10 rounds in and the 2024 AFL season remains as wide open as ever.
While the contenders have mostly separated themselves from the bottom-dwellers, the ladder is batting deeper than ever and stars from every team are making a compelling case for their own accolades and All-Australian credentials.
Individual performers like Harry Sheezel, Nick Vlastuin and Dylan Moore have earned praise for their efforts lifting a struggling side, while crops of players like Sydndey quartet Isaac Heeney, Nick Blakey, Errol Gulden and Chad Warner are all shining as a superstar unit for a top-end contender.
A host of names find themselves very stiff to miss out but in a competition growing evermore stacked with talent, it's only the absolute cream of the crop who can scrape into the best 22.
4. FINAL TEAM
FB:ย Sam Collins (GC), Harris Andrews (BRIS), Luke Ryan (FRE)
HB:ย Lachie Whitfield (GWS), Sam Taylor (GWS), Dan Houston (PA)
C:ย Nic Martin (ESS), Isaac Heeney (SYD), Errol Gulden (SYD)
HF:ย Marcus Bontempelli (WB), Charlie Curnow (CARL), Christian Petracca (MELB)
FF:ย Izak Rankine (ADEL), Jesse Hogan (GWS), Jake Waterman (WCE)
R:ย Max Gawn (MELB), Nick Daicos (COLL), Caleb Serong (FRE)
I/C:ย Zak Butters (PA), Patrick Cripps (CARL), Zach Merrett (ESS), Gryan Miers (GEEL)
