2024 AFL Draft Pick Cards - Top 10 Picks
2024 Telstra AFL Draft - Top 10 Picks
Checklist
Card |
Player |
Team |
Summary |
| DP1 | Sam Lalor | Richmond | In an evenly bunched top end, Richmond used the first selection at the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft (the Tigers first in 20 years) on the powerful and aggressive midfielder, who breaks games open with his ability to exit congestion unhindered and regularly kick goals when forward. Injuries at the beginning and end of Lalor's final junior season hampered him but has an eye-catching skill set. |
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| DP2 | Finn O'Sullivan | North Melbourne |
Polished on-baller whose ranking in the build-up to the Telstra AFL Draft was always lofty and North Melbourne duly picked him with the overall No.2 selection. While his 2024 was injury-riddled, O'Sullivan was an All-Australian as a bottom-age player after the 2023 AFL Under 18 National Championships and won the Best and Fairest at the 2022 AFL Under 16 National Championships.
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| DP3 | Jagga Smith | Carlton | Highly decorated midfielder who Carlton grabbed at pick 3 of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft after a season in which he was captain of both the Oakleigh Chargers and Vic Metro and was named skipper of the AFL Under 18 All-Australian side after the National Championships. Smith averaged almost 30 disposals for Vic Metro and in 3 games at VFL level for Richmond averaged 27 disposals. |
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| DP4 | Sid Draper | Adelaide Crows | The first non-Victorian taken in the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft was the speedy South Australian Under 18 captain, who gets to stay in his home state after the Adelaide Crows gleefully scooped him up with pick 4. Draper was named in the All-Australian Under 18 team for the second season in a row and acquitted himself well in 6 senior games in the SANFL (averaged 22 disposals). |
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| DP5 | Levi Ashcroft | Brisbane Lions | The young gun on-baller was reunited with older brother and reigning Norm Smith Medallist Will when the Brisbane Lions matched Melbourne's bid for the emerging star as a father-son selection at pick 5 of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft. Ashcroft joins the reigning premiers practically AFL-ready after a spectacular junior career at club and representative level. |
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| DP6 | Harvey Langford | Melbourne | The joint winner of the Larke Medal as best player at the AFL Under 18 National Championships is a welcome addition to the potent Melbourne midfield, with the Demons taking him at pick 6 of the Telstra AFL Draft. Langford, boasting a powerful left boot, was Vic Country's MVP at the Championships and was a consistent star in the Coates Talent League in averaging 26 disposals. |
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| DP7 | Josh Smillie | Richmond | Tall utility whose versatility is one of many strengths he has as a top 10 Telstra AFL Draft pick, which was mooted a long way out from Richmond taking him with selection 7. Smillie won the Eastern Ranges Best and Fairest and was named in the Coates Talent League Team of the Year after averaging 26 disposals and kicking 16 goals. Averaged 19 disposals for Vic Metro. |
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| DP8 | Tobie Travaglia | St Kilda | Premier intercept defender at junior level who has all the tools to become a fully-fledged midfielder as his AFL journey progresses. St Kilda used pick 8 at the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft on Travaglia, who starred at the AFL Under 18 National Championships, averaging 22 disposals and 6 marks to finish fifth in the Larke Medal and gain All-Australian selection. |
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| DP9 | Leo Lombard | Gold Coast Suns | The Gold Coast SUNS Academy star, who played in the club's VFL Premiership side in 2023 as a 16-year-old was bid on by St Kilda at pick 9 of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft, which the SUNS quickly matched. Lombard, a dazzling on-baller and forward, was joint winner of the Larke Medal for the best player at the AFL Under 18 National Championships and looks ready-made. |
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| DP10 | Alix Tauru | St Kilda | High-flying defender with excellent anticipation and a shock of blond hair who can't be missed with his athleticism, versatility and power. With its second top 10 pick at the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft, St Kilda swooped on Tauru, who has Swedish heritage and is nicknamed the "Flying Viking". He can also play forward or midfield and was named in the Coates Talent League Team of the Year. |