Brisbane Lions drafting and trading history

The Brisbane Lions' drafting and trading history has lasted almost as long as the club's existence, with the club first drafting in 1996 and first trading in 1997. The club was founded in 1996 following a merger between the Fitzroy Football Club and the Brisbane Bears. This page does not include any drafts or trades performed by those two clubs. It includes drafts and trades from both the Australian Football League and the AFL Women's.

AFL

1996/97 off-season

Players from the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Football Club

After the merger between the Bears and Fitzroy, the Brisbane Lions received a number of players from each club. These players formed most of the Lions' inaugural squad.

Players from the Brisbane Bears

1. Jason Akermanis
2. Marcus Ashcroft
3. Trent Bartlett
4. Andrew Bews
5. Daniel Bradshaw
6. Richard Champion
7. Nathan Chapman
8. Matthew Clarke
9. Danny Dickfos
10. Adrian Fletcher
11. Andrew Gowers
12. Andrew Gowling
13. Brent Green
14. Shaun Hart
15. Clark Keating
16. Matthew Kennedy
17. Craig Lambert
18. Nigel Lappin
19. Steven Lawrence
20. Justin Leppitsch
21. Alastair Lynch
22. Tristan Lynch
23. Scott McIvor
24. Michael McLean
25. Craig McRae
26. Ben Robbins
27. Chris Scott
28. Dion Scott
29. Nick Trask
30. Brett Voss
31. Michael Voss
32. Darryl White
33. Derek Wirth

Players from Fitzroy Football Club

1. Scott Bamford
2. John Barker
3. Brad Boyd
4. Nick Carter
5. Shane Clayton
6. Simon Hawking
7. Chris Johnson
8. Jarrod Molloy

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
1996 national draft	3	Rory Hilton
	26	Tim Notting

1997/98 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
1997 national draft	5	Luke Power
	10	Shane O'Bree
	31	Simon Black
	51	Scott Ralph
	58	Marcus Picken
	73	Beau McDonald
1998 rookie draft	89	Tate Day

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Fremantle	—	Adrian Fletcher
Melbourne	Pick 5	—
Hawthorn	Brad Scott Pick 51	John Barker Nathan Chapman Pick 42
Sydney	Pick 31	Brent Green Simon Hawking

1998/99 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
1998 national draft	1	Des Headland
	33	Craig Bolton
	45	Aaron Shattock
1999 pre-season draft	1	David Calthorpe
1999 rookie draft	1	Shannon Rusca
	44	Jeff Cooper
	54	Trent Knobel
	59	Scott Ralph

Rookie elevation

1. Tate Day

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Melbourne	Pick 45	Nick Carter
Port Adelaide	Adam Heuskes	Pick 5
Geelong	Martin McKinnon	Scott Bamford Tristan Lynch Pick 17 Pick 24

1999/2000 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
1999 national draft	6	Damian Cupido
	30	Jonathan Brown (father–son)
	44	Shane Morrison (father–son)
2000 rookie draft	13	Ben Doherty
	29	Jason Anthonisz
	64	Nathan Clarke
	66	Jeff Cooper
	68	Stephen Kenna
	70	Hayden Kluver

Rookie elevation

1. Trent Knobel

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Adelaide	Pick 6	Matthew Clarke
Sydney	Stefan Carey	Pick 21
Western Bulldogs	Michael Martin	Trent Bartlett Pick 32

2000/01 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2000 national draft	13	Ashley McGrath
	22	Richard Hadley
	29	Jamie Charman
	33	Martin Pike
	59	Luke Hammond
2001 pre-season draft	9	Dylan McLaren
2001 rookie draft	12	David Mapleston
	63	Clint Alleway
	66	Robert Copeland
	67	Tom Tarrant
	68	Luke Weller

Rookie elevations

1. Nathan Clarke
2. Shannon Rusca

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Collingwood	Mal Michael Pick 22	Jarrod Molloy Pick 44

2001/02 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2001 national draft	19	Jason Gram
	35	Jarrad Wright
	45	Nathan Clarke
2002 rookie draft	16	Darren Bradshaw
	65	David Mapleston
	66	Nick Raines
	67	Luke Weller

Rookie elevation

1. Robert Copeland

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
St Kilda	Pick 45	Trent Knobel Pick 49
Western Bulldogs	Pick 49	Marcus Picken Shannon Rusca

2002/03 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2002 national draft	3	Jared Brennan
	19	Troy Selwood
	30	Daniel Merrett
	44	Anthony Corrie
2003 rookie draft	16	Daniel Pratt
	32	Kevin Tandogac
	70	Joel Macdonald
	72	Paul Shelton
	74	Luke Weller

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Essendon	Blake Caracella	Damian Cupido Pick 15
Fremantle	Pick 3 Pick 19	Des Headland

2003/04 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2003 national draft	18	Llane Spaanderman
	23	Matthew Moody
	33	Jed Adcock
	49	Tom Logan
	61	Michael Rischitelli
2004 rookie draft	16	Daniel Pratt
	32	Matt Pardew
	47	Josh Drummond
	61	Jake Furfaro
	67	Leigh Ryswyk
	70	Jeremy Stiller

Rookie elevation

1. Joel Macdonald

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
St Kilda	Pick 23	Jason Gram

2004/05 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2004 national draft	18	Cameron Wood
	27	Pat Garner
	45	Justin Sherman
	50	Jayden Attard
	64	Luke Forsyth
2005 rookie draft	15	Travis Baird
	60	Josh Drummond
	62	Marcus Allan
	64	Will Hamill
	65	Marty Pask
	66	Scott Harding

Rookie elevation

1. Leigh Ryswyk

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Port Adelaide	Pick 27 Pick 45	Aaron Shattock Pick 34

2005/06 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2005 national draft	9	Mitch Clark
	25	Wayde Mills
	41	Rhan Hooper
	56	Joel Patfull
2006 pre-season draft	6	Ben Fixter
2006 rookie draft	6	Jason Roe
	22	Leonard Clark
	37	Luke Forsyth
	49	Cheynee Stiller
	57	Colm Begley

Rookie elevation

1. Josh Drummond

2006/07 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2006 national draft	4	Matthew Leuenberger
	22	Albert Proud
	34	Chris Schmidt
	38	James Hawksley
	54	Matthew Tyler
	70	Sam Sheldon
2007 rookie draft	4	Anthony Corrie
	20	Scott Clouston
	35	Daniel Dzufer
	48	Haydn Kiel
	57	Joel Tippett
	61	Will Hamill

Rookie elevations

1. Marcus Allan
2. Scott Harding
3. Jason Roe
4. Cheynee Stiller

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Western Bulldogs	Pick 34	Jason Akermanis

2007/08 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2007 national draft	8	Lachie Henderson
	25	Tom Collier
	41	James Polkinghorne
	52	Bradd Dalziell
	56	Matt Austin
2008 rookie draft	7	Phil Smith
	23	Pat Garner
	38	Pearce Hanley

Rookie elevation

1. Anthony Corrie

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Collingwood	Pick 14	Cameron Wood
Melbourne	Travis Johnstone	Pick 14
Carlton	Pick 52	Richard Hadley

2008/09 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2008 national draft	7	Daniel Rich
	25	Jack Redden
	41	Todd Banfield
	57	Aaron Cornelius
	69	Bart McCulloch
	81	Kieran King
2009 pre-season draft	5	Tom Rockliff
2009 rookie draft	7	Daniel Murray
	66	Adam Spackman
	76	Daniel Dzufer
	80	Joel Tippett

Rookie elevation

1. Scott Clouston

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Collingwood	Pick 93 (pre-season draft pick 5)	Anthony Corrie

2009/10 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2009 national draft	27	Callum Bartlett
	47	Ryan Harwood
	73	Jesse O'Brien
	81	Bryce Retzlaff
	91	Matt Maguire
	93	Pearce Hanley (rookie elevation)
2010 rookie draft	16	Mitch Golby
	32	Josh Dyson
	67	Niall McKeever
	74	Sean Yoshiura
	76	Claye Beams
	78	Broc McCauley

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Carlton	Brendan Fevola Pick 27	Lachie Henderson Pick 12
Richmond	Andrew Raines	Pick 44
St Kilda	Xavier Clarke	Pick 60
West Coast	Brent Staker Pick 39	Bradd Dalziell
Sydney	Amon Buchanan	Pick 28
Sydney	Pick 47	Pick 39

2010/11 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2010 national draft	5	Jared Polec
	25	Patrick Karnezis
	28	Ryan Lester
	32	Josh Green
	65	Claye Beams (rookie elevation)
2011 rookie draft	13	Brad Harvey
	30	Bart McCulloch
	47	Albert Proud
	62	Broc McCauley

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Gold Coast	Rohan Bewick Pick 5 Pick 25 Pick 27	Pick 10 End of first round compensation pick (Jared Brennan, 2016 pick 21) Pick 49
Western Bulldogs	End of first round compensation pick (Jarrod Harbrow, 2011 pick 30)	Justin Sherman

Gold Coast uncontracted player signings

Upon the Gold Coast Football Club's entry into the AFL, the new club was allowed to sign one uncontracted player from each club in the league, and more with permission from a player's club.

Player	Permission required?	Compensation
Michael Rischitelli	No	End of first round (2012 pick 24)
Jared Brennan	Yes	End of first round (2016 pick 21)

2011/12 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2011 national draft	8	Billy Longer
	12	Sam Docherty
	30	Elliot Yeo
	47	Patrick Wearden
	69	Mitch Golby (rookie elevation)
2012 rookie draft	4	Justin Clarke
	22	Stephen Wrigley
	40	Jack Crisp
	57	Richard Newell (NSW scholarship)
	96	Sam Michael (Qld priority)

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Western Bulldogs	Ben Hudson	Pick 70
Hawthorn	Jordan Lisle	Pick 29
Gold Coast	Dayne Zorko Pick 47	Pick 34
Melbourne	—	Pick 52
Melbourne	Pick 12	Mitch Clark
Greater Western Sydney	Pick 69	Luke Power

2012/13 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2012 national draft	8	Sam Mayes
	23	Marco Paparone
	32	Michael Close
	86	Jack Crisp (rookie elevation)
	99	Niall McKeever (rookie elevation)
2013 rookie draft	6	Nick Hayes
	21	Callum Bartlett
	63	Jordan Bourke (academy pre-selection)

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Melbourne	Stefan Martin	Pick 52 Pick 71

Free agency

In/out	Club	Player	Type	Compensation
In	Melbourne	Brent Moloney	Restricted	Third round (pick 49)[lower-alpha 1]

1. Pick 49 was allocated to Melbourne as a combined compensation for Moloney and fellow free agent Jared Rivers, the latter of whom signed for Geelong.

2013/14 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2013 national draft	7	James Aish
	22	Darcy Gardiner
	25	Daniel McStay
	28	Lewis Taylor
	33	Tom Cutler
	34	Nick Robertson
	62	Jonathan Freeman (academy bidding selection)
	75	Justin Clarke (rookie elevation)
2014 rookie draft	6	Isaac Conway
	23	Zac O'Brien
	69	Archie Smith (academy pre-selection)

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Collingwood	Jackson Paine	Patrick Karnezis
Geelong	Trent West	Pick 41
Carlton	Pick 33	Sam Docherty
West Coast	Pick 28	Elliot Yeo
Port Adelaide	Pick 34	Jared Polec Pick 45
Greater Western Sydney	Pick 22 Pick 48	Pick 29
St Kilda	Pick 25 Pick 41	Billy Longer Pick 48

Free agency

In/out	Club	Player	Type	Compensation
In	Richmond	Luke McGuane	Delisted	None

2014/15 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2014 national draft	44	Liam Dawson (academy bidding selection)
	61	Harris Andrews (academy bidding selection)
	65	Josh Watts
	73	Jaden McGrath
	81	Josh McGuinness
	86	Josh Clayton (father–son)
2015 rookie draft	4	Billy Evans
	22	Hugh Beasley
	56	Cian Hanley
	75	Matthew Hammelmann (academy pre-selection)

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Greater Western Sydney	Pick 21	Joel Patfull
Geelong	Allen Christensen	Pick 21
Collingwood	Dayne Beams Pick 67	Jack Crisp Pick 5 Pick 25

Free agency

In/out	Club	Player	Type	Compensation
In	Carlton	Mitch Robinson	Delisted	None

2015/16 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2015 national draft	2	Josh Schache
	14	Eric Hipwood (academy bidding selection)
	24	Ben Keays (academy bidding selection)
	39	Rhys Mathieson
	47	Sam Skinner
2016 rookie draft	2	Jackson Paine
	20	Reuben William

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
West Coast	Pick 17	Jack Redden
Carlton	Tom Bell Pick 41	Pick 21 Pick 60
Geelong	Josh Walker Jarrad Jansen	Brisbane Lions 2016 third-round pick (pick 42)
Collingwood	St Kilda 2016 second-round pick (pick 31)	James Aish
North Melbourne	Ryan Bastinac Pick 38 Pick 40 North Melbourne 2016 third-round pick (pick 51)	Pick 17

Free agency

In/out	Club	Player	Type	Compensation
Out	Essendon	Matthew Leuenberger	Restricted	End of second round (pick 39)

2016/17 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2016 national draft	3	Hugh McCluggage
	17	Jarrod Berry
	23	Alex Witherden
	24	Cedric Cox
	55	Jacob Allison (academy bidding selection)
	71	Corey Lyons
2017 rookie draft	2	Jake Barrett
	20	Mitch Hinge
	37	Oscar McInerney

Category B rookie selections

Player	Reason for Category B eligibility
Matt Eagles	Winner of The Recruit[1]
Blake Grewar	Qld zone selection

Rookie elevation

1. Archie Smith[2]

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Greater Western Sydney	Pick 3 Pick 16	Pick 2 Pick 31 Pick 51 Pick 60
Gold Coast	Pick 22	Pearce Hanley
Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide 2017 first-round pick (pick 12)	Pick 19
Collingwood	Jack Frost Pick 76 Collingwood 2017 third-round pick (pick 43)	Brisbane Lions 2017 third-round pick (pick 38) Brisbane Lions 2017 fourth-round pick (pick 56)

Free agency

In/out	Club	Player	Type	Compensation
Out	Essendon	Josh Green[3]	Delisted	None

2017/18 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2017 national draft	1	Cameron Rayner
	15	Zac Bailey
	18	Brandon Starcevich
	41	Toby Wooller
	43	Connor Ballenden (academy bidding selection)
	54	Jack Payne (academy bidding selection)
2018 rookie draft	1	Claye Beams

Category B rookie selection

Player	Reason for Category B eligibility
Cian Hanley	International selection (Ireland — Mayo U18/Brisbane Lions (Gaelic football/Australian rules football))[lower-alpha 1]

1. Hanley would not normally have been eligible to spend a fourth year as a Category B rookie for Brisbane, but the AFL allowed the Lions to retain him due to persistent injuries for his first two seasons on the list and the death of his brother, Tommy Hanley, which resulted in a break from football, in his third.[4] Confirmation Hanley would remain with the Lions was announced on 27 November 2017 after he was overlooked by the other 17 AFL clubs.[5]

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Hawthorn	Luke Hodge Pick 44	Pick 43 Pick 75
Adelaide	Charlie Cameron	Pick 12
Western Bulldogs	Pick 25 Pick 40	Josh Schache
Richmond	Pick 15 Pick 52	Pick 20 Pick 25

Free agency

In/out	Club	Player	Type	Compensation
Out	Port Adelaide	Tom Rockliff	Restricted	End of first round (pick 18)

2018/19 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2018 national draft	21	Ely Smith
	36	Tom Berry
	40	Tom Joyce
	42	Connor McFayden (academy bidding selection)
	55	Noah Answerth
2019 rookie draft	4	Ryan Bastinac
	21	Jacob Allison

Category B rookie selections

Player	Reason for Category B eligibility
Tom Fullarton	Three-year non-registered player (Basketball — Brisbane Bullets)
James Madden	International selection (Ireland — Dublin GAA (Gaelic football/hurling))

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Geelong	Lincoln McCarthy Pick 54 Pick 57	Pick 42 Pick 60
Gold Coast	Pick 32 Pick 41 Pick 44 Pick 77	Pick 24 Pick 58 Pick 79
Hawthorn	Pick 35	—
Port Adelaide	Pick 6 Fremantle 2019 third-round pick	Sam Mayes Pick 5
Gold Coast	Pick 19 Gold Coast 2019 second-round pick Hawthorn 2019 third-round pick	Brisbane Lions 2019 first-round pick
Fremantle	Lachie Neale Pick 30	Pick 6 Pick 19 Pick 55
Western Bulldogs	Marcus Adams	Pick 32 Hawthorn 2019 third-round pick
Collingwood	Pick 18 Pick 56 Collingwood 2019 first-round pick	Dayne Beams Pick 41 Pick 44

Free agency

In/out	Club	Player	Type	Compensation
In	Gold Coast	Jarryd Lyons	Delisted	None

AFL Women's

2016/17 off-season

Marquee player signings

1. Sabrina Frederick-Traub[6]
2. Tayla Harris[6]

Priority player signings

1. Kaitlyn Ashmore[7]
2. Emma Zielke[8]

Rookie player signings

Player	Reason for rookie eligibility
Kate Deegan[9]	Other sport (Association football)
Delissa Kimmince[10]	Other sport (Cricket)

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2016 draft	2	Emily Bates
	15	Tahlia Randall
	18	Nicole Hildebrand
	31	Leah Kaslar
	34	Jess Wuetschner
	47	Ally Anderson
	50	Breanna Koenen
	63	Megan Hunt
	66	Sam Virgo
	79	Kate Lutkins
	82	Kate McCarthy
	95	Shaleise Law
	98	Selina Goodman
	111	Sharni Webb
	114	Nikki Wallace
	127	Jamie Stanton
	128	Jade Ransfield
	141	Brittany Gibson

Free agent signings

1. Shannon Campbell
2. Caitlin Collins
3. Jordan Membrey

2017/18 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name	Reason for rookie eligibility
2017 draft	7	Jordan Zanchetta	N/A
	15	Arianna Clarke
	23	Renee Cowan
	31	Kalinda Howarth
	37	Emma Pittman
	41	Ruby Blair
	45	Sophie Conway
	48	Jessy Keeffe
2017 rookie draft	7	Gabby Collingwood	Under 21
	14	Molly Ritson	Under 21
	18	Krystal Scott	Other sport (Tennis)

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Carlton	Bella Ayre Nat Exon	Tayla Harris

2018/19 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2018 draft	9	Paige Parker
	22	Nat Grider
	33	McKenzie Dowrick
	45	Lauren Bella
	56	Tori Groves-Little
	61	Jesse Wardlaw

Post-draft rookie compensation selections

Selection	Name
1	Jacqui Yorston
2	Jade Ellenger

Rookie player signing

Player	Reason for rookie eligibility
Bri McFarlane	Other sport (Association football)

Rookie elevation

1. Gabby Collingwood

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Collingwood	Pick 40	Nicole Hildebrand
Carlton	Lauren Arnell	Pick 40

Free agency

In/out	Club	Player	Type
Out	Brisbane	Ruby Blair	Delisted
In	Brisbane	Ruby Blair	Delisted
Out	Brisbane	Jessy Keeffe	Delisted
In	Brisbane	Jessy Keeffe	Delisted

Expansion club signings

Before the Geelong and North Melbourne Football Clubs' entries into the AFL Women's, the new clubs were allowed to sign a total of four players from each club in the league, and more with permission from a player's club.

Player	Club	Permission required?	Compensation
Tahlia Randall	North Melbourne	No	Two post-draft rookie selections
Jamie Stanton	North Melbourne	No
Brittany Gibson	North Melbourne	No
Kaitlyn Ashmore	North Melbourne	No

Registered inactive player

Prior to the season, clubs were permitted to list any inactive players, retaining them whilst also replacing them with active players for 2019.

Player	Reason for inactivity
Sophie Conway	Injury (Torn ACL)

2019/20 off-season

Drafting

Draft	Pick	Name
2019 draft	3	Lily Postlethwaite
	15	Isabel Dawes
	16	Cathy Svarc
	17	Hannah Hillman
	20	Lucy Bellinger
	28	Tahlia Hickie
	45	Selina Priest
	60	Dakota Davidson
	75	Maria Moloney

Rookie player signing

Player	Reason for rookie eligibility
Orla O'Dwyer	Other sport (Camogie/ladies' Gaelic football)

Trading

Club traded with	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) in	Player(s) and/or draft pick(s) out
Richmond	Pick 12	Sabrina Frederick
St Kilda	Pick 11	Kate McCarthy
West Coast	Pick 13	McKenzie Dowrick

Expansion club signings

Before the entries of Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast into the AFL Women's, the new clubs were allowed to sign a maximum total of eight players from the Lions.

Player	Club	Compensation
Lauren Bella	Gold Coast	Pick 20
Nat Exon	St Kilda
Tori Groves-Little	Gold Coast
Leah Kaslar	Gold Coast
Paige Parker	Gold Coast
Emma Pittman	Gold Coast
Sam Virgo	Gold Coast
Jacqui Yorston	Gold Coast

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