1996 AFL Draft

The 1996 AFL Draft was held at the conclusion of the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season.

The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.

Clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season, although these picks can be swapped around by teams for trading players.

Trades: Club By Club

AFL Ade

*Brett James from AFL Col for Jonathon Ross
*Trent Ormond-Allen from AFL Mel for Draft Pick #83
*Clay Sampson from AFL Mel for Nick Pesch
*Tim Cook and Aaron Keating from AFL PA for Scott Hodges
*Nick Laidlaw from AFL Por for David Brown
*Barry Standfield from AFL WB for Draft Picks #32 and #47

AFL Car

*Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill from AFL Por for Brent Heaver
*Mick McGuane from AFL Col for Draft Picks #19 and #65

AFL Col

*Anthony Rocca from AFL Syd for Ben Wilson, Mark Orchard and Draft Picks #14 and #33
*John R. Barnett from AFL Nor for Draft Pick #70
*Richard Osbourne from AFL WB for Draft Pick #61
*Jonathon Ross from AFL Ade for Brett James

AFL Gee

*Hamish Simpson and Cameron Roberts from AFL Por for Draft Pick #37
*Tim Hargreaves from AFL Haw for Aaron Lord

AFL Haw

*Aaron Lord from AFL Gee for Tim Hargreaves
*Justin Crawford from AFL Syd for David McEwan and Draft Pick #17

AFL Nor

*Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley from AFL Por for Paul Geister

AFL Mel

*Nick Pesch from AFL Ade for Clay Sampson

AFL Por

*Shane Bond and Brayden Lyle from AFL WC for Draft Pick #57
*Scott Cummings from AFL Ess for Draft Picks #2 and #28
*Shayne Breuer from AFL Gee for Hamish Simpson, Cameron Roberts and Draft Picks #8 and 43
*David Brown from AFL Ade for Nick Laidlaw
*Paul Geister from AFL Kan for Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley
*Brent Heaver from AFL Car for Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill
*Scott Hodges from AFL Ade for Aaron Keating and Tim Cook

AFL Ric

*Trent Nichols from AFL Kan for Draft Pick #50

AFL Stk

*Troy Gray from AFL Syd for Draft Pick #34

AFL Syd

*Mark Orchard and Ben Wilson from AFL Col for Anthony Rocca
*David McEwan from AFL Haw for Justin Crawford

AFL WC

*Ilija Grgic from AFL WB for Luke Trew and Draft Pick #20

AFL WB

*Simon Minton-Connell from AFL Haw for Draft Pick #29
*Luke Trew from AFL WC for Ilija Grgic

National Draft

Bold = Current AFL player

Port Adelaide Zone selections

As part of Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL they were entitled to recruit some uncontracted players from other AFL clubs and players from the SANFL prior to the national draft.

Uncontracted Player Selection

*Matthew Primus Fitzroy
*Gavin Wanganeen Essendon
*Adam Heuskes Sydney
*Ian Downsborough West Coast

Zone Selections

*Nathan Eagleton West Adelaide
*Tom Harley Norwood
*Peter Burgoyne Port Adelaide
*Stuart Dew Central District
*Fabian Francis Port Adelaide
*Josh Francou North Adelaide
*Roger James Norwood
*Brendon Lade South Adelaide
*Darren Mead Port Adelaide
*Nathan Steinberner Central District
*Warren Tredrea Port Adelaide
*Michael Wilson Port Adelaide
*Stephen Daniels Norwood
*Donald Dickie Norwood
*Paul Evans Port Adelaide
*Scott Bassett Norwood
*Rhett Biglands Woodville-West Torrens
*Tom Carr Port Adelaide
*Stephen Carter Port Adelaide
*Mark Conway Central District
*Jarrod Cotton Central District
*Nigel Fiegert Port Adelaide
*Scott Freeborn Woodville-West Torrens
*Jake Lynch Woodville-West Torrens
*Scott Mathews Woodville-West Torrens
*Andrew Osborn South Adelaide
*Darryl Poole Port Adelaide
*Damian Squire North Adelaide
*Jonathon Yerbury Norwood

Brisbane Lions pre-draft selections

As part of the conditions of the merger between Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Football Club, Brisbane was able to recruit up to eight players from Fitzroy into the newly created Brisbane Lions.

*Scott Bamford
*John Barker
*Brad Boyd
*Nick Carter
*Shane Clayton
*Simon Hawking
*Chris L. Johnson
*Jarrod Molloy