1981 Draft
| Round 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pick | Club | Player | Ht | Route | ||
| 1 |  MEL | Alan Johnson | 179 | |||
| 2 |  WBD | Neil Craig | ||||
| 3 |  STK | Grant Campbell | ||||
| 4 |  SYD | Mark Naley | 177 | |||
| 5 |  NTH | Craig Holden | 178 | |||
| 6 |  RCH | Peter Hofner | ||||
| 7 |  HAW | Ken Judge | 183 | |||
| 8 |  ESS | Wayne Otway | 168 | |||
| 9 |  FIT | Dean Turner | 178 | |||
| 10 |  GEE | Tony McGuinness | 176 | |||
| 11 |  COL | Chris Carpenter | ||||
| 12 |  CAR | Ross Ditchburn | 192 | |||
| Round 2 | ||||||
| Pick | Club | Player | Ht | Route | ||
| 13 | MEL | Danny Hughes | 189 | |||
| 14 | WBD | Trevor Clisby | ||||
| 15 | STK | Geoff Linke | 181 | |||
| 16 | SYD | Phil Brooksby | ||||
| 17 | NTH | Tom Warhurst | 192 | |||
| 18 | RCH | David Tiller | ||||
| 19 | HAW | John Platten | 170 | |||
| 20 | ESS | Stephen Copping | 180 | |||
| 21 | FIT | Chris McDermott | 182 | |||
| 22 | GEE | Greg McAdam | 179 | |||
| 23 | COL | Scott Knight | 189 | |||
| 24 | CAR | Chris Veide | ||||