2009 All-Australian side

[one-eyed]

2009 All-Australian side

B: Enright, Scarlett, Lake

HB: Goodwin, C.Bolton, Maxwell

C: Montagna, Hayes, J.Selwood

HF: Chapman, N.Riewoldt (c), Swan

F: Davis, Fevola, J.Brown

Foll: Sandilands, Judd (v/c), G.Ablett jnr

I/C: Boyd, Dal Santo, Goddard, Goodes

[one-eyed]

Newy was the RFC's rep....


Richmond's Captain, Chris Newman arrives with his partner Lauren Poulter, for the 2009 All Australian Team Awards at Peninsula, Docklands, Melbourne. Photographer: Lachlan Cunningham

KB of course...


Kevin Bartlett, arrives with his daughter Breanna, for the 2009 All Australian Team Awards at Peninsula, Docklands, Melbourne. Photographer: Lachlan Cunningham

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[mightytiges]

2009 All-Australian side

B: Enright, Scarlett, Lake

HB: Goodwin, C.Bolton, Maxwell

C: Montagna, Hayes, J.Selwood

HF: Chapman, N.Riewoldt (c), Swan

F: Davis, Fevola, J.Brown

Foll: Sandilands, Judd (v/c), G.Ablett jnr

I/C: Boyd, Dal Santo, Goddard, Goodes

Don't St Kilda hold some record for the least points conceded for a very long time yet not one Saint named in the AA back 6 - Sam Fisher and Gilbert very stiff ???

No Clark or Porplyzia in the side either.

[Infamy]

2009 All-Australian side

B: Enright, Scarlett, Lake

HB: Goodwin, C.Bolton, Maxwell

C: Montagna, Hayes, J.Selwood

HF: Chapman, N.Riewoldt (c), Swan

F: Davis, Fevola, J.Brown

Foll: Sandilands, Judd (v/c), G.Ablett jnr

I/C: Boyd, Dal Santo, Goddard, Goodes

Don't St Kilda hold some record for the least points conceded for a very long time yet not one Saint named in the AA back 6 - Sam Fisher and Gilbert very stiff ???

No Clark or Porplyzia in the side either.

I think all those have fallen short of the (unofficial) criteria that you need to have at least two good years in a row to get in

[tigersalive]

Mark LeCras not making it is a fair dinkum disgrace.  

Maxwell, Boyd, Goodwin (on a HB. ), Lake and Davis can all get the hell out of that team.

Bring in LeCras, Prestigiacomo, Porplyzia, Sam Fisher, and Gilbert.

And J. Brown should be the vice-captain, not Judd.


TA's 2009 All-Australian side

B: Gilbert, Scarlett, Prestigiacomo

HB: S. Fisher, C.Bolton, Goddard

C: Montagna, Hayes, J.Selwood

HF: Chapman, N.Riewoldt (c), Porplyzia

F: Lecras, J.Brown(v/c), Fevola

Foll: Sandilands, Judd, G.Ablett jnr

I/C: Enright, Dal Santo, Swan, Goodes

[tigersalive]

I think all those have fallen short of the (unofficial) criteria that you need to have at least two good years in a row to get in

Give you Clark and Gilbert but Fisher has played 4 good years in a row now, and Porpoise has been playing very good footy for 2 years now.


It should be no excuse (but you're on the money).  It's the AA team on 2009, not the AA team based on media hype, media involvement, and past seasons.

[mightytiges]

TA's 2009 All-Australian side

B: Gilbert, Scarlett, Prestigiacomo

HB: S. Fisher, C.Bolton, Goddard

C: Montagna, Hayes, J.Selwood

HF: Chapman, N.Riewoldt (c), Porplyzia

F: Lecras, J.Brown(v/c), Fevola

Foll: Sandilands, Judd, G.Ablett jnr

I/C: Enright, Dal Santo, Swan, Goodes

I like your AA side much better TA  .

I agree about Le Cras as well but Infamy is probably on the money. It's not right but as with the Brownlow it can take the 2nd year of good form before a player is recognised.

[wayne]

Sandilands??

He's tall. That's it.

Clark is much more valuable. Can mark for a start.

[Mr Magic]

Mark LeCras not making it is a fair dinkum disgrace.  

Maxwell, Boyd, Goodwin (on a HB. ), Lake and Davis can all get the hell out of that team.

Not one Bulldog?

[tigersalive]

Mark LeCras not making it is a fair dinkum disgrace.  

Maxwell, Boyd, Goodwin (on a HB. ), Lake and Davis can all get the hell out of that team.

Not one Bulldog?

Interesting observation.  I hadn't noticed.

Boyd is a good player but not AA and Lake was right on the fringe for mine but I reckon Presti had a better year.  There is also Hargrave who had a near AA year but Gilbert and Enright had better years.

So I guess not.     Sorry Doggies.

[Mr Magic]

Harsh on Boyd. He had a fine season.

[Smokey]

Mark LeCras not making it is a fair dinkum disgrace.  

Maxwell, Boyd, Goodwin (on a HB. ), Lake and Davis can all get the hell out of that team.

Bring in LeCras, Prestigiacomo, Porplyzia, Sam Fisher, and Gilbert.

And J. Brown should be the vice-captain, not Judd.


TA's 2009 All-Australian side

B: Gilbert, Scarlett, Prestigiacomo

HB: S. Fisher, C.Bolton, Goddard

C: Montagna, Hayes, J.Selwood

HF: Chapman, N.Riewoldt (c), Porplyzia

F: Lecras, J.Brown(v/c), Fevola

Foll: Sandilands, Judd, G.Ablett jnr

I/C: Enright, Dal Santo, Swan, Goodes

Happy with your side TA except for Lake/Prestigiacomo.  And I probably would have had White instead of Sandilands but both choices are pretty close.

I don't subscribe to the 2 years theory even though I'm certain it exists.  They are supposed to pick a side for 2009 - not 2008/09 - and if someone has 1 absolutely standout year and doesn't perform anywhere near to that for the rest of their career then so be it - they still deserve a spot in that one great year.  Actually, the name McKernan springs to mind very much here.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Yep McKernan played well for about 2 or 3 yrs but that 1996 season was a standout.

Same applies for the Brownlow too. A guy like Woewoedin or Libba will always get a invite on Brownlow night as past winners. Those are the rules.

Davis and Maxwell in an All Australian team. Please. In front of Porplyzia?

Like it or lump it we have to accept it despite the shortcomings and controversy.

[tiga]

Sandilands??

He's tall. That's it.

Clark is much more valuable. Can mark for a start.

I agree, Clark had a much better year than Sandilands. I would have even put Jolly in before Sandilands.

[one-eyed]

Drafting key to AA team
     * Jon Anderson
    * From: Herald Sun
    * September 16, 2009

LIKE the side or not, this year's All-Australian team represented a strong vote of confidence in the competition's drafting system.

No fewer than 12 of the 22 selected players were picked with draft picks higher than 30 and several, including Nick Maxwell, Aaron Sandilands and Matthew Boyd, were rookie promotions.

This in a time when we're constantly told the introduction of two new teams will make it almost impossible for sides to improve significantly via the draft.

It clearly all comes down to clever spotting as Monday night's All-Australian side proves.

The team conclusively proves that plenty of gems exist outside the top 20 and, while the recruiting caper may have become more of an exact science, the 2008 draft has already produced lower-order players of serious promise.

They include David Zaharakis (23), Nick Suban (24), Jayden Post (26), Dayne Beams (29), Daniel Hannebery (30), Jamie Bennell (35), Mitch Robinson (40), Liam Anthony (43) and Neville Jetta (51).

Add the continuing success of rookie players being promoted in 2009 - Aaron Joseph, Michael Quinn, Greg Broughton, Matthew de Boer, Shane Mumford, Robin Nahas, Zac Dawson and Liam Picken - and you have a handy line-up.

So it doesn't have to be all doom and gloom.

Take the full-back line of this year's All-Australian team consisting of Corey Enright, Matthew Scarlett and Brian Lake.

Enright and Lake were just very astute picks at 47 and 71, while Scarlett was taken by Geelong as a father-son.

So where would Scarlett have gone had he entered the draft? Given his exposed form with the Geelong Falcons and Vic Country side, between picks 30 and 40 would have been realistic.

The other two father-sons, Gary Ablett and Jonathan Brown, were rated as juniors above the third-round category of Scarlett, with Ablett somewhere between 15 and 25 and Brown a clear top five.

Paul Chapman was selected All-Australian for the first time, but has long been a star of the competition. Yet he got through to 31 in the 1999 draft despite a couple of high finishes in the Morrish Medal.

Geelong got Chapman after acquiring pick 31 from Carlton for Michael Mansfield, who had been a fine player with the Cats but was retired from the game at the end of 2001.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/drafting-key-to-aa-team/story-e6frf9jf-1225774139923