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:
16. Jarrad Waite (Hawthorn)
Jarrad Waite was taken with pick 46 under the father-son rule by Carlton as the son of 153-game Blue, Vin Waite.
He quickly established himself as a key forward in the Blues' senior side and would go onto play 184 games, kicking 252 goals and leading the goal-kicking in 2014.
Later that year he would move to North Melbourne in free agency, where he spent the next four years, tallying a further 60 games and 125 goals before retiring at the end of 2018.
