The 2019 AFL Draft has turned out to be one of the strongest drafts of the last decade, headlined by elite midfield talent, with five players earning All-Australian selections and four players being key pieces in premiership sides.
It's clear now that several teams got their selection wrong, but they didn't have the hindsight that we have today, six years later.
So here is a re-draft of the top 15 of the 2019 AFL Draft, factoring in their career to date, team success, personal awards, and also their future potential.
For context, this was the original order of the top 15 picks in the 2019 AFL Draft
- Matt Rowell (Gold Coast)
- Noah Anderson (Gold Coast)
- Luke Jackson (Melbourne)
- Lachlan Ash (GWS)
- Dylan Stephens (Sydney)
- Fischer McAsey (Adelaide)
- Hayden Young (Fremantle)
- Caleb Serong (Fremantle)
- Liam Henry (Fremantle)
- Tom Green (GWS)
- Sam Flanders (Gold Coast)
- Kysaiah Pickett (Melbourne)
- Will Day (Hawthorn)
- Miles Bergman (Port Adelaide)
- Cody Weightman (Western Bulldogs)
10Gold Coast select: Mitch Georgiades (+8)
Mitch Georgiades announced himself last season as one of the league's best key forwards, kicking 58 goals for the season to finish seventh in the Coleman race.
He and Ben King would be a formidable key forward duo at the Suns, with Georgiades providing an elite marking presence alongside King.
Georgiades led the Power's goalkicking the last two seasons, kicking 98 goals across those two campaigns.
This is hilarious. Matt Rowell won a Brownlow and you have dropped him down below Serong.