The national draft is held for the first time.

"We have lost the shared civic experience that a national draft would accomplish," he said.

In 1994 there were 97 picks to be drafted between 15 teams in the national draft.

Brown was recruited to Collingwood after the 2008 season with selection 73 in the national draft.

He was tipped to go high in the national draft, from anywhere between five and twenty-five.

There were 83 draft selections between the 16 teams in the national draft.

This was also the first national draft to feature only eight teams.

He was drafted using pick 36 in the 2004 national draft.

In 2004 there were 78 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft.

In 1988 there were 112 picks to be drafted between 14 teams in the national draft.