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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Brady Rawlings (2000-2011)
3 x best and fairest (2004, 2006 and 2010)
232 games, 18.4 disposals per game
Unflinching and always on task, Rawlings would walk over broken glass if it meant four points for his Roos.
Remembered as one of the best taggers of his generation, the Tasmanian was also adept at finding the ball, averaging north of 28 disposals per game in his penultimate season as a Shinboner.
As the club's current list boss, Rawlings continues to work tirelessly to forge a list good enough to bring a fifth flag back to Arden Street.
