The 2022 AFL Draft: The place they got here from, the sliders and bolters, the father-son picks and extra

Regardless of beginning in a largely predictable method, this 12 months’s draft featured numerous dramatic twists and turns that can add depth to numerous budding rivalries.

As typical, prospects rose from nowhere to be picked by golf equipment, whereas some children fell down the order — hoping to show the opposite 17 golf equipment flawed within the years to return.

In all, 59 younger males from across the nation had been chosen throughout Monday and Tuesday nights to hitch one of many AFL’s 18 golf equipment. These gamers will quickly be part of preseason coaching, and set out on their targets of bringing their new membership premiership glory.

The place did they arrive from?

The 2022 Draft noticed gamers known as from proper throughout this nice land. Dozens of proud junior golf equipment had been represented on the nights, from Coorparoo to Clarence, from Palmerston to Port Fairy, and from Griffith to Glenunga.

One in 5 draftees had been from South Australia, with the state defying historic and inhabitants norms. Footy-mad, however lower-population, areas within the Northern Territory and Tasmania each had two draftees, as did Queensland via their two Lions-tied gamers.

Eleven Victorians had been nonetheless chosen within the prime 20, which is fewer than typical. Regardless of this, the highest eight gamers all performed within the Victoria-based NAB League this 12 months.

Gamers from Oakleigh Chargers dominated the draft, with 9 chosen together with 4 within the first spherical. Sandringham and Gippsland each had 5 draftees. Sandringham had three Dragons going within the prime 10. West Adelaide had a positive draft amongst non-Victorian golf equipment, with three Bloods tabbed.

A predictable prime 10, adopted by sliders and bolters

Within the earlier years of the draft there was a variety of thriller as to who would go on the prime finish of the order. As the sport has professionalised, so has checklist administration and the reporting on which gamers golf equipment will recruit.

However that does not imply that there aren’t surprises that play out throughout the draft.

A lot curiosity at falls on gamers who rise via the expected draft order, and the gamers who fall via the speculated ranks. However the draft exists in the true world, the place the 18 completely different golf equipment usually have 18 completely different viewpoints. Sydney checklist supervisor Kinnear Beatson elaborated on this concern to the media on the draft.

Sydney golf equipment had been concerned in choosing the 2 highest-ranked bolters of the draft. After forcing GWS to take Harry Rowston early, the Swans then used the freshly traded decide 27 to achieve effectively into shock territory for themselves.

The Swans used that decide to decide on Cooper Vickery, a Hawthorn NGA prospect, from the clouds. Most specialists did not put him anyplace close to the highest 40 and assumed the Hawks would be capable of match a post-40 bid for the younger exterior midfielder.

On the different finish of the dimensions, Ed Allan slipping to 19 for the Pies was the primary actual slide of the draft. Allan, the son of former Hawk and Docker Ben Allan, was carefully tied to West Coast partially as a result of he performed his junior footy out west.

Afterward, North was in a position to snare a sliding Brayden George, whereas Carlton acquired a falling Lachie Cowan. Additionally notable was that after the sooner considerably aggressive father-son bidding shenanigans, Essendon was in a position to match Alwyn Davey Jr on the later-than-expected decide 45, giving them a second reside draft decide.

The very best-rated gamers to go undrafted had been Dandenong midfielder Mitch Szybkowski, South Adelaide ahead Jaiden Magor, and Claremont defender Sam Gilbey. All three had been rated within the mid-30s heading into the draft however can be now hoping for a rookie checklist spot, alongside a number of different undrafted gamers.

Only one recycled participant was drafted this 12 months, with former Melbourne and North Melbourne midfielder Corey Wagner incomes one other probability at Fremantle after a robust season at Port Melbourne.

Father-son and academy shocks

The early father-son picks for Lions prospects Will Ashcroft and Jaspa Fletcher fell as predicted, however in a while the Sydney Swans performed the function of a chaos agent. The Swans issued a really early bid for younger GWS Academy participant Harry Rowston, nearly a whole spherical larger than anticipated.

This bid occurred after the Swans allegedly initiated commerce discussions with the Giants. The Giants refused to commerce with the Swans, which was promptly adopted by the Swans bidding on Rowston — inflicting this response.