TL;DR
- Fred Rodriguez and Ollie Greaves were selected in the AFL Rookie Draft after being overlooked in the main draft.
- Riley Onley, Jack Watkins, Leon Kickett, and Nick Driscoll were also added to AFL lists via the Rookie Draft.
- Callum Ah Chee was selected by Adelaide in the AFL Pre-Season Draft after a previous trade failed.
- Nine players were re-listed as rookies, including Sydney's Jake Lloyd and Dane Rampe.
Two players unexpectedly overlooked in the AFL National Draft have now been added to AFL lists through the Rookie Draft.
West Coast selected powerful West Australian midfielder Fred Rodriguez at no.1 in the Rookie Draft - with the teenager tipped to be top 10 in the main draft earlier this year.
While another slider, Ollie Greaves, found his way to Hawthorn - the club that tried to get him part of their NGA program.
Four additional draftees were selected for AFL lists through the Rookie Draft: Riley Onley (Melbourne), Jack Watkins (Port Adelaide), Leon Kickett (Fremantle), and Nick Driscoll (Geelong).
Callum Ah Chee, a premiership player for Brisbane who was uncontracted, has been selected by Adelaide in the AFL Pre-Season Draft, following a trade that failed to materialize during the AFL Trade Period.
AFL clubs re-listed nine players as rookies, featuring Sydney pair Jake Lloyd and Dane Rampe, and Brisbane's Lincoln McCarthy was also returned to the Lions list.
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Pre-Season Draft
1. Adelaide: Callum Ah Chee
Rookie Draft
Round 1
1. West Coast: Fred Rodriguez
2. Richmond: Pass
3. Melbourne: Riley Onley
4. Port Adelaide: Jack Watkins
5. St Kilda: Patrick Said
6. Carlton: Pass
7. Sydney: Jake Lloyd
8. Fremantle: Leon Kickett
9. GWS: Conor Stone
10. Gold Coast: Ben Jepson
11. Adelaide: Tyler Welsh
12. Hawthorn: Ollie Greeves
13. Geelong: George Stevens
14. Brisbane: Lincoln McCarthy
Round 2
15. West Coast: Pass
16. Port Adelaide: Pass
17. St Kilda: Pass
18. Sydney: Dane Rampe
19. Fremantle: Pass
20. GWS: Pass
21. Adelaide: Pass
22. Hawthorn: Pass
23. Geelong: Keighton Matofai-Forbes
Round 3
24. West Coast: Pass
25. Port Adelaide: Pass
26. Fremantle: Pass
27. Hawthorn: Pass
28. Geelong: Nick Driscoll
Round 4
29. West Coast: Pass
Rookies in Category A, Pre-selected
- Jai Saxena (Collingwood)
- Kalani White (Melbourne)
Rookies in Category B, Pre-selected
- Ryda Luke (Fremantle)
- Toby Whan (Fremantle)
- Jesse Mellor (Geelong)
- Riley Hamilton (GWS)
- Noah Chamberlain (Sydney)
- Liam Hetherton (Sydney)