2007 AFL draft

The 2007 Australian Football League draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week, the national draft, which was held on 24 November 2007,^[1] the pre-season draft and the rookie draft.

Trades

Player	Original club	New club	Traded for
Martin Mattner	Adelaide	Sydney	draft pick #28
John Meesen	Adelaide	Melbourne	draft pick #37
Chris Judd and draft pick #46	West Coast	Carlton	Josh Kennedy, draft picks #3 and #20
Josh Kennedy, draft picks #3 and #20	Carlton	West Coast	Chris Judd and draft pick #46
Cameron Wood	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	draft pick #14
Travis Johnstone	Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	draft pick #14
Brad Moran	Kangaroos	Adelaide	draft pick #37
Brad Symes	Port Adelaide	Adelaide	draft pick #28
Jordan McMahon	Western Bulldogs	Richmond	draft pick #19
Henry Playfair	Geelong	Sydney	draft pick #44
Adam Schneider	Sydney	St Kilda	draft pick #26
Sean Dempster	Sydney	St Kilda	draft pick #26
Mitch Morton	West Coast	Richmond	draft pick #35
Steven King	Geelong	St Kilda	draft pick #90
Charlie Gardiner	Geelong	St Kilda	draft pick #90
Ben Hudson and draft pick #43	Adelaide	Western Bulldogs	draft picks #30 & #38
Tim Callan and draft pick #66	Geelong	Western Bulldogs	draft pick #62
Ben Davies	Collingwood	Kangaroos	draft pick #96
Sam Power	Western Bulldogs	Kangaroos	draft pick #48
Richard Hadley	Brisbane Lions	Carlton	draft pick #52

Additionally, the Western Bulldogs traded draft pick 22 to the West Coast Eagles for draft picks 30 and 35, with no player involved in the trade. This was the first year that clubs were allowed to trade picks without the trade involving a player.

2007 national draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League	Club
Priority	1	Matthew Kreuzer	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Carlton
1	2	Trent Cotchin	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Richmond
1	3	Chris Masten	East Fremantle	WAFL	West Coast
1	4	Cale Morton	Claremont	WAFL	Melbourne
1	5	Jarrad Grant	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
1	6	David Myers	Perth	WAFL	Essendon
1	7	Rhys Palmer	East Fremantle	WAFL	Fremantle
1	8	Lachlan Henderson	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Brisbane Lions
1	9	Ben McEvoy	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	St Kilda
1	10	Patrick Dangerfield	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Adelaide
1	11	Patrick Veszpremi	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Sydney
1	12	Cyril Rioli	St Mary's	NTFL	Hawthorn
1	13	Brad Ebert	Port Adelaide Magpies	SANFL	West Coast
1	14	Jack Grimes	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Melbourne
1	15	Robbie Tarrant	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Kangaroos
1	16	Matthew Lobbe	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Port Adelaide
1	17	Harry Taylor	East Fremantle	WAFL	Geelong
Priority	18	Alex Rance	Swan Districts	WAFL	Richmond
2	19	Callan Ward	Western Jets	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
2	20	Tony Notte	Swan Districts	WAFL	West Coast
2	21	Addam Maric	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Melbourne
2	22	Scott Selwood	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	West Coast
2	23	Tayte Pears	East Perth	WAFL	Essendon
2	24	Clayton Hinkley	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Fremantle
2	25	Tom Collier	Tassie Mariners	TAC Cup	Brisbane Lions
2	26	Brett Meredith	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Sydney
2	27	Andy Otten	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Adelaide
2	28	Marlon Motlop	Wanderers	NTFL	Port Adelaide
2	29	Brendan Whitecross	Zillmere	QAFL	Hawthorn
2	30	Jarrhan Jacky	Subiaco	WAFL	Adelaide
2	31	John McCarthy	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Collingwood
2	32	Levi Greenwood	Port Adelaide Magpies	SANFL	Kangaroos
2	33	Matthew Westhoff	Central District	SANFL	Port Adelaide
2	34	Dawson Simpson	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Geelong
3	35	Sam Reid	Zillmere	QAFL	Western Bulldogs
3	36	Steven Browne	West Perth	WAFL	Carlton
3	37	Scott Thompson	Geelong	VFL	Kangaroos
3	38	Myke Cook	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Adelaide
3 F/S	39	Darcy Daniher	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Essendon
3	40	Chris Mayne	Perth	WAFL	Fremantle
3	41	James Polkinghorne	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Brisbane Lions
3	42	Jack Steven	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	St Kilda
3	43	Easton Wood	Camperdown/Geelong Grammar School	HFNL	Western Bulldogs
3	44	Scott Simpson	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Geelong
3	45	Stuart Dew	Port Adelaide	AFL	Hawthorn
3	46	Dennis Armfield	Swan Districts	WAFL	Carlton
3	47	Toby Thoolen	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Collingwood
3	48	Jarrad Boumann	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
3	49	Mitchell Farmer	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Port Adelaide
3	50	Dan McKenna	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Geelong
4	51	Dean Putt	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Richmond
4	52	Bradd Dalziell	East Fremantle	WAFL	Brisbane Lions
4	53	Kyle Cheney	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Melbourne
4	54	Cale Hooker	East Fremantle	WAFL	Essendon
4	55	Mark Johnson	Essendon	AFL	Fremantle
4	56	Matt Austin	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Brisbane Lions
4	57	Fraser Gehrig	St Kilda(ret.)	AFL	St Kilda
4	58	Tony Armstrong	NSW/ACT Rams/Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Adelaide
4	59	Craig Bird	NSW/ACT Rams/Nelson Bay	TAC Cup	Sydney
4 F/S	60	Adam Donohue	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Geelong
4 F/S	61	Jaxson Barham	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Collingwood
4	62	Josh Smith	West Perth	WAFL	Kangaroos
4	63	Guy O'Keefe	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Western Bulldogs
5	64	Pass			Richmond
5	65	Pass			Carlton
5	66	Tom McNamara	South Adelaide	SANFL	Melbourne
5	67	Pass			Western Bulldogs
5	68	Pass			Essendon
5	69	Kepler Bradley	Essendon	AFL	Fremantle
5	70	Eljay Connors	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	St Kilda
5	71	Aaron Kite	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Adelaide
5	72	Blake Grima	Kangaroos	AFL	Kangaroos
6	73	Pass			Melbourne
6	74	Pass			Fremantle
6 (NSW SP)	75	Taylor Walker	NSW/ACT Rams/North Broken Hill	TAC Cup	Adelaide

2008 pre-season draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League	Club
1	1	David Gourdis	Subiaco	WAFL	Richmond
1	2	Darren Pfeiffer	Adelaide	AFL	Carlton
1	3	Stefan Martin	Sandringham	VFL	Melbourne
1	4	Scott Welsh	Adelaide	AFL	Western Bulldogs
1	5	John Williams	Morningside	QAFL	Essendon
1	6	Joshua Head	South Fremantle	WAFL	Fremantle
1	7	Patrick McGinnity	Claremont	WAFL	West Coast
1	8	Tom Bellchambers	Launceston	NTFL (Tas)	Essendon

2008 rookie draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	Club
1	1	Clayton Collard	Fremantle	Richmond
1	2	Aaron Joseph	Tassie Mariners	Carlton
1	3	Trent Zomer	Eastern Ranges	Melbourne
1	4	James Mulligan	Southport	Western Bulldogs
1	5	Rhys Magin	Zillmere	Essendon
1	6	Brent Connelly	Gippsland Power	Fremantle
1	7	Phil Smith	Calder Cannons	Brisbane Lions
1	8	Glenn Chivers	Oakleigh Chargers	St Kilda
1	9	James Moss	Central District	Adelaide
1	10	Matthew O'Dwyer	Sydney	Sydney
1	11	Hugh Sandilands	Oakleigh Chargers	Hawthorn
1	12	Lewis Stevenson	Claremont	West Coast
1	13	Luke Casey-Leigh	Sandringham Dragons	Collingwood
1	14	Nathan Grima	Central District	Kangaroos
1	15	Nick Salter	Woodville-West Torrens	Port Adelaide
1	16	Brodie Moles	Tasmania	Geelong
2	17	Jarrod Silvester	Coburg Tigers	Richmond
2	18	Lachlan Hill	Oakleigh Chargers	Carlton
2	19	Austin Wonaeamirri	St Mary's Football Club	Melbourne
2	20	Henry White	North Adelaide	Western Bulldogs
2	21	Jarrod Atkinson	Bendigo Bombers	Essendon
2	22	Luke Pratt	Swan Districts	Fremantle
2	23	Pat Garner	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions
2	24	Luke Miles	Swan Districts	St Kilda
2	25	Jared Petrenko	Woodville-West Torrens	Adelaide
2	26	Brendan Murphy	County Carlow (Gaelic football)	Sydney
2	27	Timothy Walsh	Port Adelaide Magpies	Hawthorn
2	28	Ashley Arrowsmith	Calder Cannons	West Coast
2	29	Kevin Dyas	County Armagh (Gaelic football)	Collingwood
2	30	Cruize Garlett	Perth	Kangaroos
2	31	Daniel Boyle	Murray Bushrangers	Port Adelaide
2	32	Jeremy Laidler	Calder Cannons	Geelong
3	33	Tristan Cartledge	Essendon	Richmond
3	34	David Ellard	Swan Districts	Carlton
3	35	Jake Spencer	Redland Bombers	Melbourne
3	36	John Shaw	Sandringham Dragons	Western Bulldogs
3	37	Calib Mourish	Fremantle	Fremantle
3	38	Pearce Hanley	County Mayo (Gaelic football)	Brisbane Lions
3	39	Andrew McQualter	St Kilda	St Kilda
3	40	Ed Curnow	Geelong Falcons	Adelaide
3	41	Jake Orreal	Unregistered	Sydney
3	42	Alex Grima	Tassie Mariners	Hawthorn
3	43	Will Sullivan	Western Jets	West Coast
3	44	Alan Obst	Adelaide	Kangaroos
3	45	Ryan Willits	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide
3	46	Chris Kangars	Geelong Falcons	Geelong
4	47	Cameron Howat	Richmond	Richmond
4	48	Michael Shields	County Cork (Gaelic football)	Carlton
4	49	Shane Valenti	Sandringham Zebras	Melbourne
4	50	Ryley Dunn	Fremantle	Fremantle
4	51	Khan Haretuku	UNSW Eastern Suburbs	St Kilda
4	52	Brodie Martin	Sturt	Adelaide
4	53	Matthew Beckmans	Turvey Park	Sydney
4	54	Cameron Stokes	Darwin	Hawthorn
4	55	Callum Wilson	South Fremantle	West Coast
4	56	Michael Wundke	North Adelaide	Kangaroos
4	57	Shane Mumford	Geelong (VFL)	Geelong
5	58	Aaron Bruce	Eastlake	Sydney
5	59	Beau Wilkes	West Coast	West Coast
5	60	James Wilsen	St George	Kangaroos
6	61	Dean Terlich	Murray Bushrangers	Sydney
6	62	Ryan Davis	North Shore Bombers	West Coast

Draft firsts

This draft has been the first ever draft where elevated NSW scholarship players (Taylor Walker, Craig Bird, Ryan Davis, James Wilsen, Khan Haretuku) were drafted to their respective clubs by the draft under the rule, clubs must give up their last selection in either rookie or senior draft in order to draft that elevated scholarship player.

Selections by league

National and Pre-season draft selection totals by leagues:

League	Players selected	State
TAC Cup	40	VIC
WAFL	18	WA
SANFL	4	SA
QAFL	3	QLD
VFL	2	VIC
NTFL	2	NT
HFNL	1	VIC

References

↑ Quayle, Emma (24 November 2007). "2007 National Draft - The Top 10". The Age.

External links

"2007 AFL national draft". The Sunday Age. 25 November 2007.
Burgan, Matt (12 October 2007). "Club-by-club trade week analysis". Archived from the original on 14 January 2008.

2007 AFL national draft

First round	1. Matthew Kreuzer 2. Trent Cotchin 3. Chris Masten 4. Cale Morton 5. Jarrad Grant 6. David Myers 7. Rhys Palmer 8. Lachie Henderson 9. Ben McEvoy 10. Patrick Dangerfield 11. Patrick Veszpremi 12. Cyril Rioli 13. Brad Ebert 14. Jack Grimes 15. Robbie Tarrant 16. Matthew Lobbe 17. Harry Taylor 18. Alex Rance (PP)

Second round	19. Callan Ward 20. Tony Notte 21. Addam Maric 22. Scott Selwood 23. Tayte Pears 24. Clayton Hinkley 25. Tom Collier 26. Brett Meredith 27. Andy Otten 28. Marlon Motlop 29. Brendan Whitecross 30. Jarrhan Jacky 31. John McCarthy 32. Levi Greenwood 33. Matthew Westhoff 34. Dawson Simpson

Third round	35. Sam Reid 36. Steven Browne 37. Scott Thompson 38. Myke Cook 39. Darcy Daniher (F/S) 40. Chris Mayne 41. James Polkinghorne 42. Jack Steven 43. Easton Wood 44. Scott Simpson 45. Stuart Dew 46. Dennis Armfield 47. Toby Thoolen 48. Jarrad Boumann 49. Mitch Farmer 50. Dan McKenna

Fourth round	51. Dean Putt 52. Bradd Dalziell 53. Kyle Cheney 54. Cale Hooker 55. Mark Johnson 56. Matt Austin 57. Fraser Gehrig 58. Tony Armstrong 59. Craig Bird 60. Adam Donohue (F/S) 61. Jaxson Barham (F/S) 62. Josh Smith 63. Guy O'Keefe

Fifth round	66. Tom McNamara 69. Kepler Bradley 70. Eljay Connors 71. Aaron Kite 72. Blake Grima

Sixth round	75. Taylor Walker (NSWSP)

2008 AFL pre-season draft

1. David Gourdis 2. Darren Pfeiffer 3. Stefan Martin 4. Scott Welsh 5. John Williams 6. Josh Head 7. Patrick McGinnity 8. Tom Bellchambers

2008 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Clayton Collard 2. Aaron Joseph 3. Trent Zomer 4. James Mulligan 5. Rhys Magin 6. Brent Connelly 7. Phil Smith 8. Glenn Chivers 9. James Moss 10. Matthew O'Dwyer 11. Hugh Sandilands 12. Lewis Stevenson 13. Luke Casey-Leigh 14. Nathan Grima 15. Nick Salter 16. Brodie Moles

Second round	17. Jarrod Silvester 18. Lachlan Hill 19. Austin Wonaeamirri 20. Henry White 21. Jarrod Atkinson 22. Luke Pratt 23. Pat Garner 24. Luke Miles 25. Jared Petrenko 26. Brendan Murphy 27. Tim Walsh 28. Ashley Arrowsmith 29. Kevin Dyas 30. Cruize Garlett 31. Daniel Boyle 32. Jeremy Laidler

Third round	33. Tristan Cartledge 34. David Ellard 35. Jake Spencer 36. John Shaw 37. Calib Mourish 38. Pearce Hanley 39. Andrew McQualter 40. Ed Curnow 41. Jake Orreal 42. Alex Grima 43. Will Sullivan 44. Alan Obst 45. Ryan Willits 46. Chris Kangars

Fourth round	47. Cameron Howat 48. Michael Shields 49. Shane Valenti 50. Ryley Dunn 51. Khan Haretuku 52. Brodie Martin 53. Matthew Beckmans 54. Cameron Stokes 55. Callum Wilson 56. Michael Wundke 57. Shane Mumford

Fifth round	58. Aaron Bruce 59. Beau Wilkes

Sixth round	60. James Wilsen 61. Dean Terlich 62. Ryan Davis

VFL/AFL drafts

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