2006 AFL draft
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The 2006 AFL draft is a recent national draft of the Australian Football League. The AFL draft is 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 2006 AFL draft is noted as being the second "superdraft" since the draft system's inception, due to the wealth and depth of talent.
The AFL pre-season draft, rookie draft and trade week also occurred during the 2006/07 Australian Football League off-season.
Trades
Trade week was held from 9 to 13 October 2006.
| Clubs involved | Trade | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Kilda Western Bulldogs | to St Kilda Shane Birss | to Western Bulldogs pick #59 | |
| West Coast Western Bulldogs | to West Coast pick #29 pick #59 | to Western Bulldogs Andrew McDougall pick #34 | |
| Brisbane Lions Western Bulldogs | to Brisbane Lions pick #34 | to Western Bulldogs Jason Akermanis | |
| Essendon Fremantle | to Essendon pick #42 pick #47 | to Fremantle Dean Solomon pick #52 | |
| Collingwood Fremantle Richmond | to Fremantle (from Richmond) pick #8 pick #42 | to Richmond (from Fremantle) Graham Polak pick #13 | |
| to Collingwood (from Fremantle) Paul Medhurst pick #8 | to Fremantle (from Collingwood) Chris Tarrant | ||
| to Collingwood (from Richmond) pick #63 | to Richmond (from Collingwood) pick #60 | ||
| Hawthorn Sydney | to Hawthorn pick #33 | to Sydney Peter Everitt | |
| St Kilda West Coast | to St Kilda Michael Gardiner pick #59 | to West Coast pick #43 |
2006 national draft
The 2006 national draft was held on 25 November 2006. Carlton Football Club had the first selection, choosing Bryce Gibbs from the Glenelg Football Club.
| * | 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 never played in a VFL/AFL home and away season or finals game |
| ~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star |
Rookie elevations
2007 pre-season draft
| Pick | Player | Club | Recruited from | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | ||||
| 1 | Cain Ackland | Carlton | St Kilda | AFL | |
| 2 | Mal Michael | Essendon | Brisbane Lions | AFL | |
| 3 | Ben Ross | Kangaroos | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | Adam Cockshell | Port Adelaide | Norwood | SANFL | |
| 5 | Josh Thurgood | Hawthorn | Hawthorn | AFL | redrafted |
| 6 | Kent Kingsley | Richmond | Geelong | AFL | |
| 7 | Matthew Clarke | St Kilda | Adelaide | AFL | |
| 8 | Chris Bryan | Collingwood | Carlton | AFL | |
| 9 | Cameron Cloke | Carlton | Collingwood | AFL |