2007 AFL Draft Information & 2007 AFL Draft Links at HealthHaven.com

The 2007 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week, the National Draft, the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft.

[edit] Trades

Player	Original club	New club	Traded for
Martin Mattner	Adelaide	Sydney	Draft Pick #28
John Meesen	Adelaide	Melbourne	Draft Pick #38
Chris Judd and Pick #46	West Coast	Carlton	Josh J. Kennedy, Draft Picks #3 and #20
Josh J. Kennedy, Draft Picks #3 and #20	Carlton	West Coast	Chris Judd and Pick #46
Cameron Wood	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Draft Pick #14
Travis Johnstone	Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	Draft Pick #14
Brad Moran	Kangaroos	Adelaide	Draft Pick #34
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.

[edit] 2007 National Draft

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

[edit] 2008 Pre-season Draft

Pick	Player	Recruited from	Club
1	David Gourdis	Subiaco Football Club	Richmond
2	Darren Pfeiffer	Adelaide	Carlton
3	Stefan Martin	Sandringham Zebras	Melbourne
4	Scott Welsh	Adelaide	Western Bulldogs
5	John Williams	Morningside Football Club	Essendon
6	Joshua Head	South Fremantle Football Club	Fremantle
7	Patrick McGinnity	Claremont Football Club	West Coast
8	Tom Bellchambers	Tassie Mariners	Essendon

[edit] 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 Marys 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	Pierce 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

[edit] Draft firsts

This draft has been the first ever draft where elevated NSW scholarship players (Taylor Walker, 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

[edit] External links

2007 Trade Week Analysis & Round-up