Whilst each club could draft up to six players onto their Rookie Lists, only , and selected a full complement, whilst and declined to take part. Port Adelaide zone selections As part of Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL they were entitled to recruit some uncontracted players from other AFL clubs and players from the SANFL prior to the national draft. Clubs that lost players were entitled to compensation selections before both the first and second rounds of the 1996 national draft. Uncontracted player selection Ian Downsborough (): compensation selections #1 (Michael Gardiner) and #24 (Josh Wooden) Gavin Wanganeen (): compensation selections #2 (Chris Heffernan) and #25 (Andrew Bomford) Matthew Primus (): compensation selections #3 (Rory Hilton) and #26 (Tim Notting) to Adam Heuskes (): compensation selections #4 (Mark Kinnear) and #27 (Troy Cook) Scott Cummings (): compensation selections #5 (Daniel McAlister) and #28 (Jason Johnson) Zone selections Brisbane Lions pre-draft selections As part of the conditions of the merger between Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Football Club, Brisbane was able to recruit up to eight players from Fitzroy into the newly created Brisbane Lions. Scott Bamford John Barker Brad Boyd Nick Carter Shane Clayton Simon Hawking Chris Johnson Jarrod Molloy References AFL Draft Australian Football League draft