PORT ADELAIDE goes into the 2018 AFL National Draft on Thursday armed with three first round picks.

It’s only the third time in the club’s history it has such a strong hand.

The club used a strong trade period to move up the draft order and will go into Thursday’s draft with picks five, 10 and 15.

Below is a list of the last 10 players taken with each of those picks:

 

Last 10 players taken with pick 5

2008 – Michael Hurley (Northern U18 to Essendon – 160 games, 108 goals)*

2009 – Ben Cunnington (Geelong U18 to North Melbourne – 187 games, 78 goals)

2010 – Jared Polec (Woodville-West Torrens to Brisbane - 16 games, 9 goals and Port Adelaide 90 games, 46 goals)

2011 – Matt Buntine (Dandenong U18 to Greater Western Sydney - 50 games, 1 goal)

2012 – Jake Stringer (Bendigo U18 to Western Bulldogs – 89 games, 160 goals and Essendon 20 games, 30 goals)

2013 – Kade Kolodjashnij (Launceston to Gold Coast – 78 games, 13 goals)

2014 – Jordan De Goey (Oakleigh U18 to Collingwood – 71 games, 84 goals)

2015 – Darcy Parish (Geelong U18 to Essendon – 55 games, 18 goals)

2016 – Will Setterfield (Sandringham U18 to Greater Western Sydney – 2 games, 0 goals)

2017 – Adam Cerra (Eastern Ranges to Fremantle – 21 games, 7 goals)

Adam Cerra before he was drafted

 

Last 10 players taken with pick 10

2008 – Phil Davis (North Adelaide to Adelaide – 18 games, 1 goal and GWS - 125 games, 0 goals)

2009 – Jake Melksham (Calder U18 to Essendon – 114 games 57 goals and Melbourne - 42 games, 53 goals)

2010 – Daniel Gorringe (Norwood to Gold Coast – 22 games, 7 goals and Carlton - 4 games, 4 goals)

2011 – Liam Sumner (Sandringham U18 to Greater Western Sydney – 12 games, 9 goals and Carlton - 20 games, 10 goals)

2012 – Joe Daniher (Calder U18 to Essendon – 100 games, 181 goals)

2013 – Nathan Freeman (Sandringham U18 to Collingwood – 0 games and St Kilda – 2 games, 1 goal)

2014 – Nakia Cockatoo (NT Thunder to Geelong – 34 games, 25 goals)

2015 – Harry McKay (Gippsland U18 to Carlton – 15 games, 24 goals)

2016 – Jack Bowes (Cairns to Gold Coast – 27 games, 6 goals)

2017 – Lochie O’Brien (Bendigo Pioneers to Carlton – 18 games, 2 goals)

Joe Daniher at Essendon training

 

Last 10 players taken with pick 15

2008 – Mitchell W Brown (Sandringham to Geelong – 15 games, 9 goals and Essendon - 39 games, 38 goals)

2009 – Christian Howard (Glenelg to Western Bulldogs – 20 games, 3 goals)

2010 – Billie Smedts (Geelong U18 to Geelong – 38 games 19 goals and Carlton – 9 games, 1 goal)

2011 – Brandon Ellis (Calder U18 to Richmond – 153 games, 49 goals)

2012 – Taylor Garner (Dandenong U18 to North Melbourne – 34 games, 24 goals)

2013 – Zak Jones (Dandenong U18 to Sydney – 73 games, 20 goals)

2014 – Jarrod Garlett (South Fremantle to Gold Coast – 17 games, 10 goals and Carlton – 11 games 5 goals)

2015 – Daniel Rioli (North Ballarat U18 to Richmond – 55 games, 51 goals)

2016 – Jordan Gallucci (Eastern U18 to Adelaide – 17 games, 16 goals)

2017 – Zac Bailey (Norwood to Brisbane – 12 games, 6 goals)

*all totals to the end of 2018 season

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