Sydney legend Michael O’Loughlin was in tears when he didn’t get selected by Carlton in the 1994 AFL Draft.

O’Loughlin, who grew up a mad Carlton supporter, was primed for a position at the Blues prior to the draft.

However, it all went wrong on the night, with O’Loughlin just missing out on a spot on the Blues’ list.

“It was at the end of ‘94 so I didn’t know how the draft worked,” he told Channel 7’s The Front Bar.

“Shane O’Sullivan, legendary Carlton man, he knocked on the door and basically said: 'We’re interested. We’ve been watching you for a long period of time since you were 15, 16 (years old). I don’t usually say this but if everything goes alright in the draft, we’re going to take you at pick 41’.

“I was just doing cartwheels, I couldn’t believe I was going to get drafted by Carlton.

"Sticks (Stephen Kernahan) didn't know it but I was going to go and live with him as a 17-year-old.

“(At) the draft... I was sitting here going please pick 41.

“Pick 40, Sydney Swans select Michael O’Loughlin and I went s---.

“The tears came down, I was devastated, I hated the Swans.”

O’Loughlin ended up playing 303 games for Sydney and was a two-time All-Australian as well as a premiership player in 2005.