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:

  1. Tom Boyd (GWS)
  2. Josh Kelly (GWS)
  3. Jack Billings (St Kilda)
  4. Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
  5. Kade Kolodjashnij (Gold Coast)
  6. Matt Scharenberg (Collingwood)
  7. James Aish (Brisbane)
  8. Luke McDonald (North Melbourne)ย f/s
  9. Christian Salem (Melbourne)
  10. Nathan Freeman (Collingwood)
  11. Dom Sheed (West Coast)
  12. Ben Lennon (Ben Lennon)
  13. Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
  14. Cam McCarthy (GWS)
  15. Zak Jones (Sydney)
  16. Darcy Lang (Geelong)
  17. Michael Apeness (Fremantle)
  18. Luke Dunstan (St Kilda)
  19. Blake Acres (St Kilda)
  20. 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.

18. Luke McDonald - North Melbourne, father/sonย (Originally: Pick 8,ย North Melbourne)

McDonald stays at the Kangaroos as a father/son prospect, but slides down to 18 with teams opting not to bid for the 190cm backman.

With 10 years in the AFL system, McDonald has been more than a valuable servant in North Melbourne's back six, yet hasn't broken away to become the All-Australian level play that teams want in a top 10 pick.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 28: Luke McDonald of the Kangaroos celebrates after kicking a goal as Jack Ziebell of the Kangaroos looks on during the round 10 AFL match between the Carlton Blues and the North Melbourne Kangaroos at Etihad Stadium on May 28, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Granted, playing in the Kangaroos' defensive end has done him no favours, and a best & fairest victory in 2020 to go with captaincy honours makes him one of the most reliable and trusted players in the group.

As North look to rise up the ladder over the coming years, look for McDonald to improve his status as the leader of a winning side.