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Live sport on SN this weekend2023 redraft: Peter Bell reshapes the Top 10
SEN • May 1st, 2026 2:15 pm
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Two years and eight weeks might not be enough to fully understand how good a talented youngster is but it can give us a guide.
Peter Bell has used that guide to reshape the 2023 AFL Draft which saw Harley Reid taken by West Coast at Pick 1.
Actual Top 10 in 2023:1 - Harley Reid (WCE)2 - Colby McKercher (NM)3 - Jed Walter (GCS)4 - Zane Duursma (NM)5 - Nick Watson (HAW)6 - Ryley Sanders (WB)7 - Caleb Windsor (MEL)8 - Daniel Curtin (ADE)9 - Ethan Read (GCS)10 - Nate Caddy (ESS)
Former Fremantle and North Melbourne star and ex-Dockers footy boss Bell has delved into that draft and rejigged what he believes would be the Top 10 if it happened right now.
See Bell’s re-draft below:
10 - Caleb Windsor (MEL)
“Not sold on his inside mid work at Melbourne. I think he’ll eventually get back to the wing.”
9 - Darcy Wilson (STK)
“From Pick 18 up to 9 with a bullet is Darcy Wilson.”
8 - Jed Walter (GCS)
“Walter was originally Pick 3, has dropped to 8.”
7 - Ethan Read (GCS)
“He’s come up a little bit from 9.”
6 - Daniel Curtin (ADE)
“He was originally Pick 8 and comes back to 6. He’s back for the Showdown tonight.”
5 - Connor O’Sullivan (GEE)
“Top 5 up from 11 is Connor O’Sullivan. He’s going really well at Geelong, the big key back.”
4 - Nate Caddy (ESS)
“He’s up to 4 from 10. I know his performances probably haven’t been as good as what you’d expect but this is more on potential.”
3 - Colby McKercher (NM)
“Just slides down one spot.”
2 - Harley Reid (WCE)
1 - Nick Watson (HAW)
“I’ve got Harley at 2 with ‘The Wizard’ at Pick 1 in my rework of the 2023 draft.”
Tim Gossage added: “Let me tell you, if West Coast didn’t take Harley Reid, they were going to take Nick Watson.”
