One of the great exercises when talking footy is to debate your club's best draft steals. Sure, high draft picks are great, but everyone knows it's much easier to hit a winner with a top 10 selection than it is with a pick in the 50's. Or in the Rookie Draft for that matter.
So we've decided to put together something for you to refer to next time the debate springs up over a couple of beers.
For the purposes of this exercise, anyone drafted before pick 40 is ineligible and we've decided to keep it in the AFL era. This is by no means a complete list, every year tosses up several gems and sadly, we can't include them all.
So without further distraction, here are our biggest draft steals for every club in the competition.
St Kilda
Stephen Milne (Rookie selection)
The Saints haven't been particularly good at drafting over the years, particularly late on, however there's no arguing this was an absolute bargain.
Stephen Milne is one of the best small forwards in the history of the game, being taken with a rookie selection from right under the nose of the Bombers at the age of 20.
He would go on to kick almost 600 goals, winning All-Australian honours twice, landing a selection in the International Rules team for Australia twice and become a leading goalkicker for the Saints on four occasions.
One of the game's cult figures, or most hated depending on your allegiances, there's no denying the 'Tip Rat' was box office material and one of the great diamonds in the rough of the AFL era.
Honourable mentions: Austinn Jones (pick 48), Sam Fisher (pick 55), Jarryn Geary (pick 58)
