December is Draft Review Month at Die Hard Footy!
December 1, 2008 by Tristan Heffernan
We spent November bringing you our wildly popular AFL Draftee Player Profiles - now stick with us through December as we bring to you an in-depth look into how each club fared at the 2008 AFL National Draft!
Keep an eye out as we go through every team throughout the month with a closer look at who they selected and their likely prospects for the future. No matter whether you’re a full-blown fantasy fanatic, a mad one-eyed supporter, or simply an all-round footy fan, we’ll bring you everything you need to be up to speed on the new blood for next year as the next season rapidly approaches.
Access our review for each team when they are published from the links below:
Melbourne Demons
West Coast Eagles
Fremantle Dockers
Port Adelaide Power
Essendon Bombers
Carlton Blues
Brisbane Lions
Richmond Tigers
North Melbourne Kangaroos
Adelaide Crows
Collingwood Magpies
Sydney Swans
St Kilda Saints
Western Bulldogs
Geelong Cats
Hawthorn Hawks
For your reference, please find below the full listing of picks from the 2008 AFL Draft. Click on the highlighted players to see our in-depth profile where available!
Round One:
1 - Melbourne - Jack Watts (Sandringham U18s)
2 - West Coast - Nick Natanui (Swan Districts)
3 - Fremantle - Stephen Hill (West Perth)
4 - Port Adelaide - Hamish Hartlett (West Adelaide)
5 - Essendon - Michael Hurley (Northern Knights U18)
6 - Carlton - Chris Yarran (Swan Districts)
7 - Brisbane - Daniel Rich (Subiaco)
8 - Richmond - Tyrone Vickery (Sandringham U18)
9 - North Melbourne - Jack Ziebell (Murray U18)
10 - Adelaide - Phil Davis (North Adelaide)
11 - Collingwood - Steele Sidebottom (Murray U18)
12 - Sydney - Lewis Johnston (North Adelaide)
13 - St Kilda - Tom Lynch (Sandringham U18)
14 - Western Bulldogs - Ayce Cordy (F/S)
15 - Geelong - Mitchell Brown (Sandringham U18)
16 - Hawthorn - Ryan Schoenmakers (Norwood)
Priority Selections:
17 - Melbourne - Sam Blease (Eastern U18)
18 - West Coast - Luke Shuey (Oakleigh U18)
Round Two:
19 - Melbourne - James Strauss (Oakleigh U18)
20 - West Coast - Tom Swift (Claremont)
21 - Fremantle - Hayden Ballentyne (Peel Thunder)
22 - Port Adelaide - Jackson Trengrove (Calder Cannons)
23 - Essendon - David Zaharkis (Northern Knights)
24 - Fremantle - Nick Suban (North Ballarat Rebels)
25 - Brisbane - Jack Redden (Glenelg)
26 - Richmond - Jayden Post (Western Jets)
27 - North Melbourne - Sam Wright (Murray Bushrangers)
28 - Adelaide - Shaun McKernan (Calder Cannons)
29 - Collingwood - Dayne Beames (Southport)
30 - Sydney - Daniel Hannebury (Oakleigh Chargers)
31 - Western Bulldogs - Jordan Roughead (North Ballarat Rebels)
32 - Western Bulldogs - Liam Jones (Tassie Mariners)
33 - Geelong - Tom Gillies (Dandenong Stingrays)
34 - Hawthorn - Liam Shields (Eastern Rangers)
Round Three:
35 - Melbourne - Jamie Benell (Swan Districts)
36 - West Coast - Ashley Smith (Dandenong Stingrays)
37 - Fremantle - Zach Clarke (Oakleigh Chargers)
38 - Port Adelaide - Matthew Broadbent (Woodville West Torrens)
39 - Geelong - Steven Motlop (Wanderers)
40 - Carlton - Mitchell Robinson (Tassie Mariners)
41 - Brisbane - Todd Banfield (Swan Districts)
42 - Port Adelaide - Mitchell Banner (Western Jets)
43 - North Melbourne - Liam Anthony (East Fremantle)
44 - Adelaide - Rory Sloane (Eastern Rangers)
45 - Collingwood Jarrad Blight (Swan Districts)
46 - Collingwood - Luke Rounds (Geelong Falcons)
47 - St Kilda - Rhys Stanley (West Adelaide)
48 - St Kilda - Nicholas Heyne (Gippsland Power)
49 - Geelong - Taylor Hunt (Sandringham Dragons)
50 - Hawthorn - Jordan Lisle (Oakleigh Chargers)
Round Four:
51 - Melbourne - Neville Jetta (Swan Districts)
52 - West Coast - Jordan Jones (Geelong Falcons)
53 - Fremantle - Michael Walters (Swan Districts)
54 - Port Adelaide - Jarrod Redden (Woodville West Torrens)
55 - Essendon - Michael Still (Northern Knights)
56 - Fremantle - Ben Buckabaz (Geelong Falcons)
57 - Brisbane - Aaron Cornelius (Tasmanian Devils)
58 - Richmond - Tom Hislop (Essendon)
59 - North Melbourne - Nathan O’Keefe (Eastern Rangers)
60 - Adelaide - Thomas Lee (Claremont)
61 - Sydney - Campbell Heath (Gippsland Power)
62 - St Kilda - Alistair Smith (Perth)
63 - Hawthorn - Luke Loudan (Sandringham Dragons)
Round Five:
64 - Melbourne - Rowan Bale (Mount Gravett)
65 - Carlton - Rhys O’Keefe (North Adelaide)
66 - Port Adelaide - Glen Dawson (Woodville West Torrens)
67 - Essendon - Tyson Slattery (West Adelaide)
68 - Fremantle - Tim Ruffles (North Ballarat)
69 - Brisbane - Bart McCulloch (Tassie Mariners/South Launceston)
70 - Richmond - Pass
71 - North Melbourne - Warren Benjamin (Claremont)
72 - Adelaide - William Young (North Ballarat)
73 - Collingwood - Leigh Brown (North Melbourne)
74 - St Kilda - Paul Cahill (Sturt)
75 - Hawthorn - Shane Savage (Dandenong Stringrays)
Round Six:
76 - Melbourne - Pass
77 - Fremantle - Chris Hall (Woodville West Torrens)
78 - Port Adelaide - Jason Davenport (Geelong)
79 - Essendon - Pass
80 - Carlton - Calib Tiller (Murray Bushrangers)
81 - Brisbane - Kieron King (East Fremantle)
82 - Brisbane - Pass
83 - St Kilda - Colm Begley (Brisbane Lions)
Round Seven:
84 - Port Adelaide - Pass
85 - Carlton - Pass



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