One sleep to go:The latest mail on who your club will pick in this year’s AFL draft

One sleep to go:The latest mail on who your club will pick in this year’s AFL draft

The best and brightest prospects in the land will learn their fate on Wednesday and Thursday in the AFL draft. We’ve studied the form and the needs of the clubs to devise our final phantom draft for the first round.

  • byMarc McGowan

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He’s tipped to go No.1,but this draft hopeful might not even be the best athlete in his family

He’s tipped to go No.1,but this draft hopeful might not even be the best athlete in his family

Sam Lalor,who is likened to Dustin Martin,is the popular choice to join the Tigers on Wednesday night and be the dux of this year’s draft class. His family is chock-full of sporting talent.

  • byMarc McGowan
He’s the ‘most talented’ kid in the draft. So why isn’t Finn O’Sullivan a lock at No.1?
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He’s the ‘most talented’ kid in the draft. So why isn’t Finn O’Sullivan a lock at No.1?

Finn O’Sullivan is routinely referred to as the most talented player in this year’s AFL draft class,but there is no certainty about where he will end up on Wednesday night.

  • byMarc McGowan
Not the Kings or McKays:Meet the anti-twin big men who had 16 AFL clubs visit their country home

Not the Kings or McKays:Meet the anti-twin big men who had 16 AFL clubs visit their country home

Matt and Jack Whitlock were born two minutes apart,are each almost 200 centimetres tall and will be first-round picks in the AFL draft – but they want to be known for more than being twins.

  • byMarc McGowan
This kid turned down the NBL. He could be the answer for Richmond

This kid turned down the NBL. He could be the answer for Richmond

Alex Dodson turned down the chance to play in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers after emerging as the best ruck prospect in this year’s AFL draft class. Will the Tigers pounce?

  • byMarc McGowan
The contenders,the future and how to fix the system:Everything you need to know ahead of the draft
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The contenders,the future and how to fix the system:Everything you need to know ahead of the draft

This is our collection of draftee profiles,previews,rankings and analysis ahead of the 2024 national draft.

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Why the AFL draft needs an overhaul to a two-tier system
Opinion
Opinion

Why the AFL draft needs an overhaul to a two-tier system

There is time now to properly craft a new and better system that does not pluck unready kids out of their homes and send them across the country to an abnormal world of outsized expectations.

  • byMichael Gleeson
Insiders’ guide to player movement:How to fix free agency and the future of father-son bids
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Insiders’ guide to player movement:How to fix free agency and the future of father-son bids

In the first of a two-part series on direction of player movement in the AFL,we look at free agency,academies,new future trading rules and whether a traditional rebuild is still possible as the draft becomes increasingly compromised.

  • byMarc McGowan
The Pies have gone all in on winning the 2025 flag. But at what cost?
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The Pies have gone all in on winning the 2025 flag. But at what cost?

With an ageing list and little young key position talent,Collingwood’s premiership window is punishingly tight.

  • byMichael Gleeson
Make me No.1:AFL draft prospects gun for the top,as full nominations released

Make me No.1:AFL draft prospects gun for the top,as full nominations released

The rising stars rated most highly want clubs to pick them first rather than placing a bid on Levi Ashcroft. Plus,every player who has nominated for the AFL draft.

  • byMarc McGowan
Moves like Jagga:Why hit song means something different to AFL recruiters

Moves like Jagga:Why hit song means something different to AFL recruiters

Jagga Smith has a rockstar name and an ability to win the Sherrin that no other player in this year’s AFL draft class can match. Could he go No.1?

  • byMarc McGowan