“Super grateful”: Magpies select Ash Centra with coveted Pick 1

Ash Centra is a Collingwood player after being selected with Pick 1 in the AFLW Draft.

The 18-year-old Gippsland Power star will don the black and white in 2025 and beyond after the Magpies called out her name with the coveted top pick.

The humble Centra, who played her junior footy at Sale City, says it will take a little bit of time before it all sinks in.

“It's such a big achievement and I don't think it's sunk in yet. I'm just so overwhelmed and so excited,” Centra said.

“I had some positive feedback from Collingwood, and we'd had a few chats, but nothing is set in stone, (so) to be read out as No.1, I'm super grateful.”

It is the first time the Pies have had a No.1 pick since 1999. The person taken on that occasion, Josh Fraser, was there to present Centra with her first black and white jumper.

Behind Centra at Pick 2 was Gold Coast Academy gun Havana Harris who was snapped up by the Suns. They matched a bid from Melbourne, before the Demons then took Molly O’Hehir with Pick 3.

GWS selected Sara Howley with Pick 4 and Sydney landed Zippy Fish with Pick 5.

The 2024 AFLW Draft selections

ROUND 1

1. Ash Centra (Collingwood)
2. Havana Harris (Gold Coast) - matching Melbourne's bid
3. Molly O'Hehir (Melbourne)
4. Sara Howley (GWS)
5. Zippy Fish (Sydney)
6. Poppy Scholz (Carlton)
7. Lucia Painter (West Coast)
8. Emma McDonald (Western Bulldogs)
9. Grace Belloni (Essendon)
10. Alexis Gregor (Geelong)
11. Sierra Grieves (Richmond)
12. Holly Ridewood (Essendon)
13. India Rasheed (Adelaide)
14. Georgie Brisbane (Fremantle)
15. Lavinia Cox (Hawthorn)
16. Claudia Wright (Brisbane)
17. Sophie McKay (Carlton) - matching Geelong's bid
18. Sienna Tallariti (Geelong)
19. Lily Paterson (Port Adelaide)
20. Zoe Hargreaves (Richmond)

ROUND 2

21. Maggie Mahony (Melbourne)
22. Grace Martin (GWS)
23. Daisy Flockart (Hawthorn)
24. Charlotte Riggs (West Coast)
25. Sarah Poustie (Western Bulldogs)
26. Georgia Knight (Collingwood)
27. Heidi Talbot (Gold Coast)
28. Grace Baba (Hawthorn)
29. Mia Salisbury (Gold Coast) - matching Essendon's bid
30. Taya Chambers (Essendon)
31. Paige Scott (Richmond)
32. Zoe Besanko (St Kilda)
33. Jasmine Evans (Port Adelaide)
34. Holly Egan (Fremantle)
35. Sophie Strong (Essendon)
36. Claire Mahony (North Melbourne)

ROUND 3

37. Piper Dunlop (Geelong)
38. Evie Parker (Fremantle)
39. Lilly Baker (Brisbane)
40. Jemma Whitington-Charity (Port Adelaide)
41. Nyalli Milne (Gold Coast)
42. Violet Patterson (Collingwood) - matching North Melbourne's bid
43. Amy Gavin Mangan (North Melbourne)
44. Georgia McKee (Adelaide)
45. Elli Symonds (Hawthorn)
46. Lou-Lou Field (Carlton)
47. Tara Harrington (Gold Coast)
48. Chloe Gaunt (Port Adelaide)
49. Keeley Hardingham (Western Bulldogs)
50. Rebecca Clottey (Hawthorn)
51. Indi Strom (Fremantle)
52. Jasmine Sowden (Port Adelaide)
53. Lucy Boyd (West Coast)

ROUND 4

54. PASS - Richmond
55. Kyla Forbes (St Kilda)
56. Amelia Martin (Sydney)
57. Kayla Dalgleish (West Coast)
58. Alana Gee (St Kilda)

ROUND 5

59. PASS - Essendon
60. Caitlin Reid (Sydney)

ROUND 6

61. Sarah Steele-Park (Sydney)

ROUND 7

62. PASS - Geelong
63. Amelia Dethridge (Melbourne)