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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/20/7026249/Thumbnail1002917944gjjyc0image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gl40fs.png1448020520341.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/19/7023725/Thumbnail1002871801gj56myimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gl30u1.png1446439694940.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/19/7023038/Thumbnail1002865477gj704kimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gl2vyd.png1447931609565.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.
AFL draft: 30 years of the best, from picks 15 to 11
![Scott Camporeale fires off a handpass in his playing days.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/18/7021326/Thumbnail1002825006gl22y8image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gl20q6.png1447841867979.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/16/7015284/Thumbnail1002743660gj5wi7image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gl09yk.png1447668477564.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/13/7008538/Thumbnail1002652433gkycdaimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkybkh.png1447385125576.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/11/7003255/Thumbnail1002571410gkwonmimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkwl1u.png1447229520533.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/10/6999754/Thumbnail1002514461gkvhabimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkvd3x.png1447204658707.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/10/6998235/Thumbnail1002475615gjjlmuimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkuj4v.png1447114668440.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/09/6995453/Thumbnail1002454781gku3jiimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gku325.png1447103832437.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/09/6995180/Thumbnail100245040411788himage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gktzok.png1447024505543.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.
Geelong premiership hero Mathew Stokes officially calls an end to career
![No fuss or fanfare: Mathew Stokes.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/11/05/6987402/Thumbnail1002338671zt3climage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkrlgv.png1446707117549.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/10/29/6970259/Thumbnail1002091870gkmcdfimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkmb1a.png1446113156101.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/10/29/6968695/Thumbnail1002062635gklqesimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkloh7.png1446087429939.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/10/29/6967859/Thumbnail100205211711a2x2image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gklgd1.png1446080953171.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Matt Murnane The AFL have announced a bye round between the regular season and the finals for 2016.
What zoning in the AFL used to look like
![If the old zoning rules applied, Joel Selwood would have been a Blue.](http://web.archive.org./web/20151121114958im_/http://images.theage.com.au/2015/10/28/6965325/Thumbnail1002007165ghn161image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gkkhod.png1446000338970.jpg-90x60.jpg)
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.