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)
2Gold Coast select: Caleb Serong (+6)
Caleb Serong's career to date has been one of the best in this class, earning three straight All-Australian selections from 2023-2025, winning the Rising Star in 2020, and three straight best and fairests for Fremantle.
Serong has proven his ball-winning abilities time and time again, being one of the best inside midfielders in the AFL.
Pairing him with Noah Anderson at the Suns would be the perfect partnership in midfield.
This is hilarious. Matt Rowell won a Brownlow and you have dropped him down below Serong.