The West Coast Eagles hold the prized first overall pick with highly-rated prospect Harley Reid expected to be called out first.

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WA journalist Lachy Reid reported Eagles champion Nic Naitanui had flown to Melbourne, suggesting he would be there to hand over a West Coast guernsey to the No.1 selection.

While all eyes have been locked on Reid, WA prospect Daniel Curtin has drawn plenty of attention with key defender reportedly climbing up draft boards at a rapid pace.

As the draft draws nearer, it’s being widely tipped that some late trade chaos could throw a cat among the pigeons.

AFL Draft First Round Picks

1: West Coast Eagles – Harley Reid (midfielder)

2: North Melbourne – Colby McKercher (midfielder)

3: Gold Coast Suns – Jed Walter (key forward)

4: North Melbourne – Zane Duursma (forward)

5: Hawthorn – Nick Watson (forward)

6: Western Bulldogs – Ryley Sanders (midfielder)

7: Melbourne – Caleb Windsor (midfielder)

8: Adelaide – Daniel Curtin (key defender)

9: Gold Coast – Ethan Read (ruck)

10: Essendon – Nate Caddy (forward)

11: Geelong – Connor O’Sullivan (key defender)

12: GWS Giants – Phoenix Gothard (forward)

13: Melbourne – Koltyn Tholstrup (forward)

14: Gold Coast – Jake Rogers (midfielder)

15: Western Bulldogs – Jordan Croft (key forward)

16: Sydney – Will Green (ruck)

17: GWS Giants – James Leake (defender)

18: St Kilda – Darcy Wilson (midfielder)

19: Hawthorn – William McCabe (key defender)

8pm – Crows pull off mega trade to nab eighth pick

The Adelaide Crows wanted Daniel Curtin and they got their man with pick eight after completing a mega-deal with the GWS Giants.

It sees the Crows secure pick 8 and 17 while the Giants now have picks 11, 15 and a future second-round pick.

“He’s a beast. He is an absolute steal in this draft,” Mick Ablett said on Fox Footy about Curtin.

7.25pm – Harley Reid goes to the Eagles

Just as we all expected, the West Coast Eagles have taken highly-touted youngster Harley Reid with the first pick in the draft.

Despite having known they held the top pick for a long, long time. The Eagles used up the majority of their five minutes on the clock before locking their selection in.

6.50pm – Plenty of moves coming before pick 1

AFL Media’s Cal Twomey has reported a multitude of moves are set to take place before the first pick is even read out.

– Melbourne will send pick 42 to St Kilda, in exchange for a future third-rounder.

– St Kilda will send picks 40 and 42 to Gold Coast, in exchange for pick 27.

– Gold Coast will send pick 24 to Brisbane, in exchange for 30 and 39.

– Gold Coast will send pick 38 to Fremantle, likely in exchange for 46, 60 and 64.

6:00pm – Blockbuster trades set to rock AFL Draft

The attraction of Curtin is causing pandemonium on the brink of the draft with multiple teams reportedly set to get involved.

Talks had centred around the Eagles potentially taking Curtin with the first overall pick however they now could be set to offload future picks in a blockbuster trade.

The Herald Sun reported the Eagles are willing to trade their 2024 first round pick to land Curtin, completing a dream draft double with Reid.

It’s now being reported the Adelaide Crows could join the party along with the GWS Giants to make it a three-team trade for Curtin.

The Crows enter the night holding three first-round draft picks and appear keen to make some waves.

It could all lead to a potential blockbuster trade that would see the Eagles’ first-round pick for next year head to the Crows, with the Giants receiving a combination of picks and the Eagles pairing up Curtin with Reid.

AFL ROUND 1 DRAFT

1. West Coast Eagles

2. North Melbourne

3. North Melbourne (Ben McKay compensation)

4. Hawthorn

5. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast Suns)

6. Melbourne (via Fremantle)

7. GWS Giants (via Richmond)

8. Geelong

9. Essendon

10. Adelaide Crows

11. Melbourne (via Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs)

12. Sydney Swans

13. St Kilda

14. Adelaide Crows (via Gold Coast and Melbourne)

15. North Melbourne (via Port Adelaide)

16. GWS Giants

17. North Melbourne (via Carlton)

18. North Melbourne (via Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs)

19. Collingwood

20. Adelaide Crows (Tom Doedee compensation)

21. St Kilda (Jade Gresham compensation)

22. Carlton (via North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package)