Meanwhile, Max Balard, Hayden Matthews and Anthony Caceres, have received their first call-ups, with the latter pair playing in the A-League for Sydney FC.

The official AFL draw has been released, with Carlton and Hawthorn among the big winners and Collingwood left to rue its fall from grace.

Ever since the 1990s, when the influx of rugby league ideas started to change the way the sport was played and led to a ...