Throughout the final years of the 1990s,ย AFL clubs across the land looked backward rather than forward, with selectors, historians and superstars converging to name their Teams of the 20th Century.

However, for the league's young expansion clubs, the chance to sit down and select their finest sides has not yet arisen.

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 2000ย AFLย season will be acknowledged.
  • All statistics and awards must have been accrued while playing for the club in question.
  • Any player selected must have played at least 100 senior games for their respective club since the start of the 2000ย AFLย season.

Next up, we head to Carrara to run the rule of the best Gold Coast Suns to have shone since inception.

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5. David Swallow (2011-present)

1 x best and fairest (2014)
220 games, 20.5 disposals per game

Opening draft pick, inaugural Sun, former captain, games record-holder, any way you look at it, David Swallow will feature heavily when scribes sit down to pen the early days of Gold Coast's history.

Although the Western Australian may not have hit the heights that many expected of him, few, if any, can complain about what Swallow has given to the Suns for season upon season on end.

BALLARAT, AUSTRALIA - MAY 5: Acting Captain David Swallow of the Suns leads his team up the race during the 2018 AFL round seven match between the Western Bulldogs and the Gold Coast Suns at Mars Stadium on May 5, 2018 in Ballarat, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)