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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5. Ben Brown (2014-2020)
4 x leading goalkicker (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019)
130 games, 287 goals, 2.2 goals per game
Made to wait before earning his blue and white stripes as a mature-age selection, Brown announced himself as a key forward threat in his second season, slotting 32 goals in 22 starts.
From then on, the Tasmanian would prove potent, bagging 229 goals in the four-season stretch between 2016 and 2019, averaging 2.6 majors each week.
While Brown has been derided for his long run-up, it worked for the big man during his time as a Roo, with the curly-haired spearhead converting at better than 67 per cent before goal.
