The 1996 AFL Draft was held at the conclusion of the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season.

The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.

Clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season, although these picks can be swapped around by teams for trading players.

Contents 1 Trades: Club By Club 1.1 Adelaide 1.2 Carlton 1.3 Collingwood 1.4 Geelong 1.5 Hawthorn 1.6 North Melbourne 1.7 Melbourne 1.8 Port Adelaide 1.9 Richmond 1.10 St Kilda 1.11 Sydney 1.12 West Coast 1.13 Western Bulldogs 2 National Draft 3 Port Adelaide Zone selections 3.1 Uncontracted Player Selection 3.2 Zone Selections 4 Brisbane Lions pre-draft selections

[edit] Trades: Club By Club

[edit] Adelaide

• Brett James from Collingwood for Jonathon Ross
• Trent Ormond-Allen from Melbourne for Draft Pick #83
• Clay Sampson from Melbourne for Nick Pesch
• Tim Cook and Aaron Keating from Port Adelaide for Scott Hodges
• Nick Laidlaw from Port Adelaide for David Brown
• Barry Standfield from Western Bulldogs for Draft Picks #32 and #47

[edit] Carlton

• Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill from Port Adelaide for Brent Heaver
• Mick McGuane from Collingwood for Draft Picks #19 and #65

[edit] Collingwood

• Anthony Rocca from Sydney for Ben Wilson, Mark Orchard and Draft Picks #14 and #33
• John R. Barnett from North Melbourne for Draft Pick #70
• Richard Osbourne from Western Bulldogs for Draft Pick #61
• Jonathon Ross from Adelaide for Brett James

[edit] Geelong

• Hamish Simpson and Cameron Roberts from Port Adelaide for Draft Pick #37
• Tim Hargreaves from Hawthorn for Aaron Lord

[edit] Hawthorn

• Aaron Lord from Geelong for Tim Hargreaves
• Justin Crawford from Sydney for David McEwan and Draft Pick #17

[edit] North Melbourne

• Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley from Port Adelaide for Paul Geister

[edit] Melbourne

• Nick Pesch from Adelaide for Clay Sampson

[edit] Port Adelaide

• Shane Bond and Brayden Lyle from West Coast for Draft Pick #57
• Shayne Breuer from Geelong for Hamish Simpson, Cameron Roberts and Draft Picks #8 and 43
• David Brown from Adelaide for Nick Laidlaw
• Paul Geister from Kangaroos for Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley
• Brent Heaver from Carlton for Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill
• Scott Hodges from Adelaide for Aaron Keating and Tim Cook
  • For zone and uncontracted player selections see below

[edit] Richmond

• Trent Nichols from Kangaroos for Draft Pick #50

[edit] St Kilda

• Troy Gray from Sydney for Draft Pick #34

[edit] Sydney

• Mark Orchard and Ben Wilson from Collingwood for Anthony Rocca
• David McEwan from Hawthorn for Justin Crawford

[edit] West Coast

• Ilija Grgic from Western Bulldogs for Luke Trew and Draft Pick #20

[edit] Western Bulldogs

• Simon Minton-Connell from Hawthorn for Draft Pick #29
• Luke Trew from West Coast for Ilija Grgic

[edit] National Draft

Pick	Player	Recruited from	Club
1	Michael Gardiner	Claremont	West Coast
2	Chris Heffernan	Geelong (U18)	Essendon
3	Rory Hilton	Murray (U18)	Brisbane Lions
4	Mark Kinnear	Calder (U18)	Sydney
5	Daniel McAlister	Tasmania (U18)	Essendon
6	John Rombotis	Fitzroy	Port Adelaide
7	Bowen Lockwood	Geelong (U18)	Port Adelaide
8	Leigh Brockman	Tasmania (U18)	Geelong
9	Mark Harwood	Tasmania (U18)	Port Adelaide
10	Nathan Brown	Bendigo (U18)	Western Bulldogs
11	Brent Grgic	Geelong (U18)	Melbourne
12	Heath Black	Oakleigh (U18)	Fremantle
13	Tom Gilligan	Southern (U18)	Adelaide
14	Brett O'Farrell	Prahran (U18)	Sydney
15	Max Hudghton	West Brisbane	St Kilda
16	Pat Steinfort	Oakleigh (U18)	Richmond
17	Rowan Warfe	Fitzroy (U18)	Sydney
18	Gerrard Bennett	Tasmania (U18)	Geelong
19	Brent Tuckey	Ballarat (U18)	Collingwood
20	Matthew Dent	Fitzroy	Western Bulldogs
21	Tim Williams	East Perth	Essendon
22	Alistair Nicholson	Claremont	Melbourne
23	Evan Hewitt	Subiaco	Kangaroos
24	Josh Wooden	NSW-ACT (U18)	West Coast
25	Andrew Bomford	Sydney	Essendon
26	Tim Notting	Ballarat (U18)	Brisbane Lions
27	Troy Cook	Perth	Sydney
28	Jason Johnson	Calder (U18)	Essendon
29	Nathan Turvey	South Fremantle	Hawthorn
30	Hayden Lamaro	Murray (U18)	Melbourne
31	Jess Sinclair	Eastern (U18)	Fremantle
32	Jim Plunkett	Northern (U18)	Western Bulldogs
33	Will Sangster	Prahran (U18)	Sydney
34	Shannon Corcoran	Brisbane	Sydney
35	Mark Chaffey	Caulfield Grammar	Richmond
36	Jonathan Hay	East Fremantle	Hawthorn
37	Adam Kingsley	Essendon	Port Adelaide
38	Sam Smart	Norwood	Carlton
39	Nick Stone	Claremont	West Coast
40	Forfeited due to violation of salary cap rules	-	Essendon
41	Mathew Manfield	Fitzroy	Richmond
42	Martin Pike	Fitzroy	Kangaroos
43	Paul Corrigan	Melbourne	Geelong
44	Jacob Rhodes	Geelong (U18)	Western Bulldogs
45	Clayton Gardiner	Claremont	Melbourne
46	Mathew Clucas	East Fremantle	Fremantle
47	Brett Montgomery	Footscray	Western Bulldogs
48	Marty Warry	Fitzroy	Collingwood
49	Jason Heatley	West Coast	St Kilda
50	Luke McCormick	NSW-ACT (U18)	Kangaroos
51	Robert McMahon	Fitzroy	Hawthorn
52	Damien Lock	Bendigo (U18)	Carlton
53	Michael Braun	Bendigo (U18)	West Coast
54	Mathew Watson	Essendon	Essendon
55	Steven McKee	Myrtelford (VCFL)	Richmond
56	Cameron Mooney	NSW-ACT (U18)	Kangaroos
57	Trent Cummings	Fitzroy	West Coast
58	Paul Dooley	Williamstown (VFL)	Western Bulldogs
59	Anthony McDonald	Melbourne	Melbourne
60	Andrew Eccles	Northern (U18)	Adelaide
61	Stephen Powell	Melbourne	Western Bulldogs
62	Andrew Thompson	St Kilda	St Kilda
63	Jason Baldwin	Fitzroy	Richmond
64	Darren Collins	Port Adelaide	Hawthorn
65	Brad Cassidy	Fitzroy	Collingwood
66	Paul Hills	Essendon	Essendon
67	Byron Pickett	Port Adelaide	Kangaroos
68	Russell Robertson	Tasmania (U18)	Melbourne
69	Chad Rintoul	East Fremantle	Adelaide
70	Adam Hay	East Perth	Kangaroos
71	Brett Knowles	Gippsland (U18)	St Kilda
72	Brent Frewen	Fitzroy	Richmond
73	Brett Howman	NSW-ACT (U18)	Hawthorn
74	Chris Jackson	NSW-ACT (U18)	Carlton
75	Mark Winterton	Southern (U18)	Melbourne
76	Greg Dempsey	West Adelaide	Adelaide
77	Marcus Barham	Calder (U18)	Collingwood
78	Lucas Fleming	Northern (U18)	St Kilda
79	Daniel Donati	Old Xavs (VAFA)	Richmond
80	Chris Holcombe	Southern (U18)	Hawthorn
81	Anthony Franchina	Carlton	Carlton
82	Duncan O'Toole	Devonport	Melbourne
83	Ashley Gehling	Melborune	Melbourne
84	Josh Mahoney	Williamstown (VFL)	Collingwood
85	Brad Scott	Hawthorn	Hawthorn
86	Ben Parker	Murray (U18)	Adelaide
87	Brad Fuller	NSW-ACT (U18)	Collingwood
88	Phil Smith	West Perth	Hawthorn
89	Dwayne Griffin	Swan Districts	Collingwood
90	Leigh Singline	Sth Launceston	Collingwood

Bold = Current AFL player

[edit] Port Adelaide Zone selections

As part of Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL they were entitled to recruit some uncontracted players from other AFL clubs and players from the SANFL prior to the national draft. Clubs that lost players were entitled to compensation selections before both the first and second rounds of the 1996 National Draft.

[edit] Uncontracted Player Selection

• Ian Downsborough (West Coast): compensation selections #1 (Michael Gardiner) and #24 (Josh Wooden)
• Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon): compensation selections #2 (Chris Heffernan) and #25 (Andrew Bomford)
• Matthew Primus (Fitzroy): compensation selections #3 (Rory Hilton) and #26 (Tim Notting) to Brisbane Lions
• Adam Heuskes (Sydney): compensation selections #4 (Mark Kinnear) and #27 (Troy Cook)
• Scott Cummings (Essendon): compensation selections #5 (Daniel McAlister) and #28 (Jason Johnson)

[edit] Zone Selections

Player	Recruited from
Nathan Eagleton	West Adelaide
Tom Harley	Norwood
Peter Burgoyne	Port Adelaide
Stuart Dew	Central District
Fabian Francis	Port Adelaide
Josh Francou	North Adelaide
Roger James	Norwood
Brendon Lade	South Adelaide
Darren Mead	Port Adelaide
Nathan Steinberner	Central District
Warren Tredrea	Port Adelaide
Michael Wilson	Port Adelaide
Stephen Daniels	Norwood
Donald Dickie	Norwood
Paul Evans	Port Adelaide
Scott Bassett	Norwood
Rhett Biglands	Woodville-West Torrens
Tom Carr	Port Adelaide
Stephen Carter	Port Adelaide
Mark Conway	Central District
Jarrod Cotton	Central District
Nigel Fiegert	Port Adelaide
Scott Freeborn	Woodville-West Torrens
Jake Lynch	Woodville-West Torrens
Scott Mathews	Woodville-West Torrens
Andrew Osborn	South Adelaide
Darryl Poole	Port Adelaide
Damian Squire	North Adelaide
Jonathon Yerbury	Norwood

[edit] Brisbane Lions pre-draft selections

As part of the conditions of the merger between Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Football Club, Brisbane was able to recruit up to eight players from Fitzroy into the newly created Brisbane Lions.

• Scott Bamford
• John Barker
• Brad Boyd
• Nick Carter
• Shane Clayton
• Simon Hawking
• Chris L. Johnson
• Jarrod Molloy

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