{"id":869274,"date":"2026-08-26T17:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869274\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:32:21","slug":"afl-draft-every-clubs-pick-prospects-and-trade-hand-assessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869274\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Draft: Every club\u2019s pick prospects and trade hand assessed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AFL Draft is just three months away, and club draft boards are taking shape. <\/p>\n

Essendon has a big decision to make with the prized No.1 pick with no clear standout in the open pool<\/a>, as Port Adelaide academy prodigy Dougie Cochrane <\/a>and Carlton father-son gun Cody Walker are certain to receive very early bids. <\/p>\n

Richmond has been linked to a big man, North Melbourne faces a draft dilemma with yet another top-five pick, while Adelaide could shore up its defence. <\/p>\n

For other clubs, big-name trades <\/a>will drastically change their draft hand. <\/p>\n

We assess the potential draft options for your club. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AFL Draft is just three months away, and club draft boards are taking shape. Essendon has a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[437942,437948,437935,437944,437947,3443,415684,64,63,437941,437934,437946,167201,305045,3028,437937,437936,393506,437938,6855,23695,404450,38633,437930,6858,36682,85,437949,280721,437945,175806,437943,437933,165057,437940,437932,437939,437931,392250],"class_list":["post-869274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-s-draft-state-of-play","tag-s-radar","tag-a-big-decision","tag-a-big-man","tag-a-draft-dilemma","tag-adelaide","tag-all-18-clubs","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-big-name-trades","tag-carlton-father-son-gun-cody-walker","tag-chris-cavanagh-and-dan-batten","tag-club-draft-boards","tag-draft-boards","tag-essendon","tag-every-afl-club","tag-its-defence","tag-just-three-months","tag-no-clear-standout","tag-north-melbourne","tag-november","tag-other-clubs","tag-play","tag-port-adelaide-academy-prodigy-dougie-cochrane","tag-richmond","tag-shape","tag-sports","tag-the-afl-draft","tag-the-league","tag-the-open-pool","tag-the-players","tag-the-potential-draft-options","tag-the-prized-no-1-pick","tag-the-state","tag-their-draft-hand","tag-ultimate-draft-guide","tag-very-early-bids","tag-yet-another-top-five-pick","tag-your-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869274","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=869274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}