Overview
- Richmond chose 180cm key forward Olivia Wolmarans with the top pick after trading up from Gold Coast.
- GWS selected midfielder Scarlett Johnson at No.2, then used pick No.3 on Sydney academy talent Kiera Yerbury after the Swans declined to match.
- Gold Coast matched a flurry of bids to secure six of the first 15 selections and eight players overall, including Sunny Lappin, Ava Usher, Georja Davies, Alannah Welsh, Mikayla Nurse and Dekota Baron.
- The Suns’ strategy relied on AFLW rules that allow clubs to match academy or father‑daughter bids within 18 selections rather than using a points system.
- Hawthorn drafted Maya Dear under the father‑daughter provision, and Brisbane made Meg Lappin its first AFLW father‑daughter pick late in the count.