Fremantle must be favourites to be the big winner when we look back at this draft some time in the early 2030s, assuming Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un don't combine to destroy the world before then.

There had been much to-ing and fro-ing from pundits about which of the Victorian midfield triumvirate – Andy Brayshaw, Adam Cerra and Luke Davies-Uniacke – the Dockers would select with prized picks two and five.

Draft top 10: (First row L-R) Fremantle Dockers No.5 pick Adam Cerra, North Melbourne Kangaroos No.4 Luke Davies-Uniacke, Brisbane Lions No.1 Cameron Rayner, Fremantle Dockers No.2 Andrew Brayshaw and Carlton Blues No.3 Paddy Dow; (Second row L-R) St Kilda No.8 Nicholas Coalfield, Collingwood Magpies No.6 Jaidyn Stephenson, Western Bulldogs No.9 Aaron Naughton, Carlton Blues No.10 Lochie O'Brien and St Kilda No.7 Hunter Clark. Credit:AAP

Brayshaw had been the outsider for pick two in the days leading up to the draft. But as North Melbourne national recruiting manager Mark Finnigan later suggested, there was little between the first five or six players in this group, so it should not have been surprising that the Dockers took Brayshaw at No.2 before adding Cerra three picks later.

Fremantle's media release sent out hours after the draft bragged of their pair of "elite midfielders". At least outwardly, the Dockers are chuffed they stuck to their guns in trade negotiations with Gold Coast over Lachie Weller, the deal which earned Fremantle a second top-five selection.