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Richmond will have a pick in the AFL mid-season draft after drawing a line through injured ruckman Ivan Soldo's season. Soldo had a left knee reconstruction after he ruptured both the anterior cruciate ligament and medial ligament in round 17 last year.

Sam Darcy, the son of Western Bulldogs champion Luke, has been described as the “biggest bullet” in this year’s National Draft. Standing at 203cm, Darcy is eligible to join the Bulldogs as a father-son selection while potential No.

Nick Daicos has long been considered the clear No.1 pick in the upcoming AFL draft. But it’s meant little to North Melbourne and Hawthorn fans, given Daicos all but certain to be heading to Collingwood under the father-son rule.

This week, a booming left footer impressed for the NAB AFL Academy against Geelong's VFL side, but a son-of-a-gun's stats may have flattered him on the weekend, writes ESPN AFL draft expert Chris Doerre.

WHO ARE the draft prospects shooting themselves into first-round contention? After Saturday's AFL Academy match at GMHBA Stadium, the AFL Exchange crew talk about the young guns who will have teams across the country excited about their lofty potential.

A number of Geelong players have pressed their case for an AFL recall after playing major roles in the club’s VFL win over the most talented group of draft eligible players in the country. The Geelong VFL side made a mess of the undermanned AFL Academy side,

Mac Andrew doesn’t remember leaving Egypt. But he knows why he was born there. Andrew, one of the soarers of this year’s AFL draft class, moved to Australia in 2005, when he was still a toddler. His parents Mary and Luol had fled to Egypt from pre …

Each week, ESPN.com.au AFL draft expert Chris Doerre casts his eye over the country's best junior footballers to give readers an early insight into the next generation of AFL stars. Every AFL club's best draftee and breakout prospects As well as attending …

But Cornes fears Hawthorn could be heading down the same path due to adding a number of B grade players to their playing list, instead of hitting the draft hard. “I am (worried about them) Hutchy (Craig Hutchison), I don’t want them to be the next …

Collingwood father-son prospect Nick Daicos has been viewed as a potential No.1 pick in this year’s AFL Draft. Daicos, the son of 250-game Magpies great Peter and brother of emerging young Pie Josh, has been turning heads at the Holden Centre throughout …