Most will miss out.Perhaps the best and most fair way to look at it is to treat the All Australian backline in the same way any AFL team would select its own side — by picking the best players for specific roles.For the sake of the argument, those roles could be defined as key defenders, rebounding defenders and lockdown defenders. Inevitably, the most spirited of those discussions will be centred around the makeup of the All Australian team.This year will be no different, and the well-publicised weirdness of the season will make selecting its best team an especially weird task.Difficult decisions loom across all lines — how many smalls can you cram into a forward line? Youtube
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What this mess does do though is paint a picture of a game that is rapidly evolving and a position that is now more multi-faceted than ever.Every single player listed is different to the one before it, and each adds something invaluable to their teams. What to do in the ruck?None of those are easy problems to solve, but none are anywhere near as difficult as the full-on battle royale that has broken out among the league's defenders this season.Defence has been king in 2020, and, as a result, the defenders have become the most important, most valued and most impressive members of their respective teams. As well as playing starring roles in many an Origin series win, the Ipswich Jets products were key pillars in premiership wins for the Raiders (Steve) and Broncos (Kerrod and Kevin). Judd will be remembered as a different style of player in a Carlton jumper, with groin and back issues diluting his speed and prompting him to adapt.
06:47 Sam Mitchell is the greatest midfielder in modern football, averaging 26.4 disposals and 3.8 tackles a game. Before he joined St George he played for both NSW and Australia while playing for the Dapto Canaries.Some four decades later his twin boys are side by side at the Roosters and still going strong in their mid-30s. Telstra
The Pies made the big dance in both 2002 and 2003 and can consider themselves unlucky to have run into a dominant Brisbane side on both occasions. Hawthorn great Dermott Brereton hates Essendon more than most, but it hasn’t stopped the five-time premiership star from naming his top 10 Bombers of the modern era. When you come in last you have to get creative, and I'm looking at each player in his prime. afl.com.au Their physicality and toughness was often unmatched and had them positioned as a clear powerhouse.They were just about unbeatable in 2000 going 21-1 – there was almost no doubting that they were going to be premiers in 2000.
You make a compelling argument, Benjamin. We argue the case for the best player in recent memory Netball The 'Little Master' has amassed the most All Australian selections in the 2000s (eight, including four times as either captain or vice-captain) and the equal-most Brownlow Medal votes (220), including eight successive seasons of 20-plus votes (a period in which he averaged 31 possessions, 44 per cent of them contested, and 1.3 goals a game), winning two Brownlows and claiming three other top-three placings. Adelaide Crows 03:49