2006 Retro-Phantom Draft

[footyfan1978]

Just so no confusion of what this thread is about, back in 2006 the age rules were a little different so the pool in the actual year of 2006 for AFL was not actually of guys born for same year like they do now of limit it to no younger than 18. Those still 17 at end of year could still be eligible back then but not now.
Some were turning 18 early the next year back then and so on. So the actual AFL draft pool of 2006 is not the same as this. Many would have been in that real draft though.


All these guys were born in 1988 so in a retro draft of guys turning 18 in 2006 this is what a retro pool to draft from could have looked like:

1988 Born players (retrospective 2006 Draft Pool)
Morris, Steven
Smith, Isaac
Thorp, Mitch
Anderson, Joe
Brown, Nathan
Brown, Mitch
Collard, Clayton
Collins, Andrew
Hanley, Pearce
Martin, Brodie
Mayne, Chris
Riewoldt, Jack
Stewart, Daniel
Tippett, Joel
Edwards, Shane
Howlett, Ben
Mohr, Tim
Hooker, Cale
Williams, Ryan
Williams, John
Morton, Jarryd
Wonaeamirri, Austin
Jurrah, Liam
Connors, Daniel
Ross, Ben
Frawley, James
Djerrkura, Nathan
van Berlo, Jay
Henderson, Ricky
Proud, Albert
Hardingham, Kyle
Dennis-Lane, Trent
Thompson, Wade
Hansen, Lachlan
Hogan, Simon
Crameri, Stewart
Gumbleton, Scott
Boak, Travis
Mackay, David
Dick, Brad
Suckling, Matt
Petterd, Ricky
Hawkins, Tom
O'Dwyer, Matthew
Harbrow, Jarrod
Webberley, Jeromey
Wellingham, Sharrod
Jetta, Leroy
Moss, Garry
Goldstein, Todd
Bail, Rohan
Geary, Jarryn
Sheringham, Jackson
Kennedy, Josh
White, Simon
Couch, Tom
Armitage, David
Smith, Nick
Wilson, Callum
Leuenberger, Matthew
Hislop, Tom
Westhoff, Matthew
O'Brien, Brock
Selwood, Joel
Stack, Brennan
Barham, Jaxson
Mackenzie, Eric
Urquhart, Gavin
Dawes, Chris
Houli, Bachar
Krakouer, Nathan
Renouf, Brent
Garland, Colin
O'Reilly, Jamie
Faulks, Peter
Grigg, Shaun
Jacobs, Sam
Varcoe, Travis
Adams, Leigh
Gray, Robbie
Hampson, Shaun
Lynch, Malcolm
Ibbotson, Garrick
Ryder, Patrick
Riggio, Matt
McNamara, Jamie
Thornton, Kristin
Patrick, Liam
Higgins, Shaun
Macaffer, Brent
Thomas, Lindsay
Ellis, Xavier
Walsh, Tommy
Stanley, Danny
Cook, Ryan
Bartram, Clint
Oakley-Nicholls, Jarrad
Birchall, Grant
Dzufer, Daniel
Jones, Nathan
Anthony, John
Neagle, Jay
Allen, Jarryd
Hooper, Rhan
Bower, Paul
White, Jesse
Giles, Jonathan
Milera, Terry
Pendlebury, Scott
Eddy, Robert
Edwards, Jake



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
2000 retro-draft
2001 retro-draft
2002 retro-draft
2003 retro-draft
2004 retro-draft
2005 retro-draft

 

[footyfan1978]

I should clarify the Josh Kennedy born for this retro draft pool is the midfielder that started out at Hawks and ended up a gun Swan.
The Eagles Josh Kennedy was in retro draft of the year before in this series.
Be hard pressed to be picked ahead of Selwood, Pendlebury or Gray as the cream of this crop.
I think this is a typical draft pool of about 3 absolute guns at top and a number of really good players for top 10 but pick 7 or 8 probably worth nothing like the first few picks.

Compare to super drafts of last year where almost whole top ten could be argued a worthy number 1 pick in most years.