Draft time often leaves AFL fans searching for omens or wanting to snap unwanted trends of the past.
Each club has its good and bad draft tales that have either set them up for the long haul or hampered their list builds at critical junctures.
The 2025 AFL Draft could do the same for several teams, who will be hoping their current suite of selections uncovers some diamonds in the rough.
Looking at every AFL team's draft hand for the 2025 count, here's how each side has fared with their current selections historically.
Collingwood
Picks: 39, 45, 56, 61, 77
The Magpies have struggled to draft key forwards over the years, with their best being Travis Cloke at Pick 29 in 2004 as a father-son selection. They have access to NGA talent Zac McCarthy this year, a 199cm tall forward, in what could be a good omen for Collingwood. Premiership defender Nathan Murphy is also a former Pick 39 selection. Some memorable names in Alex Fasolo and Trent Bianco were taken with Pick 45, while the Pick 56 was used last year on WA's Will Hayes.
Pick 39: Scott Russell, Jason Wild, Travis Cloke, Nathan Murphy
Pick 45: Scott Thompson, Jarrad Blight, Alex Fasolo, Trent Bianco, Arlo Draper
Pick 56: Shayne Bennett, Ben Kinnear, Will Hayes
Pick 61: Stephen Zavalas, Jaxson Barham
Pick 77: Steven Pitt, Marcus Barham, Trent Stubbs, Jonathon Marsh, Atu Bosenavulagi
