (GWS)
The Recruit winner:
Matt Eagles (Brisbane Lions)
Academy:
Max Spencer (Gold Coast)
Zach Sproule (GWS Giants)
Blake Grewar (Brisbane Lions)
Sam Fisher (Sydney Swans)
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