Lachie Neale says the Brisbane Lions are “absolutely rapt” Deven Robertson slipped to the second round of last week’s national draft as he welcomes the Larke medallist into his home.

In one of the shocks of the draft, the nephew of West Coast great Darren Glass was overlooked in the first round, despite being best player in the national under-18s carnival and captaining WA to a drought-breaking title.

It prompted the Lions to go hard to get pick 22 off Port Adelaide, swapping their future second-round pick for a future fourth-rounder to climb one spot on the draft board.

It’s not the first time the two-time Doig medallist has housed a younger teammate, with emerging midfielder Andrew Brayshaw moving in during their together time at Fremantle.

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“Young Dev is going to be staying with me and my wife (Julie Neale) for the first few months and possibly longer,” Neale told SEN.

“We’ll see how he goes, if he’s a good cook and a good cleaner then Jules might let him stay for the year.

“I think the club was absolutely rapt to have him slip through and they obviously did a bit of a trade to get that first pick of the second round and get him to the footy club.

“I know the other guys that we picked up, the recruiters rated really highly and were surprised that they were on the board at that time so the club is stoked to get those four boys in.”

Robertson and his fellow draftees, including long-time state teammate Jaxon Prior, are due to arrive in Brisbane today.

Brisbane got in ahead of WA clubs Fremantle and West Coast to nab tough West Perth defender Prior, the son of former Essendon and West Coast player Michael, with pick 58.

Gippsland Power captain Brock Smith (pick 33) and Lions Academy product Keidean Coleman (pick 37) were also drafted.

Robertson, who is on his way back from a season-ending left shoulder injury, is hoping to return to full contact drills later this month after training with his old WAFL club Perth for a fortnight ahead of the draft.

He is targeting an early-season debut but acknowledges a lot needs to go right for that to happen.

“It will be stupid get onto an AFL list and not want to play senior football as soon as possible, whether it’s round one, 2020, or round one, 2021,” Robertson said.

“It’s going to be a lot of hard work and I’ve got to put my best foot forward, train hard and do all the little things right to get there.”