2025–26 AFL Women's player movement period
| 2025–26 AFL Women's player movement period | |
|---|---|
The 2025–26 AFL Women's player movement period will consist of the various periods when the 18 clubs in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition can recruit players following the 2025 AFL Women's season.
Retirements and delistings
| Name | Club | Date | Status | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Hosking | West Coast | 19 September 2025 | Retired | [1] |
| Jodie Hicks | Richmond | 22 October 2025 | Retired | [2] |
| Rebecca Clottey | Hawthorn | 24 October 2025 | Delisted | [3] |
| Maddy Collier | Sydney | 27 October 2025 | Retired | [4] |
| Aliesha Newman | Greater Western Sydney | 28 October 2025 | Retired | [5] |
| Meg McDonald | Geelong | 29 October 2025 | Retired | [6] |
| Dana Hooker | West Coast | 29 October 2025 | Retired | [7] |
| Kate Darby | Geelong | 30 October 2025 | Retired | [8] |
| Shelley Scott | Geelong | 30 October 2025 | Retired | [9] |
| Philipa Seth | Fremantle | 2 November 2025 | Retired | [10] |
| Janelle Cuthbertson | Port Adelaide | 3 November 2025 | Retired | [11] |
| Rebecca Privitelli | Sydney | 5 November 2025 | Retired | [12] |
| Giselle Davies | Sydney | 5 November 2025 | Delisted | [12] |
| Kiara Hillier | Sydney | 5 November 2025 | Delisted | [12] |
| Alissa Brook | Port Adelaide | 5 November 2025 | Delisted | [13] |
| Coby Morgan | Port Adelaide | 5 November 2025 | Delisted | [13] |
| Jasmin Stewart | Port Adelaide | 5 November 2025 | Delisted | [13] |
| Tessa Lavey | Richmond | 5 November 2025 | Retired | [14] |
| Keely Fullerton | Gold Coast | 6 November 2025 | Delisted | [15] |
| Tayla Gregory | Gold Coast | 6 November 2025 | Delisted | [15] |
| Ella Maurer | Gold Coast | 6 November 2025 | Delisted | [15] |
| Taya Oliver | Gold Coast | 6 November 2025 | Delisted | [15] |
| Wallis Randell | Gold Coast | 6 November 2025 | Delisted | [15] |
| Ella Smith | Gold Coast | 6 November 2025 | Delisted | [15] |
| Brooke Sheridan | Essendon | 6 November 2025 | Delisted | [16] |
| Mia Van Dyke | Essendon | 6 November 2025 | Delisted | [16] |
| Joanne Cregg | Fremantle | 7 November 2025 | Retired | [17] |
| Amy Mulholland | Fremantle | 7 November 2025 | Retired | [17] |
| Gabby Biedenweg-Webster | Fremantle | 7 November 2025 | Delisted | [17] |
| Erica Fowler | Geelong | 7 November 2025 | Retired | [18] |
| Anna-Rose Kennedy | Geelong | 7 November 2025 | Retired | [19] |
| Melissa Bragg | Geelong | 7 November 2025 | Delisted | [19] |
| Gabbi Featherston | Geelong | 7 November 2025 | Delisted | [19] |
| Bella Smith | Geelong | 7 November 2025 | Delisted | [19] |
| Lulu Beatty | Richmond | 7 November 2025 | Delisted | [20] |
| Lauren Brazzale | Richmond | 7 November 2025 | Delisted | [20] |
| Charley Ryan | Richmond | 7 November 2025 | Delisted | [20] |
| Meghan Gaffney | Greater Western Sydney | 10 November 2025 | Delisted | [21] |
| Vivien Saad | Greater Western Sydney | 10 November 2025 | Delisted | [21] |
| Muireann Atkinson | Collingwood | 12 November 2025 | Delisted | [22] |
| Mikayla Hyde | Collingwood | 12 November 2025 | Delisted | [22] |
| Selena Karlson | Collingwood | 12 November 2025 | Delisted | [22] |
| Nell Morris-Dalton | Collingwood | 12 November 2025 | Delisted | [22] |
| Charlotte Taylor | Collingwood | 12 November 2025 | Delisted | [22] |
| Rebecca Ott | St Kilda | 14 November 2025 | Delisted | [23] |
| Natalie Plane | St Kilda | 14 November 2025 | Delisted | [23] |
| Charlotte Simpson | St Kilda | 14 November 2025 | Delisted | [23] |
| Hannah Stuart | St Kilda | 14 November 2025 | Delisted | [23] |
| Grace Brooker | Essendon | 19 November 2025 | Retired | [24] |
| Zimmorlei Farquharson | Western Bulldogs | 20 November 2025 | Delisted | [25] |
| Naomi Ferres | Western Bulldogs | 20 November 2025 | Delisted | [25] |
| Nat Exon | Hawthorn | 21 November 2025 | Delisted | [26] |
| Kristy Stratton | Hawthorn | 21 November 2025 | Delisted | [26] |
| Tarni Brown | Carlton | 27 November 2025 | Retired | [27] |
| Eliza Wood | Carlton | 27 November 2025 | Delisted | [28] |
| Charlotte Brewer | Carlton | 27 November 2025 | Delisted | [28] |
| Ebony Antonio | Fremantle | 27 November 2025 | Retired | [29] |
| Denby Taylor | Melbourne | 28 November 2025 | Delisted | [30] |
| Gabrielle Colvin | Melbourne | 28 November 2025 | Retired | [31] |
| Caitlin Thorne | Geelong | 2 December 2025 | Delisted | [32] |
| Abbie Ballard | Adelaide | 3 December 2025 | Delisted | [33] |
| Rachelle Martin | Adelaide | 3 December 2025 | Delisted | [33] |
| Annabel Johnson | West Coast | 3 December 2025 | Delisted | [34] |
| Courtney Lindgren | West Coast | 3 December 2025 | Delisted | [34] |
| Kerryn Peterson | Carlton | 5 December 2025 | Delisted | [35] |
| Stevie-Lee Thompson | Adelaide | 5 December 2025 | Retired | [36] |
| Haneen Zreika | Greater Western Sydney | 8 December 2025 | Delisted | [37] |
| Jacinta Baldwick | Brisbane | 8 December 2025 | Delisted | [38] |
| Dee Heslop | Brisbane | 8 December 2025 | Delisted | [38] |
| Indiana Williams | Brisbane | 8 December 2025 | Delisted | [38] |
| Kiara Bischa | Gold Coast | 8 December 2025 | Delisted | [39] |
| Ruby Sargent-Wilson | Sydney | 9 December 2025 | Delisted | [40] |
| Katelyn Cox | Richmond | 10 December 2025 | Delisted | [41] |
| Shelby Knoll | Richmond | 10 December 2025 | Delisted | [41] |
| Grace Campbell | Collingwood | 10 December 2025 | Delisted | [42] |
| Georgia Clark | Collingwood | 10 December 2025 | Delisted | [42] |
| Annie Lee | Collingwood | 10 December 2025 | Delisted | [42] |
| Alana Porter | Collingwood | 10 December 2025 | Delisted | [42] |
| Kayley Kavanagh | West Coast | 10 December 2025 | Delisted | [43] |
| Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner | Western Bulldogs | 10 December 2025 | Self-delisted | [44] |
| Ainslie Kemp | Hawthorn | 11 December 2025 | Delisted | [45] |
| Ellyse Gamble | Essendon | 11 December 2025 | Delisted | [46] |
| Amelie Gladman | Essendon | 11 December 2025 | Delisted | [46] |
| Jess Verbrugge | Essendon | 11 December 2025 | Delisted | [46] |
| Holly Ifould | Fremantle | 11 December 2025 | Delisted | [47] |
| Poppy Stockwell | Fremantle | 11 December 2025 | Delisted | [47] |
| Sophie Kavanagh | Greater Western Sydney | 12 December 2025 | Delisted | [48] |
| Indi Linde | Greater Western Sydney | 12 December 2025 | Delisted | [48] |
| Arianna Clarke | St Kilda | 12 December 2025 | Delisted | [49] |
| Lilu Hung | St Kilda | 12 December 2025 | Delisted | [49] |
| Maria Cannon | Carlton | 12 December 2025 | Delisted | [50] |
| Jemma Rigoni | Melbourne | 12 December 2025 | Self-delisted | [51] |
| Sarah Wright | North Melbourne | 18 December 2025 | Retired | [52] |
Trade period
Trades
The trade period took place from 4 to 10 December 2025.[53] This marked the first trade period in which future picks could be traded.[54]
| Pick #→ | Draft pick was later on-traded to another club |
| Date | Clubs involved | Club | Received | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 December | Adelaide / Greater Western Sydney | Adelaide | Pick 21→ | [55] |
| Pick 39 | ||||
| Greater Western Sydney | 2026 Adelaide first-round pick | [54] | ||
| Essendon / St Kilda | Essendon | Pick 13→ | [54] | |
| Pick 49 | ||||
| St Kilda | Pick 24 | [54] | ||
| Pick 42 | ||||
| 2026 Essendon second-round pick | ||||
| 5 December | North Melbourne / Richmond | North Melbourne | 2026 Richmond fourth-round pick→ | [56] |
| Richmond | Georgia Stubs | [57] | ||
| 2026 North Melbourne fourth-round pick→ | ||||
| Carlton / North Melbourne | Carlton | Pick 19→ | [58] | |
| 2026 North Melbourne second-round pick→ | ||||
| North Melbourne | 2026 Carlton first-round pick | [56] | ||
| 2026 Carlton third-round pick | ||||
| 7 December | Carlton / Gold Coast | Carlton | Lauren Bella | [59] |
| Claudia Whitfort | ||||
| Gold Coast | Pick 19 | [60] | ||
| 2026 North Melbourne second-round pick | ||||
| Gold Coast / Richmond | Gold Coast | Pick 4→ | [61] | |
| Pick 22 | ||||
| Richmond | Pick 1 | [62] | ||
| Pick 56 | ||||
| 2026 Gold Coast third-round pick→ | ||||
| Adelaide / Gold Coast | Adelaide | Pick 4 | [63] | |
| Pick 38→ | ||||
| 2026 Gold Coast first-round pick | ||||
| Gold Coast | Anne Hatchard | [64] | ||
| Pick 14→ | ||||
| Pick 21 | ||||
| Pick 32 | ||||
| 8 December | North Melbourne / West Coast | North Melbourne | Pick 48 | [65] |
| West Coast | Ella Slocombe | [66] | ||
| 2026 Richmond fourth-round pick | ||||
| Brisbane / Greater Western Sydney | Brisbane | 2026 Greater Western Sydney end-of-first-round pick | [67] | |
| Greater Western Sydney | Poppy Boltz | [68] | ||
| 2026 Brisbane second-round pick→ | ||||
| Fremantle / Melbourne | Fremantle | Lily Johnson | [69] | |
| Eden Zanker | ||||
| Pick 35 | ||||
| 2026 Melbourne fourth-round pick | ||||
| Melbourne | Pick 9 | [70] | ||
| Pick 27→ | ||||
| Pick 81 | ||||
| 2026 Fremantle second-round pick→ | ||||
| Adelaide / Richmond | Adelaide | Grace Egan | [71] | |
| Richmond | Pick 38 | [72] | ||
| Gold Coast / Melbourne | Gold Coast | Pick 17→ | [73] | |
| Pick 27 | ||||
| Melbourne | Pick 14 | [74] | ||
| 2026 Gold Coast second-round pick | ||||
| Brisbane / Port Adelaide | Brisbane | Pick 28→ | [75] | |
| Pick 46→ | ||||
| 2026 Port Adelaide third-round pick→ | ||||
| Port Adelaide | Ellie Hampson | [76] | ||
| Pick 36→ | ||||
| 2026 Brisbane fourth-round pick→ | ||||
| 9 December | Carlton / West Coast | Carlton | Pick 66 | [77] |
| 2026 West Coast fifth-round pick | ||||
| West Coast | Keeley Skepper | [78] | ||
| 2026 Carlton fourth-round pick | ||||
| Geelong / St Kilda | Geelong | Nicola Stevens | [79] | |
| 2026 St Kilda third-round pick | ||||
| St Kilda | 2026 Geelong second-round pick | [80] | ||
| 10 December | Brisbane / Hawthorn / Sydney | Brisbane | Pick 11 (from Sydney) | [81] |
| Pick 15→ (from Hawthorn) | ||||
| Pick 29→ (from Brisbane) | ||||
| Pick 33 (from Hawthorn) | ||||
| Pick 47→ (from Brisbane) | ||||
| Hawthorn | 2026 Sydney first-round pick (from Sydney) | [82] | ||
| 2026 Brisbane third-round pick→ (from Brisbane) | ||||
| 2026 Port Adelaide third-round pick→ (from Brisbane) | ||||
| 2026 Sydney third-round pick→ (from Sydney) | ||||
| Sydney | Taylor Smith (from Brisbane) | [83] | ||
| Pick 18 (from Brisbane) | ||||
| Pick 28 (from Brisbane) | ||||
| Pick 46 (from Brisbane) | ||||
| Gold Coast / Hawthorn | Gold Coast | 2026 Brisbane third-round pick | [84] | |
| Hawthorn | Jacqui Dupuy | [85] | ||
| Collingwood / North Melbourne | Collingwood | Ariana Hetherington | [86] | |
| North Melbourne | 2026 Collingwood third-round pick | [87] | ||
| Collingwood / Gold Coast / Western Bulldogs |
Collingwood | Pick 17→ (from Gold Coast) | [88] | |
| Pick 26 (from Western Bulldogs) | ||||
| Gold Coast | Pick 23 (from Collingwood) | [89] | ||
| 2026 Western Bulldogs third-round pick (from Western Bulldogs) | ||||
| Western Bulldogs | Mikala Cann (from Collingwood) | [90] | ||
| Adelaide / Essendon | Adelaide | Pick 13 | [91] | |
| Pick 60 | ||||
| 2026 Essendon third-round pick | ||||
| Essendon | Zoe Prowse | [92] | ||
| Pick 50 | ||||
| 2026 Adelaide fourth-round pick | ||||
| Carlton / Melbourne | Carlton | 2026 Fremantle second-round pick→ | [93] | |
| 2026 Melbourne third-round pick→ | ||||
| Melbourne | Mia Austin | [94] | ||
| Hawthorn / St Kilda | Hawthorn | Pick 67 | [95] | |
| 2026 St Kilda fourth-round pick | ||||
| St Kilda | Sophie Butterworth | [96] | ||
| Pick 87 | ||||
| Brisbane / Collingwood | Brisbane | Lily-Rose Williamson | [97] | |
| Pick 17→ | ||||
| 2026 Collingwood second-round pick | ||||
| Collingwood | Pick 15 | [98] | ||
| Pick 29 | ||||
| Pick 47 | ||||
| Adelaide / Brisbane / Carlton | Adelaide | Pick 17 (from Brisbane) | [99] | |
| 2026 Melbourne third-round pick (from Carlton) | ||||
| Brisbane | 2026 Adelaide second-round pick (from Adelaide) | [97] | ||
| 2026 Fremantle second-round pick (from Carlton) | ||||
| Carlton | Brooke Boileau (from Adelaide) | [93] | ||
| Carlton / North Melbourne | Carlton | 2026 North Melbourne fifth-round pick | [93] | |
| North Melbourne | Maddison Torpey | [100] | ||
| Hawthorn / North Melbourne | Hawthorn | Niamh Martin | [101] | |
| North Melbourne | 2026 Port Adelaide third-round pick | [102] | ||
| 2026 Sydney third-round pick | ||||
| Port Adelaide / West Coast | Port Adelaide | Lucy Boyd | [103] | |
| Pick 30 | ||||
| 2026 West Coast third-round pick | ||||
| West Coast | Lily Paterson | [104] | ||
| Pick 36 | ||||
| 2026 Brisbane fourth-round pick | ||||
| Greater Western Sydney / Hawthorn | Greater Western Sydney | Tilly Lucas-Rodd | [105] | |
| 2026 Hawthorn fourth-round pick | ||||
| Hawthorn | 2026 Brisbane second-round pick | [106] | ||
| 2026 Greater Western Sydney second-round pick | ||||
| 2026 Greater Western Sydney third-round pick | ||||
| Fremantle / Richmond | Fremantle | Pick 40 | [107] | |
| 2026 Gold Coast third-round pick | ||||
| 2026 North Melbourne fourth-round pick | ||||
| Richmond | Dana East | [108] | ||
| Pick 63 | ||||
| 2026 Fremantle third-round pick |
Summary
The following table summarises the players and picks that were traded in and out of each club during the trade period (excluding picks that were later on-traded).
| Club | In | Out |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Grace Egan, 4, 13, 17, 39, 60, GC2026R1, ESS2026R3, MEL2026R3 | Brooke Boileau, Anne Hatchard, Zoe Prowse, 14, 32, 50, 2026R1, 2026R2, 2026R4 |
| Brisbane | Lily-Rose Williamson, 11, 33, GWS2026ER1, ADE2026R2, COL2026R2, FRE2026R2 | Poppy Boltz, Ellie Hampson, Taylor Smith, 18, 36, 2026R2, 2026R4 |
| Carlton | Lauren Bella, Brooke Boileau, Claudia Whitfort, 66, NM2026R5, WC2026R5 | Mia Austin, Keeley Skepper, Maddison Torpey, 2026R1, 2026R3, 2026R4 |
| Collingwood | Ariana Hetherington, 15, 26, 29, 47 | Mikala Cann, Lily-Rose Williamson, 23, 2026R2, 2026R3 |
| Essendon | Zoe Prowse, 49, 50, ADE2026R4 | 24, 42, 60, 2026R2, 2026R3 |
| Fremantle | Lily Johnson, Eden Zanker, 35, 40, GC2026R3, MEL2026R4, NM2026R4 | Dana East, 9, 27, 63, 81, 2026R2, 2026R3 |
| Geelong | ||
| Gold Coast | Anne Hatchard, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 32, NM2026R2, BRI2026R3, WB2026R3 | Lauren Bella, Claudia Whitfort, 1, 38, 56, 2026R1, 2026R2, 2026R3 |
| Greater Western Sydney | Poppy Boltz, Tilly Lucas-Rodd, ADE2026R1, HAW2026R4 | 21, 39, 2026ER1, 2026R2, 2026R3 |
| Hawthorn | Niamh Martin, 67, SYD2026R1, BRI2026R2, GWS2026R2, GWS2026R3, STK2026R4 | Sophie Butterworth, Tilly Lucas-Rodd, 15, 33, 87, 2026R4 |
| Melbourne | Mia Austin, 9, 14, 81, GC2026R2 | Lily Johnson, Eden Zanker, 17, 35, 2026R3, 2026R4 |
| North Melbourne | Maddison Torpey, 48, CAR2026R1, CAR2026R3, COL2026R3, PA2026R3, SYD2026R3 | Ariana Hetherington, Niamh Martin, Ella Slocombe, Georgia Stubs, 19, 2026R2, 2026R4, 2026R5 |
| Port Adelaide | Lucy Boyd, Ellie Hampson, 30, WC2026R3 | Lily Paterson, 28, 46, 2026R3 |
| Richmond | Dana East, Georgia Stubs, 1, 38, 56, 63, FRE2026R3 | Grace Egan, 4, 22, 40, 2026R4 |
| St Kilda | Sophie Butterworth, 24, 42, 87, ESS2026R2 | 13, 49, 67 2026R4 |
| Sydney | Taylor Smith, 18, 28, 46 | 11, 29, 47, 2026R1, 2026R3 |
| West Coast | Lily Paterson, Keeley Skepper, Ella Slocombe, 36, BRI2026R4, CAR2026R4, RIC2026R4 | Lucy Boyd, 30, 48, 66, 2026R3, 2026R5 |
| Western Bulldogs | Mikala Cann | 26, 2026R3 |
Delisted free agency
| Name | New club | Previous club | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Brewer | Collingwood | Carlton | 8 December 2025 | [109] |
| Alissa Brook | Geelong | Port Adelaide | 9 December 2025 | [110] |
| Jasmin Stewart | Geelong | Port Adelaide | 9 December 2025 | [111] |
| Jemma Rigoni | Collingwood | Melbourne | 12 December 2025 | [112] |
Draft
The national draft was held on 15 December 2025.[113]
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