AFL Draft 2021: Indicative draft order after Round 13
Some big trades including future draft picks will have a major impact on this year’s order. What picks would your club have if the draft was held now?
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Reigning premier Richmond holds the strongest AFL draft hand of any club at the midway point of the season in a sign that a second wave of success could be just around the corner.
An analysis of the indicative draft order after Round 13 shows the eighth-placed Tigers currently hold an incredible four picks inside the top 30 at this year’s draft, and six selections inside the top 50.
Richmond’s draft hand as it stands is picks 11, 16, 24, 29, 40, 47 and 83 as a result of some clever future trading.
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The Tigers handed over pick 20 in last year’s draft to Geelong during live trading, allowing the Cats to select midfielder Max Holmes.
Geelong in turn on-traded its first-round pick in this year’s draft (currently pick 16) to the Tigers, giving Richmond two first-round selections in the 2021 draft.
The Tigers also hold St Kilda’s second-round selection (currently pick 24) as part of the Jack Higgins trade last year, as well as holding their own second-round selection.
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The Tigers also hold two third-round selections, one of them coming from Gold Coast (currently pick 40), which was a straight swap for Oleg Markov during last year’s trade period.
Richmond isn’t the only club with a bumper crop of draft picks this year, with Greater Western Sydney currently holding picks 3 and 9, while Hawthorn currently has three selections in the first 21.
Hawthorn has indicated it will use its first-round pick (currently pick 2) rather than trading it, with chief executive Justin Reeves saying last month he “can’t see it going any other way in all honesty”.
At the other end of the spectrum, Melbourne’s first pick is currently No. 33 and Collingwood’s first selection is No. 35.
However, the Magpies have the ability to match an early bid on father-son prospect Nick Daicos, who recruiters see as the likely No. 1 draft pick this year.
DRAFT DOSSIER: THE INSIDE WORD ON THIS YEAR’S TOP PROSPECTS
The second-placed Western Bulldogs currently have pick 17 as their first selection, but also have the ability to match an early bid on highly-rated father-son prospect Sam Darcy.
The son of former champion ruckman and current club director Luke Darcy, some recruiters believe that the 197cm Oakleigh Chargers forward-ruckman will strongly command a bid in the top five selections at this year’s draft.
Recruiters believe the top-end of this year’s draft is strong but that the talent pool thins out after the top 25-30 picks.
YOUR CLUB’S CURRENT DRAFT PICKS
Adelaide: 7, 25, 36, 61, 64, 79, 97
Brisbane: 15, 18, 48, 51, 57, 72, 87
Carlton: 5, 23, 59, 77, 95
Collingwood: 35, 39, 43, 46, 75, 93
Essendon: 8, 44, 50, 80, 98
Fremantle: 10, 28, 100
Geelong: 26, 27, 34, 52, 88
Gold Coast: 4, 22, 41, 54, 58, 62, 76, 94
GWS: 3, 9, 45, 63, 81, 99
Hawthorn: 2, 20, 21, 55, 65, 74, 92
Melbourne: 33, 38, 53, 90
North Melbourne: 1, 19, 37, 69, 73, 91
Port Adelaide: 14, 56, 68, 70, 86
Richmond: 11, 16, 24, 29, 40, 47, 83
St Kilda: 6, 42, 60, 78, 96
Sydney: 13, 31, 67, 85
West Coast: 12, 30, 32, 49, 66, 84
Western Bulldogs: 17, 71, 89
INDICATIVE 2021 AFL DRAFT ORDER AFTER ROUND 13
1. North Melbourne
2. Hawthorn
3. GWS Giants
4. Gold Coast
5. Carlton
6. St Kilda
7. Adelaide
8. Essendon
9. GWS Giants
10. Fremantle
11. Richmond
12. West Coast
13. Sydney
14. Port Adelaide
15. Brisbane
16. Richmond
17. Western Bulldogs
18. Brisbane
19. North Melbourne
20. Hawthorn
21. Hawthorn
22. Gold Coast
23. Carlton
24. Richmond
25. Adelaide
26. Geelong
27. Geelong
28. Fremantle
29. Richmond
30. West Coast
31. Sydney
32. West Coast
33. Melbourne
34. Geelong
35. Collingwood
36. Adelaide
37. North Melbourne
38. Melbourne
39. Collingwood
40. Richmond
41. Gold Coast
42. St Kilda
43. Collingwood
44. Essendon
45. GWS Giants
46. Collingwood
47. Richmond
48. Brisbane
49. West Coast
50. Essendon
51. Brisbane
52. Geelong
53. Melbourne
54. Gold Coast
55. Hawthorn
56. Port Adelaide
57. Brisbane
58. Gold Coast
59. Carlton
60. St Kilda
61. Adelaide
62. Gold Coast
63. GWS Giants
64. Adelaide
65. Hawthorn
66. West Coast
67. Sydney
68. Port Adelaide
69. North Melbourne
70. Port Adelaide
71. Western Bulldogs
72. Brisbane
73. North Melbourne
74. Hawthorn
75. Collingwood
76. Gold Coast
77. Carlton
78. St Kilda
79. Adelaide
80. Essendon
81. GWS Giants
82. Fremantle
83. Richmond
84. West Coast
85. Sydney
86. Port Adelaide
87. Brisbane
88. Geelong
89. Western Bulldogs
90. Melbourne
91. North Melbourne
92. Hawthorn
93. Collingwood
94. Gold Coast
95. Carlton
96. St Kilda
97. Adelaide
98. Essendon
99. GWS Giants
100. Fremantle
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Originally published as AFL Draft 2021: Indicative draft order after Round 13
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