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2007 AFL draft

Draft for the Australian Football League

Field	Value
name	2007 AFL draft
date	24 November 2007
sponsor	National Australia Bank
network	Fox Sports
league	AFL
first	Matthew Kreuzer ()
prev	2006
next	2008

The 2007 Australian Football League draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week, the national draft, which was held on 24 November 2007, the pre-season draft and the rookie draft.

Player movements

Trades

2007 was the first year that clubs were allowed to trade picks without the trade involving a player.

The trade week was headlined by the desire of West Coast premiership captain Chris Judd to return to Victoria, after six years with the club having been drafted to the Eagles in 2001. His departure created much attention and speculation among the Melbourne-based clubs, the media and the football community.

In the weeks following the announcement of his departure, Judd met with four clubs: Essendon, Melbourne, Collingwood and Carlton.{{cite news|url=http://realfooty.com.au/news/news/judd-rules-out-dons-demons/2007/10/01/1191091001818.html

Player	Original club	New club	Traded for
Martin Mattner			draft pick #28
John Meesen			draft pick #37
Chris Judd and draft pick #46			Josh Kennedy, draft picks #3 and #20
Josh Kennedy, draft picks #3 and #20			Chris Judd and draft pick #46
Cameron Wood			draft pick #14
Travis Johnstone			draft pick #14
Brad Moran			draft pick #37
Brad Symes			draft pick #28
Jordan McMahon			draft pick #19
Henry Playfair			draft pick #44
Adam Schneider			draft pick #26
Sean Dempster			draft pick #26
Mitch Morton			draft pick #35
Steven King			draft pick #90
Charlie Gardiner			draft pick #90
Ben Hudson and draft pick #43			draft picks #30 & #38
Tim Callan and draft pick #66			draft pick #62
Ben Davies			draft pick #96
Sam Power			draft pick #48
Richard Hadley			draft pick #52
Draft pick #22			draft picks #30 and #35

Retirements and delistings

The 2007 AFL season is notable for the unusually large number of players who retired, particularly senior and "champion" players.

Name	Date Retired	Reason
Jonathan Hay	22 February	Contractual problems resulting from bi-polar issues.
Darren Gaspar	4 May	To help Richmond's younger players and go for a youth policy.
Brett Montgomery	25 May	Disk bulge in neck.
Rhys Archard	29 July	Return to family in rural Victoria.
Luke Darcy	30 July	Frustrated and angry at game due to knee injuries.
Anthony Koutoufides	31 July	Hip injury; had already planned to retire at the end of the season.
Mark Ricciuto	16 August	Body could no longer cope with AFL football.
Matthew Robbins	24 August	Struggled throughout the year despite having a ripping 2006 season.
Josh Mahoney	24 August	Unable to hold down a regular position.
Troy Cook	24 August	url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=12&ContentID=38319	publisher=The West Australian	title=Fremantle lose two loyal servants	date=24 August 2007	access-date=25 August 2007	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192435/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=12&ContentID=38319	archive-date = 27 September 2007}}
Shane Parker	24 August	Was always going to struggle to play the year out and there was no way he could continue.
Chris Scott	25 August	Injury.
Ray Hall	28 August	url=http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=49967	publisher=AFL.com.au	title=The end for a Trio of Tigers	date=28 August 2007	access-date=28 August 2007	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907072815/http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=49967	archive-date=7 September 2007	url-status=dead }}
Trent Knobel	28 August	Persistent ankle injury.
Kent Kingsley	28 August	Injury.
Darryl Wakelin	29 August	Struggled with injury.
Matthew Lappin	29 August	To help his club focus on playing younger players.
Nathan Brown	29 August	url=http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=50064	publisher=The Australian Football League	title=Demons defenders call it quits.	date=29 August 2007	access-date=29 August 2007	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070911080916/http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=50064	archive-date= 11 September 2007	url-status= dead}}
Clint Bizzell	29 August	Right time to do so.
Byron Pickett	31 August	Waning passion for the game.
Chris Johnson	31 August	Decided to leave the game – he was the last ever Fitzroy player in the AFL.
Andrew Thompson	1 September	url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-09-01/saints-farewell-champs-with-tight-win/656952	title=Saints farewell champs with tight win	publisher=ABC	date=1 September 2007	access-date=23 August 2012}}
Matthew Clarke	1 September	url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/evergeen-harvey-rolls-on/story-e6frf3bu-1111114459687	title=Evergeen Harvey rolls on	first=Damian	last=Barrett	work=Herald Sun	date=20 September 2007	access-date=23 August 2012}}
James Hird	1 September	Right time to do so.
Josh Wooden	5 September	Nagging hip injury.
Richie Vandenberg	6 September	Due to a troublesome back injury, his body could not cope any more.
Brett Voss	18 September	Made the most of his time as an AFL footballer.
Ben Dixon	19 September	Inability of his body to prepare well enough for senior football.
Rowan Jones	19 September	Right time to do so.
Glenn Archer	22 September	Right time to do so.
James Clement	23 September	Family health; right time to do so.
Joel Smith	25 September	Thought the time was right, it was time to move on.
Kasey Green	26 September	Wanted to move back to Perth.
Chris Heffernan	2 October	His opportunities to play senior football beyond 2007 were limited.
Scott Camporeale	2 October	Injury.
Chris Grant	2 October	Injury and right time to do so.
Aaron Hamill	2 October	Injury and right time to do so; he felt it was in the best interest of the club moving forward.
Mark Bolton	3 October	Had been struggling to make the starting 22 in 2007 and recognised the right time to do so.
Nathan Buckley	5 October	Chronic hamstring injuries had curtailed his ability to remain fit for selection.
Paul Licuria	5 October	url=http://afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=52213	publisher=The Australian Football League	title=Licuria announces retirement	date=5 October 2007	access-date=5 October 2007	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603160532/http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=52213	archive-date=3 June 2012	url-status=dead}}
Nathan Ablett	5 October	Ending career after winning 2007 Premiership.
Justin Longmuir	31 October	Chronic knee injury.
Stephen Doyle	31 October	Series of knee injuries.
Lance Whitnall	12 November	Knee injury.

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2007 national draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League
Priority	1	Matthew Kreuzer	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
1	2	Trent Cotchin	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
1	3	Chris Masten	East Fremantle	WAFL
1	4	Cale Morton	Claremont	WAFL
1	5	Jarrad Grant	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	6	David Myers	Perth	WAFL
1	7	Rhys Palmer	East Fremantle	WAFL
1	8	Lachlan Henderson	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	9	Ben McEvoy	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
1	10	Patrick Dangerfield	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	11	Patrick Veszpremi	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
1	12	Cyril Rioli	St Mary's	NTFL
1	13	Brad Ebert	Port Adelaide Magpies	SANFL
1	14	Jack Grimes	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
1	15	Robbie Tarrant	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup
1	16	Matthew Lobbe	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
1	17	Harry Taylor	East Fremantle	WAFL
Priority	18	Alex Rance	Swan Districts	WAFL
2	19	Callan Ward	Western Jets	TAC Cup
2	20	Tony Notte	Swan Districts	WAFL
2	21	Addam Maric	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
2	22	Scott Selwood	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup
2	23	Tayte Pears	East Perth	WAFL
2	24	Clayton Hinkley	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
2	25	Tom Collier	Tassie Mariners	TAC Cup
2	26	Brett Meredith	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
2	27	Andy Otten	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
2	28	Marlon Motlop	Wanderers	NTFL
2	29	Brendan Whitecross	Zillmere	QAFL
2	30	Jarrhan Jacky	Subiaco	WAFL
2	31	John McCarthy	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
2	32	Levi Greenwood	Port Adelaide Magpies	SANFL
2	33	Matthew Westhoff	Central District	SANFL
2	34	Dawson Simpson	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
3	35	Sam Reid	Zillmere	QAFL
3	36	Steven Browne	West Perth	WAFL
3	37	Scott Thompson	Geelong	VFL
3	38	Myke Cook	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
3 F/S	39	Darcy Daniher	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
3	40	Chris Mayne	Perth	WAFL
3	41	James Polkinghorne	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
3	42	Jack Steven	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
3	43	Easton Wood	Camperdown/Geelong Grammar School	HFNL
3	44	Scott Simpson	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
3	45	Stuart Dew		AFL
3	46	Dennis Armfield	Swan Districts	WAFL
3	47	Toby Thoolen	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup
3	48	Jarrad Boumann	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
3	49	Mitchell Farmer	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
3	50	Dan McKenna	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
4	51	Dean Putt	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
4	52	Bradd Dalziell	East Fremantle	WAFL
4	53	Kyle Cheney	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
4	54	Cale Hooker	East Fremantle	WAFL
4	55	Mark Johnson		AFL
4	56	Matt Austin	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
4	57	Fraser Gehrig	(ret.)	AFL
4	58	Tony Armstrong	NSW/ACT Rams/Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
4	59	Craig Bird	NSW/ACT Rams/Nelson Bay	TAC Cup
4 F/S	60	Adam Donohue	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
4 F/S	61	Jaxson Barham	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
4	62	Josh Smith	West Perth	WAFL
4	63	Guy O'Keefe	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
5	64	Pass
5	65	Pass
5	66	Tom McNamara	South Adelaide	SANFL
5	67	Pass
5	68	Pass
5	69	Kepler Bradley		AFL
5	70	Eljay Connors	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup
5	71	Aaron Kite	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
5	72	Blake Grima		AFL
6	73	Pass
6	74	Jason D'urso
6 (NSW SP)	75	Taylor Walker	NSW/ACT Rams/North Broken Hill	TAC Cup

2008 pre-season draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League
1	1	David Gourdis	Subiaco	WAFL
1	2	Darren Pfeiffer		AFL
1	3	Stefan Martin	Sandringham	VFL
1	4	Scott Welsh		AFL
1	5	John Williams	Morningside	QAFL
1	6	Joshua Head	South Fremantle	WAFL
1	7	Patrick McGinnity	Claremont	WAFL
1	8	Tom Bellchambers	Launceston	NTFL (Tas)

2008 rookie draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from
1	1	Clayton Collard
1	2	Aaron Joseph	Tassie Mariners
1	3	Trent Zomer	Eastern Ranges
1	4	James Mulligan	Southport
1	5	Rhys Magin	Zillmere
1	6	Brent Connelly	Gippsland Power
1	7	Phil Smith	Calder Cannons
1	8	Glenn Chivers	Oakleigh Chargers
1	9	James Moss	Central District
1	10	Matthew O'Dwyer
1	11	Hugh Sandilands	Oakleigh Chargers
1	12	Lewis Stevenson	Claremont
1	13	Luke Casey-Leigh	Sandringham Dragons
1	14	Nathan Grima	Central District
1	15	Nick Salter	Woodville-West Torrens
1	16	Brodie Moles	Tasmania
2	17	Jarrod Silvester	Coburg Tigers
2	18	Lachlan Hill	Oakleigh Chargers
2	19	Austin Wonaeamirri	St Mary's Football Club
2	20	Henry White	North Adelaide
2	21	Jarrod Atkinson	Bendigo Bombers
2	22	Luke Pratt	Swan Districts
2	23	Pat Garner
2	24	Luke Miles	Swan Districts
2	25	Jared Petrenko	Woodville-West Torrens
2	26	Brendan Murphy	County Carlow (Gaelic football)
2	27	Timothy Walsh	Port Adelaide Magpies
2	28	Ashley Arrowsmith	Calder Cannons
2	29	Kevin Dyas	County Armagh (Gaelic football)
2	30	Cruize Garlett	Perth
2	31	Daniel Boyle	Murray Bushrangers
2	32	Jeremy Laidler	Calder Cannons
3	33	Tristan Cartledge
3	34	David Ellard	Swan Districts
3	35	Jake Spencer	Redland Bombers
3	36	John Shaw	Sandringham Dragons
3	37	Calib Mourish
3	38	Pearce Hanley	County Mayo (Gaelic football)
3	39	Andrew McQualter
3	40	Ed Curnow	Geelong Falcons
3	41	Jake Orreal	Unregistered
3	42	Alex Grima	Tassie Mariners
3	43	Will Sullivan	Western Jets
3	44	Alan Obst
3	45	Ryan Willits
3	46	Chris Kangars	Geelong Falcons
4	47	Cameron Howat
4	48	Michael Shields	County Cork (Gaelic football)
4	49	Shane Valenti	Sandringham Zebras
4	50	Ryley Dunn
4	51	Khan Haretuku	UNSW Eastern Suburbs
4	52	Brodie Martin	Sturt
4	53	Matthew Beckmans	Turvey Park
4	54	Cameron Stokes	Darwin
4	55	Callum Wilson	South Fremantle
4	56	Michael Wundke	North Adelaide
4	57	Shane Mumford	(VFL)
5	58	Aaron Bruce	Eastlake
5	59	Beau Maister
5	60	James Wilsen	St George
6	61	Dean Terlich	Murray Bushrangers
6	62	Ryan Davis	North Shore Bombers

Draft firsts

This draft has been the first ever draft where elevated NSW scholarship players (Taylor Walker, Craig Bird, Ryan Davis, James Wilsen, Khan Haretuku) were drafted to their respective clubs by the draft under the rule, clubs must give up their last selection in either rookie or senior draft in order to draft that elevated scholarship player.

Selections by league

National and Pre-season draft selection totals by leagues:

League	Players
selected	State
TAC Cup	40	VIC
WAFL	18	WA
SANFL	4	SA
QAFL	3	QLD
VFL	2	VIC
NTFL	2	NT
HFNL	1	VIC

Notes

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