Respected Draft expert and journalist for The Age, Emma Quayle, has predicted the first round of the 2015 National Draft to be held on the Gold Coast on Thursday night.
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See who Emma has the Crows selecting at their first pick, and who else might be in the frame.
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1 ST KILDA: PADDY McCARTIN
(Geelong Falcons, 19/4/96, 194cm, 96kg)
2 MELBOURNE: ANGUS BRAYSHAW
(Sandringham Dragons, 9/1/96, 187cm, 86kg)
3 MELBOURNE: CHRISTIAN PETRACCA
(Eastern Ranges, Born 4.1.1996, 186cm, 92kg
4 GWS: JARROD PICKETT
(South Fremantle, 3/5/96, 177cm, 74kg)
5 COLLINGWOOD: JORDAN DE GOEY
(Oakleigh Chargers, 15/3/96, 188cm, 85kg)
6 GWS: PAUL AHERN
(Calder Cannons, 1/8/96, 181cm, 82kg)
7 GWS: CALEB MARCHBANK
(Murray Bushrangers, 7/12/96, 193cm, 85kg)
8 GOLD COAST: PETER WRIGHT
(Calder Cannons, 8/9/96, 203cm, 100kg)
9 COLLINGWOOD: DARCY MOORE
(Oakleigh Chargers, 25/1/96, 199cm, 91kg)
10 GEELONG: SAM DURDIN
(West Adelaide, 6/6/96, 197cm, 87kg)
11 WEST COAST: LIAM DUGGAN
(Western Jets, 11/12/96, 183cm, 75kg)
12 RICHMOND: COREY ELLIS
(Western Jets, 9/10/96, 184cm, 74kg)
13 FREMANTLE: JAKE LEVER
(Calder Cannons, 5/3/96, 193cm, 84kg)
14 ADELAIDE: KYLE LANGFORD
(Northern Knights, 1/12/96, 190cm, 73kg)
A unique player in this group: a natural marking forward who can also go down back and move nicely through the midfield.
The rationale: The Crows are big fans of the versatile Langford, who has looked the goods in various parts of the ground this year. Can play as a marking forward, and could also develop into the sort of tall wingman everyone is after.
The complication: Brayden Maynard, Jake Lever, Caleb Marchbank, Sam Durdin and Jayden Laverde are other names to consider here.
15 GOLD COAST: NAKIA COCKATOO
(NT Thunder, 23/10/96, 186cm, 86kg)
16 NORTH MELBOURNE: DANIEL McKENZIE
(Oakleigh Chargers, 17/5/96, 183cm, 77kg)
17 ESSENDON: JAYDEN LAVERDE
(Western Jets, 12/4/96, 189cm, 80kg)
18 SYDNEY: ISAAC HEENEY
(Cardiff Hawks, 5/5/96, 186cm, 84kg)
19 CARLTON: LACHIE WELLER
(Southport, 23/2/96, 182cm, 77kg)
20 ESSENDON: JARROD GARLETT
(South Fremantle, 18/8/96, 180cm, 69kg)
21 ST KILDA: HUGH GODDARD
(Geelong Falcons/Melbourne Grammar, 24/8/96, 196cm, 94kg)
