Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
September 30th 2008 02:40
1997
1 Travis Johnstone - Melbourne
2 Brad Ottens - Richmond
3 Trent Croad - Hawthorn
4 Mark Bolton - Essendon
5 Luke Power - Brisbane
6 James Walker - Fremantle
7 Kris Massie - Carlton
8 Chris Tarrant - Collingwood
9 Chad Cornes - Port Adelaide
10 Shane O'Bree - Brisbane
Cornes won with the team that drafted him, so did Power in Brisbane, and after a trip to Fremantle sorted him out even Trent Croad became a premiership player for the club that originally drafted him. So more than a few clubs found success in the top 10 of this draft.
Ottens also won, but not with the club that originally drafted him. Tarrant and O'Bree were good for the Magpies, although Tarrant is now a Docker and O'Bree started his career in Brisbane. Johnstone is now in Brisbane. Walker and Massie had long AFL careers, so they were not draft busts, Massie did his best work after going to the Crows.
Out of everyone from this very successful top 10, there were times when Mark Bolton seemed to get more things said about him than the other players selected. He was a Sheedy-favourite who didn't quite perform to the level expected, although there were times when the Bombers would name him to play the role of stopping Goodes and Bolton did play well in that role.
Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
1997
2005
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1994
2002
1992
2003
1989
1993
1988
1998
1986
1996
1991
1995
1990
1987
1 Travis Johnstone - Melbourne
2 Brad Ottens - Richmond
3 Trent Croad - Hawthorn
4 Mark Bolton - Essendon
5 Luke Power - Brisbane
6 James Walker - Fremantle
7 Kris Massie - Carlton
8 Chris Tarrant - Collingwood
9 Chad Cornes - Port Adelaide
10 Shane O'Bree - Brisbane
Cornes won with the team that drafted him, so did Power in Brisbane, and after a trip to Fremantle sorted him out even Trent Croad became a premiership player for the club that originally drafted him. So more than a few clubs found success in the top 10 of this draft.
Ottens also won, but not with the club that originally drafted him. Tarrant and O'Bree were good for the Magpies, although Tarrant is now a Docker and O'Bree started his career in Brisbane. Johnstone is now in Brisbane. Walker and Massie had long AFL careers, so they were not draft busts, Massie did his best work after going to the Crows.
Out of everyone from this very successful top 10, there were times when Mark Bolton seemed to get more things said about him than the other players selected. He was a Sheedy-favourite who didn't quite perform to the level expected, although there were times when the Bombers would name him to play the role of stopping Goodes and Bolton did play well in that role.
Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
1997
2005
2000
1994
2002
1992
2003
1989
1993
1988
1998
1986
1996
1991
1995
1990
1987
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