{"id":352995,"date":"2025-12-17T02:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/352995\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:35:09","slug":"list-draft-concessions-for-aflw-devils-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/352995\/","title":{"rendered":"List, draft concessions for AFLW Devils revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasmania’s AFLW side will get the top draft pick for their inaugural season and the ability to sign up to 18 existing players via a special free-agency model.<\/p>\n

The league’s commission on Wednesday confirmed seven list and draft concessions for the Devils, who are slated to enter the women’s and men’s competitions in 2028.<\/p>\n

They include picks number one, five, nine, 14 and 24 for the inaugural draft, and the first selection of every subsequent round.<\/p>\n

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The club will also get picks four and eight in year two, as well as access to a signing bonus pool of 33% of total player payments to build their maiden list.<\/p>\n

Tasmania can sign up to 18 existing AFLW players via an expansion free-agency model.<\/p>\n

Players can elect to opt out of their contract to join Tasmania, subject to club protections on contracted players, caps on player departures and compensation for player losses.<\/p>\n

However, clubs can protect a minimum of three or maximum of 12 players who are under contract from joining the Devils, with a scale based on ladder position to determine the figure.<\/p>\n

AFL general manager of football operations Laura Kane said thorough consultation had been undertaken with other clubs to create the concessions.<\/p>\n

“It’s important when Tasmania enters the competition that we’ve given them the best chance to be competitive on the field,” she said.<\/p>\n

A close up of the Tasmania Devils’ inaugural jumper.\u00a0Photo by Michael Willson\/AFL Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“It’s another step forward as we look forward to welcoming the Tassie Devils into the competition.”<\/p>\n

An additional four list spots, spread across years two and three, will be available, as will priority access to Tasmanian pathway players for four years.<\/p>\n

The Devils in September locked in build concessions for their AFL side, which included the top draft pick and $5 million to attract stars from rival clubs.<\/p>\n

“These rules are fundamental to how we establish our inaugural lists and how we enter the respective competitions in 2028,” CEO Brendon Gale said.<\/p>\n

A $1.13 billion roofed waterfront stadium, a condition of the Devils’ licence, was approved by Tasmania’s parliament in early December.<\/p>\n

The government says the venue will be ready for the 2029 season, but Gale conceded the club was bracing for it to be a year behind schedule.<\/p>\n

The Devils will field teams in the VFL and VFLW competitions in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmania’s AFLW side will get the top draft pick for their inaugural season and the ability to sign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-352995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}