Brodie Grundy, who plays for Sturt in the SANFL, is regarded as the most promising ruckman in the AFL draft. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: adelaidenow
TOO good to pass up or excess baggage?
That is the draft dilemma facing Port Adelaide on the Gold Coast tonight.
Powerful, 202cm Sturt ruckman Brodie Grundy - considered the best ruckman in the draft by a long shot - appears to be one of the big draft sliders and could fall into the Power's lap at No. 7.
But with young guns Matthew Lobbe and Jarrad Redden and Hawthorn premiership ruckman Brent Renouf already on its list, Port might find itself top heavy by picking Grundy.
This is despite none of the trio yet establishing himself as the club's No. 1 big man.
"That is certainly something we'll have to consider if Brodie does fall to us, just where he fits on our list," Power football operations manager Peter Rohde said.
"There was talk he could possibly be taken in the top three but the latest word is that won't be the case.
"Clearly he is a very good player and if he's available when we have our first pick it will give us plenty to think about because we do have some other good young ruckmen on our list."
Grundy's manager, Ralph Carr, expressed surprise that Grundy appeared to be a draft tumbler. He believes he should be a top-three pick.
"I've heard the talk too and it does surprise me," Carr said.
"Brodie's a ready-made ruckman who will make an impact next year, so it is bizarre. But while clubs usually pick the best players at the top of the draft, this might be a year where needs picks come into it as well."
Rohde said such is the nature of this draft that beyond certain No. 1 pick Lachie Whitfield - a damaging midfielder who will go to GWS - it is difficult to predict which guns will fall to it at selection seven.
"There's plenty of good players on offer but Whitfield and Joe Daniher (a father-son selection at No. 10 by Essendon) are clearly the standouts," he said.
"There's plenty of good midfielders but what order they will go in is hard to predict.
"One thing I know is that you can't have too many good players to run through the middle of the ground. We're hopeful one or two really good ones might be available to us."
Speculation last night had Port wanting either Central District's Troy Menzel or North Adelaide's Sam Mayes at No. 7.
Menzel - the brother of Geelong's Daniel Menzel - could be gone but Mayes is expected to be available.
Both are classy, medium-sized goalsneaks who can also play in the midfield.
Crucially, given the Power has lost 2010 first-round draft pick Ben Jacobs back to Victoria, they are also South Australians.
With Adelaide surprisingly surrendering its first-round selection, Port now has three selections in the top 30 (seven, 29 and 30), enabling it to re-shape a list which has missed the finals for five consecutive years.
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