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Tonight's Draft Order

AFL DRAFT VALUE INDEX POINTS VALUES Pick 1: 3000 points Pick 2: 2517 Pick 3: 2234 Pick 4: 2034 Pick 5: 1878 Pick 6: 1751 Pick 7: 1644 Pick 8: 1551 Pick 9: 1469 Pick 10: 1395 Pick 11: 1329 Pick 12: 1268 Pick 13: 1212 Pick 14: 1161 Pick 15: 1112 Pick 16: 1067 Pick 17: 1025 Pick 18: 985 Pick 19: 948 Pick 20: 912 Pick 21: 878 Pick 22: 845 Pick 23: 815 Pick 24: 785 Pick 25: 756 Pick 26: 729 Pick 27: 703 Pick 28: 677 Pick 29: 653 Pick 30: 629 Pick 31: 606 Pick 32: 584 Pick 33: 563 Pick 34: 542 Pick 35: 522 Pick 36: 502 Pick 37: 483 Pick 38: 465 Pick 39: 446 Pick 40: 429 Pick 41: 412 Pick 42: 395 Pick 43: 378 Pick 44: 362 Pick 45: 347 Pick 46: 331 Pick 47: 316 Pick 48: 302 Pick 49: 287 Pick 50: 273 Pick 51: 259 Pick 52: 246 Pick 53: 233 Pick 54: 220 Pick 55: 207 Pick 56: 194 Pick 57: 182 Pick 58: 170 Pick 59: 158 Pick 60: 146 Pick 61: 135 Pick 62: 123 Pick 63: 112 Pick 64: 101 Pick 65: 90 Pick 66: 80 Pick 67: 69 Pick 68: 59 Pick 69: 49 Pick 70: 39 Pick 71: 29 Pick 72: 19 Pick 73: 9 Picks 74 and onwards: 0

2024 DRAFT PICKS TRADED (after 2023 trade period) Adelaide Crows IN: Round 2 (Melbourne) OUT: Nil Brisbane Lions IN: Round 4 (Hawthorn) OUT: Round 2 (Gold Coast) Carlton IN: Round 4 (Fremantle), Round 4 (Gold Coast Suns), Round 4 (Western Bulldogs) OUT: Round 3 (St Kilda), Round 4 (Port Adelaide) Collingwood IN: Round 2 (Hawthorn), Round 3 (Hawthorn) OUT: Round 1 (Fremantle), Round 2 (Hawthorn), Round 4 (Essendon) Essendon IN: Round 4 (Collingwood) OUT: Round 3 (Gold Coast), Round 4 (Port Adelaide) Fremantle IN: Round 1 (Collingwood), Round 1 (Port Adelaide), Round 2 (St Kilda), Round 4 (St Kilda) OUT: Round 2 (Richmond), Round 4 (Carlton) Geelong IN: Nil OUT: Nil Gold Coast Suns IN: Round 1 (Western Bulldogs), End of Round 1 (second North Melbourne assistance), Round 2 (Brisbane), Round 3 (Essendon) OUT: Round 3 (Western Bulldogs), Round 4 (Carlton) GWS Giants IN: Nil OUT: Nil Hawthorn IN: Round 2 (Collingwood) OUT: Round 2 (Collingwood), Round 3 (Collingwood), Round 4 (Brisbane) Melbourne IN: Round 2 (Sydney), Round 3 (Western Bulldogs) OUT: Round 2 (Adelaide), Round 3 (St Kilda) North Melbourne IN: Nil OUT: End of Round 1 (first, Sydney), End of Round 1 (second, Gold Coast) Port Adelaide IN: Round 4 (Essendon), Round 4 (Carlton) OUT: Round 1 (Fremantle), Round 4 (Richmond) Richmond IN: Round 2 (Fremantle), Round 4 (Port Adelaide) OUT: Nil St Kilda IN: Round 3 (Carlton), Round 3 (Melbourne) OUT: Round 2 (Fremantle), Round 4 (Fremantle) Sydney Swans IN: End of Round 1 (first North Melbourne assistance) OUT: Round 2 (Melbourne) West Coast Eagles IN: Nil OUT: Nil Western Bulldogs IN: Round 3 (Gold Coast) OUT: Round 1 (Gold Coast), Round 3 (Melbourne), Round 4 (Carlton)

The 2023 AFL national draft will be held across two days: Monday November 20 and Tuesday November 21, with coverage of both nights beginning at 7pm (AEDT), The first round of the draft will be held on Monday November 20, with up to 29 picks set to take place. The rest of the draft will then take place on Tuesday November 21, with clubs expecting between 55 and 60 picks to be used this year. The only place to watch all the draft picks as they’re announced on TV is on Fox Footy, via Channel 504 on Foxtel or Kayo Sports. You can also follow the AFL draft live on foxfooty.com.au with analysis of every pick and every club, along with Fox Footy’s social media channels. The 2023 AFL pre-season draft and 2023 AFL rookie draft will be held online on Wednesday November 22 from 3pm (AEDT). HOW DOES THE AFL DRAFT WORK? The AFL has created the Draft Value Index, which is a system that allocates a points value to the first 73 picks in the draft. It essentially means clubs that have existing links to draftees, either via their academy or father-son eligibility, must ‘pay’ to secure these players via multiple picks and give rival clubs the chance to bid on these players. For clubs to secure their linked talent, they must pay and match a bid by using the draft picks/points they already hold. If they don’t have enough points at the time, they can enter draft deficit, which means their hand at the following year’s draft will take a hit. If the club opts not to match, the player goes to the club who made the bid. The best way to explain how bidding works is through an example. Tap here to find out how Brisbane matched North Melbourne’s bid last year for Lions father-son gun Will Ashcroft. WHAT IS THE AFL DRAFT 2023 ORDER? See below, featuring the pick, club and then the draft points attached to the selection. Note: With live-trading, the draft order is subject to change. Round 1 1. West Coast Eagles 2. North Melbourne 3. North Melbourne (Ben McKay compensation) 4. Hawthorn 5. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast Suns) 6. Melbourne (via Fremantle) 7. GWS Giants (via Richmond) 8. Geelong 9. Essendon 10. Adelaide Crows 11. Melbourne (via Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs) 12. Sydney Swans 13. St Kilda 14. Adelaide Crows (via Gold Coast and Melbourne) 15. North Melbourne (via Port Adelaide) 16. GWS Giants 17. North Melbourne (via Carlton) 18. North Melbourne (via Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs) 19. Collingwood 20. Adelaide Crows (Tom Doedee compensation) 21. St Kilda (Jade Gresham compensation) 22. Carlton (via North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package) Round 2 23. West Coast Eagles 24. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide and North Melbourne) 25. Geelong (via Port Adelaide, Fremantle and North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package) 26. Gold Coast Suns (via Carlton, North Melbourne, Sydney and Hawthorn) 27. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide, originally a Gold Coast pick) 28. Carlton (via Gold Coast, Melbourne and Fremantle) 29. Richmond 30. Brisbane Lions (via Geelong) 31. Essendon 32. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide) 33. Collingwood (via Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs) 34. Fremantle (via Collingwood and Sydney) 35. Essendon (via St Kilda) 36. Gold Coast Suns (via Melbourne) 37. West Coast Eagles (via Port Adelaide) 38. Gold Coast Suns (via GWS) 39. Brisbane Lions (via Hawthorn, Collingwood and Carlton) 40. St Kilda (via Western Bulldogs and Brisbane) 41. Richmond (via Port Adelaide and Collingwood) 42. Melbourne (James Jordon compensation) 43. GWS Giants (Matt Flynn compensation) Round 3 44. Hawthorn (via West Coast) 45. Sydney Swans (via North Melbourne) 46. Fremantle (via North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package) 47. Hawthorn (via Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, originally a Hawthorn pick) 48. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast) 49. Hawthorn (via Richmond, Port Adelaide and Fremantle) 50. Western Bulldogs (via Port Adelaide and Richmond) 51. Brisbane Lions (via Geelong) 52. Western Bulldogs (via Essendon) 53. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast and Adelaide) 54. Brisbane Lions (via Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs) 55. Sydney Swans 56. Western Bulldogs (via St Kilda) 57. North Melbourne (via Melbourne) 58. West Coast Eagles (via Port Adelaide) 59. GWS Giants 60. Fremantle (via Carlton) 61. Essendon (via Hawthorn and Brisbane Lions) 62. Hawthorn (via Gold Coast and Collingwood) Round 4 63. Hawthorn (via West Coast Eagles) 64. Fremantle (via North Melbourne) 65. Richmond (via North Melbourne and Hawthorn) 66. Gold Coast Suns 67. Brisbane Lions (via Fremantle) 68. Richmond 69. Western Bulldogs (via Geelong) 70. Carlton (via Essendon) 71. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide) 72. Western Bulldogs 73. Port Adelaide (via Essendon and Sydney) 74. Gold Coast Suns (via St Kilda) 75. Western Bulldogs (via Melbourne) 76. Geelong (via Port Adelaide) 77. GWS Giants 78. Carlton 79. GWS Giants (via Brisbane) 80. Collingwood Round 5 81. West Coast Eagles 82. North Melbourne 83. Hawthorn 84. Gold Coast Suns 85. Fremantle 86. Richmond 87. Geelong 88. Essendon 89. Adelaide Crows 90. Western Bulldogs 91. Sydney Swans 92. St Kilda 93. Melbourne 94. Geelong (via Port Adelaide) 95. GWS Giants 96. Carlton 97. Brisbane Lions 98. Collingwood

It's Draft Day and the Demons hold pick 6, 11, 42 & 93. The Draft will be held over two nights with the first round starting tonight at 7pm.

Following successive comprehensive defeats by fellow Top Four heavyweights the Demons play down a division this Sunday against the highly promising Cats. Strangely, no games against the Cats for five seasons and now we play them twice in one season. With the blueprint on how to defeat the Dees available on the dark web the real question is, will we crumble again under the finals pressure cooker or will we rediscover our #DemonSpirit and execute a turnaround? Make no mistake this semi-final against Geelong is an enormous challenge. In Round 5 at Mordor, they stayed in the contest for three quarters but ultimately it was our record breaking forward efficiency that won the evening. Our high scoring has vanished these past two weeks, kicking only 9 and 28 points respectively. Against Top Eight teams this year our record is not so strong with a percentage of 98% whereas it’s 323% against the bottom eight teams. The weather forecast looks good for Sunday, 24 degrees and sunny. So, come along to IKON if you can and support our wonderful team. Noting there are a couple of milestones this week to celebrate: Midfield dynamo Liv Purcell’s plays her 50th game (including 19 games with Geelong), and Mick Stinear is coaching his 75th game. Good luck to the milestoners on Sunday. Selection this week Eliza West is back to boost our contested midfield pressure while Georgia Cambell is omitted. Rhi Watt, Charlotte Wilson and Sammie Johnson are named as emergencies. Geelong has lost goalkicking dynamo Chloe Sheer to a collarbone injury. Our opponents, Geelong The Cats have a strong engine room led by league stars in Georgie Prespakis and Nina Morrison. Support comes from 3-time best and fairest winner Amy McDonald, Zali Frizwell, and Mikayla Bowen. Meg McDonald leads the Cats’ defence along with former Dee Chantel Emonson, Claudia Gunjaca a strong intercept mark, Becky Webster, and Georgie Rankin. Ex Dee Jacqui Parry is having her best season up forward with 13 goals and 46 marks. It’s nice to see Shelley Scott back playing against her old team but the loss of Scheer will weaken their forward line. The danger player is tall athletic Irishwoman Aishling Moloney. She was on fire last time we played kicking 3 goals and will no doubt be a handful for Birch and Gillard again. Expect their coach Dan Lowther to have extra pressure planned for our stars Kate Hore and Tyla Hanks. He has two ready-made terrorisers to unleash in Darcy Moloney and Rachel Kearns. Meggs view Supporters’ confidence is understandably low following the recent defeats. There have been external comments about the Dees having illnesses last week so let’s hope we are fully fit and ready to give it red hot go on Sunday. Meggs is confident that we will bounce back and see an even team contribution. In leading goalkickers Hore, Zanker, Bannan, Harris and others we have the firepower to win. Our defence with Tahlia Gillard, Libby Birch and Goldrick is solid, and our engine room led by Liv Purcell, Tyla Hanks and Loz Pearce is a real strength. Reducing the impact of Prespakis and Ash Moloney is a key to winning. All of our players must win or at least halve the one-v-one contests, its finals footy. We are looking for more energy and physical pressure this week, a rediscovery of our trademark run and carry game and hoping our all-conquering forward line stars get their mojo back. Go Dees! Melbourne to win by 7 points THE GAME Melbourne v Geelong at IKON Park, on Sunday 19 November 2023 at 3:05pm (Melbourne time) HEAD TO HEAD Overall Melbourne 1 win Geelong 0 wins At IKON Park Melbourne 1 win Geelong 0 wins (Against others - Melbourne 7 wins 1 loss Geelong 2 wins 1 loss The Coaches Stinear 1 win Lowther 0 wins MEDIA TV – 7 mate, Fox Footy, Kayo Mobile – AFL Live Official App Radio – ABC, AFL Nation, Tagalog FIL THE LAST TIME THEY MET (Season 8, Round 5) MELBOURNE 2.1.13 5.4.34 7.5.47 11.8.74 GEELONG 1.0.6 2.0.12 4.1.25 4.1.25
 GOALS MELBOURNE Hore 4 Paxman Zanker 2 Gay Hanks Mithen GEELONG A. Moloney 3 Morrison
 BEST MELBOURNE Hore Purcell Paxman West Gillard Hanks GEELONG Morrison A. Moloney A. McDonald Prespakis Webster INJURIES MELBOURNE Nil 
GEELONG Nil
 CROWD 4,312 at GMHBA Stadium The Dees proved once again that they were the team to beat in Season 8 running away with a comfortable 49-point win. It was an intense battle and Geelong challenged us. Nina Morrisson was best with a game-high 30 possessions while Irish sensation Aishling Maloney was dominant everywhere and kicked three goals. Liv Purcell, with her typical ferocious play, contested strongly and was well supported by vice captain Tyla Hanks, Lily Mithen, Paxy, and Westy. Kate Hore had a fantastic game kicking four goals and our efficiency in the forward half was brilliant and the reason why we kicked away to win by so much. Mick Stinear said it was an even battle, the contest felt much tighter than the final result. THE TEAMS MELBOURNE B L. Birch T. Gillard HB S. Goldrick M. Gay S. Heath C B. Mackin T. Hanks A. Mackin HF M. Fitzsimon P. Paxman E. Zanker F K. Hore T. Harris FOLL L. Pearce O. Purcell L. Mithen I/C A. Bannan M. Chaplin E. McNamara J. Ivey E. West EMG S. Johnson R. Watt C. Wilson IN E. West 
OUT G. Campbell (omitted) Milestones Olivia Purcell (50 games), Mick Stinear (75 games coached) GEELONG B C. Emonson C. Guniaca HB R. Webster M. McDonald G. Rankin C M. Bowen G. Prespakis N. Morrison HF R. Garing J. Parry K. Surman F S. Scott A. Moloney FOLL E. Hoare A. McDonald J. Crockett-Grills I/C K. Darby G. Featherston Z. Friswell R. Kearns D. Moloney EMG M. Bragg A. Kennedy B. Plummer IN K. Darby G. Featherston 
OUT M. Bragg (omitted) C. Scheer (collarbone) Injury List: Semi Final Rhi Watt - Concussion | Test Gaby Golvin - Achilles | 1-2 weeks Sarah Lampard - Wrist | 2 Weeks Casey Sherriff - Arm | Season

Melbourne v Geelong at Ikon Park, 3.05pm AEDT MELBOURNE In: E.West Out: G.Campbell (omitted) Milestone: Olivia Purcell (50 games), Mick Stinear (75 games coached) GEELONG In: K.Darby, G.Featherston Out: C.Scheer (collarbone), M.Bragg (omitted)