AFL Draft Recap: West Coast Eagles land Willem Duursma with No.1 selection, then Cooper Duff-Tytler

That’s it for day one of the national draft.

We hope you enjoyed the coverage and please join us again tomorrow for round two onwards!

Until then, goodnight.

A tap dancing inside-outside midfielder and the best young tall in the country.

They are the headline talents headed to the West Coast Eagles via the top end of Wednesday’s national draft first round.

West Coast Eagles list manager Matt Clarke said he was happy with how the first round went and added they didn’t force clubs to use their picks to match bids, just picked the best player at the position.

He also said the Eagles may look at trading up and down tomorrow to secure their own academy players.

“It’s much easier when your picking right at the top,” he told Fox Footy.

“We’re really happy. It was a really even group at the top.

“If we feel they deserve to be picked their we’ll bid on them.”

And that completes a marathon first round of the draft.

There were nine bids made on academy picks with only two not matched.

Fremantle made the most of their late pick while the Eagles did almost exactly as planned, except for the trade up that saw them force the Suns to go all in on their academy players.

How are we feeling WA footy fans?

Adam Sweid is headed to the harbour!

The midfielder loves to get forward and grab goals.

He stands at 176cm and Essendon decided not to match as they would have had to go into deficit.

He’s a strong tackler and will be handy depth at Fremantle.

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The Dockers are finally on the clock for their first pick!

And they have to wait to see if another club matches their bid.

Willem Duursma has spoken to The West Australian after being drafted to West Coast with the No.1 pick.

He says he’s being eyeing off the Eagles for much of the year and is more than happy to be heading west.

Harley Barker is off to Geelong.

The midfielder did an ACL this year after being named an U18 All-Australian.

He is a quick winger but he will miss a chunk of his rookie season as he recovers.

Aidan Schubert is the newest Hawthorn forward.

He is a key forward who played very well for South Australia in the U18s championships.

He is a steal at 23 as well.

The Crows stay local with lead-up forwad Mitch Marsh.

The familiar name was reportedly around the mark for the Eagles but the team he grew up supporting swoop.

He could end up replacing Taylor Walker.