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.
9. Ben Brown - Collingwood (Originally: Pick 47, North Melbourne)
Brown is another dramatic riser in this draft after exceeding all career expectations with 353 goals from 169 games.
Recent seasons have not helped his career record, despite being a key member of Melbourne's premiership, it seems his prime is well past him.
Many forget just how good his prime was, however, booting a whopping 188 goals over three seasons from 2017-2019.
The addition of Brown to Collingwood significantly lifts an already capable forward line, providing them a focal point where he can thrive as the main man, and Brody Mihocek can thrive as the second option.
This move could well be the missing piece in Collingwood's 2018 heartbreak, where one straight kick was the difference.
