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GWS have taken Joel Patfull and Adelaide picked Sam Shaw - both of whom have retired - for salary cap purposes. Neither will play in 2017.
In a nice story, Port Adelaide have taken 27-year-old forward Brett Eddy, who joins an AFL list for the first time.
Geelong take Zach Guthrie - the brother of Cats midfielder Cameron.
Mitch Brown - who turned down a new contract at West Coast - also misses out.
Back to topOther recycled players
Ex-Giant Jake Barrett joins the Lions.
Tendai Mzungu joins fellow discarded Docker Matt de Boer at GWS.
Shaun Edwards moves from Essendon to Sydney.
Former Gold Coast player Henry Schade joins Collingwood.
And breathe!
That's it for the rookie draft, and as always there an abundance of stories.
Xavier Richards - who last month played in a grand final - goes undrafted, as does South Australian youngster Jontty Scharenberg.
But Drew Petrie finds a home as expected at West Coast, one of several delisted players to find new homes, including delisted Fremantle defender Alex Silvagni, who joins cousin Jack at Carlton.
Round 4
Pick 50: Freo: Josh Deluca-Cardillo
Pick 51: Coll: Max Lynch
Pick 52: GWS: Pass
Pick 53: Geelong: Sam Simpson
Pick 54: Sydney: Toby Pink
Round 3
36: Ess: Yestin Eades
37: BL: Oscar McInerney
38: Freo: Brady Grey
39: Carl: Andrew Gallucci
40: Coll: Liam Mackie
41: Melb: Declan Keilty
42: PA: Jarrod Lienert
43: NM: Matthew Taylor
44: WCE: Fraser McInness
45: Ade: Ben Jarman
46: Haw: James Cousinsa
47: GWS: Pass
48: Geel: Jamaine Jones
49: Syd: Shaun Edwards
Round 2
19: Ess: Shaun McKernan
20: BL: Mitchell Hinge
21: Fre: Luke Strnadica
22: GC: Cameron Loersch
23: Carl: Alex Silvagni
24: Coll: Henry Schade
25: Melb: Tim Smith
26: PA: Brett Eddy
27: StK pass
28: NM: Oscar Junker
29: WCE: Drew Petrie
30: Ade: passed
31: Haw: Jack Fitzpatrick
32: GWS: Joel Patfull
33: Geel: Zach Guthrie
34: Syd: Robbie Fox
35: WB: Josh Prudden
Back to topThat's all for round one.
Interesting GWS take ex-Docker Tendai Mzungu who joins another discarded Docker Matt de Boer at GWS.
Underway:
Pick 1 Ess: Sam Draper
2: BL: Jake Barrett (ex-GWS)
3: Fre Taylin Duman
4: GC: Keegan Brooksby
5: Carl Kym LeBois
6: Rich: Tyson Stengle
7: Coll: Mitch McCarthy
8: Melb: Lachlan Filipovic
9: PA: Peter Ladhams
10: StK: Rowan Marshall
11: NM: Cameron Zurhaar
12: WCE: Thomas Gorter
13: Ade: Sam Shaw
14: Haw: Oliver Hanrahan
15: GWS: Tendai Mzungu
16: Geel: Jack Henry
17: Syd: Ben Ronke
18: WB: Nathan Mullenger-McHugh
Ready to go
Essendon have the first pick
Before the draft
Adelaide took Ben Jarman as a father-son rookie. Geelong did likewise with Sam Simpson.
Meanwhile as Emma Quayle points out, Max Spencer (Gold Coast) and Zach Sproule (GWS) will join their clubs as pre-selected academy rookies.
Blake Grewar has joined Brisbane under Queensland zone rules, while Sydney has pre-listed Sam Fisher from Canberra under the same rules.
The draft order
These picks don't get traded beforehand, so each round goes in reverse 2016 ladder order, barring the clubs that don't have picks in that round because their rookie lists are already full.
This could be the last ever rookie draft
With the AFL considering scrapping the rookie list and extending the primary list in the new collective bargaining agreement.
There are 56 selections today, and our draft guru Emma Quayle has outlined some players to watch.
Delisted talls Drew Petrie and Xavier Richards are also names to keep an eye on.
WELCOME
It's a sunny afternoon in late November, but the footy train rolls on here in Melbourne, as clubs make their final additions to their lists for 2017 in the rookie draft.
The draft is being held at a room in AFL house, with clubs making their selections remotely. The pre-season draft, which has diminished in importance because of delisted free agency in recent seasons, will not take place this year because no clubs have elected to add any more players onto their primary lists.
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