2000 Retro-Phantom Draft

[footyfan1978]

This is a look back at players born in 1982 that at least played one game at AFL level
It does not mean they were part of the draft pool in the year of actual 2000 but it does mean that under current AFL conditions since 2009 all the eligible types that turned 18 in that year of 2000 are included if they made their debut at some point.

I did a series of retrospective draft pools last year that I posted here starting with players turning 18 during the year 1975 and each subsequent year the next batch of 18 year olds. This is just a fun task to look back in the time that I been watching football in this league and wondering the quality of players that can be found retrospectively, as if drafts were done the same as they've been done since 2009, which is to have no players younger than 18 at end of that year able to be drafted.

Most of us would have watched football from this period, so feel free to add your own thoughts on players you felt would have been number 1 in the 2000 retro-draft and the following years.

This retro draft of players born in 1982 for a retro-draft of 2000 has quite a few players still going around that probably rightly have great claims to the number one pick in hindsight. Sam Mitchell and Shaun Burgoyne have matured well like a fine wine and probably played their best footy around or past 30 years of age with a lot of premiership glory in that time. Guys like Nick Riewoldt and Robert Murphy were quick to have an impact at AFL level at a younger age. That contrast in when a players career has it's peak should make for an interesting poll result to see how this plays out over next week and a bit that the poll is open.

Here is the retrospective draft pool of 18 year olds in year 2000:

1982 Born players (retrospective 2000 Draft)
Morris, Dale
Hentschel, Trent
Callinan, Ian
Sundqvist, Jarrad
Sandilands, Aaron
Ablett, Luke
Lokan, Matthew
Lovett-Murray, Nathan
Lovett, Andrew
Livingston, Luke
Bannister, Jordan
Johncock, Graham
Burgoyne, Shaun
Riewoldt, Nick
Petrie, Drew
Mitchell, Sam
Buchanan, Amon
Angwin, Laurence
McPhee, Adam
Sporn, Trent
Cassisi, Domenic
Koschitzke, Justin
Wiggins, Simon
Thornton, Scott
Boyd, Matthew
Gill, Nick
Taylor, Simon
Hyde, Chris
Campbell, Blake
Mattner, Martin
Jones, Brett
Davies, James
Osborne, Michael
Smith, Dylan
Charman, Jamie
Stephenson, Orren
Ries, Nick
Bullen, Marcus
Fisher, Sam
Oliver, Chris
Beeck, Zach
Chambers, Paul
Murphy, Robert
Campbell, Robert
Guerra, Brent
Webster, Luke
Murray, Allan
Newman, Chris
De Luca, Adrian
O'Keeffe, Sean
Harris, Daniel
McLaren, Dylan
Thomas, Paul
Coughlan, Mark
Forster-Knight, Robert
Clarke, Tim
Warren, Michael
Beasy, Callan
Ackland, Cain
Motlop, Daniel
Hunt, Josh
Cupido, Damian
Beetham, Caydn
Munro, Kane
Giansiracusa, Daniel
Bryan, Chris
Cloke, Jason
Hall, Christopher
Lake, Brian
Brown, Leigh
Koulouriotis, Paul
Ball, Matthew
Foster, Daniel
Corey, Joel
Ednie, Craig
Zantuck, Ty
Woods, Dion
Greene, Steven
Pettifer, Kayne
Houlihan, Ryan
Siegert, Andrew
Stevens, Scott
Weller, Luke
Roach, Danny
Fraser, Josh


Previous Retro-Draft Polls
1975 retro-draft
1976 retro-draft
1977 retro-draft
1978 retro-draft
1979 retro-draft
1980 retro-draft
1981 retro-draft
1982 retro-draft
1983 retro-draft
1984 retro-draft
1985 retro-draft
1986 retro-draft
1987 retro-draft
1988 retro-draft
1989 retro-draft
1990 retro-draft
1991 retro-draft
1992 retro-draft
1993 retro-draft
1994 retro-draft
1995 retro-draft
1996 retro-draft
1997 retro-draft
1998 retro-draft
1999 retro-draft

 

[2006_Eagles]

Ty Zantuck and Damian Cupido lel

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Pretty sure Didak was taken at pick 3 in this draft, not the previous year.

1: Riewoldt
2: Kosi
3: Didak

Also, pretty sure Josh Fraser was in the 99 draft.

 

[footyfan1978]

Pretty sure Didak was taken at pick 3 in this draft, not the previous year.

1: Riewoldt
2: Kosi
3: Didak

Also, pretty sure Josh Fraser was in the 99 draft.

Didak was born in 1983, not 1982.
Fraser WAS born in 1982.

Seems like you did not read the intent here...

This is a look back at players born in 1982 that at least played one game at AFL level
It does not mean they were part of the draft pool in the year of actual 2000

It is about wondering the quality of players that can be found retrospectively, as if drafts were done the same as they've been done since 2009, which is to have no players younger than 18 at end of that year able to be drafted.

Here is the retrospective draft pool of 18 year olds in year 2000:

You will find Didak in the 2001 version of this series as that is the year he would have been turning 18.
They only started restricting the draft pool to those turning 18 or older from 2009. Hence why I am looking back at each year as if they had done that for past 4 decades.....

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Didak was born in 1983, not 1982.
Fraser WAS born in 1982.

Seems like you did not read the intent here...



You will find Didak in the 2000 version of this series as that is the year he would have been turning 18.
They only started restricting the draft pool to those turning 18 or older from 2009. Hence why I am looking back at each year as if they had done that for past 4 decades.....

Oh, my bad