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2017 AFL Draft results: Every player picked and where they went

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24th November, 2017
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Lions head coach Chris Fagan poses with Cameron Rayner (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
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Cam Rayner became the latest player to join that exclusive club of AFL No.1 draft picks on Friday night, as the Brisbane Lions chose him with the first selection of the 2017 AFL Draft.

Fremantle’s selections in the top five then shaped a lot of the draft to follow – they made Andrew Brayshaw the second pick overall, and then picked up Adam Cerra at No.5.

What they didn’t know at the time was that they may have kickstarted a western rivalry for the ages, as the West Coast Eagles snapped up his brother Hamish Brayshaw much later in the night at pick 68.

Carlton took Paddy Dow and Lochie O’Brien with their two top-ten selections, while North Melbourne’s selection of Luke Davies-Uniacke rounded out the top five.

Collingwood gave us the first real surprise of the night, drafting Jaidyn Stephenson at pick 6 despite talk about his heart condition threatening to see him slide down the order.

Remarkably, Nathan Murphy, a player that Collingwood had been linked to at pick 6, slid to their next selection at 38, and they also acquired father-son player Tyler Brown.

St Kilda as widely suggested picked up Hunter Clark and Nick Coffield with their back-to-back picks and Aaron Naughton to the Western Bulldogs was the other member of the top ten.

Darcy Fogarty was the surprise slider out of the top ten and the Adelaide Crows would have been absolutely ecstatic to land the best South Australian prospect in the draft at pick 12.

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There were bolters aplenty – Matthew Ling to Sydney at pick 14, Brandon Starcevic to Brisbane at 18 and Wil Powell to Gold Coast at pick 19 all surprised.

In terms of those who slid, Charlie Constable made it out to Geelong’s pick 36, and Sam Hayes remarkably was still available until pick 47 when Port Adelaide snapped him up.

Tim Kelly and Liam Ryan were notable mature players to get their chance, both WAFL stars, with Kelly going to Geelong and Ryan to West Coast.

Richmond successfully landed Patrick Naish as a father-son pick, while the likes of Connor Ballenden and Jack Payne (Brisbane Lions), Brayden Crossley and Connor Nutting (Gold Coast) and Nicholas Shipley (GWS) were all picked up as Academy selections.

There were some familiar names late in the draft, too. Port Adelaide picked up former Melbourne midfielder Dom Barry with pick 61, and with the last two picks of the draft, Billy Hartung and Jarrod Garlett joined North Melbourne and Carlton respectively.

View the full results of the draft below, and join me tomorrow morning for a club-by-club review and my take on every team.

2017 AFL Draft

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Round Pick Club Player
1 1 Brisbane Lions Cam Rayner
1 2 Fremantle Dockers Andrew Brayshaw
1 3 Carlton Blues Paddy Dow
1 4 North Melbourne Kangaroos Luke Davies-Uniacke
1 5 Fremantle Dockers Adam Cerra
1 6 Collingwood Magpies Jaidyn Stephenson
1 7 St Kilda Saints Hunter Clark
1 8 St Kilda Saints Nick Coffield
1 9 Western Bulldogs Aaron Naughton
1 10 Carlton Blues Lochie O’Brien
1 11 GWS Giants Aiden Bonar
1 12 Adelaide Crows Darcy Fogarty
1 13 West Coast Eagles Jarrod Brander
1 14 Sydney Swans Matthew Ling
1 15 Brisbane Lions Zac Bailey
1 16 Western Bulldogs Ed Richards
1 17 Richmond Tigers Jack Higgins
1 18 Brisbane Lions Brandon Starcevic
1 19 Gold Coast Suns Wil Powell
2 20 Richmond Tigers Callum Coleman-Jones
2 21 West Coast Eagles Oscar Allen
2 22 Geelong Cats Lachlan Fogarty
2 23 North Melbourne Kangaroos Will Walker
2 24 Geelong Cats Tim Kelly
2 25 Richmond Tigers Noah Balta
2 26 West Coast Eagles Liam Ryan
2 27 GWS Giants Brent Daniels
2 28 GWS Giants Sam Taylor
2 29 Melbourne Demons Charlie Spargo
2 30 Carlton Blues Tom De Koning
2 31 Melbourne Demons Bayley Fritsch
2 32 West Coast Eagles Brayden Ainsworth
2 33 Sydney Swans Tom McCartin
2 34 Richmond Tigers Patrick Naish
2 35 St Kilda Saints Oscar Clavarino
2 36 Geelong Cats Charlie Constable
2 37 Melbourne Demons Harrison Petty
2 38 West Coast Eagles Jack Petrucelle
3 39 Collingwood Magpies Nathan Murphy
3 40 Adelaide Crows Andrew McPherson
3 41 Brisbane Lions Toby Wooller
3 42 Gold Coast Suns Charlie Ballard
3 43 Brisbane Lions Connor Ballenden
3 44 Fremantle Dockers Hugh Dixon
3 45 Hawthorn Hawks James Worpel
3 46 St Kilda Saints Ben Paton
3 47 Port Adelaide Power Sam Hayes
3 48 Melbourne Demons Oskar Baker
3 49 Essendon Bombers Jordan Houlahan
3 50 Collingwood Magpies Tyler Brown
3 51 Port Adelaide Power Kane Farrell
3 52 Gold Coast Suns Brayden Crossley
3 53 Sydney Swans Ryley Stoddart
3 54 Brisbane Lions Jack Payne
3 55 Gold Coast Suns Connor Nutting
4 56 GWS Giants Zac Langdon
4 57 Geelong Cats Gryan Miers
4 58 Port Adelaide Power Jake Patmore
4 59 Fremantle Dockers Mitchell Crowden
4 60 Port Adelaide Power Joel Garner
4 61 Port Adelaide Power Dom Barry
4 62 North Melbourne Kangaroos Kyron Hayden
4 63 Richmond Tigers Benjamin Miller
4 64 GWS Giants Nicholas Shipley
4 65 Fremantle Dockers Tom North
4 66 Essendon Bombers Brandon Zerk-Thatcher
4 67 Hawthorn Hawks Dylan Moore
4 68 West Coast Eagles Hamish Brayshaw
4 69 Fremantle Dockers Lloyd Meek
4 70 Carlton Blues Angus Schumacher
5 71 Hawthorn Hawks Jackson Ross
5 72 North Melbourne Kangaroos Tristan Xerri
5 73 Fremantle Dockers Sam Switkowski
5 74 Western Bulldogs Callum Porter
5 75 Fremantle Dockers Scott Jones
5 76 Essendon Bombers Matt Guelfi
5 77 North Melbourne Kangaroos Billy Hartung
6 78 Carlton Blues Jarrod Garlett
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