Until Friday night, Jaxon Artemis was headed to Richmond in the AFL mid-season draft and Brad Scott was staying coach at Essendon.
But the Tigers' boilover Dreamtime At The 'G win changed everything, putting Essendon ahead of them at the top of the draft order and ultimately costing Scott his job.
So after a whirlwind four days for Artemis, half-back from WA was taken by Essendon with the No.1 pick in Tuesday night's selections.
The 19-year-old had been playing for the Tassie Devils in the VFL and knocked back a contract offer from the incoming Tasmanian AFL team to nominate for the mid-season draft.
After being overlooked in the 2024 and '25 national drafts, he will head to an Essendon team now under the charge of interim coach Dean Solomon, following Scott's Tuesday sacking.
