IT’S draft week and here at PortAdelaideFC.com.au we’ll be taking you through the history of the Power’s three active draft picks - 8, 9 and 16.
Today, the focus is on our first pick, number 8 - the pick the Power received as a result of finishing 10th on the AFL ladder.
Since Port Adelaide entered the AFL in 1997, pick 8 has produced a Brownlow Medallist (Jimmy Bartel), three Premiership players (Bartel, Joel Corey and Jude Bolton), three All-Australians (Bartel, Corey and Chris Tarrant) and three Australian representatives (Bolton, Corey and Daniel Motlop).
Pick 8 has played an average of 82 games, with Jude Bolton’s 233 games the most of any pick 8 (since 1996).
Check back on Tuesday and Wednesday this week to see the history of picks 9 and 16, which we received as part of the trade for Shaun Burgoyne.
Take a look at the history of pick 8 (since Port Adelaide entered the AFL) below, and decided who's been the best pick 8?
1996
Leigh Brockman - Geelong
Games 12
1997
Chris Tarrant - Collingwood
Games 220
1998
Jude Bolton - Sydney
Games 233
1999
Joel Corey - Geelong
Games 199
2000
Daniel Motlop - North Melbourne
Games 108
2001
Jimmy Bartel - Geelong
Games 157
2002
Luke Brennan - Hawthorn
Games 28
2003
Raphael Clarke - St Kilda
Games 57
2004
John Meesen - Adelaide
Games 6
2005
Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls - Richmond
Games 13
2006
Ben Reid - Collingwood
Games 8
2007
Lachie Henderson - Brisbane
Games 15
2008
Tyrone Vickery - Richmond
Games 9
Who's Been The Best Pick 8?
Take a look back at the history of pick 8 since Port Adelaide entered the AFL.
