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 Alberton to assess which Port players stand above the pack.
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7. Connor Rozee (2019-present)ย
1 x best and fairest (2022)
1 x leading goalkicker (2019)
2 x All-Australian (2022 and 2023)
106 games, 19.2 disposals per game, 98 goals, 0.9 goals per game, 40 Brownlow votes, 0.4 votes per game
At just 24 and with another nine seasons left to run on his deal, Rozee has more than enough time to shoot himself to the top of this list in the years to come.
And with a growing swag of awards already to his name and the skipper's armband his and his alone, it would take a brave better to wager the Port Augusta native won't be standing on the podium in another season or two.
