The Gold Coast SUNS will commence the second phase of its 2020 AFLW list build when the AFLW Sign and Trade Period begins on Monday April 8.

The period runs for two weeks and will conclude on Thursday April 18.

All 14 AFLW clubs will converge on Marvel Stadium on Monday and can begin lodging paperwork from 10am.

The SUNS along with fellow expansion clubs Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast are able to sign up to 12 players from other clubs during this period.

This year there are rules in place limiting the amount of players any existing team can lose during the Sign and Trade Period.

Expansion clubs can sign no more than four players from any Victorian team, the Adelaide Crows or GWS Giants and no more than eight players from Fremantle or the Brisbane Lions.

All clubs can sign up to three Rookie players; anyone who has not been listed with any Australian football team for the past three years.

The AFL has announced a second Sign and Trade Period has also been confirmed between April 23-26.

The 2019 AFLW draft order has also been preliminarily set with a draft lottery deciding the order for expansion clubs.

As per previous years, only selections in first five rounds can be traded with the AFL also able to provide compensation selections after expansion signings.

As at April 5, the SUNS hold picks 14, 25, 42, 53 and 70.


Key dates for the 2019 AFLW Sign and Trade Period:

April 8 – 18 Sign & Trade Period #1 (including expansion signings)
April 23 2019 NAB AFLW Draft order confirmed
April 23 – 26 Sign & Trade Period #2 (excluding expansion signings)
April 26 – 30 Free Agency
May 3 List Lodgement #1


2019 NAB AFLW Draft order – as at April 5

Round 1
1 Collingwood
2 Brisbane Lions
3 GWS Giants
4 Western Bulldogs
5 Melbourne
6 North Melbourne
7 Geelong Cats
8 Fremantle
9 Carlton
10 Adelaide Crows
11 St Kilda
12 Richmond
13 West Coast Eagles
14 Gold Coast Suns

Round 2
15 Collingwood
16 Brisbane Lions
17 GWS Giants
18 Western Bulldogs
19 Melbourne
20 North Melbourne
21 Geelong Cats
22 Fremantle
23 Carlton
24 Adelaide Crows
25 Gold Coast Suns
26 West Coast Eagles
27 Richmond
28 St Kilda

Round 3
29 Collingwood
30 Brisbane Lions
31 GWS Giants
32 Western Bulldogs
33 Melbourne
34 North Melbourne
35 Geelong Cats
36 Fremantle
37 Carlton
38 Adelaide Crows
39 St Kilda
40 Richmond
41 West Coast Eagles
42 Gold Coast Suns

Round 4
43 Collingwood
44 Brisbane Lions
45 GWS Giants
46 Western Bulldogs
47 Melbourne
48 North Melbourne
49 Geelong Cats
50 Fremantle
51 Carlton
52 Adelaide Crows
53 Gold Coast Suns
54 West Coast Eagles
55 Richmond
56 St Kilda

Round 5
57 Collingwood
58 Brisbane Lions
59 GWS Giants
60 Western Bulldogs
61 Melbourne
62 North Melbourne
63 Geelong Cats
64 Fremantle
65 Carlton
66 Adelaide Crows
67 St Kilda
68 Richmond
69 West Coast Eagles
70 Gold Coast Suns