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Adrian Dodoro lifts the lid on Essendon's draft strategy By 2020-12-11T13:59+11:00 Essendon list boss Adrian Dodoro has explained why the club opted to take four key position players in this year’s National Draft. The Bombers had three picks inside the top 10 of Wednesday night’s draft, presenting them with a golden opportunity to refresh the club’s list after a 13th-place finish in 2020. Dodoro drafted the athletic Nik Cox with pick eight, midfielder/forward Archie Perkins with pick nine and versatile defender Zach Reid with pick 10. While also recruiting Next Generation A...

'Taken a bit the wrong way': New Don defends draft comments We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss 'Taken a bit the wrong way': New Don defends draft comments Normal text size Advertisement Archie Perkins claims his controversial comments about not wanting to move interstate ahead of the AFL draft were misconstrued. "I think it's sort of been taken a bit the wrong way," Perkins said. Loading "The clubs ask you the question, so therefore I'm going to answer it. It's not like I've gone out of my way to tell them that. They asked me."