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
4. Jonathan Brown (2000-2014)
1 x Coleman Medal (2007)
3 x best and fairest (2007, 2008 and 2009)
5 x leading goalkicker (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013)
2 x All-Australian (2007 and 2009)
3 x premiership player (2001, 2002 and 2003)
256 games, 594 goals, 2.3 goals per game
Fearsome, ruthless and as hard as nails. All cliches, but all applicable when talking about Brown - a man mountain of a forward that had Goliath's frame.
Arriving at the Gabba at the perfect time, the country Victorian enjoyed the good times and the bad in Brisbane, but led the way with aplomb when it was his turn to take the baton.
