With the names of our offensive and defensive trios already on the whiteboard, it is now time to list the men that link the two together โ the midfielders.
Due to their aerobic and ball winning capacities, modern midfielders receive plaudits and pay packets far beyond their part-time predecessors.
These players at the coalface are regularly seen as their club's blue-chip talent, with their output integral to securing victory.
Like the previous pair of catalogues, the same four rules for selection apply for our third and final list:
1. Three players must be selected from each club.
2. Even if they have played for multiple clubs, no player can be selected on the list of two teams.
3. All players must have played at least a portion of their careers from 1990 onwards.
4. Most importantly, no player can have played an in-season match with any of their colleagues during their time at their selected club.
To up the ante, we have also added a fifth point of criteria: aย ruckman must also be selected for each team.
For example, should Brodie Grundy be selected for Collingwood, then all of his midfield mates between 2013 and the present day become ineligible.
With all this in mind, here is our best stab.
Let us know how we have gone and which clubs you feel have fared best.
Fremantleย
Matthew Burton โ 1995-1999 (70 games)
After four years on West Coast's list waiting to debut, Matthew Burton made the short move south to Fremantle ahead of the Docker's inaugural season.
At 211 centimetres, or six foot seven in the old, it was little wonder why Burton was dubbed โSpider' across his AFL career.
Across his five seasons with Freo, the former Subiaco Lion's purple year in purple came in 1998, when he recorded a mean of 22.4 hitouts over his 20 games.
Troy Cook - 2000-2007 (150 games)ย
After spending his first three seasons with the Swans, Troy Cook came home to Perth to start the new millennium.
Although seen as a competitor for the club on a 'week in, week out' basis, Cook's career year came in his first at Fremantle.
The once dreadlocked midfielder averaged 22.22 disposals across his 22 games (if only Richie Benaud was here) and took home the 2000 Doig medal.
In 2007, the Western Australian native was also named as a Fremantle life member after playing 150 games for the club.
Nat Fyfe โ 2010-Present (187 games)
As Fremantle's most accomplished midfielder in their 27-year history, Nat Fyfe was a lock for this list.
Whether you are a fervent or casual follower of the game, there is little to no chance that the man-bunned mid will be foreign to you.
With three All-Australian jackets, three Doig medals, two Leigh Matthews trophies and a pair of Brownlows in the past decade, it is little wonder why.
