1990 AFL draft

Draft for the Australian Football League December 2017 December 2017 June 2016 The 1990 AFL draft was the fifth annual draft of Australian rules footballers to the 14 clubs in the Australian Football League. It consisted of the national draft held at the end of the 1990 season, the pre-season draft held before the 1991 AFL season, and a mid-season draft. Clubs receive picks based on the reverse of the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season. This was introduced as an equalisation strategy in response to the increasing transfer fees and player salaries. National draft rules The minimum draft age for the 1990 national draft was 16. Other than the West Coast Eagles, clubs were allowed to select only one West Australian player each and South Australian players were restricted to be only selected by the Adelaide Football Club which would join the AFL for the 1991 AFL season. Players in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory could only be selected by clubs other than the Brisbane Bears and the Sydney Swans respectively if the player was older than 19 and not required by the 'local' club. Faced with these restrictions the league reduced the number of choices from 8 to 6. In exchange for the SA moratorium, the Crows were excluded from the draft (they could pick any South Australian, but only South Australians). Background The talent pool was clearly shallow and most clubs shied away from investing too much hope in the draft. A number of the Victorian clubs, notably Richmond and Fitzroy, couldn't afford to recruit established players so stuck with country footballers and unproven youngsters. Clubs were believed to be looking to Tasmania as perhaps the only recruiting ground which hadn't been ravaged. The under-19's competition was still in operation and clubs had only to list players who had been drafted, and those over the age of 19. Essendon and North Melbourne at this point for example had very talented reserves sides drawn from their metropolitan zones (these zones would later provide the basis for the Northern Knights under-18 teams). Pre-draft Pre-draft picks included Brisbane taking Darryl White from the Northern Territory which had become their 'zone'. Mitchell White and Glen Jakovich were fair additions to the West Coast Eagles squad. There were a number of notable trades. Brisbane traded Mark Roberts to North Melbourne who also secured Peter Mann from the Eagles. Geelong gave up forwards David Cameron and Shane Hamilton to get Brisbane's number 1 draft pick. The most noteworthy trade though was Hawthorn getting the rights to Darren Jarman, who turned down the chance to join the Adelaide Crows. Incidentally the Rohan Smith listed is the St Kilda one, not the Footscray one. Future Channel 7 commentator Russell Morris left Hawthorn for St Kilda. Players Richmond drafted Matthew Clarke and Nick Daffy. Despite the restrictions on recruiting South Australians, Richmond skirted the rule because these two played in Mount Gambier and were registered with clubs in the Western Border Football League (VCFL). Melbourne drafted Allen Jakovich, who although a Western Australian was playing for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) side Woodville, and Brisbane were able to draft two Western Australian Football League (WAFL) players in Peter Worsfold (John's brother) and David Ogg. Matt Clape, Jakovich, Todd Ridley, James Cook, Jason McCartney, Scott Crow, Matthew Young, Stuart Anderson and Paul Sharkey were modestly successful. Matthew Burton, Fabian Francis and Derek Hall would all find success at different AFL clubs. The only two definite successes were James Hird and Jamie Shanahan. Bits and pieces Jason McCartney kept a diary on behalf of The Age newspaper detailing the weeks leading up to the draft. In it he reveals the confusion and uncertainty that a young footballer feels. McCartney from Nhill in Victoria (near the SA border) was hesitant about moving to Melbourne. He went to Adelaide as a guest of Glenelg Football Club and watched the AFL grand final on the big screen, as well as watching Glenelg lose the SA Grand Final the next day. With Sydney and Brisbane having the first draft picks he signed for Glenelg on a two-year deal. When Sydney and Brisbane traded their selections his hopes lifted. Geelong told him that they would take Hooper first and would be attempting to get the second pick to take McCartney. Geelong were unable to manufacture a trade and Carlton ended up with the selection (they swapped ruckman Warren McKenzie to Sydney). Ian Collins, Geoff Walsh, Bruce Comben and Kinnear Beatson all drove up to Nhill to meet with McCartney, and the next morning David Parkin rang him to ask if everything went well. On draft day Carlton opted for Tasmanian James Cook. Parkin said that he felt that Cook had the potential to be an even better player. Collingwood drafted him and McCartney openly admitted he was devastated and that Collingwood was last on his list of clubs. The trades which made the above possible were Carlton swapping McKenzie to Sydney for 2 pick overall, and Collingwood swapping Terry Keays to Richmond for 4th pick overall. One recruiting officer commenting about the decision making of Sydney and Richmond said, "those clubs deserve to be in the position they are in if they are going to make choices like that". Preseason Michael McLean joined the Brisbane Bears after having been not encouraged to stay with Footscray. Sean Simpson switched from St Kilda to Geelong and the Cats again demonstrated their ability to revive careers. David Cloke was encouraged to saddle up for one more season at Richmond who was finding recruiting a ruckman nearly impossible. Kevin Dyson was recruited to Melbourne. Collingwood audaciously recruited the recently retired Gerard Healy in the hope of persuading him to play on, but he didn't. Pre-draft picks # Player Recruited by Recruited from League Games with new club1 Paul Mifka Brisbane West Coast Australian Football League (AFL) 02 Danny Noonan Brisbane Clarence Tasmanian Football League (TFL) 553 Roger Smith Brisbane Southern Districts Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) 04 Shane Strempel Brisbane Swan Districts Western Australian Football League (WAFL) 35 Darryl White Brisbane Pioneer Central Australian Football League (CAFL) 2686 Ben Aulich Sydney Belconnen Australian Capital Territory Football League (ACTFL) 07 Justin Clarkson Sydney Melbourne AFL 38 Jason Love Sydney North Melbourne AFL 23 9 Darren Morgan Sydney Geelong AFL 010 Robert Neill Sydney Eastlake ACTFL 2111 Brad Sparks Sydney Melbourne AFL 012 Glen Jakovich West Coast South Fremantle WAFL 27613 Mitchell White West Coast Subiaco WAFL 151 Pre-draft trades Player Recruited by Recruited from Games with new club David Cameron Brisbane Geelong 16 Peter Curran Brisbane Hawthorn 14 Rob Dickson Brisbane Hawthorn 2 Shane Hamilton Brisbane Geelong 31 Travis Martin-Benyon Brisbane Nth Melbourne 0 Craig Potter Brisbane Sydney 13 Mark Arceri Carlton Nth Melbourne 17 Joe Cormack Fitzroy West Coast 26 David O'Connell Fitzroy West Coast 21 Darren Jarman Hawthorn Brisbane 109 Paul Bryce Melbourne Nth Melbourne 26 Phil Egan Melbourne Richmond 1 Rod Owen Melbourne St Kilda 9 John Ahern Nth Melbourne Melbourne 0 Peter Mann Nth Melbourne West Coast 39 Mark Roberts Nth Melbourne Brisbane 87 Terry Keays Richmond Collingwood 25 Russell Morris St Kilda Hawthorn 66 Stephen Newport St Kilda Melbourne 39 Sean Ralphsmith St Kilda Hawthorn 30 Rohan Smith St Kilda Sydney 3 Warwick Capper Sydney Brisbane 13 Warren McKenzie Sydney Carlton 21 Ian Dargie West Coast St Kilda 1 Mark Hepburn West Coast Nth Melbourne 13 Dale Kickett West Coast Fitzroy 2 1990 mid-season draft Pick Player Recruited by Recruited from League Games with club1Laurence SchacheWest TorrensSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL) 292Dale Lewis Ballarat Football League (Ballarat FL) 1823Mark Brady Old Scotch Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) 04Andrew PayzeWest Torrens SANFL 05Tim WilliamsonCasterton Western Border Football League (WBFL) 06Craig CrossBurnie Hawks Tasmanian Football League (TFL) 07Darren Bartsch SANFL 08Phil Krakouer AFL 79Steven Cummings Victorian Football League (VFL) 1410Craig McNaughtonWCSandhurst Bendigo Football League (Bendigo FL) 011Damian StoneyOld Xaverians VAFA 012Jamie Duursma AFL 013Andrew HardimanSouth Warrnambool Hampden Football League (HFL) 014Paul Morrish AFL 715David GreenhillWodonga O&MFL 016Paul SmitSpringvale VFL 017Darron WilkinsonCamberwell VFL 118Scott TurnerArarat Wimmera Football League (WFL) 14419Anthony PaveyChurchill Gippsland League 020Darren ReadDandenong VFL 021Luke HampshireTyrendarra South West District Football League (SWDFL) 022Jamie GrantDaylesford Central Highlands Football League (CHFL) 523Damian SextonYarrawonga Ovens & Murray Football League (O&MFL) 424Jamie Weeding SANFL 025Peter Vandermeer VFL 026Stephen Anderson South Warrnambool HFL 427David Robertson Euroa Goulburn Valley Football League (GVFL) 328Dean StrauchGolden Square Bendigo FL 029Tim SymesBenalla GVFL 030Darren Collins VFL 431Damian HancockLeitchville Northern District Football League (NDFL) 032Michael FrostSwan Hill Central Murray Football League (CMFL) 1333Bernie HarrisTerang HFL 4534Stephen MoloneyNorth Melbourne Old Boys VAFA 035Paul HogarthNorthern United 036Jason MortonWagga Tigers Riverina Football League (RFL) 037Andrew MillsNorth Shore New South Wales Australian Football League (NSWAFL) 038Glen BartlettEP Western Australian Football League (WAFL) 039Nick Tsiotinas AFL 040Chris Melican SANFL 041Martin CameronTraralgon Gippsland League 042David MorrisonDevonport TFL 043Michael Thomson AFL 044Barry SpieringsWerribee VFL 045Jolyon KeebleOld Melburnians VAFA 0 1990 national draft # Player Recruited by Recruited from Games with new club 1 Stephen Hooper Geelong East Perth (WAFL) 21 2 James Cook Carlton Clarence (TFL) 25 3 David Donato Fitzroy Clarence (TFL) 12 4 Jason McCartney Collingwood Nhill (WFL) 38 5 Stewart Devlin Geelong Horsham (WFL) 0 6 Allen Jakovich Melbourne Woodville (SANFL) 47 7 Damian Hampson Carlton Subiaco (WAFL) 0 8 Paul Gow Footscray Swan Districts (WAFL) 7 9 Matt Clape West Coast East Perth (WAFL) 29 10 David Ogg Brisbane Swan Districts (WAFL) 9 11 Danny Sexton Nth Melbourne Lemnos (GVFL) 0 12 Shane Porter West Coast North Launceston (TFL) 0 13 Todd Ridley Essendon Claremont (WAFL) 25 14 Andrew Hamer Collingwood Lakes Entrance (EGFL) 0 15 Andrew Harrison Brisbane Benalla (VCFL) 0 16 Todd Menegola Richmond Swan Districts (WAFL) 19 17 Brendan Hehir Geelong Darley (VCFL) 0 18 Dan Miller Nth Melbourne Morwell (VCFL) 0 19 Gary Merritt Melbourne Tatura (VCFL) 0 20 Robbie West West Coast Wodonga (VCFL) 13 21 Richard Ambrose Essendon Shepparton (VCFL) 0 22 Paul Sharkey Collingwood Cath C. Bendigo (VCFL) 26 23 Ben Thomas Brisbane Port Fairy (VCFL) 0 24 John Fidge Essendon Glenelg (SANFL) 0 25 Peter Worsfold Brisbane South Fremantle (WAFL) 31 26 Dale Hall Sydney Hobart (TFL) 0 27 Brad Davis Fitzroy Burnie Hawks (TFL) 5 28 Chris Smith Richmond Assumption Coll. (APS) 0 29 Byron Donnellan Geelong Donald (VCFL) 0 30 Matthew Young Hawthorn St Pats Launceston (Tas) 21 31 Nick Faull Brisbane Golden Point (BFL) 0 32 Matthew Moylan Footscray Shepparton (VCFL) 0 33 Matthew Kelly Nth Melbourne Wedderburn (VCFL) 0 34 Brad Read Hawthorn East Fremantle (WAFL) 0 35 Stuart Anderson Nth Melbourne Sale (VCFL) 61 36 Matthew Burton West Coast Subiaco (WAFL) 0 37 Glen Hoffman Essendon Jeparit (VCFL) 0 38 Grant McFarlane Collingwood Wodonga (VCFL) 0 39 Nigel Palfreyman Brisbane Sandy Bay (TFL) 15 40 Mark Collins Sydney South Fremantle (WAFL) 0 41 Mark Jenkinson Fitzroy Willaura (VCFL) 0 42 Mark McQueen Richmond North Hobart (TFL) 5 43 Glen Thomlinson Geelong Rochester (VCFL) 0 44 Scott Crow Hawthorn Port Fairy (VCFL) 13 45 Craig Jennings Nth Melbourne Traralgon (VCFL) 0 46 Brian McInnes Footscray Wick.-L. Bolac (VCFL) 0 47 Luke Chambers Brisbane Lucknow (VCFL) 0 48 Willie Rioli Hawthorn South Fremantle (WAFL) 0 49 Nick Daffy Richmond North Gambier (SA) 165 50 Craig Ellis Nth Melbourne Stawell (VCFL) 0 51 Jarrod Carter Essendon North Hobart (TFL) 0 52 Brendon Retzlaff Collingwood Swan Districts (WAFL) 0 53 Stephen Pears Nth Melbourne Perth (WAFL) 0 54 Brian Stanislaus Sydney St Mary's (NTFL) 1 55 Steven Byers Fitzroy New Norfolk (TFL) 0 56 Matthew Clarke Richmond West Gambier (SA) 0 57 Chris Barzen Geelong Mooroopna (VCFL) 0 58 Adrian Goldup Sydney Redcliffs (VCFL) 0 59 Cameron James Carlton Morwell (VCFL) 0 60 Rodney Harvey Footscray Trinity-Ararat (VCFL) 0 61 Michael Scoon North Melbourne Monbulk (VCFL) 0 62 Ben Herrald Hawthorn Assumption Coll. (APS) 0 63 Fabian Francis Melbourne Southern Districts (NTFL) 1 64 Derek Hall West Coast West Perth (WAFL) 2 65 Stephen Fry Essendon Clarence (TFL) 0 66 Bowden Hamilton Collingwood Colbinabbin (VCFL) 0 67 David Griffin Sydney South Bendigo (VCFL) 0 68 Peter Whyte Brisbane South Barwon (VCFL) 0 69 Gavin Cooney West Coast Clarence (TFL) 0 70 Stuart Johnstone Richmond Melbourne 0 71 Dennis Ryan Geelong Kyabram (VCFL) 0 72 Brian Wilson St Kilda Melbourne 7 73 Anthony McDonald Carlton Ballarat YCW (VCFL) 0 74 Paul Campbell Footscray Cobram (VCFL) 0 75 Robert Panozza Melbourne Wodonga Raiders (VCFL) 0 76 Robert Bowden Hawthorn Robinvale (VCFL) 0 77 Niall Buckley Melbourne County Kildare (Ireland) 0 78 Dean Harding Fitzroy Wangaratta Rovers (VCFL) 19 79 James Hird Essendon Ainslie (ACT) 253 80 Scott O'Donohue Collingwood Bungaree (VCFL) 0 81 Luan Morley Hawthorn North Ballarat (VCFL) 0 82 Leigh Campbell Sydney Campbelltown (NSW) 0 83 Mark Williams West Coast Sandhurst (BFL) 0 84 John Peter-Budge Richmond St Kilda 0 85 Brad Dowling Geelong Mooroopna (VCFL) 0 86 Sam Jones St Kilda Sandy Bay (TFL) 3 87 Danny Morgan Carlton Boolarra (VCFL) 0 88 Peter Jacks Footscray Ballarat YCW (VCFL) 0 89 Simon Wood Nth Melbourne St Arnaud (VCFL) 0 90 Adam Ahern Hawthorn Devonport (TFL) 0 91 Adam Rudd St Kilda Numurkah (VCFL) 0 92 Jamie Shanahan St Kilda Hobart (TFL) 125 93 Adam Houlihan Essendon Kyabram (VCFL) 0 94 Chris Ryan Collingwood Morwell StVincents (VCFL) 0 1991 pre-season draft #PlayerRecruited byRecruited fromGames1Michael McLeanBrisbaneFootscray872Paul HawkeSydneyCollingwood13Matthew BourkeFitzroyHawthorn24Mark TrewellaRichmondFitzroy45Sean SimpsonGeelongSt Kilda1146Tony AntrobusSt KildaEssendon67Matthew RyanBrisbaneSydney188Mark AthornSydneyFitzroy159Justin McGrathFitzroyHawthorn810Andrew UnderwoodRichmondEssendon1211Jamie LambGeelongSt Kilda1412Darren DaviesSt KildaFootscray213Darren TarczonCarltonNorth Melbourne1114Allan McKellarFootscrayRichmond015Carl DilenaNorth MelbourneFitzroy1016Dale FlemingHawthornHawthorn017Nick SeboMelbourneSt Kilda018Cory YoungWest CoastRichmond119Mathew MedewEssendonEssendon020Derek PercivalCollingwoodGolden Square (VCFL)021Adrian MenaraGeelongNorth Melbourne022Saade GhaziFootscrayCentral District023Leigh CapsalisMelbourneMelbourne024Ian KidgellBrisbaneHawthorn325Andrew PeckSydneyMelbourne026Wayne PetersFitzroyRichmond027John MrakovRichmondCollingwood828Russell MerrimanGeelongSt Josephs (VCFL)2529Damien PearceSt KildaSt Kilda030Ben RobertsonCarltonNoble Park (VMFL)331Scott McDonaldFootscrayBell Post Hill (VCFL)032Peter BaldwinNorth MelbourneGeelong033Anthony PaynterHawthornBrisbane034Kevin DysonMelbourneOakleigh7035Craig McNaughtonWest CoastWest Coast036Darren WilliamsEssendonEssendon037Stephen AndersonCollingwoodSouth Warrnambool (VCFL)438Jon HenryBrisbaneCarlton039Darren McAseySydneySydney340Jamie BondFitzroyHawthorn141David ClokeRichmondRichmond2242Stephen JankowiczGeelongEast Gambier (SA)043Dean GreigSt KildaCamberwell (VFA)3344Mark BouwCarltonCarlton045David RossFootsrayDarwin046Anthony PalmerNorth MelbourneNorth Melbourne047Mark McLeodHawthornRichmond048George GorozidisMelbourneSt Kilda049Brad EdwardsWest CoastBrisbane050Mathew StricklandEssendonEssendon051Ross DuffyCollingwoodNorth Hobart052Paul WilliamsCarltonSt Kilda053Phil KrakouerFootscrayFootscray754Dean BarwickNorth MelbourneNorth Melbourne055Craig YoungHawthornHawthorn056PassedMelbourneNANA57Peter HigginsWest CoastWest Coast058Shane HeardEssendonEssendon1159Gerard HealyCollingwoodSydney0 References External links The Complete AFL draft Official AFL draft page AFL draft Category:Australian Football League draft Afl draft, 1990