Dees could trump Giants for Boyd

Draft ... Tom Boyd is labelled the next big thing. Source: Supplied

MELBOURNE could trump Greater Western Sydney and snare the rights to star big man Tom Boyd if handed a priority pick by the AFL Commission.

GWS has dangled the carrot of key forward Boyd to rival clubs, tempting them to assemble a package of senior players they could trade for the much-hyped kid.

But if the AFL Commission does hand out a priority pick to effectively reward Melbourne's continued failure over multiple years, it could be a selection before the first pick of the national draft.

That means even if the Giants won the wooden spoon, the Demons could take the first pick of the draft as a priority pick, then their official first selection after GWS took the second pick.

Melbourne would then be faced with a decision about whether to trade Boyd for established players while retaining its no. 3 pick.

If Greater Western Sydney loses this week to Melbourne, the Demons will be three games clear and the Giants will take the wooden spoon.

It makes the clash the "Tom Boyd Cup", and is shaping as one of the last winnable games for a Giants side that could become the first since since Fitzroy in 1964 not to win a game.

The exact make-up of the new formula for the priority pick is shrouded in mystery, with the pick handed out at the absolute discretion of the AFL Commission.

The league says it will be allocated only in "exceptional circumstances" but it has been customarily handed out before the draft or after the first round of the draft.

It is urging caution given the Demons might not get a pick at all, with the league not considering the situation until the end of the home-and-away season.

But clubs such as Fremantle have in the past been able to trade priority picks, with Melbourne in a spectacular draft position if it was handed that selection.

It would give it picks one, three and potentially 19 before it assessed its trade options, with Jesse Hogan to finally become eligible to play at the Demons from Round 1.

AFL boss Andrew Demetriou confirmed at the weekend the league's list group, consisting of officials Kevin Sheehan, Ken Wood and Andrew Dillon, would assemble information to hand to the Commission.

AFL deputy chief executive Gillon McLachlan recently said Melbourne had a "pretty strong argument" for a pick, given it hasn't finished higher than 12th since 2007 and has won only 33 games in the past six years.

Melbourne chief executive Peter Jackson is believed to have asked for the pre-draft priority pick in his submission to the AFL on a bail-out package to save the club.

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