Respected journalist Emma Quayle of The Age has released her predicted top 30 picks ahead of Friday night’s AFL National Draft.
Quayle has tipped the Crows to take South Australian forward Will Hayward of North Adelaide with its first-round pick.
The revered draft expert expects Adelaide’s first pick to slide from No.13 to No.16 due to Academy bidding further up the order. More on Academy and father-son rules
Quayle’s top six predicted selections match that of AFL Media draft guru Callum Twomey, who also released his phantom draft in the lead-up to Friday’s event in Sydney.
See the National Draft order as it stands
2016 NATIONAL DRAFT - EMMA QUAYLE’S PREDICTED TOP 30
1 ESSENDON
Andrew McGrath
179cm, 77kg
Sandringham Dragons
2 GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Tim Taranto
186cm, 76kg
Sandringham Dragons
3 BRISBANE LIONS
Hugh McCluggage
186m, 76kg
North Ballarat Rebels/South Warnambool
4 GOLD COAST
Ben Ainsworth
178cm, 76kg
Gippsland Power
5 GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY *Bid by Carlton matched
Will Setterfield
190cm, 80kg
Sandringham Dragons/Caulfield Grammar/Albury
6 CARLTON
Sam Petrevski-Seton
180cm, 73kg
Claremont
7 GOLD COAST
Griffin Logue
191cm, 94kg
Swan Districts
8 FREMANTLE
Jy Simpkin
182cm, 75kg
Murray Bushrangers
9 GOLD COAST
Jack Scrimshaw
193cm, 84kg
Sandringham Dragons
10 GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY *Bid by Sydney matched
Isaac Cumming
184cm, 74kg
Broken Hill/GWS Academy
11 GOLD COAST *Bid by Sydney matched
Jack Bowes
187cm, 78kg
Cairns Saints
12 SYDNEY
Will Brodie
188cm, 82kg
Murray Bushrangers
13 GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY *Bid by North Melbourne matched
Harry Perryman
184cm, 80kg
Collingullie
14 NORTH MELBOURNE
Oliver Florent
182cm, 74kg
Sandringham Dragons
15 WEST COAST
Jarrod Berry
191cm, 82kg
North Ballarat Rebels
16 ADELAIDE
Will Hayward
185cm, 77kg
North Adelaide
17 PORT ADELAIDE
Alex Witherden
187cm, 80kg
Geelong Falcons
18 BRISBANE LIONS
Daniel Venables
185cm, 82cm
Western Jets
19 PORT ADELAIDE
Todd Marshall
197cm, 86kg
Murray Bushrangers
20 WESTERN BULLDOGS
Tim English
205cm, 90kg
South Fremantle
21 SYDNEY
Brennan Cox
194cm, 90kg
Woodville-West Torrens
22 ESSENDON
Josh Battle
192cm, 90kg
Dandenong Stingrays
23 BRISBANE
Jordan Gallucci
183cm, 75kg
Eastern Ranges
24 BRISBANE
Jack Graham
183cm, 83kg
North Adelaide
25 ST KILDA
Sam Powell-Pepper
186cm, 83kg
East Perth
26 GEELONG
Shai Bolton
178cm, 68kg
South Fremantle
27 CARLTON
Jordan Ridley
192cm, 79kg
Oakleigh Chargers
28 WESTERN BULLDOGS
Cedric Cox
181cm, 79kg
North Ballarat Rebels
29 RICHMOND
Elliot Himmelberg
196cm, 89kg
Redlands
30 COLLINGWOOD
Jack Maibaum
193cm, 90kg
Eastern Ranges
