Matt Murnane

Matt Murnane

AFL draft: Does anyone challenge Chris Judd as the best No.3 pick ?

Matt Murnane To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.

AFL draft: Is Buddy or Pendlebury the best pick 5?

Lance Franklin: our pick No. 5.

Matt Murnane Continuing our series of the best picks at every position in the AFL draft, we look at picks four and five

AFL draft: 30 years of the best, from picks 10 to 6

Chad Wingard will miss the trip through injury.

Matt Murnane To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.

Vote: The best top-20 AFL draft picks of all time

Alex Rance.

Matt Murnane We've counted down from No.80 in our all-time draft list, but now it's over to you to vote on the best top-20 picks of all time.

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AFL draft: 30 years of the best, from picks 15 to 11

Scott Camporeale fires off a handpass in his playing days.

Matt Murnane To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.

AFL draft: 30 years of the best, from picks 20 to 16

Pick No.20:  this year's Brownlow medallist, Nat Fyfe.

Matt Murnane To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.

AFL draft: The best players taken from picks 30 to 21

Steve Johnson - in action this year - was drafted by Geelong at pick 24.

Matt Murnane  To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.

AFL draft: The best players taken from picks 40 to 31

Matt Murnane To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.

AFL draft: The best players taken from picks 50 to 41

Alastair Lynch (right) tangles with Port Adelaide's Darryl Wakelin during the 2004 grand final.

Matt Murnane To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.

Should Essendon give Jason Akermanis a shot at coaching?

Matt Murnane If there is one thing that rivals Jason Akermanis ability to play football, it is his capacity to create debate.

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AFL draft: The best players taken from picks 60 to 51

Draft gold: Brownlow medallist Dane Swan was taken at No.58 in the 2001 draft.

Matt Murnane To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.

AFL Draft: The best players taken from picks 70-61

Paul Puopolo.

Matt Murnane To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers. Here are the best of picks 70-61.

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Jake Carlisle starts with St Kilda on restricted program

St Kilda recruit Jake Carlisle  during training  for the club's first to fourth year players at Albert Park Lake on Monday.

Matt Murnane Controversial St Kilda recruit Jake Carlisle will be modified program during his first month at the club as he attempts to prove himself to his new team-mates.

Carlton sign ruckman Daniel Gorringe as delisted free agent

Daniel Gorringe.

Matt Murnane Carlton's pre-season started on Monday for first to fourth year players, and there was a new face among the group – former Gold Coast ruckman Daniel Gorringe.

AFL Draft: The best players taken from picks 80-1

Matt Murnane As a feature to recognise the 30th year of the AFL's "National Draft", Fairfax Media has compiled an "all time" draft list, dubbed "AFL Draft: The Numbers Game", beginning at pick No.

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Geelong premiership hero Mathew Stokes officially calls an end to career

No fuss or fanfare: Mathew Stokes.

Matt Murnane Geelong two-time premiership hero Mathew Stokes will end his AFL career in the same way he played it – without fuss or fanfare.

AFL season 2016: Week off opens door to talk of bye

AFL Players Association boss Paul Marsh was disappointed a second bye for all 18 clubs was not ticked off.

Matt Murnane and Caroline Wilson The AFL's end of season bye bombshell has left the players association in a strong position to finally have their wish for two byes granted as soon as 2017.

2016 AFL fixture: What you need to know

The grand final will be held in the first week of October again.

Matt Murnane Aside from the major news of the day - that the league will roll the dice with a radical week-long pause between the final round and the first week of finals - here are the other key points out...

2016 AFL fixture: Bye round to precede finals series

Sherrin footy

Matt Murnane The AFL have announced a bye round between the regular season and the finals for 2016.

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What zoning in the AFL used to look like

If the old zoning rules applied, Joel Selwood would have been a Blue.

Matt Murnane The AFL is set to radically restructure the development of young football talent across Australia, starting with the creation of club-zoned multicultural and indigenous academies in the near future.