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.
PREVIOUS TOP TENS: CROWS, LIONS, BLUES, PIES, BOMBERS, DOCKERS, CATS, SUNS, GIANTS, HAWKS, DEES, ROOSÂ
2. Travis Boak (2007-present)Â
2 x Best and fairest (2011 and 2019)
3 x All-Australian (2013, 2014 and 2020)
348 games, 23.65 disposals per game, 174 Brownlow votes, 0.5 votes per game
The current heart and soul of the Port Adelaide Football Club, few players are more deserving of a premiership than Travis Boak.
Tough, skilled, precise and well-prepared, the Victorian is a true professional, and like a true Port great, Boak also saves his best for the cross-town Crows, having claimed a trifecta of Showdown Medals.
