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2024 AFL Draft
The 2024 AFL draft will consist of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2024 AFL season. Key Dates Player movements Previous trades List changes Retirements Delistings 2025 rookie draft Category B rookie selections See also * 2024 AFL Women's draft References {{Afldraft Australian Football League draft Draft Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to: Watercraft dimensions * Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel * Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail * Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a ves ... 2020s in Melbourne Sport in Melbourne Events in Melbourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Stadium
Docklands Stadium, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction started in October 1997 and was completed in 2000 at a cost of A$460 million. The stadium features a retractable roof and the ground level seating can be converted from oval to rectangular configuration. The stadium is primarily used for Australian rules football and was originally built as a replacement for Waverley Park. Offices at the precinct serve as the headquarters of the Australian Football League (AFL) which, since 7 October 2016, has had exclusive ownership of the venue. With a capacity for 53,000 spectators for sports, the stadium is the second-largest in Melbourne and has hosted a number of other sporting events including domestic Twenty20 cricket matches, Melbourne Victory soccer home matches, rugby league and rugby union matches as well as special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ginnivan
Jack Ginnivan (born 9 December 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life and state football Ginnivan started playing Australian rules football at the age of six, following Hawthorn winning the 2008 AFL Grand Final. As a youth, he played for the Newstead Football Club in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League and at the age of 11, kicked his 100th goal for the club. Later, he played junior football for Strathfieldsaye Storm in the Bendigo Football Netball League, helping them win a premiership in 2019. In 2020, Ginnivan played for Bendigo Pioneers in the NAB League and was selected for the Vic Country team. Ginnivan studied at Bendigo Senior Secondary College and grew up supporting Hawthorn. AFL career 2021: Debut season Ginnivan was drafted by Collingwood with their first pick of the 2021 rookie draft, which was the 13th pick overall. After kicking 11 goals over th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longford GAA
The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae an Longfort) or Longford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Longford. The county board is also responsible for the Longford county teams. The county football team won its only National Football League title in 1966 with a one-point victory over Galway in the Home Final and an aggregate win over New York in the Final. The team won its only Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 1968, with a 3-9 to 1-4 win over Laois. Clubs The county board oversees 21 active adult Gaelic football clubs. This is down from 24 clubs in 2009 which at the time was the smallest, below Sligo, which had 26 back then. * Abbeylara * Ardagh Moydow * Ballymahon * Ballymore * Carrickedmond * Cashel * Clonguish * Colmcille * Dromard * Fr. Manning Gaels * Grattan Óg * Kenagh * Killoe Young Emmets * Legan Sarsfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo D'Ambrosio
Massimo D'Ambrosio (born 5 June 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), after being initially drafted to the Essendon Football Club. Early career D'Ambrosio began his football journey with the Point Cook Football Club, his talent was earned him four WRFL junior best and fairest awards in six seasons. He won twice as a under 11 (2013, 2014), again as under 12 (2015) and finally as a under 15 in (2018). He was selected for the Western Jets development program and later became a top up player in case of Covid protocols in 2022. He displayed his elite kicking while starring for the Young Guns, with high possessions games in successive weeks. The left-footer has a penetrating run and carry style of game. He was educated at Maribyrnong College as part of their selective sports academy. AFL career D'Ambrosio was the third player picked in the 2022 mid-season draft, having made an impression playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher
Brandon Steven Zerk-Thatcher (born 25 August 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having initially been drafted to . Early life Zerk-Thatcher was educated at Murray Bridge High School. At the age of 18 he started playing for Sturt Football Club and competed in the NAB AFL Under 18 Championships for South Australia. AFL career Zerk-Thatcher was selected with pick 66 in the 2017 national draft. He made his senior debut against Fremantle in round 22 of the 2019 season. Zerk-Thatcher was traded to at the end of the 2023 AFL season. Statistics ''Updated to the end of the 2024 season''. , - , 2018 , , , , 30 , 0 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , - , 2019 , , , , 30 , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 10 , , 1 , , 11 , , 6 , , 3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 10.0 , , 1.0 , , 11.0 , , 6.0 , , 3.0 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Duursma
Xavier Duursma (born 7 July 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by with the 18th draft pick in the 2018 AFL Draft. AFL career Duursma made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's win over Melbourne in the opening round of the 2019 AFL season. He scored a goal on debut. In Round 6, Duursma earned the Rising Star nomination, following Port's 16 point win over . He quickly became well known for his bow and arrow goal celebration. Following the conclusion of the 2020 AFL season, which concluded with a preliminary final loss to , Duursma inherited the number seven guernsey from retired veteran Brad Ebert. Duursma was traded to at the end of the 2023 AFL season. Personal life Duursma is the nephew of former , Brisbane and player Jamie Duursma. His sister Yasmin has played for and in the AFLW, while his brother Zane was drafted to in the 2023 AFL draft. He was educated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Billings
Jack Billings (born 18 August 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Billings played TAC Cup with Oakleigh Chargers and played for Vic Metro in Under 18 Championships. Billings is a two-time Under 18 All-Australian after making the team as an underage player. He was taken by St Kilda with pick #3 in the 2013 National Draft. AFL career Billings made his debut in Round 1 of the 2014 AFL season against Melbourne. Billings started as the substitute and had limited game time. After Round 1, Billings was dropped to the VFL for two weeks, kicking five goals for the Sandringham Zebras and was selected in the senior side the next week. In Round 14, 2014, against the West Coast Eagles, Billings kicked three goals and gathered 25 touches, earning that round's AFL Rising Star nomination. Billings missed large parts of the 2015 and 2016 seasons with a shin injury and ankle injury respectively, but came back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Hollands
Elijah Hollands is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. Early life Hollands was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His father, Ben, was a professional Australian rules footballer who played 8 AFL games for Richmond in 1999 as well as spending years on Sydney and Port Adelaide's AFL lists. Hollands lived the first nine years of his life in Adelaide before relocating to Wodonga on the Victoria-New South Wales border. He didn't start playing football until he began with Auskick at the Wodonga Bulldogs going on to play junior football in the Ovens & Murray Football League and made his senior debut for the club at 16 years of age. Leading into his final year of junior football, Hollands was touted as a potential number one draft pick before tearing his ACL and missing the entirety of the 2020 NAB League season. Despite his injury, he was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with pick 7 in the 2020 AFL draft. AFL career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Coffield
Nicholas John Coffield (born 23 October 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by St Kilda with their second selection and eighth overall in the 2017 national draft. Early life Coffield captained his school football side and the Northern Knights when he was 18. He also had a standout national carnival representing Vic Metro in the TAC Cup, earning All-Australian selection in his final year of junior footy. AFL career Coffield made his debut in the forty-nine point loss to at Etihad Stadium in round three of the 2018 season. In April 2018, Coffield and fellow 2017 draftee Hunter Clark extended their contracts with St Kilda until the end of 2021. He ultimately managed 10 games in his debut season, averaging slightly less than 15 disposals at an average of 85% efficiency, the fourth highest average for St Kilda in 2018. Coffield played nearly all of the first half of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Dow
Patrick "Paddy" Dow (born 16 October 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Carlton with their first selection, and third overall, in the 2017 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in round 1 of the 2018 season against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He earned an AFL Rising Star award nomination for his performance against Collingwood in round 14, 2018. Early life and career Dow grew up in Swan Hill and attended St Mary MacKillop College, Swan Hill . In 2015 (year 10), he started attending Geelong Grammar School on a sports scholarship, and he was selected to play for Victoria Country at the AFL Under 16 Championships. He then started playing for the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup. In 2017, he pulled off a great performance against Gippsland Power, amassing 35 disposals and kicking 2 goals; however, his season was cut short, as he injured his shoulder in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Harmes
James Harmes (born 5 October 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL), having initially been drafted to the Melbourne Football Club. Harmes made his AFL debut during the 2015 season, received a Rising Star nomination the following season, and played in Melbourne's drought-breaking 2021 premiership. Early life Harmes was raised in Devon Meadows and attendeHillcrest Christian Collegein Clyde North and lateHallam Senior College(as part of their selective football academy) for secondary school. He played his junior football with the Devon Meadows Football Club, including eight senior games when he was a horse at sixteen years of age. He was recruited by the Dandenong Stingrays in 2012 to play in the TAC Cup as a bottom-aged player and played six games for the season. He received mid-year state honours in 2013 by representing Victoria Country at the AFL Under 18 Championships and played two mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
