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2006 AFL draft
Draft for the Australian Football League
Draft for the Australian Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2006 AFL draft |
| image | File:Bryce Gibbs 2017.1.jpg |
| caption | Bryce Gibbs was the number one selection in the 2006 national draft |
| date | 24 November 2006 |
| sponsor | National Australia Bank |
| league | AFL |
| first | Bryce Gibbs () |
| prev | [2005](2005-afl-draft) |
| next | [2007](2007-afl-draft) |
The 2006 AFL draft is a recent national draft of the Australian Football League. 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.
The 2006 AFL draft is noted as being the second "superdraft" since the draft system's inception, due to the wealth and depth of talent.
The AFL pre-season draft, rookie draft and trade week also occurred during the 2006/07 Australian Football League off-season.
Trades
Trade week was held from 9 to 13 October 2006.
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| to (from Richmond) | to (from Fremantle) | ||||||||
| to (from Fremantle) | to (from Collingwood) | ||||||||
| to (from Richmond) | to (from Collingwood) | ||||||||
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2006 national draft
The 2006 national draft was held on 25 November 2006. Carlton Football Club had the first selection, choosing Bryce Gibbs from the Glenelg Football Club.




| Round | Pick | Player | Club | Recruited from | Notes | Club | League | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Glenelg | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Peel Thunder | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | East Perth | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Tassie Mariners | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Morningside | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 12 | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Tassie Mariners | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Glenelg | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 16 | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| Priority | 17 | Mount Gravatt | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| Priority | 18 | South Fremantle | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 19 | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Tassie Mariners | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Morningside | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Mount Gravatt | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Woodville-West Torrens | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Southport | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Wanderers | NTFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 26 | North Adelaide | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Redland | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Claremont | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Broadbeach | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 31 | South Fremantle | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 32 | Southport | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 33 | Claremont | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 34 | West Adelaide | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 35 | Glenelg | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 36 | South Adelaide | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 38 | Peel Thunder | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 39 | Claremont | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | Father–son rule | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 41 | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | Father–son rule | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 42 | Western Jets | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 43 | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 44 | East Fremantle | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Perth | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Tassie Mariners | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 47 | Peel Thunder | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 48 | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 49 | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 50 | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 51 | Claremont | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 52 | Peel Thunder | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 53 | Port Adelaide | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 54 | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 55 | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 56 | East Perth | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 57 | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 58 | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 59 | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 60 | Claremont | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 61 | Claremont | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 62 | Port Adelaide | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 63 | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 64 | North Adelaide | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 65 | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 66 | NSW/ACT Rams | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 67 | Darwin | NTFL | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 68 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Zillmere Eagles | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 70 | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 71 | Central District | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 72 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 73 | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 74 | AFL | redrafted | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 75 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 76 | Redland | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 77 | East Fremantle | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 78 | Norwood | SANFL | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 79 | Southport | QAFL | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 80 | Claremont | WAFL | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 81 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 82 | Frankston | VFL | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 83 | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 84 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 85 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 86 | AFL | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 87 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 88 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 89 | — | — |
Rookie elevations
| Player | Club |
|---|
2007 pre-season draft
| Pick | Player | Club | Recruited from | Notes | Club | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFL | |||||
| 2 | AFL | |||||
| 3 | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | ||||
| 4 | Norwood | SANFL | ||||
| 5 | AFL | redrafted | ||||
| 6 | AFL | |||||
| 7 | AFL | |||||
| 8 | AFL | |||||
| 9 | AFL |
2007 rookie draft
| Pick | Player | Club | Recruited from | Notes | Club | League | ** | ** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANFL | |||||||
| 2 | WAFL | |||||||
| 3 | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 4 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 5 | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 6 | St Bedes | VAFA | ||||||
| 7 | AFL | |||||||
| 8 | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 9 | WAFL | |||||||
| 10 | WAFL | |||||||
| 11 | SANFL | |||||||
| 12 | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 13 | Mount Gravatt | QAFL | ||||||
| 14 | SANFL | |||||||
| 15 | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 16 | WAFL | |||||||
| 17 | North Ballarat | VFL | ||||||
| 18 | WAFL | |||||||
| 19 | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 20 | Morningside | QAFL | ||||||
| 21 | Mount Gravatt | QAFL | ||||||
| 22 | Wagga Tigers | RFNL | ||||||
| 23 | WAFL | |||||||
| 24 | Coburg | VFL | ||||||
| 25 | Scoresby | EFL | ||||||
| 26 | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 27 | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 28 | WAFL | |||||||
| 29 | SANFL | |||||||
| 30 | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 31 | WAFL | |||||||
| 32 | Northern Bullants | VFL | ||||||
| 33 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 34 | Pioneers | CAFL | ||||||
| 35 | Suncoast Lions | QAFL | ||||||
| 36 | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 37 | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 38 | Geelong | VFL | ||||||
| 39 | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 40 | International rookie | — | ||||||
| 41 | AFL | |||||||
| 42 | WAFL | |||||||
| 43 | SANFL | |||||||
| 44 | AFL | |||||||
| 45 | AFL | |||||||
| 46 | — | — | ||||||
| 47 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 48 | Southport | QAFL | ||||||
| 49 | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 50 | Geelong | AFL | redrafted | |||||
| 51 | AFL | |||||||
| 52 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 53 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 54 | SANFL | |||||||
| 55 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 56 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 57 | Southport | QAFL | ||||||
| 58 | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | ||||||
| 59 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 60 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 61 | AFL | redrafted | ||||||
| 62 | AFL | |||||||
| 63 | — | — | ||||||
| 64 | AFL | redrafted |
References
References
- (26 November 2006). "AFL draft hailed as strongest ever".
- (9 October 2006). "Everitt and Akermanis head trading frenzy". [[Fairfax Media]].
- (21 October 2008). "St Kilda list & Football Department changes". [[Telstra Media.
- (21 August 2018). "Trade week factbox". [[Fairfax Media]].
- (1 June 2010). "Jason Akermanis, a colourful life". Fairfax Media.
- (13 October 2014). "Collingwood's trade history". [[Telstra Media]].
- (14 October 2006). "Swans snare Spida". Fairfax Media.
- "2006 National Draft selections".
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