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AFL Insider - by Craig Hill

Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s

September 26th 2008 02:40
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1 Nick Riewoldt - St Kilda
2 Justin Koschitzke - St Kilda
3 Alan Didak - Collingwood
4 Luke Livingston - Carlton
5 Andrew McDougall - West Coast
6 Dylan Smith - North Melbourne
7 Laurence Angwin - Adelaide
8 Daniel Motlop - North Melbourne
9 Kayne Pettifer - Richmond
10 Jordan McMahon - Western Bulldogs

The Saints were lucky that this was the year that they were terrible, as it set up their next decade by adding both Riewoldt and Koschitzke. The Saints should also be thankful that Riewoldt didn't live closer to Brisbane as he could have been playing for the Lions as a zone draft selection.

After the two star talls from the Saints, the draft provided people talented with the football but also with plenty of reasons why they should not be picked.

This draft also shows that when players get another chance at a new club they don't always take it. Motlop has been a success but others were not. McMahon was a draft mistake by the Bulldogs, and while it has only been a season and he may come good for them, it looks like he was a trade mistake by Richmond.

Excluding Riewoldt, no other player taken in the top 10 tried as hard as Livingston. He was an undersized full back on a poor team so it was always going to be difficult, he is doing much better when it comes to team success in the VFL.

This draft was when the Saints were given a chance to rebuild, they made the right choices with the top picks and importantly they went tall when they picked.

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