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.
Sure, Zak Butters has been in Brownlow contention for much of the 2023 season, but we've opted for one of his teammates from the 2018 draft.
With 58 goals from exactly 100 scoring shots since 2021, Rozee is a force to reckon with inside the offensive arc. Still, don't get it twisted, the 23-year-old still gets his hands dirty in the centre of the ground, attending 69 per cent of the Power's centre bounces this season - the most of any non-ruckman.
Throw one up forward and the other in the guts and hey presto, Port's premiership odds have just plummeted.
