With Luke Hodge retiring and Gary Ablett Jnr in the twilight of his career, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to take a look back at the 2001 AFL 'Super' Draft.
The 'Super' Draft is widely regarded as one of the best of all time, boasting a number of stars all the way through it. It was also the draft that formed the nucleus of Geelong's triple-premiership side, one of the greatest teams of the modern era.
Heck, we couldn't even squeeze in names like Jason Gram, Adam Schneider, Andrew Carrazzo and Brett Thornton this draft was so deep!
Here is Zero Hanger's re-drafted first round of the 2001 AFL 'Super' Draft, including players taken in the Rookie Draft:
7. Steve Johnson (North Melbourne)
"Stevie J" was one of the most exciting players of the modern game. Throughout his 293-game career, Johnson managed to pull off the impossible and was the pioneer of the check-side and snap kicks.
The mercurial forward played 253 games for Geelong, after being drafted with pick 24, and featured in all three of the Cats' recent premierships.
Johnson also earned three All-Australian selections, led Geelong's goal-kicking twice and won a Norm Smith Medal for his dominant performance in the Cats' record-breaking 2007 Grand Final victory.
After 14 seasons at Geelong, Johnson finished his career at Greater Western Sydney where he played 40 games across two seasons. Johnson retired in 2017 with 517 goals to his name and is currently fourth on Geelong's all-time goal-kickers list.
