Nothing new, but I thought it was interesting to reflect now that a little time has passed how good the 2009 draft was. A look at the list of the players we traded for and our draft selections and a look at our current senior team and it is really pleasing, something which was of course noted by everyone on RWO last year.

2010 looks good too, assuming Jed Lamb becomes a senior player.

Looking at the others, hard to fault anything pre 2005 as we won the flag.

Looking at 2005 - 2007 it is probably pretty disappointing. Imagine our current team with Cyril Rioli and Chris Dawes for example.

But probably the most fun to be had looking at the recent drafts is how badly some other teams have picked. Richmond, Western Bulldogs I'm looking at you. Overall I think the Swans have done pretty well, especially given the lack of top 10 picks we have had in this period.


2010

Jed Lamb
Luke Parker
Alex Johnson
Matt Spangher
Mike Pyke

2009

Shane Mumford
Josh Kennedy
Ben McGlynn
Gary Rohan
Lewis Jetta
Sam Reid
Byron Sumner
Trent Dennis-Lane
Kristin Thornton

2008

Rhyce Shaw
Lewis Johnston
Dan Hannebery
Campbell Heath

2007

Henry Playfair
Martin Mattner
Patrick Veszpremi
Brett Meredith
Craig Bird

2006

Peter Everitt
Daniel O'Keefe
Daniel Currie
Peter Faulks
Jesse White

2005

Paul Chambers
Ted Richards
Matthew Laidlaw
Kristin Thornton
Ryan Brabazon

2004

Darren Jolly
Jarred Moore
David Spriggs
Heath James

2003

Josh Willoughby
Tim Schmidt
Amon Buchanan
Andrew Ericksen
Matthew Davis

2002

Nick Davis
Jarrad McVeigh
Sean Dempster
Josh Thewlis
Nick Malceski