2000 AFL Draft

The 2000 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. There were 87 picks to be dratfed between 16 teams in the national draft. The St. Kilda Saints received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2000 AFL season.

Pre-Season Draft

| Pick

Player	Recruited from	Club
1	Shane O'Bree	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood
2	Brad Bootsma	South Fremantle Football Club	Fremantle
3	James Cook	Western Bulldogs	Melbourne
4	James Byrne	Glenelg Football Club	Adelaide Crows
5	Fred Campbell	Sydney Swans	St. Kilda
6	Barry Young	Essendon	Hawthorn
7	Ben Fixter	NSW-ACT U18	Sydney Swans
8	Wade Chapman	Sydney Swans	Port Adelaide
9	Andrew Wills	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs
10	Simon Hawking	Sydney Swans	Collingwood
11	Steven Pitt	Norwood Football Club	Melbourne
12	Andrew Cowell	Woodville-West Torrens Football Club	Adealaide
13	Damian Monkhorst	Collingwood	St. Kilda
14	Simon Godfrey	Melbourne Reserves	Melbourne
15	Sean Charles	Woorinen Football Club	St. Kilda

National Draft

| Round

Pick	Player	Recruited from	Club
Priority	1	Nick Riewoldt	Southport Sharks	St Kilda
Priority	2	Justin Koschitzke	Murray Bushrangers	St Kilda
Priority	3	Alan Didak	Port Adelaide Magpies	Collingwood
1	4	Luke Livingston	Bendigo Pioneers	Carlton
1	5	Andrew McDougall	Perth Football Club	West Coast
1	6	Dylan Smith	Sandringham Dragons	Kangaroos
1	7	Laurence Angwin	Dandenong Stingrays	Adelaide
1	8	Daniel Motlop	North Adelaide Roosters	Kangaroos
1	9	Kayne Pettifer	Murray Bushrangers	Richmond
1	10	Jordan McMahon	Glenelg	Western Bulldogs
1	11	Trent Sporn	North Adelaide Roosters	Carlton
1	12	Shaun Burgoyne	Port Adelaide Magpies	Port Adelaide
1	13	Ashley McGrath	South Fremantle Football Club	Brisbane Lions
1	14	Daniel Harris	Bendigo Bombers	Kangaroos
1	15	Simon Wiggins	Tasmania Devils Football Club	Carlton
1	16	Scott Thompson	Port Adelaide Magpies	Melbourne
1	17	James Davies	Xavier College	Essendon
2	18	Daniel Kerr	East Fremantle Football Club	West Coast Eagles
2 (F/S)	19	Jason Cloke	Eastern U18	Collingwood
2	20	Kane Cornes	Glenelg Football Club	Port Adelaide
2	21	Nick Ries	Sandringham U18	Hawthorn
2	22	Richard Hadley	East Fremantle Football Club	Brisbane Lions
2	23	Drew Petrie	North Ballarat U18	Kangaroos
2	24	Luke Ablett	Gippsland U18	Sydney Swans
2	25	Mark Coughlan	Perth Football Club	Richmond
2	26	Shane Birss	Gippsland U18	Western Bulldogs
2	27	Ted Richards	Sandringham U18	Essendon
2 (F/S)	28	Steven Greene	Sandringham U18	Hawthorn
2	29	Jamie Charman	Northern Eagles	Brisbane Lions
2	30	Saverio Rocca	Kangaroos	Collingwood
2	31	Blake Campbell	Murray U18	Kangaroos
2	32	Sam Hunt	Geelong U18	Essendon
3	33	Martin Pike	Kangaroos	Brisbane Lions
3	34	Ryan Lonie	Dandenong U18	Collingwood
3	35	Allen Murray	Murray U18	Port Adelaide
3	36	Jeremy Humm	North Ballarat U18	West Coast Eagles
3	37	Guy Richards	Eastern U18	Collingwood
3	38	Michael Handby	Dandenong U18	Adelaide Crows
3	39	Adam McPhee	Dandenong U18	Essendon
3	40	Chris Hyde	Murray U18	Richmond
3	41	Andrew Krakouer	South Fremantle Football Club	Richmond
3	42	Daniel Pratt	Northern Eagles	Kangaroos
3	43	Mark Williams	South Fremantle Football Club	Hawthorn
3	44	Josh Hunt	Bendigo U18	Geelong
3	45	Trent Carroll	Claremont Football Club	West Coast Eagles
3	46	Sean O'Keefe	Murray U18	Carlton
3	47	Jordan Bannister	Calder U18	Essendon
3	48	Matthew Smith	Oakleigh U18	Adelaide Crows
4	49	Shane Wakelin	St. Kilda	Collingwood
4	50	Domenic Cassisi	East Fremantle Football Club	Port Adelaide
4	51	Dion Woods	Perth Football Club	Fremantle
4	52	Amon Buchanan	Geelong U18	Sydney Swans
4	53	Hayden Skipworth	Woodville-West Torrens Football Club	Adelaide Crows
4	54	Jarrad Sundqvist	Glenelg	Sydney Swans
4	55	Chris Newman	Dandenong U18	Richmond
4	56	Daniel Cross	Murray U18	Western Bulldogs
4	57	Steven Sziller	St. Kilda	Richmond
4	58	Nathan Lonie	Dandenong U18	Hawthorn
4	59	Luke Hammond	Sandringham U18	Brisbane Lions
4	60	Corey Jones	Sturt Football Club	Kangaroos
4	61	Callan Beasy	Bendigo U18	Carlton
4	62	Daniel Breese	Eastern U18	Melbourne
4	63	Marc Bullen	Murray U18	Essendon
5	64	Mark Gale	Unknown club	St. Kilda
5	65	Pass	Collingwood
5	66	Scott Thornton	Sandringham U18	Fremantle
5	67	Graham Johncock	Port Adelaide Magpies	Adelaide Crows
5	68	Pass	Sydney Swans
5	69	Pass	Richmond
5	70	Wayde Skipper	West Perth	Western Bulldogs
5	71	Daniel Lowther	Geelong Football Club	Geelong
5	72	Pass	Hawthorn
5	73	Ross Funcke	North Ballarat Football Club	Melbourne
5	74	Michael Davis	Sandringham U18	Essendon
6	75	Robert Powell	Unknown club	Richmond
6	76	Pass		Fremantle
6	77	Pass	Adelaide Crows
6	78	Pass		Western Bulldogs
6	79	Hamish Simpson	Geelong Football Club	Geelong
6	80	Mitchell Craig	Eastern U18	Melbourne
6	81	Pass		Essendon
7	82	Daniel Wulf	St. Kilda	St. Kilda
7	83	Pass	Western Bulldogs
7	84	Pass	Melbourne
8	85	Pass		St. Kilda
9	86	Pass		St. Kilda
10	87	Pass		St. Kilda

Trades

In alphabetical order of new clubs| Player

Original Club	New Club	Traded For
Matthew Bode	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Crows	Draft pick #12
Evan Hewitt	Kangaroos	Adelaide Crows	Draft pick #23
Mal Michael	Collingwood	Brisbane Lions	Jarrod Molloy and Draft pick #44
Sam Cranage	St. Kilda	Carlton	Aaron Hamill
James Clement	Fremantle	Collingwood	Draft pick #39
Brodie Holland	Fremantle	Collingwood	Draft pick #39
Jarrod Molloy	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Mal Michael and Darft pick #22
Carl Steinfort	Geelong	Collingwood	Draft pcik #44
Peter Bell	Kangaroos	Fremantle	Jess Sinclair, Draft picks #6, #37
Matthew Carr	St. Kilda	Fremantle	Craig Callaghan
Daniel Metropolis	West Coast Eagles	Fremantle	Greg Harding
Dwayne Simpson	Sydney Swans	Fremantle	Draft pick #52
Kent Kingsley	Kangaroos	Geelong	Draft pick #42
Justin Murphy	Carlton	Geelong	Draft pick #11
Mitchell White	West Coast Eagles	Geelong	Draft picks #27, #45, #57
Shaun Rehn	Adelaide Crows	Hawthorn	Draft pick #12
Joe McLaren	St. Kilda	Kangaroos	Matthew Capuano
Ricky Olarenshaw	Collingwood	Kangaroos	Draft pick #37
Jess Sinclair	Fremantle	Kangaroos	Peter Bell
Darryl Wakelin	St. Kilda	Port Adelaide
Craig Callaghan	Fremantle	St. Kilda	Matthew Carr
Matthew Capuano	Kangaroos	St. Kilda	Joe McLaren
Fraser Gehrig	West Coast Eagles	St. Kilda	David Sierakowski. Draft pick #18
Aaron Hamill	Carlton	St. Kilda	Sam Cranage, Draft pick #4
Steven Lawrence	Brisbane Lions	St. Kilda	Draft pick #33
Paul Wiliams	Collingwood	Sydney Swans	Draft pick #8, #39
Michael Collica	Hawthorn	West Coast Eagles	Draft pick #21
Greg Harding	Fremantle	West Coast Eagles	Daniel Mteropolis, Draft pick #51
Mark Merenda	Richmond	West Coast Eagles	Draft pick #57
Michael Prior	Essendon	West Coast Eagles	Draft pick #27
David Sierakowski	St. Kilda	West Coast Eagles	Fraser Gehrig
Richard Taylor	Hawthorn	West Coast Eagles	Draft pick #21
Ben Harrison	Richmond	Western Bulldogs	Draft pick #41

Rookie Elevation

In alphabetical order of professional clubs| Player

Recruited from	Club
Stuart Brown	Norwood Football Club	Adelaide Crows
Michael Doughty	South Adelaide Football Club	Adelaide Crows
Nathan Clarke	Maroochydore Football Club	Brisbane Lions
Shannon Rusca	Southern Districts Football Club	Brisbane Lions
Jordan Doering	Essendon Reserves	Carlton
Cory McGrath	South Fremantle Football Club	Essendon
Adam Switala	Central Districts Football Club	Essendon
Marcus Baldwin	Hawthorn Reserves	Geelong
Danny O'Brien	Gippsland U18	Geelong
Ryan Pagan	Kangaroos Reserves	Kangaroos Football Club
Troy Broadbridge	Port Adelaide Magpies	Melbourne
Ben Haynes	Western U18	Richmond
Royce Vardy	Devon WWWW Football Club	Richmond
Brett Moyle	St. Kilda Reserves	St. Kilda
Dean Cox	East Perth Football Club	West Coast Eagles
Kasey Green	East Fremantle Football Club	West Coast Eagles

See also

* for more AFL information
* Official AFL Draft page

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