The 2013 draft features perhaps the best top-end talent of any count since 2010.
The top three selections of this re-draft astonishingly hold well over 400 Brownlow votes between them, accompanied by multiple All-Australians and top-tier awards including a Brownlow Medal and premiership medallions.
Hindsight updates to this draft create a plethora of exciting changes and strange fits, and you can decide whether your club benefits or goes backwards.
But first, here is the original first round of picks:
- Tom Boyd (GWS)
- Josh Kelly (GWS)
- Jack Billings (St Kilda)
- Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
- Kade Kolodjashnij (Gold Coast)
- Matt Scharenberg (Collingwood)
- James Aish (Brisbane)
- Luke McDonald (North Melbourne)ย f/s
- Christian Salem (Melbourne)
- Nathan Freeman (Collingwood)
- Dom Sheed (West Coast)
- Ben Lennon (Ben Lennon)
- Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
- Cam McCarthy (GWS)
- Zak Jones (Sydney)
- Darcy Lang (Geelong)
- Michael Apeness (Fremantle)
- Luke Dunstan (St Kilda)
- Blake Acres (St Kilda)
- Jack Leslie (Gold Coast)
Note: All matched bids for Academy and Next Generation Academy prospects in this re-draft are based on what we know about how those players' careers have panned out, to date.
10. Toby Nankervis - West Coast (Originally: Pick 35, Sydney)
This selection doesn't make a heap of sense given the presence of Nic Naitanui in West Coast's midfield, but it drastically changes the career of Nankervis, who is no longer part of Richmond's storied three-flag era.
Of course, there's always the chance of a trade and indeed, Nankervis' career at Richmond began with a trade from Sydney.
Though one can imagine West Coast hold onto him as Naitanui's backup, meaning he likely features on the big day in 2018 over Nathan Vardy.
Nankervis would certainly prefer the original unfolding of his career, being a three-time premier and eventual captain of the Tigers.
