Throughout the final years of the 1990s, AFL clubs across the land looked backwards rather than forward, with selectors, historians and superstars converging to name their Teams of the 20th Century.
So, as we near the quarter-time mark of the 21st century, what better time to run the rule on which players are likely to feature when the selectors of tomorrow get together in several decades' time?
While every club has an array of deadset legends that can be called on, we here at Zero Hanger have employed the following rules of selection:
- Only statistics recorded and achievements accrued since the start of the 2000 AFL season will be acknowledged.
- Any player selected must have played at least 100 senior games for their respective club since the start of the 2000 AFL season.
First up, we head to West Lakes to catalogue the crรจme de la crรจme of the Adelaide Football Club.
4. Taylor Walker (2008-present)
7 x leading goalkicker (2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023)
1 x All-Australian (2023)
260 games, 612 goals, 2.35 goals per game
With a career-best 76-goal 2023 campaign, Walker finally earned his first All-Australian blazer at the seasoned age of 33.
Akin to Sloane, the Broken Hill native still has a large role to play in 2024, leading an absolutely stacked offensive unit.
