NORTH Ballarat Rebels and St Patrick's College players figured prominently in the AFL national draft on the Gold Coast on Thursday night.
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Three Rebels were drafted - also being among four St Pat's students picked up.
Oscar McDonald, Dan Butler and Jesse Palmer all played with the Rebels in the TAC Cup under-18 competition this year.
McDonald, Butler and Palmer joined Liam Duggan from Western Jets as St Pat's graduates to have their names called out.
# LIAM DUGGAN (Bacchus Marsh) - West Coast Eagles pick 11
# OSCAR McDONALD (Edenhope-Apsley) - Melbourne pick 53
# DANIEL BUTLER (Lake Wendouree) - Richmond pick 67
# JESSE PALMER (Swan Hill) - Port Adelaide pick 78
Duggan, Butler and Palmer all attended St Pat's this year, playing in the college's Herald Sun Shield premiership team.
Duggan captained the first XV111 team.
McDonald, who attended St Patrick's College last year, joins his brother Tom at Melbourne.
Ironically, Tom was also selected with pick 53 in 2010.
Duggan will be joined by another Bacchus Marsh junior in AFL ranks after the draft.
His Western Jets teammate Dillon Viojo-Rainbow is now a Carlton player.
The Blues used pick 28 to snare the Maribyrnong Secondary College student.
Former Central Highlands regional star cricketer Patrick McKenna's punt to walk away from cricket has paid off.
He will play with Greater Western Sydney Giants after being picked up with selection 23.
McKenna from Gisborne captained the Australian under-19 cricket team earlier this year.