AFL Draft Round 1 Review! What a surprise!

In this video, I’m breaking down all the action from Round 1 of the AFL Draft! I’ll analyze each pick, highlight the biggest surprises, and share how these players can make an impact at their new clubs.
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[@johnand77171]

Really enjoying your content.

[@sarahyoung2078]

Great wrap up!!

[@danwessy3684]

He can be anything Tobie , very athletic and competitive. Will day type even heeny with the over head marking . But your right the midfielders were all gone . Happy with the picks . Can we get Jobe ?

[@Saints_Nation]

For sure, i have a second day mock coming out with in the next hour so be on the look out for that as i will go more in depth with a Shanahan type player at our pick

[@Hfbkvfuhxfmndfkkcskkbdeb]

The other way I saw it was split down to gws picks and take hynes and hannaford instead of Travaglia. Not sure whether I prefer what saints did or splitting picks so just have to trust the managers they made the right choice.

[@peterwatson6551]

Yes, Draper was my wish as a Carlton supporter. Hope we haven’t stuffed it up.

[@thestigforu]

A surprise??? It's a typical Ross The Toss move to continue to draft defence when we needed MIDFIELD

[@Saints_Nation]

I address this in the video, we wanted the top 6 mids in Lalor, Fos, Jagga, Langford, Draper and Smillie and guess who wasn't on the board come our pick? All of these players. We can not take players that have already been drafted and taking "mids" like Lindsay and Reid with Travaglia and Tauru on the board is a reach. We grabbed the best 2 players left and if you just wait 2 weeks and watch Travaglia train as a mid i think you will find that in the end we did address that need. With our last 4 years of drafting you can not doubt our current recruitment team.

[@Tom_yorg]

@@Saints_Nationblokes an idiot. In every other comment section he is blindly complaining when he doesn’t realise the circumstances of the pick. Also Travaglia def moves mid

[@IDontTalkToCops]

They reckon Travaglia will end up playing midfield. Likened to Will Day. Phillapou will likely play midfield in 2025. It would have been silly to not pick Tauru. Could be anything.

[@thestigforu]

@@Saints_Nation he will be a running defender

[@thestigforu]

@@Saints_Nation clearly you have NEVER heard of trading down to get two players for the price of 1

[@nathanmaber1276]

Who is going to pick up Shanahan do you think?

[@Saints_Nation]

Richmond or St Kilda since i think the Dogs and West Coast probably grabs mids over key position players, do think a team will trade up with Richmond tonight for him however

[@nathanmaber1276]

@ yeah you’re probably right thanks for the reply. Great video mate. I have subscribed. Here’s to an awesome 2025 for the SAINTS

[@zachogan6255]

I reckon Richmond get Dodson so they have a player on every line. I got all toes and fingers crossed for Shanahan

[@Saints_Nation]

Yeah either Dodson or Alger would be my choice for them if they keep the pick

[@ross4970]

Saddest person this morning will be Dougal Howard.

[@Saints_Nation]

Eh, different players Howard is a full back who can lock down a forward and clear it from a contest while Tauru is more the marking/intercepting type. Give it 2 years and that spot could be Cole's however

[@cooperhurst2639]

first

[@cooperhurst2639]

sorry for the late comment i accidentally clicked on another video and lost a few seconds