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.

Second up, we head to Lions' Den to break down the best names to have played for Brisbane.

SEE ALSO:ย BEST CROWS SINCE 2000

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1. Michael Voss (2000-2006)

3 x best and fairest (2000, 2001 and 2003)
3 x All-Australian (2001, 2002 and 2003)
2 x Leigh Matthews Trophy (2002 and 2003)
3 x premiership player (2001, 2002 and 2003)
161 games, 22.1 disposals per game, 94 Brownlow votes, 0.6 votes per game

Every army needs a general, just as every club needs a captain, and in Michael Voss, Brisbane had arguably the best of the modern era.

Unyielding, yet talented, Voss may not be related to Leigh Matthews by blood, but he was certainly cast in his mould.

Think three-peat, and you think Voss; there's the reason why he is the Lion King.

MELBOURNE - MAY 24: Robert Copeland #30, Michael Voss #3 and Blake Caracella #1 of the Lions celebrate their win after the round nine AFL match between the Carlton Blues and the Brisbane Lions on May 24, 2003 at Optus Oval in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images).
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