RICHMOND has been allocated the prized No.1 pick in the 2019 NAB AFL Women's Draft as a priority selection.

The Tigers, one of four teams entering the competition next season, have been given seven priority picks after signing six players from other teams in the first phase of the AFLW Trade and Signing Period.

Richmond and the other expansion teams – Gold Coast, St Kilda and West Coast – had the opportunity to sign up to 12 players in the two-week window that finished last Thursday.

If the teams did not sign 12 players, the AFL allocated them priority picks to make up the shortfall, with all four given one extra priority pick on top of their allotments.

The four sides are only able to trade one priority selection in a round where they have been granted multiple priority picks.

St Kilda has four priority selections, Gold Coast two and West Coast just the one.

It's a similar result to last year's expansion period, which saw Geelong allocated six picks before North Melbourne had its first, a reflection of their contrasting list-building approaches.

The AFL released a statement explaining this year’s round of priority selections, saying it took into consideration:

An assessment of the expansion signings for each team

The players selected by each team through the 17-year-old priority selection period

The need for existing teams to receive selections in the draft that reflect their finishing positions in 2019

Compensation picks after the Trade and Signing Period have also been announced, with Brisbane (pick 20), Fremantle (21), Greater Western Sydney (23) and Western Bulldogs (24) receiving a pick at the start of the second round.

After losing 11 players during the first Trade and Signing Period, Brisbane – through picks received in trades – has four selections in the first round before cross-town rival Gold Coast has its first selection (18).

Following a strong signing period, West Coast's first selection is pick 19.

2019 NAB AFLW DRAFT ORDER AS AT APRIL 23

Round 1

1 Richmond Priority selection 1

2 Collingwood

3 Brisbane Lions

4 GWS Giants

5 St Kilda Priority selection 1

6 Western Bulldogs

7 Richmond Priority selection 2

8 Melbourne

9 St Kilda Priority selection 2

10 North Melbourne

11 Geelong Cats

12 Fremantle

13 Carlton

14 Adelaide Crows

15 Brisbane Lions Previously St Kilda (Kate McCarthy Trade)

16 Brisbane Lions Previously Richmond (Sabrina Frederick Trade)

17 Brisbane Lions Previously West Coast (McKenzie Dowrick Trade)

18 Gold Coast Suns



Round 2

19 West Coast Priority selection 1

20 Brisbane Lions Compensation selection

21 Fremantle Compensation selection

22 Gold Coast Suns Priority selection 1

23 GWS Giants Compensation selection

24 Western Bulldogs Compensation selection

25 Richmond Priority selection 3

26 Collingwood

27 St Kilda Priority selection 3

28 Brisbane Lions

29 GWS Giants

30 Western Bulldogs

31 Richmond Priority selection 4

32 North Melbourne

33 St Kilda Priority selection 4

34 Geelong Cats

35 Fremantle

36 Carlton

37 Adelaide Crows

38 Gold Coast Suns

39 West Coast

40 Richmond

41 St Kilda



Round 3

42 Gold Coast Suns Priority selection 2

43 Richmond Priority selection 5

44 Collingwood

45 Brisbane Lions

46 GWS Giants

47 Western Bulldogs

48 Melbourne

49 North Melbourne

50 Geelong Cats

51 Fremantle

52 Carlton

53 Adelaide Crows

54 St Kilda

55 Richmond

56 West Coast

57 Gold Coast Suns



Round 4

58 Richmond Priority selection 6

59 Collingwood

60 Brisbane Lions

61 GWS Giants

62 Western Bulldogs

63 Melbourne

64 North Melbourne

65 Geelong Cats

66 Fremantle

67 Carlton

68 Adelaide Crows

69 Gold Coast Suns

70 West Coast

71 Richmond

72 St Kilda



Round 5

73 Richmond Priority selection 7

74 Collingwood

75 Brisbane Lions

76 GWS Giants

77 Western Bulldogs

78 Melbourne

79 North Melbourne

80 Geelong Cats

81 Fremantle

82 Carlton

83 Adelaide Crows

84 St Kilda

85 Richmond

86 West Coast

87 Gold Coast Suns



Round 6

88 Richmond

89 St Kilda

90 West Coast

PICKS BY CLUB

Adelaide: 14, 37, 53, 68, 83

Brisbane: 3, 15 (traded from St Kilda), 16 (traded from Richmond), 17 (traded from West Coast), 20 (compensation), 28, 45, 60, 75

Carlton: 13, 36, 52, 67, 82

Collingwood: 2, 26, 44, 59, 74

Fremantle: 12, 21 (compensation), 35, 51, 66, 81

Geelong: 11, 34, 50, 65, 80

Gold Coast: 18, 22 (priority), 38, 42 (priority), 57, 69, 87

Greater Western Sydney: 4, 23 (compensation), 29, 46, 61, 76

Melbourne: 8, 48, 63, 78

North Melbourne: 10, 32, 49, 64, 79

Richmond: 1 (priority), 7 (priority), 25 (priority), 31 (priority), 40, 43 (priority), 55, 58 (priority), 71, 73 (priority), 85, 88

St Kilda: 5 (priority), 9 (priority), 27 (priority), 33 (priority), 41, 54, 72, 84, 89

West Coast: 19 (priority), 39, 56, 70, 86, 90

Western Bulldogs: 6, 24 (compensation), 30, 47, 62, 77

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