Throughout the final years of the 1990s, AFL clubs across the land looked backward 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.
- 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 2000 AFL season.
Next up, we he to Arden Street to separate the the wheat from the Roos' chaff.
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9. Shaun Higgins (2015-2020)
2 x best and fairest (2017 and 2018)
1 x All-Australian (2018)
His stay as a Shinboner may have only been brief, but in the six seasons that Higgins called North home, the midfielder produced the best football of his career.
Whether in the centre of the ground or occasionally floating forward, the Geelong Falcons product proved more than handy, averaging a sublime 27.4 disposals per game throughout his 2018 All-Australian campaign.
