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)
6GWS (Matched Bid) select: Tom Green (+4)
The Giants Academy product has shown that, at his best, he can be one of the best midfielders in the competition, and has become the Giants' number one midfielder.
The Giants could match a bid for Tom Green at almost any pick, and with his rise to Pick 6, the Giants would have needed to pay more, but they were committed to selecting him.
Pairing him with Luke Jackson in this re-draft would have been a great one-two punch in midfield.
This is hilarious. Matt Rowell won a Brownlow and you have dropped him down below Serong.