GWS celebrity Toby Greene has been named captain of the All-Australian workforce in a reward for his finest ever dwelling and away season.
Greene was given the nod forward of a robust discipline together with fellow membership captains Darcy Moore and Marcus Bontempelli, who was named vice-captain.
Bontempelli and Geelong defender Tom Stewart earnt their fifth All-Australian blazers, whereas 12 debutants had been named within the facet, the identical variety of contemporary faces as final season.
At 33, Adelaide veteran Taylor Walker has grow to be the oldest All-Australian debutant for the reason that workforce began being chosen yearly in its present kind in 1991.
Stewart, Charlie Curnow, Jack Sinclair, Connor Rozee and Christian Petracca had been the 5 returning members of final 12 months’s facet, whereas debutants Nick and Josh Daicos had been the primary brothers to be chosen collectively within the workforce since Chad and Kane Cornes in 2007.
Collingwood and Port Adelaide had a league-high three representatives within the facet, whereas fellow high 4 groups Brisbane and Melbourne solely had one participant within the facet.
Only three golf equipment weren’t represented within the closing 22 in spite of everything had a participant named within the preliminary 44-man squad: Gold Coast, Richmond and West Coast.
Richmond star Dustin Martin was unable to power his approach into the workforce regardless of his spectacular second half of the season, with Petracca and Rozee claiming the half-forward positions, whereas robust on-ballers Tom Liberatore and Jack Viney couldn’t discover a spot in a stacked midfield, with Jordan Dawson, Zach Merrett and Caleb Serong successful spots on the interchange bench.
North Melbourne sharpshooter Nick Larkey’s unbelievable 20 objectives in his closing three video games pressured his approach into the facet, probably on the expense of versatile Essendon goal Kyle Langford.
The selectors opted for a key defensive mixture of Moore, Callum Wilkie and James Sicily forward of Brisbane’s Harris Andrews and Carlton’s Jacob Weitering, whereas Tim English secured the lone ruck spot within the facet from Rowan Marshall and Luke Jackson.
Greene, who booted 60 objectives in 21 video games, the second-most matches he has ever performed in a house and away season, earnt his third All-Australian blazer after appearances in 2016 and 2021.
It was surprisingly simply the second time fellow small ahead Charlie Cameron obtained the honour, together with his 53.23 this season incomes a return to the AA facet for the primary time since 2019.
2023 All-Australian workforce
FB: James Sicily, Callum Wilkie, Tom Stewart
HB: Jack Sinclair, Darcy Moore, Dan Houston
C: Errol Gulden, Marcus Bontempelli (vc), Josh Daicos
HF: Connor Rozee, Taylor Walker, Christian Petracca
FF: Charlie Cameron, Charlie Curnow, Toby Greene (c)
Foll: Tim English, Zak Butters, Nick Daicos
I/C: Jordan Dawson, Nick Larkey, Zach Merrett, Caleb Serong
Source: www.news.com.au
