The messy bidding wars to shake up AFL draft

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Round One of the 2021 AFL Draft is getting person arsenic we adjacent its scheduled day of November 24.

If you're wondering which prospects everyone is talking astir and the players your nine mightiness get into a bidding warfare over, Wide World of Sports has you covered.

The names to look retired for successful Round One of the AFL Draft:

Jason Horne-Francis

Midfielder, South Adelaide/South Australia

Height and weight: 185cm, 81kg

DOB: 21/6/03

The South Australian merchandise is each but definite to beryllium selected by North Melbourne with the fig 1 pick.

The Kangaroos during the caller commercialized play adjacent had to crook down offers from respective clubs looking to prosecute their prime 1 selection.

"It's hard not to, and there's a batch of media worldly astir it," Horne-Francis precocious said.

"[North Melbourne] person spoken to maine and said [they volition prime me], but I'm benignant of excited to person footy arsenic a occupation that you tin bash and emotion each day."

Nick Daicos

Midfielder, Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro

Height and weight: 183cm, 72kg

DOB: 3/1/03

While Horne-Francis looks destined to beryllium taken with the No.1 pick, the existent fig 1 from this draught is considered a flip of the coin betwixt him and Nick Daicos.

Daicos appears destined to beryllium taken by Collingwood arsenic a father-son recruit, with The Age reporting that North Melbourne won't effort to bid connected either him oregon Western Bulldogs' father-son recruit, Sam Darcy.

However, that study besides states the nine won't beryllium amazed if either Gold Coast oregon Greater Western Sydney marque a play for the young midfielder.

Daicos is the lad of erstwhile premiership-winning Magpie Peter, portion member Josh is simply a existent midfielder successful the Collingwood list.

Finn Callaghan

Midfielder, Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro

Height and weight: 189cm, 82kg

DOB: 26/4/03

Callaghan is considered a top-five pick, but wherever helium volition onshore remains a mystery.

Assuming the Kangaroos instrumentality Horne-Francis and Collingwood gets Daicos, the adjacent successful enactment astatine the draught bid volition be, Gold Coast (Pick 3), Adelaide (Pick 4), Hawthorn (Pick 5) and Fremantle (Pick 6).

"I'd beryllium unfastened to going anywhere," Callaghan said successful a caller interview.

"I don't truly mind, I'm conscionable blessed to get connected an AFL list."

Sam Darcy

Ruckman/forward, Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro

Height and weight: 204cm, 75kg

DOB: 19/7/03

Sam Darcy, the lad of Western Bulldogs large Luke, is different young weapon who could easy spell successful the apical five.

It's expected Darcy volition onshore with the Bulldogs arsenic a father-son recruit.

While North person signalled they won't effort to bid connected Darcy, don't beryllium amazed if chap rival clubs marque a play.

According to The Age, Greater Western Sydney has indicated its penchant to perchance instrumentality a tall, and Darcy would surely acceptable that scenario.

The Giants presently clasp prime 2 successful the draft. The Bulldogs volition request a full of 2013 points to lucifer a bid astatine prime No.2 for Darcy, but it's expected the nine volition person capable picks successful manus to lucifer an attack from GWS.

GWS recruiting brag Adrian Caruso remained tight-lipped connected whether the Giants would effort to bid connected either Daicos oregon Darcy

"Ultimately we mightiness bid, but we mightiness not bid," helium said recently.

"It is conscionable a truly hard 1 to marque a telephone connected astatine the infinitesimal earlier having done each the enactment connected the boys successful the framework for us."

Josh Gibcus

Key defender, Greater Western Victoria Rebels/Vic Country

Height and weight: 195cm, 84kg

DOB: 4/4/03

Josh Gibcus volition apt beryllium the No.1 prime erstwhile it comes to drafting a cardinal defender.

His destination is besides a mystery, but it's harmless to presume clubs with precocious draught picks - Gold Coast (Pick 3), Adelaide (Pick 4), Hawthorn (Pick 5), Fremantle (Pick 6), Richmond (7) - volition instrumentality beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected him.

"I don't caput wherever I go. I've travelled astir a just spot which I deliberation has helped maine and I tin recognize however moving works," Gibcus said precocious to AFL.com.au.

"I'll conscionable instrumentality the accidental arsenic it comes and whoever picks maine connected draught night, I'll spell and springiness it everything I've got."

Many scouts person lauded Gibcus' intercept marking ability.

"My vertical leap and intercept marking are immoderate of the biggest strengths of my game," Gibcus said.

"Reading the shot is thing I've ever prided my crippled on, and I ever thought if I could amended connected that arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable it could go a existent limb for me."

Ben Hobbs

Midfielder, Greater Western Victoria Rebels/Vic Country

Height and weight: 183cm/80kg

DOB: 16/9/03

With chap midfielders Daicos and Horne-Francis expected to spell arsenic father-son selections, don't beryllium amazed if plentifulness of clubs are keeping adjacent tabs connected Ben Hobbs.

Hobbs volition fundamentally beryllium 1 of the apical midfielders that clubs won't person to get into a bidding warfare over.

He admitted successful a caller interrogation that he's spoken to astir each 18 clubs.

"Every nine but one," Hobbs replied. "It's been beauteous good, and I've truly enjoyed that process."

Josh Ward

Midfielder, Northern Knights/Vic Metro

Height and weight: 181cm/79kg

DOB: 15/8/03

Josh Ward is different midfielder expected to pull interest.

In what's a stacked draught successful presumption of midfielders, Ward has recovered his sanction astatine the apical of galore mock draught lists and volition apt spell arsenic a apical 10 selection.

With a clip of 5:57, helium precocious topped the Vic Metro and NSW/ACT database for the 2km clip trial.

Mac Andrew

Forward/Ruck, Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country

Height and weight: 200cm/80kg

DOB: 12/4/03

Melbourne Next Generation Academy subordinate Mac Andrew is firming arsenic arguably the champion cardinal presumption prospect.

The 200-centimetre tall, who looks destined to instrumentality connected a ruck-forward relation if helium chooses, could easy spell arsenic a apical 10 selection.

According to The Age, Andrew has drawn involvement from the Giants, who person made nary concealed of their tendency to bring successful a tall, particularly successful the aftermath of Shane Mumford's retirement.

Unfortunately for the Demons, nether the revised academy rules, the nine is incapable to lucifer a top-20 bid that's expected to travel for Andrew.

Andrew's banal has been rising, and it's lone getting bigger with the cardinal presumption imaginable confirming he's precocious enactment connected 10 kilograms aft having weighed 70 kilograms earlier this year.

"I've enactment connected astir 10 kilos this year, truthful I'm astir 80 now," helium told The Age.

"I'm inactive beauteous light, but Melbourne, they gave maine a [weights] programme to bash and I reached retired to the nutritionists that they've got. The [Dandenong] Stingrays arsenic well, I've got a batch of radical helping maine with it."

First circular draught order

1. North Melbourne

2. GWS (via Collingwood)

3. Gold Coast

4. Adelaide

5. Hawthorn

6. Fremantle (via Carlton)

7. Richmond

8. Fremantle

9. St Kilda

10. West Coast

11. Essendon

12. Port Adelaide(via Sydney)

13. GWS

14. Brisbane

15. Richmond (via Geelong)

16. Sydney(via Port Adelaide )

17. Western Bulldogs

18. Brisbane (via Melbourne)

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