The AFLW will adopt a fully national draft model, to take effect for 2025, with all nominees able to be selected by any of the 18 clubs. Meanwhile, Charlie McCartin will play VFL for the Sydney Swans.
In today’s AFL briefing, your wrap of footy news:Charlie McCartin, the middle brother of the Sydney defender Tom and retired Swan Paddy, will play VFL for the Swans.The AFLW will adopt a fully national draft model, to take effect for the 2025 season, with all nominees able to be selected by any of the 18 clubs.
The state-based system also allowed top draftees to have more control in which clubs took them, such as when Victorian Montana Ham selected NSW in the 2022 draft, allowing herself to be taken as the No.1 pick by Sydney. The AFLW expanded to an 18-team competition for the 2022-23 season, with the introduction of Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney.
“As the league continues to evolve, we’re seeing more draftees willing to chase their football dreams by moving interstate,” said Kane. “While players have previously had the option to join a national draft pool, it was important that first-year players were protected from having to uproot their lives without sufficient remuneration,” said Chiera.
There was some doubt whether clubs would seek to register McCartin to play VFL and risk exposing him more broadly to the competition but with Swans and Carlton connections as well as former Geelong recruiter Michael Turner connected with Lorne and ex-Swans recruiter Simon Dalrymple at St Kilda McCartin was well exposed to the industry already.
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