Throughout the final years of the 1990s,ย AFLย 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 2000ย AFLย 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 2000ย AFLย season.
Next up, we head West to decide which ten Eagles have flown highest this century.
OTHER LISTS: CROWS,ย LIONS,ย BLUES,ย PIES,ย BOMBERS,ย DOCKERS,ย CATS,ย SUNS,ย GIANTS,ย HAWKS,DEES,ย ROOS,ย POWER,ย TIGERS, SAINTS, SWANS
5. Darren Glass (2000-2014)
3 x best and fairest (2007, 2009 and 2011)
4 x All-Australian (2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012)
1 x premiership player (2006)
270 games, 3.6 marks per game
Glass by name, but steeled by nature, across the course of his 15-season career in royal blue and gold, Glass proved an impregnable force behind the ball, routinely setting the Eagles up for success.
While never the most celebrated Eagle, even in his pomp, few, if any, gave more to the club's cause than the former skipper from the Avon Region.
