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- The 2014 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2014 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year. This was the last year in which any team passed on a selection in the national draft. The key dates for the trading and drafting periods are:
* The free agency offer period between 3 October and 13 October. Three further free agency periods are held for delisted players, between 1 November and 12 November, 14 November to 19 November and 28 November to 1 December.
* Father-son and academy players were nominated by 3 October, with a bidding process held on 6 October.
* The trade period; which was held between 6 October and 16 October
* The 2014 national draft; which was conducted on 27 November 2014 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre.
* The 2015 pre-season draft which was held on 3 December 2014 and
* The 2015 rookie draft, also held on 3 December 2014. Final club lists for the 2015 AFL season were lodged to the AFL on 5 December 2014. The 2014 draft was the best draft from a NSW/ACT perspective in recent history, as there were as many as seven players recruited from the region. Isaac Heeney was taken at pick 18, followed by Jack Hiscox, Abe Davis, Jack Steele, Dougal Howard, Logan Austin and Jeremy Finlayson. This total of seven new recruits (Dan Robinson was a rookie upgrade) was just one player less than what was recruited from the traditional football state of Western Australia. (en)
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