What the recruiter said
"Because we were picking so far back, it was a case of best available, and to the extent that we could satisfy needs, great. We took three West Australians, but it's not a preference to do that. We always look at best available. If we didn't think they were the best players for those selections, we wouldn't have picked them. When you come in at pick 45, the recruiters can be a bit disheartened, but we're looking at it across the whole of the trade and draft period. We've brought in two people by way of trade that we rate highly in Sharrod Wellingham and Jamie Cripps, and we're very excited to get Cale Morton as well. So overall, when you look at that pool of six, we're happy." West Coast list manager Craig Vozzo

Pick 45: Brant Colledge, Perth
Vozzo says: "He's a 192cm mobile utility. He's played majority forward but potentially can play back as well in that third tall mould. He's a really good young man who we ranked quite highly, so we're delighted he was available at our pick. He was someone we tracked through the entire year. I think he'll be more of a development player, but he's a really good young man and he's fairly physically developed. He had a bad ankle injury this year. He'll take a little bit of time, but not all that long. And he'll be knocking the door down, I'm sure."

Pick 59: Adam Carter, South Fremantle
Vozzo says: "Adam's a really good young man from South Freo. He can play either as a midfielder or as a small to medium back. He's a very disciplined player, very hard at it, and has really good skills, particularly by foot. He's played for Western Australia in the last two carnivals, so he's very well known. We ranked him a fair bit higher than where he was available to us."

Pick 60: Mark Hutchings, St Kilda/West Perth
Vozzo says: "He's 21 years-old. He had a year at St Kilda, and has played the last two seasons in the WAFL. He's a former Western Australia under-18 state captain, and a really good young man who has gone back and done a hell of a lot of work at West Perth. He's an elite midfielder in the WAFL. He polled over 50 votes in the Sandover Medal this year. We're thrilled to have him on our list and thrilled to give him another chance. Hopefully some good things lie ahead for him because he's done it the hard way. He's a physically mature body, so I'm sure he'll do everything he possibly can to get a shot early on in the NAB Cup."

Pick 79: Brad Dick (rookie upgrade)