THE GAMES threshold for father-daughter eligibility in AFLW is set to be raised to 100 matches, up from just one, as part of sweeping draft changes that are to be introduced across the next couple of years.

It's understood clubs were sent a memo detailing the harsher restrictions on Thursday, which also includes a more challenging bidding system for Academy and father-daughter prospects.

The father-daughter eligibility changes will be introduced from 2028 onwards and will mirror the men's father-son rule, which requires the parent to have played 100 matches at senior level for the child to be eligible to go to the same club.

This year's top father-daughter prospect in the AFLW landscape, Oakleigh Chargers defender Sophia Green, is tied to Carlton because her father Peter played one solitary match for the Blues in 1994.

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Meanwhile one of next year's top father-daughter prospects, West Australian talent Miley Hynes, is eligible to head to West Coast or Fremantle given her father David was a 73-game player at the Eagles and a 13-game player at the Dockers.

But from 2028, neither would be eligible under the new 100-game rule as the League looks to reflect the far more restrictive draft changes that were introduced in the men's competition earlier this year.

The AFL is also believed to have told clubs it will review the eligibility for children of former AFLW players, with a framework expected to be introduced in early 2027.

As revealed by AFL.com.au in August, the League will also introduce a harsher Academy and father-daughter bidding process from 2027 onwards with the 'match range' to be squeezed significantly.

Clubs have been informed that Academy and father-daughter bids placed between picks 1-19 must now be matched within 10 selections, down from the existing rule of 18 in AFLW competition. Bids placed from pick No.20 onwards will only need to be matched with a selection within the next 20 picks.

Some clubs are understood to have lobbied the AFL for the 'match range' on first-round picks to be squeezed to as little as five selections in AFLW, reflecting the far harsher restrictions that have been introduced in the men's draft this year.

Live trading of draft picks is also expected to be introduced in AFLW from 2027 onwards.