Finding gold - AFL draft

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Much like our pieces on trading, being able to find the hidden gems in a VFL/AFL Draft can reap huge rewards for shrewd recruitment teams. Below, we list your clubs best five draft selections from the 3rd Round and beyond as that is where clubs can find gold! The list below doesn’t include rookies or father-son selections and given the Gold Coast Suns and GWS Giants are very new into the AFL, with their many concessions, there aren’t too many selections beyond the 3rd Round that these clubs have had, hence the list excludes those teams.

Check out some of the absolute bargains below!...

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Which is your clubs best and the best overall?

Adelaide
Kane Johnson Pick 27, 1995
Graham Johncock Pick 67, 2000
Bernie Vince Pick 32, 2005
Taylor Walker Pick 75, 2007
Rory Sloane Pick 44, 2008

Brisbane
Richard Champion Pick 30, 1988
Shaun Hart Pick 33, 1989
Daniel Bradshaw Pick 56, 1995
Simon Black Pick 31, 1997
Joel Patful Pick 56, 2005

Carlton
Michael Sexton Pick 54, 1988
Aaron Hamill Pick 79, 1994
Brendan Fevola Pick 38, 1998
Ryan Houlihan Pick 73, 1999
Kade Simpson Pick 45, 2002

Collingwood
Craig Kelly Pick 34, 1986
Scott Russell Pick 29, 1988
Tony Francis Pick 95, 1988
Paul Williams Pick 70, 1989
Dane Swan Pick 58, 2001

Essendon
James Hird Pick 79, 1990
Damien Hardwick Pick 87, 1992
Justin Blumfield Pick 62, 1994
Cale Hooker Pick 54, 2007
Orazio Fantasia Pick 55, 2013

Fremantle
Paul Medhurst Pick 56 2001
Ryan Crowley Pick 55 2002
Chris Mayne Pick 40 2007
Michael Walters Pick 53 2008
Lachie Neale Pick 58 2011

Geelong
Darren Milburn Pick 48 1995
Cameron Ling Pick 38 1999
Corey Enright Pick 47 1999
Josh Hunt Pick 44 2000
Matthew Stokes Pick 61 2005

Hawthorn
Darrin Pritchard Pick 26 1986
Chance Bateman Pick 48 1999
Sam Mitchell Pick 36 2001
Liam Shiels Pick 34 2008
Paul Puopolo Pick 66 2010

Melbourne
Andy Lovell Pick 42 1986
Andrew Obst Pick 37 1987
Stephen Tingay Pick 50 1987
Cameron Bruce Pick 64 1999
Max Gawn Pick 34 2009

Nth Melbourne
David King Pick 46 1993
Brent Harvey Pick 47 1995
Byron Pickett Pick 67 1996
Andrew Swallow Pick 43 2005
Todd Goldstein Pick 37 2006

Port Adelaide
Adam Kingsley Pick 37 1996
Dom Cassisi Pick 50 2000
Alipate Carlile Pick 44 2005
Robbie Gray Pick 55 2006
Justin Westhoff Pick 71 2006

Richmond
Brendon Gale Pick 27 1987
Wayne Campbell Pick 29 1989
Nick Daffy Pick 49 1990
Matthew Rogers Pick 37 1992
Chris Newman Pick 55 2000

St.Kilda
Austinn Jones Pick 48 1994
Andrew Thompson Pick 62 1996
Leigh Montagna Pick 37 2001
Sam Fisher Pick 55 2003
Jack Steven Pick 42 2007

Sydney
Michael O’Loughlin Pick 40 1994
Adam Goodes Pick 43 1997
Ryan O’Keefe Pick 52 1999
Nick Malceski Pick 64 2002
Luke Parker Pick 40 2010

West Coast
Brett Heady Pick 92 1989
Michael Braun Pick 53 1996
Andrew Embley Pick 57 1998
Adam Selwood Pick 53 2002
Mark LeCras Pick 37 2002

Western Bulldogs
Chris Grant Pick 105 1988
Daniel Cross Pick 56 2000
Brian Lake Pick 71 2001
Easton Wood Pick 43 2007
Caleb Daniel Pick 46 2014
 

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Nick Larkey (pick 73) bobbed up again and kicked 7 in a VFL practice match v Coburg yesterday and continues to impress everyone that watches him play. Excellent mark and kick and has serious football smarts.
 
Missed a couple...

Dean Kemp was a post-draft pick (effectively Pick 117) in 1989, was a Norm Smith medalist, played 243 games and won 2 Premierships.

Ashley McIntosh went pick 112 and played in 2 Premierships over 242 games.
 
Nick Larkey (pick 73) bobbed up again and kicked 7 in a VFL practice match v Coburg yesterday and continues to impress everyone that watches him play. Excellent mark and kick and has serious football smarts.


Kicked another 4 vs Collingwood yesterday. Should have kicked 7 again, going by reports.
 
Nick Larkey (pick 73) bobbed up again and kicked 7 in a VFL practice match v Coburg yesterday and continues to impress everyone that watches him play. Excellent mark and kick and has serious football smarts.

Kicked another 4 vs Collingwood yesterday. Should have kicked 7 again, going by reports.

5 on Brand today.
 

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5 on Brand today.

Yep, he looks better than pretty much every other developing young tall forward in the VFL at the moment, including when Boyd, Schache, McKay, Weiderman, McCartin have all played this year.

The thing is, he probably has the most scope for improvement with his body out of that list, he's the skinniest of all of them. He's put on a decent amount of muscle in the last 12 months though. He's athletic, good at ground level, a great contested mark and a very good kick for goal.

Leading the VFL goal kicking at 19.


Petrie 2.0.
 
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Yep, he looks better than pretty much every other developing young tall forward in the VFL at the moment, including when Boyd, Schache, McKay, Weiderman, McCartin have all played this year.

The thing is, he probably has the most scope for improvement with his body out of that list, he's the skinniest of all of them. He's put on a decent amount of muscle in the last 12 months though. He's athletic, good at ground level, a great contested mark and a very good kick for goal.

Leading the VFL goal kicking at 19.


Petrie 2.0.

An excellent overhead one grab mark, a text book goal kicking technique and genuine natural football smarts, and he's already getting two outed at 19 years of age.

Just positions himself in the right spots all the time. I'm very excited about this kid.







 
An excellent overhead one grab mark, a text book goal kicking technique and genuine natural football smarts, and he's already getting two outed at 19 years of age.

Just positions himself in the right spots all the time. I'm very excited about this kid.









If he’s that good and can’t get a game, maybe he will look elsewhere.
 
If he’s that good and can’t get a game, maybe he will look elsewhere.

The North footy dept. aren't that silly. We have him stitched up until the end of next year, and it wouldn't surprise me if we tack on another year before this season is over. He's going nowhere.

The kid is still too light for AFL (93kgs), he has a level head and knows it himself, and with Brown & Waite going real well there just isn't a spot at the moment. He is Waite's heir in waiting..

Another two pre-seasons and look out.
 

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