1997 Draft

Pre-Season Draft

Selection	Player	From	Games
3	Leigh Newton	Murray U18	13
13	Robert Pyman	Collingwood	19
18	Shane Woewodin	East Fremantle	138

Trades

Received	From	Exchanged
Matthew Collins Brent Williams	Adelaide	Nathan Bassett
Craig Smoker	West Coast	National Draft selection #34
Jeff White National Draft selection #22	Fremantle	National Draft selection #2 National Draft selection #18
National Draft selection #39	Carlton	Sean Charles

National Draft

Selection	Player	From	Games
1	Travis Johnstone	Dandenong Stingrays	160
22	Troy Longmuir	West Perth	17
39	Matthew Blake	Bendigo Pioneers	0
50	Luke Ottens	Glenelg	4
66	Nathan Brown	West Adelaide	146
77	Guy Rigoni	Myrtleford	107

Rookie Draft

Selection	Player	From	Games
1	Luke Williams	Oakleigh U18	51
17	Jamie Cann	Calder Cannons	0
33	Ben Beams	Glenorchy	23
49	Peter Walsh	West Adelaide	139
65	Matthew Bishop	Box Hill	18
81	Daniel Ward	Melbourne	136

Elevated Rookies
James McDonald
Russell Robertson