Adelaide draftee Archie Ludowyke has provided the moment of the draft in an emotional interview after being selected 50th overall by the Crows.
Just moments after being selected, Ludowyke revealed that he’d given up hopes of being picked up and retreated to his bedroom upstairs to shed some tears before he heard an eruption from his living room as AFL football boss Greg Swann read out his name on the draft broadcast.
“I don’t know, I missed it,” Ludowyke said when asked how it felt to be drafted.
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“I didn’t know if I was going [to be picked]. I headed upstairs and decided to cry and then I heard all the boys start cheering downstairs and I raced down.
“It means everything. It’s what I’ve worked for for 18 years and to have it finally come true is the best feeling ever.
“Adelaide, thank you. I’ll just work as hard as I can and prove everyone wrong.”
The second night of the draft was spiced up by a number of clubs managing to snare players tied to rival clubs courtesy of the AFL’s stricter draft bidding system.
Brisbane lost academy product Tyan Prindable to Collingwood at pick 32, before nabbing West Coast’s Koby Evans six selections later, as the Eagles ran out of list spots.
Tyan Prindable might be a Brisbane academy player, but he will be heading to Victoria to play AFL after Collingwood took him in round two of the AFL Draft. (Getty Images: AFL Photos/Asanka Ratnayake)
St Kilda was also a beneficiary of West Coast’s list blunder, drafting Charlie Banfield — the son of two-time premiership winner Drew Banfield — with the 41st pick with the Eagles unable to match.
Gold Coast had no such problems, walking away from the draft having retained each of its five academy products after matching a bid for Koby Coulson with the 46th pick.
St Kilda and GWS both re-drafted players they had previously delisted, adding Ryan Byrnes and Jake Stringer, respectively.
A total of 35 players were selected on the second night of the 2025 AFL draft — bringing the total number of players drafted this year up to 60 — as the Western Bulldogs wound up the night by adding Will Darcy, the brother of star forward Sam Darcy with the final pick.
Follow below for a recap of all the action of night two as it happened.
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4h agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 11:05am
That’s where we’ll leave things tonight!
And just like that, all of our AFL men’s season blogs for the year 2025 come to an end!
I’m quite emotional, what a ride it has been. Thank you all once again for every moment you’ve spent with us along the journey.
I’m keen to do it all again next year. Until then, join us on our other blogs, especially as the Ashes get underway!
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Who Western Bulldogs drafted
21: Lachlan Carmichael, DEF, 184cm (Sydney Swans Academy)
27: Louis Emmett, RUC, 200cm (Oakleigh Chargers)
60: Will Darcy, DEF, 196cm (Oakleigh Charges, Bulldogs father-son)
Who West Coast drafted
1: Willem Duursma, MID, 193cm (Gippsland Power)
4: Cooper Duff-Tytler, RUC, 201cm (Calder Cannons)
19: Josh Lindsay, DEF, 183cm (Geelong Falcons)
29: Sam Allen, FWD, 184cm (Oakleigh Chargers)
39: Tylah Williams, FWD, 176cm (Swan Districts, West Coast NGA)
Who Sydney drafted
14: Harry Kyle, DEF, 188cm (Sydney Swans Academy)
35: Jevan Phillipou, MID, 183cm (Woodville-West Torrens)
42: Billy Cootee, MID, 179cm (Norwood)
49: Max King, FWD, 192cm (Sydney Swans Academy)
Who St Kilda drafted
41: Charlie Banfield, MID, 192cm (Claremont, West Coast father-son)
52: Kye Fincher, MID, 186cm (GWV Rebels, St Kilda NGA)
58: Ryan Byrnes, FWD, 182cm (St Kilda)
Who Richmond drafted
7: Sam Cumming, MID, 184cm (North Adelaide)
8: Sam Grlj, MID, 182cm (Oakleigh Chargers)
31: Zane Peucker, FWD, 180cm (Woodville-West Torrens)
54: Noah Roberts-Thomson, MID, 181cm (Sturt)
Who North Melbourne drafted
16: Lachy Dovaston, FWD, 178cm (Eastern Ranges)
26: Blake Thredgold, DEF, 195cm (Sturt)
48: Hugo Mikunda, MID, 180cm (Geelong Falcons)
Who Melbourne drafted
11: Xavier Taylor, DEF, 192cm (Eastern Ranges)
12: Latrelle Pickett, FWD, 182cm (Glenelg)
30: Thomas Matthews, FWD, 171cm (Gippsland Power)
Who Hawthorn drafted
20: Cameron Nairn, FWD, 188cm (Central District)
23: Aidan Schubert, FWD, 198cm (Central District)
34: Jack Dalton, MID, 178cm (Sandringham Dragons)
56: Matthew LeRey, MID, 188cm (Central District)
Who GWS drafted
15: Oskar Taylor, DEF, 182cm (Eastern Ranges)
51: Finnegan Davis, DEF, 188cm (Western Jets)
59: Jake Stringer, FWD, 192cm (GWS Giants)
Who Gold Coast drafted
2: Zeke Uwland, MID, 179cm (Gold Coast Academy)
5: Dylan Patterson, DEF, 184cm (Gold Coast Academy)
17: Jai Murray, MID, 185cm (Gold Coast Academy)
18: Beau Addinsall, MID, 182cm (Gold Coast Academy)
28: Avery Thomas, DEF, 185cm (Tasmania)
46: Koby Coulson, MID, 180cm (Gold Coast Academy)
Who Geelong drafted
24: Harley Barker, MID, 188cm (Sturt)
33: Hunter Holmes. MID, 188cm (Oakleigh Chargers)
Who Fremantle drafted
25: Adam Sweid, MID, 176cm (Calder Cannons, Essendon NGA)
40: Tobyn Murray, FWD, 180cm (Geelong VFL)
Who Essendon drafted
9: Sullivan Robey, MID, 192cm (Eastern Ranges)
10: Jacob Farrow, DEF, 188cm (West Perth)
13: Dyson Sharp, MID, 187cm (Central District)
36: Max Kondogiannis, DEF, 191cm (Oakleigh Chargers)
53: Hussein El Achkar, FWD, 171cm (Calder Cannons, Essendon NGA)
Who Collingwood drafted
32: Tyan Prindable, MID, 182cm (Brisbane Lions Academy)
37: Samuel Swadling, MID, 189cm (West Perth)
55: Zac McCarthy, RUC, 199cm (Collingwood NGA)
57: Angus Anderson, MID, 193cm (Sturt)
Who Carlton drafted
3: Harry Dean, DEF, 194cm (Murray Bushrangers, father-son)
45: Talor Byrne, FWD, 174cm (GWV Rebels)
47: Jack Ison, MID, 192cm (Oakleigh Chargers, Carlton NGA)
Who Brisbane drafted
6: Daniel Annable, MID, 184cm (Brisbane Lions Academy)
38: Koby Evans, MID, 187cm (Perth, West Coast NGA)
43: Cody Curtin, FWD, 200cm (Claremont)
44: Tai Hayes, MID, 190cm (Southport)
Who Adelaide drafted
22: Mitch Marsh, FWD, 192cm (West Adelaide)
50: Archie Ludowyke, FWD, 197cm (Sandringham Dragons)
4h agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 10:36am
The 2025 draft is officially over!
All of the clubs have passed on their selections, so Will Darcy is the 60th and final player selected in this year’s draft.
Congratulations to all the young men picked!
Stay tuned as I bring you club-by-club lists on who was selected!
4h agoThu 20 Nov 2025 at 10:33am
Pick 60: Western Bulldogs select Will Darcy
There’s another Darcy at the Western Bulldogs!
Will Darcy is described as a “baby giraffe” by Sheehan on Fox’s coverage, which tells you he’s going to be a long-term project.
There’s a sense of the old Bruno Caboclo “he’s two years away from being two years away” on the way Darcy is being described here.
Nevertheless, it is another win for football romance.
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