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1996 AFL draft
...The 1996 AFL draft was held at the conclusion of the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season. The inaugural rookie draft was held with the 1997 pre-season draft.
The AFL draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
Clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season, although these picks can be swapped around by teams for trading players.
Trades: club by club
- Brett James from Collingwood for Jonathon Ross
- Trent Ormond-Allen from Melbourne for draft pick #83
- Clay Sampson from Melbourne for Nick Pesch
- Tim Cook and Aaron Keating from Port Adelaide for Scott Hodges
- Nick Laidlaw from Port Adelaide for David Brown
- Barry Standfield from Western Bulldogs for draft picks #32 and #47
- Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill from Port Adelaide for Brent Heaver
- Mick McGuane from Collingwood for draft picks #19 and #65
- Anthony Rocca from Sydney for Ben Wilson, Mark Orchard and draft picks #14 and #33
- John R. Barnett from North Melbourne for draft pick #70
- Richard Osborne from Western Bulldogs for draft pick #61
- Jonathon Ross from Adelaide for Brett James
- Hamish Simpson and Cameron Roberts from Port Adelaide for draft pick #37
- Tim Hargreaves from Hawthorn for Aaron Lord
- Aaron Lord from Geelong for Tim Hargreaves
- Justin Crawford from Sydney for David McEwan and draft pick #17
- Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley from Port Adelaide for Paul Geister
- Nick Pesch from Adelaide for Clay Sampson
- Shane Bond and Brayden Lyle from West Coast for draft pick #57
- Shayne Breuer from Geelong for Hamish Simpson, Cameron Roberts and draft picks #8 and 43
- David Brown from Adelaide for Nick Laidlaw
- Paul Geister from North Melbourne for Kent Kingsley and Wade Kingsley
- Brent Heaver from Carlton for Ben Nelson and Andrew Balkwill
- Scott Hodges from Adelaide for Aaron Keating and Tim Cook
- For zone and uncontracted player selections see below
- Trent Nichols from North Melbourne for draft pick #50
- Mark Orchard and Ben Wilson from Collingwood for Anthony Rocca
- David McEwan from Hawthorn for Justin Crawford
- Ilija Grgic from Western Bulldogs for Luke Trew and draft pick #20
- Simon Minton-Connell from Hawthorn for draft pick #29
- Luke Trew from West Coast for Ilija Grgic