With the NFL draft on today, you can bet any amount of money someone will link it back to the NRL and suggest a draft system here.

To answer the question up front; no, I can't see a draft system working in Australia. Everything would have to be restructured and quite honestly we don't have the universities or tafes to produce a college-like system in the US.

BUT ... if there was a draft on, say, Monday evening. Who would go well?

Just to set some rules, let's say every contract is voided. A new season starts in a month and all contracts are four-year deals worth the same amount of money. Reverse finishing order from last year's regular season. I know it's not ideal but it's purely a fantasy.

Of course we could argue for hours (see you in the comments) on the merits of a draft and where players would be drafted at which position and why.

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James Tedesco

The Cowboys would be cheering picking up Tedesco at three. The game's best fullback and I'd argue the game's best player period. His drafting would completely re-shape the future in Townsville and set up two or three years of success. At 28 and with some concussion worries, he does fall to three, but you wouldn't find a single Cowboys fan who wouldn't celebrate this selection.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: James Tedesco of the Roosters celebrates scoring a try during the 2019 NRL Grand Final match between the Canberra Raiders and the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium on October 06, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
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