Clubs ‘doing backflips’ over mid-season draft prospects... but one team holds the cards

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Clubs ‘doing backflips’ over mid-season draft prospects... but one team holds the cards
Andrew GaffWestern AustraliaWest Perth
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AFL: The Midweek Tackle team runs through the top AFL midseason draft prospects and who clubs are looking to take.

The 2024 mid-season rookie draft is right around the corner, and the cream of this year’s crop is starting to rise to the top as teams seek an injection of talent at the campaign’s halfway point.

Watch every game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?While the picking order is still subject to change through the coming rounds, names are starting to separate themselves from the pack. Hutchinson, a 22-year-old Wonthaggi product who plays a general forward role, is widely seen as the best available player of the 2024 crop, but the question is whether the current No.1 pick-holders view the VFL Magpie as a necessary commodity.

“Those are the guys that are recruiters are talking about,” Clark continued. “It’s interesting the way it’s all shaping up, because I think Hawthorn and Richmond are looking at big men — they need key forwards and key defenders.” As things presently stand, North Melbourne will pick first, Richmond second, and then Hawthorn third.

“He hasn’t been asked it, and he actually would like to play on somewhere next year. Whether that’s likely to happen , I’m not quite sure.

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