2004 AFL draft
Draft for the Australian Football League
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::summary Draft for the Australian Football League ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2004 AFL draft |
| date | 20 November 2004 |
| location | Melbourne Park Function Centre |
| sponsor | National Australia Bank |
| network | Fox Sports |
| league | AFL |
| first | Brett Deledio () |
| prev | 2003 |
| next | 2005 |
| :: |
| name = 2004 AFL draft | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | date = 20 November 2004 | time = | location = Melbourne Park Function Centre | sponsor = National Australia Bank | network = Fox Sports | league = AFL | first = Brett Deledio () | prev = 2003 | next = 2005 The 2004 AFL draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, and the elevation of rookies. 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 2004 there were 78 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. Richmond received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2004 AFL season. Three teams were allocated priority draft picks for winning 5 or fewer games in the previous season, Richmond, and . Carlton's two-year ban from the first and second rounds of the AFL draft expired in 2004 and they returned to the early part of the draft, with selections 9 and 25. As it had traded away its first and second round draft picks in 2001, effectively the Blues' first and second round draft picks were its first since 2000. They finished the 2004 season 11th with 10 wins and 12 losses, too high to be eligible for a priority draft pick.
Key Dates
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| Event | Date(s) | Trade period | National draft | Pre-season draft | Rookie draft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–8 October | |||||
| 20 November | |||||
| 14 December | |||||
| 14 December | |||||
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Trades
In alphabetical order of new clubs
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| Trade | Player | Original club | New club | Traded for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Thompson | Hawthorn | Kangaroos | draft picks #10 and #26 |
| 2 | Bo Nixon and pick #7 | Collingwood | Hawthorn | draft picks #10 and #37 |
| 3 | Josh Carr and draft pick #43 | Port Adelaide | Fremantle | draft picks #11, #27 and #45 |
| 4 | Scott Thompson | Melbourne | Adelaide | draft pick #12 |
| 5 | Brent Moloney | Geelong | Melbourne | draft pick #12 |
| 6 | Brad Ottens | Richmond | Geelong | draft picks #12 and #16 |
| 7 | Tyson Stenglein | Adelaide | West Coast | draft picks #12 and #28 |
| 8 | Darren Jolly | Melbourne | Sydney Swans | draft pick #15 |
| 9 | Aaron Shattock and pick #34 | Brisbane Lions | Port Adelaide | draft pick #27 and #45 |
| 10 | Paul Johnson | West Coast | Melbourne | draft pick #29 |
| 11 | Chad Morrison | West Coast | Collingwood | draft pick #37 |
| 12 | Peter Walsh and pick #45 | Melbourne | Port Adelaide | draft pick #43 |
| 13 | Callum Chambers | West Coast | Carlton | draft pick #57 |
| 14 | Troy Longmuir | Fremantle | Carlton | draft pick #67 |
| 15 | Aaron Fiora | Richmond | St Kilda | Troy Simmonds |
| Troy Simmonds | Fremantle | Richmond | Heath Black | |
| Heath Black | St Kilda | Fremantle | Aaron Fiora | |
| :: |
2004 national draft
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Deledio_(cropped).jpg" caption="Brett Deledio, pick 1"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Grif.JPG" caption="Ryan Griffen, pick 3"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Lance_Franklin.png" caption="Lance Franklin, pick 5"] ::
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2005 pre-season draft
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2005 rookie draft
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Notes
Rookie elevation
In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list contains 2004-listed rookies who were elevated in the off-season; it does not detail the rookie draft which took place in the 2004/05 off-season.
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References
References
- "AFL to alter priority pick order".
- "Carlton Crisis".
- (2005). "AFL Record Guide to Season 2005". AFL Publishing.
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