AFLW 2023 supplementary draft: Erin Hoare taken with first pick, former players miss out

After leaving the Cats in 2019, Erin Hoare was selected by Geelong with pick one in the AFLW supplementary draft. See every selection and who your club picked here.

Erin Hoare is back in the hoops.

The former Geelong ruck — who has gone from netball, to football, to study, to motherhood, to professional life at the AFL and now back to her boots — was on Tuesday night selected by Geelong with the first pick in the AFL Women’s supplementary draft.

Hoare, 33, played the 2019 AFLW season after shifting from Melbourne, before moving to Cambridge in the United Kingdom to continue her studies after completing her PhD.

Having left football at the end of the 2019 season, the 194cm tapwoman has since had two children, Edie and Conor.

Erin Hoare is returning to Geelong. Picture: Getty Images

Hoare stands at 194cm tall. Picture: Getty Images

She will be back at the Cats who looked to boost their ruck stocks in the wake of recent delistings and inactive player moves.

Port Adelaide gained former Docker Jasmin Stewart with pick two, while Fremantle listed local player Tahleah Mulder with the third selection.

Ex-AFLW listed players who nominated for the draft but were not selected included ex-Tigers Iilish Ross and Christina Bernardi and former Roo Sophie Abbatangelo.

The supplementary draft saw players able to nominate for a national pool for the first time, with the option to select a particular state also open.

The one-off draft was open to players born in 2004 or earlier, in a stopgap measure to bring junior and senior women’s football calendars back into sync after two AFLW seasons were held in 2022.

ALL THE PICKS & PREVIOUS CLUB/COMMUNITY CLUB

1 Geelong Cats — Erin Hoare (Geelong Cats/St Marys)

2 Port Adelaide — Jasmin Stewart (Fremantle/ Claremont (WAFLW)/Kambalda Football Club (Goldfields Football League))

3 Fremantle — Tahleah Mulder (South Fremantle (WAFLW)/Piara Waters (Perth Football League))

4 Hawthorn — Mattea Breed (North Adelaide (SANFLW) Darwin Buffaloes (NTFL))

5 Carlton — Lulu Beatty (Northern Knights/Darebin Women’s (NFNL))

6 Gold Coast SUNS — Cara McCrossan (Casey Demons (VFLW))

7 Fremantle — Emmelie Fiedler (East Fremantle (WAFLW)/Curtin Uni Wesley (Perth Football League))

8 GWS GIANTS — Caitlin Mille (Southport WFC (AFL Queensland)/Southport Sharks JFC (SEQJ))

9 Carlton — Madeline Hendrie (Western Bulldogs (VFLW)/East Sydney Bulldogs (AFL Sydney Juniors))

10 Gold Coast SUNS — Meara Girvan (Bond University (AFL Queensland)

11 Western Bulldogs — Dominique Carruthers (Western Bulldogs (VFLW)/North Shore Bombers (AFL Sydney))

12 Port Adelaide — Katelyn Pope (West Coast Eagles (AFLW) / North Adelaide (SANFLW)/Broadview (Adelaide Footy League))

13 Collingwood — Eleri Morris (Collingwood (VFLW)/Northern Districts Tigers (AFL Illawarra Juniors))

14 Collingwood — Selena Karlson (St Kilda (AFLW)/Western Bulldogs (AFLW) / Collingwood (VFLW)/Frankston YCW (MPNFL))

15 Port Adelaide — Georgie Jaques (Norwood (SANFLW)/Ainslie Tricolours (AFL Canberra))

16 Brisbane Lions — Poppy Boltz (Southport WFC (AFL Queensland)/Cairns Saints (AFL Cairns Womens))

17 Fremantle — Jae Flynn (East Fremantle (WAFLW)/Rossmoyne (Perth Football League))

18 Hawthorn — Kristy Stratton (Collingwood (AFLW)/Box Hill Hawks (VFLW)/Scoresby (AFL South East))

19 Carlton — Marianna Anthony (North Melbourne (VFLW)/Caulfield Grammarians (VAFA))

20 St Kilda — Bethany Pinchin (Brisbane Lions (AFLW)/Southern Saints (VFLW)/Broadbeach JAFC (South East Queensland Juniors) —

21 Fremantle — Joanne Cregg (Subiaco (WAFLW) Wembley (Perth Football League))

22 GWS GIANTS — Annise Bradfield (Gold Coast SUNS (AFLW)/Southport WFC (AFL Queensland))

23 North Melbourne — Ruby Tripodi (Williamstown (VFLW)/Williamstown CYMS (VAFA))

24 Richmond — Shelby Knoll (Casey Demons (VFLW)/Kangaroo Flat Junior Football Club (Bendigo Junior Football League))

25 Carlton — Chloe Wrigley (Peel Thunder (WAFLW))

26 Adelaide Crows — Yvonne Bonner (GWS GIANTS (AFLW))