Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
1999
1 Josh Fraser - Collingwood
2 Paul Hasleby - Fremantle
3 Aaron Fiora - Richmond
4 Matthew Pavlich - Fremantle
5 Leigh Brown - Fremantle
6 Damian Cupido - Brisbane
7 Danny Roach - Collingwood
8 Joel Corey - Geelong
9 Caydn Beetham - St Kilda
10 Luke McPharlin - Hawthorn
A very good top 10 for the 1999 AFL Draft, as the amazing quality of some of the picks more than compensates for a few who were busts.
Pavlich and Corey are close to being among the top 5 players in the AFL, Pavlich is certainly in the top 5. Joel Corey was judged by those at Geelong to be their best player this season, so that means he is up there with the very best. Josh Fraser is a top 5 ruckman. It was an acceptable pick up the top of the draft, going with the best tall prospect available.
Luke McPharlin probably makes it into the top 5 for the AFL's key defenders, although when it comes to the club that first drafted him he helped them more by being part of a trade for draft picks which turned into Hodge and Mitchell. Luke McPharlin was also one of the few "unknown" prospects of recent drafts, and that does add to the excitement of the drafts, but obviously those in the West didn't hide him well enough at the time. Hasleby will return from injury next season, and be back in the middle for the Dockers as one of their most important players.
Fiora and L Brown are probably in the journeyman category, and they can contribute to wins for their AFL clubs but are also capable of putting in performances that send them to the VFL to play. Fiora and Brown are not at the clubs that originally drafted them, and might move again this week.
The Saints, Magpies and Lions did not use their picks wisely. So Brisbane missed out on being an even better team than they were when they won three consecutive premierships, while Collingwood missed out on some help for when they played against the Lions in the big games.
There were great players that went in the top 10 of this draft, and also with later picks. The Cats picked Chapman and Ling with picks in the 30s. Essendon went with Hille at 40. Melbourne selected Bruce at 64, and a lot of teams want Ryan O'Keefe right now but in this draft they all let him go by until Sydney used pick 56 to draft him.
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1 Josh Fraser - Collingwood
2 Paul Hasleby - Fremantle
3 Aaron Fiora - Richmond
4 Matthew Pavlich - Fremantle
5 Leigh Brown - Fremantle
6 Damian Cupido - Brisbane
7 Danny Roach - Collingwood
8 Joel Corey - Geelong
9 Caydn Beetham - St Kilda
10 Luke McPharlin - Hawthorn
A very good top 10 for the 1999 AFL Draft, as the amazing quality of some of the picks more than compensates for a few who were busts.
Pavlich and Corey are close to being among the top 5 players in the AFL, Pavlich is certainly in the top 5. Joel Corey was judged by those at Geelong to be their best player this season, so that means he is up there with the very best. Josh Fraser is a top 5 ruckman. It was an acceptable pick up the top of the draft, going with the best tall prospect available.
Luke McPharlin probably makes it into the top 5 for the AFL's key defenders, although when it comes to the club that first drafted him he helped them more by being part of a trade for draft picks which turned into Hodge and Mitchell. Luke McPharlin was also one of the few "unknown" prospects of recent drafts, and that does add to the excitement of the drafts, but obviously those in the West didn't hide him well enough at the time. Hasleby will return from injury next season, and be back in the middle for the Dockers as one of their most important players.
Fiora and L Brown are probably in the journeyman category, and they can contribute to wins for their AFL clubs but are also capable of putting in performances that send them to the VFL to play. Fiora and Brown are not at the clubs that originally drafted them, and might move again this week.
The Saints, Magpies and Lions did not use their picks wisely. So Brisbane missed out on being an even better team than they were when they won three consecutive premierships, while Collingwood missed out on some help for when they played against the Lions in the big games.
There were great players that went in the top 10 of this draft, and also with later picks. The Cats picked Chapman and Ling with picks in the 30s. Essendon went with Hille at 40. Melbourne selected Bruce at 64, and a lot of teams want Ryan O'Keefe right now but in this draft they all let him go by until Sydney used pick 56 to draft him.
Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
1999
2004
2006
2007
1997
2005
2000
1994
2002
1992
2003
1989
1993
1988
1998
1986
1996
1991
1995
1990
1987
