Stop the presses, the league has a radical new rule. And no, old mate Eddie McGuire isn't behind this one.
As of Thursday afternoon, every league club now has the ability to clone and select any one player currently on their list.
Obviously, we are yanking your chains, pulling your legs and having you on, but with a fortnight to go before finals, the prospect got us thinking: for those still in the race for the flag, if they could 'Dolly the Sheep' somebody in their locker room, just who would it be?
Naturally, for some premiership contenders, the answer is glaringly obvious. But for several of their contemporaries, a conclusion lies closer to the weeds.
From the bookies' favourite to the rank outsiders, here, in reverse ladder order, are the nine players the nine teams in mathematical contention for the 2023 flag would love two of.
Question: What is better than having one Errol Gulden on a wing?
Answer? Having a Gulden roaming on both sides of the ground
Some might press for the pass of Nick Blakey off half-back or the hybrid skillset of Isaac Heeney, however, we've gone with the local product that already owns one-half of the SCG.
Adept at winning the ball, a clean conduit going forward and ferocious when its his turn to defend, the 21-year-old certainly punches well above his pint size.
