The 2018 AFL NAB National Draft kicks off its two-day affair this year with the first round selected on Thursday November 22nd and the rest of the draft completed on Friday November 23rd.
In the lead up to the draft, Sporting News will bring you the history of each pick - including who got it right (or wrong) through the years.
Pick 10: PORT ADELAIDE POWER
Who will the Power be likely to draft?
There’s still a chance Port will try to package two or more of its three first-round picks to move up the order, but with careful selections they could get a trio of guns for the future.
Connor Rozee (SA): 185cm, 71kg
The priority is locals and Rozee is a gun in the midfield and forward. If he’s available at 10 the Power will take him, but his stocks are rising and he could be long gone.
Jackson Hately (SA): 190cm, 81kg
Another South Australian, the ready-to-go midfielder will be snapped up here if the big three (Rozee, Jack Lukosius and Izak Rankine) are all gone.
History of AFL draft pick 10
Most games played:
256 Luke McPharlin (Hawthorn 1999)
Least games played:
0 Darryl Groves (Collingwood 1989)
0 Brandon Hill (West Coast 1998)
Games by players selected with pick 10
Average: 83.8
Games played in completed careers
0-49: 13
50-99: 3
100-149: 2
150-199: 2
200+: 5
The best pick 10s
Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide 2007): 224 games (154 at Adelaide, 70 at Geelong), Brownlow Medal (2016), three-time best and fairest winner (Adelaide 2015, Geelong 2016, 2017), six-time All Australian (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), AFLPA MVP (2016), AFLCA Player of the Year (2016)
This game just keeps getting better!
— AFL (@AFL) July 12, 2018
Dangerfield kicks his first of the night.#AFLCrowsCats pic.twitter.com/GERprYqcze
Nathan Brown (Western Bulldogs 1996): 219 games (137 at Western Bulldogs, 82 at Richmond), two-time All Australian (2001, 2002)
Luke McPharlin (Hawthorn 1999): 256 games (12 at Hawthorn, 244 at Fremantle), All Australian (2012)
Blake Caracella (Essendon 1994): 187 games (126 at Essendon, 34 at Brisbane, 27 at Collingwood), two-time premiership player (Essendon 2000, Brisbane 2003)
Something to tell the boys at the pub
Pick 10 is starting to look like it may be carrying a curse, with the last eight players taken playing a combined 58 AFL games between them in 2018. And the three most recent selections, Carlton’s Lochie O’Brien (2017, 18 matches), Jack Bowes (2016, 16 matches) and Harry McKay (2015, 13 matches), contributed 47 of those. Daniel Gorringe (2010) and Liam Sumner (2011) are already out of the system, while Joe Daniher (2012), Nathan Freeman (2013) and Nakia Cockatoo (2014) all missed the great majority of 2018.
