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.
Since letting his locks flow, Sinclair has become a revelation for the Saints, dominating off half-back, as well as showing his influence in the centre of the ground.
Though Ross Lyon would love to throw his mulletted rebounder into the guts on a full-time basis, the man moving the magnets doesn't quite have the stocks to cover Sinclair's dash out of defensive 50.
Yet, with the aid of genetic science, and more than an ounce of suspended belief, Sinclair is now set to cover for *checks notes* Sinclair for the Saints' Saturday night date at the Lions' den.
