AFL draft LIVE updates: Richmond lob for Sam Lalor with No.1 pick

Alix Tauru gets to the Saints as a top 10 pick.

It’s arguably the first ‘bolter’ selection of the draft – the “Flying Viking” gets mobbed by family and friends in the draft room. Gee, what a moment ....

Leo Lombard gets to Gold Coast.

Pick nine was originally St Kilda’s but the Saints put a bid on Lombard and he officially becomes a Gold Coast Sun.

Tobie Travaglia is picked up by St Kilda.

Newly crowned No.1 pick Sam Lalor has been likened to Richmond great Dustin Martin in the way he plays. The “don’t argue” is a clear reason why. Watching his highlights package, I saw a bit of Wayne Carey about him in the swagger with which he led to the ball. No pressure on the young lad, though.

Richmond have made their second selection, choosing Josh Smillie.

What Smilie said: ”It’s a privilege to be handed my Richmond jumper by Jack Riewoldt,” Smilie told Fox Footy. “I’m very grateful to be joining the club. “The past 18 years, I couldn’t thank my family more for all that they have done for me. I’m just really privileged to be here today, it’s awesome.”

Harvey Langford gets to Melbourne with a top 10 pick.

What Langford said: “I think I was pretty stiff [to miss out on Victoria’s under-16 team] but since then I’ve worked so hard and I just can’t believe it [that he’s been drafted],” he told Fox Footy.

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Expect Melbourne to place a bid on Brisbane Lions father-son gun Levi Ashcroft (eds note: this is what they did) before selecting Dandenong Stingrays midfielder Harvey Langford, who shared the Larke Medal as the best player at this year’s AFL under-18 championships.

Langford is a 191-centimetre midfielder who rocketed up draft boards this year and can go forward and take a mark - and we know the Demons could do with some help in that area.

Carlton traded a future first and future second pick to get Hawthorn’s pick 14 before packaging up pick 12 and 14 and Matt Owies, which became pick 3. They stayed out of Dan Houston race to get 3. That has now been used to get midfielder Jagga Smith. Obviously huge wraps on him from the Blues.

Levi Ashcroft is officially drafted to Brisbane Lions as a father-son pick.

“It feels very special to finally make that I’m going to Brisbane official,” Ashcroft told Fox Footy. “Dad was pretty good at sharing the attention around between all of us. He has done so well [in football] and hopefully I can do them all proud.”

On why he didn’t touch the premiership trophy when Brisbane won the flag, he said: “Hopefully, I can touch my own one day so I didn’t want to touch that one.”

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