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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4. Lachie Whitfield (2013-present)ย
2 x best and fairest (2018 and 2020)
1 x All-Australian (2018)
209 games, 23.5 disposals per game, 56 Brownlow votes, 0.3 votes per game
Brought north with the opening pick of the 2012 draft, Whitfield may have failed to stack on a tonne of weight, however, the Dandenong Stringray's product has evolved into an ever-reliable outside runner.
Now a veteran amongst Adam Kingsley's youthful cast, Whitfield continues to have an important role to play in writing the early pages of GWS' history books.
