Part two of this series will look at the greatest teams in the modern era of AFL football.
While the AFL has only established in 1990, there are still numerous teams who can promote their argument for being the greatest team of all time.
Some of these teams dominated for a substantial period of time, without achieving the amount of success they ultimately deserved, while others can lay claim to winning consecutive premierships.
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5. Hawthorn 2013-2015
Hawthorn shocked the footballing world by beating Geelong in the 2008 Grand Final. With an average age of only 24, the Hawks were expected to win multiple premierships in the upcoming years.
But sport doesn’t always go to plan and the Hawks missed out on the top eight in 2009.
It took four years for the Hawks to play in another Grand Final but this time they were second best to Sydney.
Redemption occurred a year later as the Hawks beat Fremantle in the 2013 Grand Final.
At the end of 2013, Lance Franklin left for Sydney, but his departure did little to dent the Hawks' premiership dominance as they won the 2014 and 2015 flags.
Under the senior heads of Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell, Jordan Lewis and Jarryd Roughead the Hawks bullied their opponents with their ruthless style of play.
They were no match for their opponents on Grand Final day either, winning the three premierships by an average of 42 points.