The 2003 AFL draft was the 2003 instance of the AFL draft, 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 2003 draft consisted of a trade period, the national, pre-season and rookie drafts and the elevation of previously drafted rookies to the senior list.
| 2003 AFL draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date(s) | 24 November 2003 |
| Network(s) | Fox Sports |
| Sponsored by | National Australia Bank |
| Overview | |
| League | AFL |
| First selection | Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs) |
There were 83 draft selections between the 16 teams in the national draft. The Western Bulldogs received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2003 AFL season. The Bulldogs and Melbourne both received a priority selection for having earned 20 premiership points of less during the preceding season. Carlton also received a priority selection, despite being banned from the first two rounds of this year's draft, owing to salary cap breaches discovered the previous year.
This draft is considered one of the weaker drafts, with almost half of the 16 club's first picks delisted within the following 4 years.[1] It has produced one Brownlow Medallist, Adam Cooney, who is the first and, as of 2021, only number-one draft pick to win the award.
The main trades that occurred involved Nathan Brown switching from the Bulldogs to Richmond and Trent Croad returning to Hawthorn after spending two years with Fremantle. The trading period also contained The Veale Deal, where unknown youngster Lochlan Veale was traded by Hawthorn to the Western Bulldogs in a lopsided three-way deal involving Essendon. In the deal Hawthorn gained Danny Jacobs, Essendon gained Mark Alvey and the number six selection in the draft and the Bulldogs officially only received Veale, and had an understanding Hawthorn that they would not trade Jade Rawlings to any other club, allowing the Bulldogs to select him with the first selection in the pre-season draft.[2]
Trades edit
2003 national draft edit
| * | Denotes player who has been a premiership player and been selected for at least one All-Australian team |
| + | Denotes player who has been a premiership player at least once |
| x | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Australian team |
| ~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star |
2004 pre-season draft edit
2004 rookie draft edit
| Pick | Player | Recruited from | Recruited to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Condos | Werribee | Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | Andrew Carrazzo | Geelong | Carlton |
| 3 | Aaron Davey | Port Melbourne | Melbourne |
| 4 | Nathan Foley | Geelong Falcons | Richmond |
| 5 | Luke Buckland | Geelong Falcons | Geelong |
| 6 | Dylan Pfitzner | Central District | St Kilda |
| 7 | Pass | North Melbourne | |
| 8 | Ben Clifton | Calder Cannons | Hawthorn |
| 9 | Brett Jones | Claremont | West Coast |
| 10 | Paul Duffield | South Fremantle | Fremantle |
| 11 | Ben Cosgriff | Murray Bushrangers | Essendon |
| 12 | Tim Hazell | Hawthorn | Adelaide |
| 13 | Adam Grocke | North Adelaide | Port Adelaide |
| 14 | Aaron Rogers | Melbourne | Sydney |
| 15 | Zane Leonard | Dandenong Stingrays | Collingwood |
| 16 | Daniel Pratt | North Melbourne | Brisbane |
| 17 | Pass | Western Bulldogs | |
| 18 | Murray Boyd | Western Jets | Carlton |
| 19 | Paul Newman | Kyabram | Melbourne |
| 20 | Marc Dragicevic | Richmond | Richmond |
| 21 | James Allan | Geelong Falcons | Geelong |
| 22 | Nick Stone | Hawthorn | St Kilda |
| 23 | Pass | North Melbourne | |
| 24 | Michael Rix | Box Hill Hawks | Hawthorn |
| 25 | Michael Embley | Swan Districts | West Coast |
| 26 | Dylan Smith | North Melbourne | Fremantle |
| 27 | Nathan Lovett-Murray | Williamstown | Essendon |
| 28 | Rowan Andrews | Tassie Mariners | Adelaide |
| 29 | Salim Hassan | West Adelaide | Port Adelaide |
| 30 | Scott McGlone | Sydney Swans | Sydney |
| 31 | David Fanning | Aberfeldie | Collingwood |
| 32 | Matthew Pardew | Morningside | Brisbane |
| 33 | Pass | Western Bulldogs | |
| 34 | Adam Bentick | Calder Cannons | Carlton |
| 35 | Luke Molan | Melbourne | Melbourne |
| 36 | Pass | Richmond | |
| 37 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 38 | Pass | North Melbourne | |
| 39 | Josh Thurgood | North Ballarat Rebels | Hawthorn |
| 40 | Jaymie Graham | South Fremantle | West Coast |
| 41 | Michael Warren | Claremont | Fremantle |
| 42 | Andrew Lovett | East Perth | Essendon |
| 43 | Brad Dabrowski | West Adelaide | Adelaide |
| 44 | Dale Ellis | Woodville-West Torrens | Port Adelaide |
| 45 | Daniel Hunt | Sydney Swans | Sydney |
| 46 | Dean Benson | Oakleigh Chargers | Collingwood |
| 47 | Josh Drummond | Northern Eagles | Brisbane |
| 48 | Pass | Western Bulldogs | |
| 49 | Sam Pleming | Gippsland Power | Carlton |
| 50 | Joel Campbell | Pioneers | Melbourne |
| 51 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 52 | Pass | North Melbourne | |
| 53 | Shaun Bergin | Bendigo Pioneers | Hawthorn |
| 54 | Clancy Rudeforth | Claremont | West Coast |
| 55 | Ben Colreavy | Claremont | Fremantle |
| 56 | Peter Summers | Northern Bullants | Essendon |
| 57 | Matthew Smith | Adelaide | Adelaide |
| 58 | Pass | Port Adelaide | |
| 59 | Luke Taylor | Murray Bushrangers | Sydney |
| 60 | Justin Crow | Collingwood | Collingwood |
| 61 | Jacob Furfaro | Mt Gravatt | Brisbane |
| 62 | Setanta O'hAilpin | Ireland | Carlton |
| 63 | Pass | North Melbourne | |
| 64 | Paul Shelton | Morningside | Hawthorn |
| 65 | James Davies | Essendon | Essendon |
| 66 | Nick Potter | Pennant Hills | Sydney |
| 67 | Leigh Ryswyk | Southport | Brisbane |
| 68 | Adrian Wilson | Essendon | Essendon |
| 69 | Pass | Sydney | |
| 70 | Jeremy Stiller | Northern Eagles | Brisbane |
| 71 | Pass | Sydney | |
| 72 | Pass | Brisbane | |
| 73 | Pass | Sydney | |
| 74 | Pass | Brisbane | |
| 75 | Pass | Brisbane |
Rookie elevation edit
In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list details 2003-listed rookies who were elevated to the senior list; it does not list players taken as rookies in the rookie draft which occurred during the 2003/04 off-season.
References edit
- ^ Healy, G; 2003 Draft is a blight on recruiters; The Herald Sun; 2008-04-04
- ^ Niall, Jake (18 October 2003). "Veale deal a fitting end to the trade game".