2003 AFL draft

Draft for the Australian Football League December 2017 December 2017 2003 AFL draft 24 November 2003 National Australia Bank Fox Sports AFL Adam Cooney () 2002 2004 The 2003 AFL draft was the 2003 instance of the AFL draft, the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League. The 2003 draft consisted of a trade period, the national, pre-season and rookie drafts and the elevation of previously drafted rookies to the senior list. There were 83 draft selections between the 16 teams in the national draft. The Western Bulldogs received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2003 AFL season. The Bulldogs and Melbourne both received a priority selection for having earned 20 premiership points of less during the preceding season. Carlton also received a priority selection, despite being banned from the first two rounds of this year's draft, owing to salary cap breaches discovered the previous year. This draft is considered one of the weaker drafts, with almost half of the 16 club's first picks delisted within the following 4 years.Healy G 2003 Draft is a blight on recruiters 4 April 2008 The Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23480037-19742,00.htmlOctober 2026 medicmedic It has produced one Brownlow Medallist, Adam Cooney, who is the first and, as of 2025, only number-one draft pick to win the award. The main trades that occurred involved Nathan Brown switching from the Bulldogs to Richmond and Trent Croad returning to Hawthorn after spending two years with Fremantle. The trading period also contained "The Veale Deal", where unknown youngster Lochlan Veale was traded by Hawthorn to the Western Bulldogs in a lopsided three-way deal involving Essendon. In the deal, Hawthorn gained Danny Jacobs, Essendon gained Mark Alvey and the number-six selection in the draft and the Bulldogs officially only received Veale,Clunky listing. Rephrase. August 2025 and had an understanding Hawthorn that they would not trade Jade Rawlings to any other club, allowing the Bulldogs to select him with the first selection in the pre-season draft.http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/17/1066364488943.html Veale deal a fitting end to the trade game Jake Niall 18 October 2003 Trades Trade Player Original club New club Traded for1 Trent Croad Fremantle Hawthorn draft pick #102 Steven Koops Fremantle Western Bulldogs draft pick #193 Peter Street Geelong Western Bulldogs draft pick #204 David Haynes and draft pick #42 West Coast Eagles Geelong draft pick #205 Ben Holland Richmond Melbourne draft pick #216 Jason Gram Brisbane Lions St Kilda draft pick #237 Scott Stevens and draft pick #31 Sydney Swans Adelaide Crows draft picks #29 and #458 Adam Morgan Port Adelaide Western Bulldogs draft pick #349 Heath Scotland Collingwood Carlton draft pick #3510 Brent Guerra Port Adelaide St Kilda draft pick #3911 Daniel Harford and Brett Johnson Hawthorn Carlton draft pick #5112 Matthew Allan Carlton Essendon draft pick #5713 Nathan Brown Western Bulldogs Richmond draft picks #6 and #2014 Corey McKernan Carlton Kangaroos Digby Morrell and David Teague15 Justin Murphy Carlton Essendon Cory McGrath16 Lochlan Veale Hawthorn Essendon Danny Jacobs Danny Jacobs Essendon Western Bulldogs Mark Alvey draft pick #6 Mark Alvey draft pick #6 Western Bulldogs Hawthorn Lochlan Veale17 Simon Beaumont Carlton Hawthorn David Clarke David Clarke Geelong Carlton David Loats David Loats Hawthorn Geelong Simon Beaumont 2003 national draft thumb|Adam Cooney, pick 1 thumb|Andrew Walker, pick 2 thumb|Colin Sylvia, pick 3 y y y y Round Pick Player Recruited from Club Priority 1Adam Cooney West Adelaide Football Club Western Bulldogs Priority 2 Andrew Walker Bendigo Pioneers Carlton Priority 3 Colin Sylvia Bendigo Pioneers Melbourne 1 4 Farren Ray Peel Thunder Football Club Western Bulldogs 1 5 Brock McLean Calder Cannons Melbourne 1 6 Kepler Bradley West Perth Football Club Essendon 1 7 Kane Tenace Murray Bushrangers Geelong 1 8 Raphael Clarke St Mary's Football Club St Kilda 1 9 David Trotter Calder Cannons Kangaroos 1 10 Ryley Dunn Murray Bushrangers Fremantle 1 11Beau Waters West Adelaide Football Club West Coast Eagles 1 12 Ryan Murphy Gippsland Power Fremantle 1 13 Brent Stanton Northern Knights Essendon 1 14 Fergus Watts Sandringham Dragons Adelaide Crows 1 15 Troy Chaplin North Ballarat Rebels Port Adelaide 1 16 Josh Willoughby Glenelg Football Club Sydney Swans 1 17 Billy Morrison Tassie Mariners Collingwood 1 18 Llane Spaanderman East Perth Football Club Brisbane Lions 2 19David Mundy Murray Bushrangers Fremantle 2 20Sam Butler Central District Bulldogs West Coast Eagles 2 21 Alex Gilmour Tassie Mariners Richmond 2 22 Cameron Thurley Tasmanian Devils Football Club Geelong 2 23 Matthew Moody South Fremantle Football Club Brisbane Lions 2 24 Chad Jones Claremont Football Club Kangaroos 2 25 Harry Miller Port Adelaide (SANFL) Hawthorn 2 26 Daniel McConnell Eastern Ranges West Coast Eagles 2 27 Adam Campbell North Ballarat Rebels Fremantle 2 28 Jay Nash Central District Bulldogs Essendon 2 29 Tim Schmidt West Adelaide Football Club Sydney Swans 2 30 Brad Symes Central District Bulldogs Port Adelaide 2 31 Joshua Krueger Glenelg Football Club Adelaide Crows 2 (f/s) 32 Brayden Shaw Northern Knights Collingwood 2 33 Jed Adcock North Ballarat Rebels Brisbane Lions 3 34 Luke Peel Sandringham Dragons Port Adelaide 3 35 Brent Hall South Fremantle Football Club Collingwood 3 (f/s) 36 Chris Johnson East Fremantle Football Club Melbourne 3 (f/s) 37 Thomas Roach Oakleigh Chargers Richmond 3 (f/s) 38Mark Blake Geelong Falcons Geelong 3 39 Robert Forster-Knight Essendon Port Adelaide 3 40 Eddie Sansbury Central District Bulldogs Kangaroos 3 41 Zac Dawson Calder Cannons Hawthorn 3 42 Matthew Spencer Swan Districts Football Club Geelong 3 (f/s) 43 Brett Peake East Fremantle Football Club Fremantle 3 44 Ricky Dyson Northern Knights Essendon 3 45Amon Buchanan Sydney Swans Sydney Swans 3 46 Michael Pettigrew West Perth Football Club Port Adelaide 3 47 Andrew Eriksen Sandringham Dragons Sydney Swans 3 (f/s) 48Heath Shaw Northern Knights Collingwood 3 49 Tom Logan Waratah Football Club Brisbane Lions 4 50 Izaac Thomson Woodville-West Torrens Football Club Western Bulldogs 4 51 Matthew Ball Box Hill Hawks Hawthorn 4 52 Pass Melbourne 4 53 Daniel Jackson Oakleigh Chargers Richmond 4 54 Pass Geelong 4 55Sam Fisher West Adelaide Football Club St Kilda 4 56 Brent LeCras West Perth Football Club Kangaroos 4 57 Ricky Mott Fremantle rookie list Carlton 4 58 Ben Hudson Werribee Football Club Adelaide Crows 4 59 Matthew Davis North Adelaide Football Club Sydney Swans 4 60 Julian Rowe Oakleigh Chargers Collingwood 4 61 Michael Rischitelli Western Jets Brisbane Lions 5 62 Pass Western Bulldogs 5 63 Glen Bowyer Hawthorn Carlton 5 64 Shane Morrison Brisbane Lions Richmond 5 65 Craig Callaghan St Kilda St Kilda 5 66 Pass Kangaroos 5 67 Pass Adelaide Crows 5 68 Clinton Thomas Eastern Ranges Brisbane Lions 6 69 Jordan Bannister Essendon Carlton 6 70 Brent Hartigan Calder Cannons Richmond 6 71 Pass St Kilda 7 72 Adrian Deluca Port Melbourne Football Club Carlton 7 73 Shane Tuck West Adelaide Football Club Richmond 7 74 Pass St Kilda 8 75 Stephen Kenna Box Hill Hawks Carlton 8 76 Andrew Raines Southport Australian Football Club Richmond 8 77 Pass St Kilda 9 78 Pass Carlton 9 79 Simon Fletcher Carlton Richmond 10 80 Pass Carlton 10 81 Kyle Archibald NSW/ACT Rams Richmond 11 82 Pass Richmond 12 83 Pass Richmond 2004 pre-season draft Pick Player Recruited from Recruited to 1 Jade Rawlings Hawthorn Western Bulldogs 2 Nick Stevens Port Adelaide Carlton 3 Phillip Read West Coast Eagles Melbourne 4 Ben Marsh Adelaide Crows Richmond 5 Paul Koulouriotis Port Adelaide Geelong 6 Shane Harvey Essendon Kangaroos 7 Doug Scott Box Hill Hawks Hawthorn 8Michael Johnson Perth Football Club Fremantle 9 Pass Adelaide Crows 10 Jacob Surjan South Fremantle Football Club Port Adelaide 11 Luke Weller Brisbane Lions Richmond 12Josh Mahoney Williamstown Football Club Port Adelaide 2004 rookie draft Pick Player Recruited from Recruited to 1James CondosWerribeeWestern Bulldogs 2Andrew CarrazzoGeelongCarlton 3Aaron DaveyPort MelbourneMelbourne 4Nathan FoleyGeelong FalconsRichmond 5Luke BucklandGeelong FalconsGeelong 6Dylan PfitznerCentral DistrictSt Kilda 7Pass North Melbourne 8Ben CliftonCalder CannonsHawthorn 9Brett JonesClaremontWest Coast 10Paul DuffieldSouth FremantleFremantle 11Ben CosgriffMurray BushrangersEssendon 12Tim HazellHawthornAdelaide 13Adam GrockeNorth AdelaidePort Adelaide 14Aaron RogersMelbourneSydney 15Zane LeonardDandenong StingraysCollingwood 16Daniel PrattNorth MelbourneBrisbane 17Pass Western Bulldogs 18Murray BoydWestern JetsCarlton 19Paul NewmanKyabramMelbourne 20Marc DragicevicRichmondRichmond 21James AllanGeelong FalconsGeelong 22Nick StoneHawthornSt Kilda 23Pass North Melbourne 24Michael RixBox Hill HawksHawthorn 25Michael EmbleySwan DistrictsWest Coast 26Dylan SmithNorth MelbourneFremantle 27Nathan Lovett-MurrayWilliamstownEssendon 28Rowan AndrewsTassie MarinersAdelaide 29Salim HassanWest AdelaidePort Adelaide 30Scott McGloneSydney SwansSydney 31David FanningAberfeldieCollingwood 32Matthew PardewMorningsideBrisbane 33Pass Western Bulldogs 34Adam BentickCalder CannonsCarlton 35Luke MolanMelbourneMelbourne 36Pass Richmond 37Pass St Kilda 38Pass North Melbourne 39Josh ThurgoodNorth Ballarat RebelsHawthorn 40Jaymie GrahamSouth FremantleWest Coast 41Michael WarrenClaremontFremantle 42Andrew LovettEast PerthEssendon 43Brad DabrowskiWest AdelaideAdelaide 44Dale EllisWoodville-West TorrensPort Adelaide 45Daniel HuntSydney SwansSydney 46Dean BensonOakleigh ChargersCollingwood 47Josh DrummondNorthern EaglesBrisbane 48Pass Western Bulldogs 49Sam PlemingGippsland PowerCarlton 50Joel CampbellPioneersMelbourne 51 Pass St Kilda 52 Pass North Melbourne 53Shaun BerginBendigo PioneersHawthorn 54Clancy RudeforthClaremontWest Coast 55Ben ColreavyClaremontFremantle 56Peter SummersNorthern BullantsEssendon 57Matthew SmithAdelaideAdelaide 58Pass Port Adelaide 59Luke TaylorMurray BushrangersSydney 60Justin CrowCollingwoodCollingwood 61Jacob FurfaroMt GravattBrisbane 62Setanta Ó hAilpínIrelandCarlton 63Pass North Melbourne 64Paul SheltonMorningsideHawthorn 65James DaviesEssendonEssendon 66Nick PotterPennant HillsSydney 67Leigh RyswykSouthportBrisbane 68Adrian WilsonEssendonEssendon 69Pass  Sydney 70Jeremy StillerNorthern EaglesBrisbane 71Pass Sydney 72Pass Brisbane 73Pass Sydney 74Pass Brisbane 75Pass Brisbane Rookie elevation In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list details 2003-listed rookies who were elevated to the senior list; it does not list players taken as rookies in the rookie draft which occurred during the 2003/04 off-season. Player Recruited from Club Hayden Skipworth Woodville-West Torrens Adelaide Crows Joel Macdonald Mt Gravatt Brisbane Lions Jonathan McCormack Murray Kangaroos Carlton Ben Haynes Western Jets Essendon Courtney Johns East Fremantle Essendon Luke Webster East Perth Fremantle Daniel Gilmore South Fremantle Fremantle Will Slade Oakleigh Chargers Geelong Ben Kane Eastern Ranges Hawthorn Brad Sewell North Ballarat Hawthorn Jeremy Clayton North Ballarat Kangaroos Michael Firrito Eastern Ranges Kangaroos Nathan Carroll Claremont Melbourne Allan Murray Port Adelaide St Kilda Heath James Port Adelaide Magpies Sydney Swans James Meiklejohn NSW/ACT Rams Sydney Swans Zac Beeck East Perth West Coast Eagles Mark Nicoski Subiaco West Coast Eagles Matthew Boyd Frankston Western Bulldogs References 2003 National draft list 2004 Pre-season draft list 2004 Rookie draft list AFL draft Category:Australian Football League draft VFL Draft