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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2. Jeremy Cameron (2012-2020)ย
1 x Coleman Medal (2019)
1 x best and fairest (2013)
9 x leading goalkicker (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020)
2 x All-Australian (2013 and 2019)
171 games, 427 goals, 2.5 goals per game
Perhaps the greatest key forward in the game today, the Dartmoor deadeye could never be faulted for wastefulness, with Cameron leading the Giants' goalkicking in each of his nine seasons with the club.
While his days in charcoal and orange are over, it would take a once-in-a-generation forward to knock Cameron off his current perch as the Giants' greatest-ever spearhead.
