The 2024 AFL Draft is just days away, with all 18 clubs getting their affairs in order as they prepare to attain talent from this year's stacked class of prospects.
More than half of the competition have priority access to draft prospects they will look to add to their list via the Academy and father-son mechanisms, but further planning is in place to pry talent from the open pool.
The first round of the draft currently consists of 23 selections owned by just 12 clubs, with the six other sides hoping a particular teenager or two slides out of their projected draft range and into their lap.
Whether your team holds an early selection or doesn't start their count until night two of the draft, we've matched up an ideal prospect to all 18 clubs for their first selection of this year's AFL Draft.
For this exercise we have avoided double-ups, keeping all 18 selections to 18 different draft prospects.Â
North Melbourne
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Position:Â Defender-Forward
Height:Â 193cm
State:Â Victoria
Club:Â Warragul Industrials
The Kangaroos have used their earliest selections on midfielders for the past several drafts to piece together a promising engine room ensemble for the years to come. 2024 could be the year they look elsewhere, despite the midfield-skewing top end of this year's class.
North Melbourne have been strongly linked to Gippsland swingman Alix Tauru, who could fill a role as an interceptor or forward target in the blue and white stripes.
The Roos could use Pick 2 on the high-leaping youngster but will be assessing ways to split their early selection and potentially acquire Tauru and another pick instead.
Others to consider:Â Sam Lalor, Harry Armstrong
