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 Sydney's west tos ettle which Giants tower above the rest.
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1. Toby Greene (2012-present)ย
2 x best and fairest (2016 and 2023)
3 x All-Australian (2016, 2021 and 2023)
215 games, 20.8 disposals per game, 331 goals, 1.5 goals per game, 72 Brownlow votes, 0.3 votes per game
Like Scott Pendlebury at Collingwood and his nemesis Bontempelli at the Bulldogs, when you think of the Giants, you think of Greene.
Once a baby-faced top-ten draftee, Greene wasted little time in turning into an assassin, both before goal and in the eye of the MRO.
However, while the Victorian's wrap sheet will always follow him, Greene's must-watch abilities ahead of the ball and in the guts have seen him earn plenty of positive nods too, namely as the All-Australian skipper last season.
