The details

What: 2019 NAB AFL Draft
When: Wednesday 27 November (7pm onwards) and Thursday 28 November (7pm onwards)
Where: Marvel Stadium
How to view: Live on FOX Footy or the AFL Live Official App
Night one: The first round of picks will be unveiled
Night two: All remaining picks in the National Draft will be selected. The pre-season and rookie drafts will follow on Friday.

Carlton's selections

As things stand, Carlton will hold a draft hand of picks Nos.9, 43, 57, 67 and 77 at tonight’s draft, with the first pick scheduled to be taken tonight.

With no shortage of high-quality talent at the top end in this year’s pool, the Blues will be keen to add to the elite young talent such as Sam Walsh, Paddy Dow, Lochie O’Brien, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Jacob Weitering, Harry McKay and Charlie Curnow. All are first-round draft picks who made their way to Carlton on draft night in the last four years.

Live trading

All involved at the Blues are no strangers to live trading, having engaged in the pick swap which welcomed Liam Stocker to the Club last season.

For the second straight year, selections in this year’s or next year’s drafts are able to be traded by any club, depending on future trade restrictions.

If a team has traded any future selections in the second round or onwards, clubs will be unable to trade their future first round pick. Conversely, if a club has traded its future first round pick, it will be unable to trade any other future selections.

A window has been opened up this year where clubs can trade on the second day from 4pm.

What we know

While last year’s strength of the pool was its outstanding talent at the very top, this year looks to be centred around depth of talent.

Clubs with selections in the draft can be confident that a quality player will well and truly get by to the second and third rounds.

Positionally, the conversation has centred around this draft having its talent in the midfield and across the half-forward and half-back lines.

Looking back

It was a memorable opening night of the draft 12 months ago at Marvel Stadium.

Carlton welcomed the best young player in the country when it selected Sam Walsh: one year on, he became the Club’s first NAB AFL Rising Star winner.

That trade which ended in exciting youngster Stocker becoming a Blue followed, before Ikon Park then welcomed Finbar O’Dwyer and father-son selection Ben Silvagni the following day.

One of the best days on the footy calendar has once again arrived: more dreams are about to realised.