was founded to commence in 2017. In its Draft, there is an equivalent father–daughter rule, where a daughter can be drafted if their father played one game at the club. The first use of this rule was in the 2017 Draft, when Carlton selected Abbie McKay, the daughter of Andrew McKay. Criteria are also in place for mother–son and mother–daughter rules, from such time that the children of AFLW players reach draft eligible age. Expansion clubs Each time that the competition has an expansion team, the AFL give special priority to the new club, with the new club receiving numerous high draft picks. Host For most of its existence, the National Draft has been held at a large function or convention centre with many of the predicted top draft selections in attendance. Since 1993, the National draft has been televised live, pick-by-pick, while the mid-year (1990–1993), pre-season and rookie drafts have never been televised. Number-one draft picks Men's As of 2021, the number one draft pick was taken by the last-placed team from the previous season, or an expansion team in its first draft, in 31 of the 38 drafts. Years where this was not the case are: Where the number one pick has been traded, for example when Fremantle traded the number one pick of the 2001 AFL draft to Hawthorn for Trent Croad. Other trades took place in 1988, 1990 and 1992. In 1996, where West Coast were given the first draft pick for being the lowest-ranked team to have lost an uncontracted player (Ian Downsborough) to expansion team : the team that finished last, Fitzroy, had its AFL playing operations taken over by Brisbane at the end of 1996. In 2002, where Carlton, who had finished last, lost their priority picks and their first and second round picks for salary cap breaches. St. Kilda, who had finished 15th of the 16 teams, received the first draft pick and selected Brendon Goddard. In 2007, where , who had finished 15th of the 16 teams, received the number one draft pick by virtue of the priority pick rules at the time. The team that finished last, Richmond, received the second overall pick and also received a priority pick at the end of the first round. Despite the expectations of the number one pick, not all have forged successful VFL/AFL careers. Adam Cooney, the first pick of the 2003 AFL