At the time I wanted us to take Blake Acres with our first pick in the 2013 draft, but am very pleased that we took Zak Jones instead. Acres went at pick 19 and seems to be doing okay now at the Saints.
I was thrilled that we got Hewett at pick 32, but was not happy with our next 2 picks with Nankervis at 35 and Aliir at 44. But it's turned out to be okay, or even better than okay. I didn't think a ruckman was priority (which is par for the course for me) and we really needed a KPD. So I was keen on taking either Cameron Giles or Jake Kalodjashnij. Giles has since retired without playing a game due to serious injuries and JK looks to be a part of the Geelong backline once their old defenders retire. Ben Brown went at pick 47 and would have been the better choice for a ruck-forward than Nanka IMO, although Nanka is doing well enough at Richmond.
In the end, it was a great draft for us. Aliir will be a star and we traded Nankervis and got Cameron, which is fine with me. Hitting 4 out of 4 in the ND is a fantastic performance by our recruiters, especially when our 1st pick was #16.
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