THE AFLW Sign and Trade Period will commence on Monday, April 8 and will conclude on Thursday, April 18.

Expansion clubs (Gold Coast Suns, Richmond, St Kilda, West Coast Eagles) are able to sign up to 12 players. Expansion clubs can sign no more than four players from any Victorian team, the Adelaide Crows or GWS Giants and no more than eight players from Fremantle or the Brisbane Lions.

All clubs can sign up to three Rookie players. Rookie players are those that have not been listed with any Australian football team for the past three years.

A Draft lottery was also conducted which saw expansion teams St Kilda, Richmond, West Coast Eagles and the Gold Coast Suns randomly drawn in that order.

As per previous years, only selections in first five rounds can be traded. The AFL see fit to provide compensation selections after expansion signings.

The NAB AFLW Draft order as at April 5 is below.

Key dates for the 2019 AFLW Sign and Trade Period:

April 8 – 18 Sign & Trade Period #1 (including expansion signings)

April 23 2019 NAB AFLW Draft order confirmed

April 23 – 26 Sign & Trade Period #2 (excluding expansion signings)

April 26 – 30 Free Agency

May 3 List Lodgement #1

2019 NAB AFLW Draft order – as at April 5

Round 1

1 Collingwood

2 Brisbane Lions

3 GWS Giants

4 Western Bulldogs

5 Melbourne

6 North Melbourne

7 Geelong Cats

8 Fremantle

9 Carlton

10 Adelaide Crows

11 St Kilda

12 Richmond

13 West Coast Eagles

14 Gold Coast Suns

Round 2

15 Collingwood

16 Brisbane Lions

17 GWS Giants

18 Western Bulldogs

19 Melbourne

20 North Melbourne

21 Geelong Cats

22 Fremantle

23 Carlton

24 Adelaide Crows

25 Gold Coast Suns

26 West Coast Eagles

27 Richmond

28 St Kilda

Round 3

29 Collingwood

30 Brisbane Lions

31 GWS Giants

32 Western Bulldogs

33 Melbourne

34 North Melbourne

35 Geelong Cats

36 Fremantle

37 Carlton

38 Adelaide Crows

39 St Kilda

40 Richmond

41 West Coast Eagles

42 Gold Coast Suns

Round 4

43 Collingwood

44 Brisbane Lions

45 GWS Giants

46 Western Bulldogs

47 Melbourne

48 North Melbourne

49 Geelong Cats

50 Fremantle

51 Carlton

52 Adelaide Crows

53 Gold Coast Suns

54 West Coast Eagles

55 Richmond

56 St Kilda

Round 5

57 Collingwood

58 Brisbane Lions

59 GWS Giants

60 Western Bulldogs

61 Melbourne

62 North Melbourne

63 Geelong Cats

64 Fremantle

65 Carlton

66 Adelaide Crows

67 St Kilda

68 Richmond

69 West Coast Eagles

70 Gold Coast Suns