1998 AFL draft

Draft for the Australian Football League December 2017 December 2017 The 1998 AFL draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League. In 1998 there were 91 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The Brisbane Lions received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 1998 AFL season. 1998 national draft The national draft was held on 1 November 1998. Round Pick Player Recruited from Club 1 1Des HeadlandSubiaco Football ClubBrisbane Lions 1 2 Justin Longmuir West Perth Football ClubFremantle 1 3 Nic Fosdike Norwood Football ClubSydney Swans 1 4 Ryan Fitzgerald South Adelaide Football Club Sydney Swans 1 5Michael Stevens Murray BushrangersPort Adelaide 1 6Murray Vance Murray Bushrangers Carlton 1 7 Josh Carr East Fremantle Football Club Port Adelaide 1 8 Jude Bolton Calder CannonsSydney Swans 1 9 Mark McVeigh NSW/ACT RamsEssendon 1 10Brandon Hill Peel Thunder Football ClubWest Coast Eagles 1 11Lenny Hayes NSW/ACT RamsSt Kilda 1 12 Adam Ramanauskas Dandenong Stingrays Essendon 1 13 Chris Lamb Murray Bushrangers Melbourne 1 14 Luke Penny Oakleigh ChargersWestern Bulldogs 1 15 Brady Rawlings Tassie MarinersNorth Melbourne 1 16 Brett Burton Woodville-West Torrens Eagles Adelaide 2 17 Peter Street Tassie Mariners Geelong 2 18 Daniel Schell Central District Football Club Fremantle 2 19Nick Davis NSW/ACT Rams Collingwood 2 20Michael Collica East Fremantle Football Club Hawthorn 2 21David Clarke Geelong Falcons Geelong 2 22James Begley Sturt Football Club St Kilda 2 23 Chris Ladhams North Adelaide Football Club Essendon 2 24 David Wojcinski Gippsland Power Geelong 2 25 Aaron Henneman Murray Bushrangers Essendon 2 26Michael O'Brien Bendigo PioneersWest Coast Eagles 2 27 Steven Baker Geelong FalconsSt Kilda 2 28Heath James Port Adelaide MagpiesSydney Swans 2 29 Tyson Stenglein Subiaco Football ClubAdelaide 2 30 Nicky WinmarSt KildaWestern Bulldogs 2 31 Gary Dhurrkay FremantleNorth Melbourne 2 32David GallagherPrahran Dragons Adelaide 3 33Craig Bolton NSW/ACT RamsBrisbane Lions 3 34 Bryan Beinke Port Adelaide MagpiesAdelaide 3 35 Brad Oborne Preston Knights Collingwood 3 36Danny Jacobs Prahran Dragons Essendon 3 37 Adam Morgan Oakleigh Chargers Port Adelaide 3 38Brendan Fevola Dandenong Stingrays Carlton 3 39 Toby Thurstans Dandenong Stingrays Port Adelaide 3 40James White Oakleigh Chargers Richmond 3 41Craig Jacotine Dandenong Stingrays Collingwood 3 42 Forfeit -West Coast Eagles 3 43Damien RyanRichmondSt Kilda 3 44Heath ScotlandWestern Jets Collingwood 3 45 Aaron Shattock Woodville-West Torrens EaglesBrisbane Lions 3 46 Jay Solomon Geelong Falcons Western Bulldogs 3 47Nicolas Lowther Preston KnightsNorth Melbourne 3 48Lucas Herbert North Adelaide Football Club Adelaide 4 49Garth Taylor Swan Districts Football Club Fremantle 4 50 Damien Adkins Gippsland Power Collingwood 4 51 David Loats Geelong Falcons Hawthorn 4 52 Ryan O'ConnorEssendonSydney Swans 4 53 Troy SchwarzePrahran DragonsSt Kilda 4 54 Derek Murray Murray Bushrangers Port Adelaide 4 55 Marc Dragicevic Geelong Falcons Richmond 4 56 Ilija Grgic West Coast Eagles Essendon 4 57 Andrew Embley Swan Districts West Coast Eagles 4 58 Ian Prendergast Oakleigh Chargers Carlton 4 59 Dwayne Simpson East Fremantle Football Club Sydney Swans 4 60 Luke Speers Tassie Mariners Melbourne 4 61 Ricky Symes Murray Bushrangers Western Bulldogs 4 62 Tim van der Klooster Geelong Falcons North Melbourne 4 63 Clint Kirey East Fremantle Football Club Adelaide 5 64 Andrew Shipp Springvale Scorpions Fremantle 5 65 Lee Walker Collingwood Collingwood 5 66 Steven Rode Dandenong Stingrays Hawthorn 5 67 Brett Backwell Northern Eagles, QAFL Carlton 5 68 Matthew Greig Richmond Supplementary List Richmond 5 69 Scott Bennett East Fremantle Football Club West Coast Eagles 5 70 Kurt Heazlewood Tassie Mariners St Kilda 5 71 Simon Feast Sturt Football Club Sydney Swans 5 72 Luke Taylor Port Adelaide Magpies Melbourne 5 73 Christin Macri Western Bulldogs Supplementary List Western Bulldogs 5 74 Adam Lange Sturt Football Club North Melbourne 5 75 Ken McGregor Woodville-West Torrens Eagles Adelaide 6 76 Rupert Betheras Collingwood Supplementary List Collingwood 6 77 Adrian Cox Gippsland Power Hawthorn 6 78 Pass Carlton 6 79 Ray Hall NSW/ACT Rams Richmond 6 80 Brodie Atkinson Sturt Football Club Adelaide 6 81 Jacob Anstey Carlton St Kilda 6 82 Pass Sydney Swans 6 83 Pass Melbourne 6 84 Pass Western Bulldogs 6 85 Shannon Motlop North Adelaide Football Club North Melbourne 7 86 Kris Barlow Hawthorn Supplementary List Hawthorn 7 87 Pass Carlton 7 88 Pass Richmond 7 89 Joel Duckworth East Fremantle Football Club West Coast Eagles 7 90 Shane Clayton Brisbane Lions North Melbourne 8 91 Pass Hawthorn Trades PlayerOriginal ClubNew Club Matthew Lappin St Kilda Carlton Tyson Lane Western Bulldogs Collingwood Paul Licuria Sydney Swans Collingwood Kingsley Hunter Fremantle Western Bulldogs Tony Modra Adelaide Crows Fremantle Brad Wira Western Bulldogs Fremantle Tom Harley Port Adelaide Geelong Jason Mooney Sydney Swans Geelong Brett O'Farrell Sydney Swans Hawthorn Ricky Olarenshaw Essendon Collingwood Che Cockatoo-Collins Essendon Port Adelaide Jarrad Schofield West Coast Eagles Port Adelaide Craig Biddiscombe Geelong Richmond Rory Hilton Brisbane Lions Richmond Scott Cummings Port Adelaide West Coast Eagles Chad Rintoul Adelaide Crows West Coast Eagles Simon Arnott Sydney Swans Geelong Andrew Bomford Essendon Sydney Swans Scott Chisholm Fremantle Melbourne Adam Heuskes Port Adelaide Brisbane Lions Tristan Lynch Brisbane Lions Geelong Josh Mahoney Collingwood Western Bulldogs Martin McKinnon Geelong Brisbane Lions Mark Orchard Sydney Swans Collingwood Scott Bamford Brisbane Lions Geelong Nick Carter Brisbane Lions Melbourne 1999 pre-season draft PickPlayerRecruited fromRecruited to 1 David Calthorpe Essendon Brisbane Lions 2 Ashley Prescott Richmond Fremantle 3 Glenn Freeborn Kangaroos Collingwood 4 Anthony Rock Kangaroos Hawthorn 5 Jared Poulton Port Adelaide Magpies Port Adelaide 6 Clay Sampson Adelaide Crows Richmond 7 Tony Francis Collingwood St Kilda 8 Scott Russell Collingwood Sydney Swans 9 Troy Simmonds Box Hill Hawks Melbourne 10 Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Oakleigh Chargers Western Bulldogs 11 John Spaull Rosebud Kangaroos 12 Darryl Wintle North Adelaide Adelaide Crows 13 Cameron Venables Claremont Collingwood 14 Pass Hawthorn 15 Pass Richmond 16 Daniel Wulf Dandenong U18 Western Bulldogs 1999 rookie draft Round Pick Player Recruited from Club 1 1 Shannon Rusca Southern Districts 1 2 Darren Bolton PT 1 3 Jeremy Sharpen North Shore 1 4 John Baird Eastern Ranges 1 5 Derek Wirth 1 6 Heath Culpitt Castlemaine 1 7 Scott Bassett 1 8 Robbie Taylor (reserves) 1 9 Simon Duckworth WP 1 10 James Gowans 1 11 Gerrard Bennett 1 12 Troy Broadbridge 1 13 Chris Dunne Assumption College 1 14 Winis Imbi (reserves) 1 15 Stuart Bown 2 16 Passed N/A 2 17 Ashley Clancy Sub 2 18 Matthew Manfield 2 19 Glen Bowyer (reserves) 2 20 Danny O'Brien Gippsland Power 2 21 Damian Lang 2 22 Tim Masierowski 2 23 Teghan Henderson Calder Cannons 2 24 Mark Pearson WP 2 25 Chris Gowans 2 26 Paul Allison North Hobart 2 27 Cameron Ramsay Oakleigh Chargers 2 28 Matthew Pearce Western Jets 2 29 Kent Kingsley 2 30 Dean Howard 3 31 Passed N/A 3 32 Antoni Grover Sub 3 33 Craig Anderson (VFL) 3 34 Passed N/A 3 35 Kaine Marsh North Shore 3 36 Don Webb Gippsland Power 3 37 Passed N/A 3 38 Andrew Taylor WP 3 39 Garth Pickford 3 40 Brett Kirk North Albury 3 41 Adam Contessa 3 42 Marcus Nalder Bendigo Pioneers 3 43 Matthew Golding 4 44 Jeff Cooper Northern Eagles 4 45 Andrew Smith Sub 4 46 Troy Kirwen 4 47 Passed N/A 4 48 Passed N/A 4 49 Chad Davis Oakleigh Chargers 4 50 Jeremy Jacques NSW/ACT Rams 4 51 Passed N/A 4 52 Ryan Pagan (reserves) 4 53 Jarrod Twitt 5 54 Trent Knobel 5 55 Passed N/A 5 56 Passed N/A 5 57 Passed N/A 5 58 Linden Stevens 6 59 Scott Ralph 6 60 Passed N/A 6 61 Passed N/A 6 62 Scott Matthews Rookie elevation This list details 1998-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 1998/99 off-season. PlayerRecruited from Recruited to Ben Marsh West Adelaide Football Club Adelaide Crows Scott Freeborn Woodville-West Torrens Eagles Carlton Tarkyn Lockyer East Fremantle Football Club Collingwood Mark Johnson Calder Cannons Essendon Brad Dodd East Fremantle Football Club Fremantle Peter Walsh West Adelaide Football Club Melbourne Daniel Ward Fitzroy Reserves Melbourne Barnaby French Sturt Football Club Port Adelaide Greg Tivendale Rythdale-Officer-Cardinia Football Club Richmond Chad Fletcher Subiaco Football Club West Coast Eagles Laurie Bellotti Claremont Football Club West Coast Eagles Paul Maher Perth Football Club Fremantle Matthew Bishop Box Hill Hawks Melbourne Sudjai Cook Norwood Football Club Adelaide Crows Tate Day Gold Coast Football Club Brisbane Lions Damian Lang Leeton Football Club Carlton Jason MacPherson Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong Football Club Sydney Swans See also Official AFL Draft page AFL draft Category:Australian Football League draft