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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6. Chad Wingard (2012-2018)ย
1 x best and fairest (2013)
2 x leading goalkicker (2015 and 2016)
2 x All-Australian (2013 and 2015)
147 games, 232 goals, 1.6 goals per game, 18.3 disposals per game
His stay with Port Adelaide may have only lasted seven seasons, but Wingard burned bright across this stretch, acting as one of the most damaging forwards in the competition, both on the ground and in the air.
While the Sturt product's efficiency may have fallen off a cliff after trading teal for brown and gold, few who pray in the direction of Alberton will forget Wingard's Showdown efforts in 2013 or his Mark of the Year a season later.
