{"id":296557,"date":"2025-11-20T07:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296557\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:22:12","slug":"afl-draft-2025-live-updates-north-melbourne-western-bulldogs-and-carlton-kick-off-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296557\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL draft 2025 live updates \u2014 North Melbourne, Western Bulldogs and Carlton kick off second round"},"content":{"rendered":"

1m agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 7:20am<\/p>\n

The rich Indigenous history behind Melbourne’s pick\"Chris<\/p>\n

Melbourne sprung the biggest surprise of the first round by selecting draft bolter Latrelle Pickett with the No.12 pick.<\/p>\n

Pickett joins a line of Indigenous legends to have been selected at the pick, a list which includes his cousin and now teammate, Kysaiah.<\/p>\n

Other Indigenous greats to have been selected at No.12 are Shaun Burgoyne, Gavin Wanganeen and Cyril Rioli.<\/p>\n

“I’m the same boat as Shaun, obviously \u2014 ‘Silk’ \u2014 , played 400, and Cyril’s been one of my idols growing up, one of my heroes, and Koz as well,” Pickett said.<\/p>\n

“I definitely have it in me \u2014 it would be great to have a career like that.<\/p>\n

“It’s a dream come true.”<\/p>\n

ABC\/AAP<\/p>\n

6m agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 7:15am<\/p>\n

Dons draftee overawed by reported triple trade offer\"Chris\"DysonDyson Sharp (left) received his Bombers jumper on draft night from his childhood hero Dyson Heppell (right). (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Feeling he owes it all to Essendon, draftee Dyson Sharp is ready and willing to become a crucial cog in lifting the Bombers off the bottom of the AFL ladder.<\/p>\n

South Australian product Sharp was Essendon’s last first-round pick at the national draft, selected at No.13 after the Bombers withstood desperate attempts from Adelaide to secure the young midfielder.<\/p>\n

The Crows had reportedly offered three different deals for Sharp, who captained South Australia as a junior.<\/p>\n

Sharp, a childhood Essendon fan, also wasn’t certain of his destination, given the Crows had been assertive with their interest.<\/p>\n

“It was pretty hard to say and Essendon weren’t really revealing their cards too early,” Sharp told AAP.<\/p>\n

“I spoke with Adelaide earlier in the week and for them to show that much interest and throw the whole kitchen sink at the Bombers \u2014 it’s pretty rewarding.<\/p>\n

“And then for the Dons not to give up and to back me and keep me, that’s also a very, very good feeling, so I owe it all to them now.”<\/p>\n

Essendon also selected midfielder-forward \u2014 and fellow fan \u2014 Sullivan Robey at No.9 and defender Jacob Farrow at No.10.<\/p>\n

AAP<\/p>\n

11m agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 7:10am<\/p>\n

Who are your big winners out of the first round?\"Chris<\/p>\n

I’m keen to hear your thoughts! Which team’s business impressed you all the most from night number one?<\/p>\n

Can you go past the Suns? Or the Bombers? Or maybe it was the Eagles walking away with the top two players from the open pool.<\/p>\n

16m agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 7:05am<\/p>\n

Who are some players to keep an eye on tonight?\"Chris\"FredFred Rodriguez (pictured) is one of eight under-18 All-Australians still yet to be drafted as the second night of the draft commences. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

There is still plenty of talent left on the board here as the second round gets underway.<\/p>\n

A couple of prospects who were expected to go on night one have slid into night two, which makes me wonder whether we might see some live trades happening.<\/p>\n

Some of the best players available are talls\u00a0Louis Emmett, Archie Ludowyke\u00a0and\u00a0Blake Thredgold\u00a0and midfielders\u00a0Jevan Phillipou, Ollie Greeves, Fred Rodriguez\u00a0and\u00a0Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves.<\/p>\n

Then you’ve got the rest of the academy-tied boys, and there are a lot of them. Tylah Williams (WC), Max King (Syd), Jack Ison (Carl), Zac McCarthy (Coll),\u00a0Hussien El Achkar (Ess), Kye Fincher (StK)\u00a0and\u00a0Toby Whan (Freo)\u00a0is just a selection of the players who could receive bids at some point tonight.<\/p>\n

21m agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 7:00am<\/p>\n

Welcome!\"Chris\"The25 players found new homes as the 2025 AFL draft got underway last night with the first round. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Good evening, and welcome to ABC Sport’s live coverage of the second night of the 2025 AFL draft!<\/p>\n

We had a rollicking first round last night as 25 of the best youngsters in the country found their new AFL homes.<\/p>\n

The Suns walked away with four more academy prodigies, while the Bombers added three talented youngsters of their own.<\/p>\n

The picks continue tonight as the second round and beyond officially gets underway.<\/p>\n

We’ve seen time and time again that some absolute gems come from this stage of the round, so don’t make the mistake of turning away too early.<\/p>\n

The action will get underway shortly after 7pm AEDT once again, so strap yourselves in as we bring you all the latest on each pick!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1m agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 7:20am The rich Indigenous history behind Melbourne’s pick Melbourne sprung the biggest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[170014,638,64,63,55,12551,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-296557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-2025-afl-draft","9":"tag-afl","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-australian-football-league","13":"tag-australian-rules-football","14":"tag-australianfootballleague","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}