Draft
Risky business: Carlton in great, big AFL draft gamble
Carlton has made an audacious draft gamble trading next year's first round draft pick to buy into this year's draft..
- by Michael Gleeson
Latest
AFL draft worry as rehearsal abandoned in shambles
An AFL national draft rehearsal on Wednesday night had to be abandoned early in a shambles, leaving the league scrambling to fix issues before Thursday night.
- by Michael Gleeson
Carlton
No.1 on the list: Carlton's big AFL draft moment arrives
After months of deliberation, Carlton's Stephen Silvagni will make a decision at the top of the AFL draft that could have repercussions for the next decade.
LIVE
Draft
This year's No.1 selection: Carlton lob for Sam Walsh
Follow live coverage as the 2018 AFL national draft unfolds.
- by Scott Spits
Opinion
Opinion
Dubious world of AFL's Next Generation Academies
No fewer than 15 players can be claimed by 10 clubs under the contentious Next Generation Academy rules.
- by Jake Niall
Carlton
2018 AFL draft: First-round predictions
It's the first draft of a new era. Here's how it may pan out, and the complications.
- by Daniel Cherny
Western Bulldogs
Dogs pick to be first trade target
The Western Bulldogs shape to be the first team involved in the AFL's live trading with clubs circling for the Dogs' first pick.
- by Michael Gleeson
Analysis
Analysis
Draft night: the story behind the picks
The live trading of picks for the first time will add a whole new element to the national draft, but we take a look behind the scenes into the thought processes of clubs as they prepare for draft night.
- by Sam McClure
Draft
Craig Moller takes path less travelled from AFL to NBL
Six years ago Craig Moller was on the verge of being drafted by Fremantle and even though his AFL career didn't work out, he is now preparing for international basketball.
- by Roy Ward
Draft
Running the rule over Canberra's AFL draft contenders
Canberra Demons coach Kade Klemke has run his eye over a quartet of emerging stars eyeing the AFL draft.
- by Caden Helmers
Draft
Walsh's Darwinian evolution to No.1 draft favouritism
Sam Walsh's journey to draft night took a northern turn late in his primary school years.
- by Daniel Cherny