The first inaugural AFLX draft was held tonight with the four captains of the revamped competition having their picks.
Eddie Betts had the #1 pick for his team Deadly, which is made up entirely of Indigenous players, and chose Fremantle running machine Bradley Hill.
The Flyers have a monster midfield thanks to the choices of captain Nathan Fyfe. Josh Kennedy, Marcus Bontempelli, Stephen Coniglio and Scott Pendlebury should be a dynamic side that are hard to beat to the ball.
Patrick Dangerfield showed some Cats bias picking spearhead Tom Hawkins with the second pick and Mark Blicavs to run through the midfield.
Team Rampage have an all GWS backline with Jack Riewoldt choosing Phil Davis and Lachlan Whitfield to hold down defence. Wingers Dayne Zorko and Isaac Smith will be as hard to contain as any.
AFLX will be held as a tournament at Marvel Stadium on Friday February 22 from 7pm AEDT.
Full Draft
Round 1
1 BRAD HILL
Deadly
Midfielder
2 TOM HAWKINS
Bolts
Forward
3 SCOTT PENDLEBURY
Fyers
Midfielder
4 LACHIE WHITFIELD
Rampage
Defender
Round 2
5 RORY SLOANE
Rampage
Midfielder
6 ALEX RANCE
Flyers
Defender
7 STEELE SIDEBOTTOM
Bolts
Midfielder
8 JARROD HARBROW
Deadly
Defender
Round 3
9 TIM KELLY
Deadly
Midfielder
10 MARK BLICAVS
Bolts
Midfielder
11 JEREMY CAMERON
Flyers
Forward
12 PHIL DAVIS
Rampage
Defender
Round 4
13 DAYNE ZORKO
Rampage
Midfielder
14 ISAAC HEENEY
Flyers
Forward
15 ROBBIE GRAY
Bolts
Forward
16 CHAD WINGARD
Deadly
Forward
Round 5
17 TRAVIS VARCOE
Deadly
Forward
18 ANDREW GAFF
Bolts
Midfielder
19 STEPHEN CONIGLIO
Flyers
Midfielder
20 ISAAC SMITH
Rampage
Midfielder
Round 6
21 LUKE BREUST
Rampage
Forward
22 RORY LAIRD
Flyers
Defender
23 LUKE PARKER
Bolts
Midfielder
24 STEVEN MAY
Deadly
Defender
Round 7
25 LEWIS JETTA
Deadly
Defender
26 JAIDYN STEPHENSON
Bolts
Forward
27 TRAVIS BOAK
Flyers
Midfielder
STEAL (Originally selected by Rampage)
28 LACHIE HUNTER
Flyers
Midfielder
29 EASTON WOOD
Rampage
Defender
Round 8
30 TOM MCDONALD
Rampage
Forward
STEAL (Originally selected by Bolts)
31 DYLAN SHIEL
Rampage
Midfielder
32 ANDREW MCGRATH
Bolts
Defender
33 ANTHONY MCDONALD-TIPUNGWUTI
Deadly
Round 9
34 JOEL HAMLING
Deadly
Defender
35 JACK BILLINGS
Bolts
Midfielder
36 ALIIR ALIIR
Flyers
Defender
37 SHAUN HIGGINS
Rampage
Midfielder STEAL (Originally selected by Flyers)
38 DANIEL RICH
Bolts
Defender
Round 10
39 MICHAEL HURLEY
Flyers
Defender
40 WILLIE RIOLI
Deadly
Forward
41 SAM POWELL-PEPPER
Deadly
Midfielder
42 ROBBIE TARRANT
Bolts
Defender
43 JOSH KENNEDY
Flyers
Midfielder
Round 11
44 TIM MEMBREY
Rampage
Forward
45 ZAC FISHER
Rampage
Midfielder
46 JACK HIGGINS
Flyers
Forward
47 JACK STEELE
Bolts
Midfielder
48 CAM ELLIS-YOLMEN
Deadly
Midfielder
