2025 Rolling ALL-Australian Team

[masai tu]

No Liberatore is a massive miss.

He's being kept aside for the Grand Final Sprint.

 

[Ah12]

The starting midfield will be Daicos, Bontompelli and Butters. Clearly the three best players in the comp right now and have the most influence on their teams by a mile.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Taylor and Moore for the KPD spots imo.
Gawn and Xerri the standout rucks.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

How come Butters ain't in your teams, he's basically polled 10 votes each game on AFLCA since his return

 

[Mr Meow]

How come Butters ain't in your teams, he's basically polled 10 votes each game on AFLCA since his return

Use the quote button. He was in my team.

 

[RonnieRaven]

How come Butters ain't in your teams, he's basically polled 10 votes each game on AFLCA since his return

Hasn’t he only played 3 games?
You can poll 10 x 10 AFLCA but if you miss the other half of the season you won’t get in.

 

[beerbandit]

My AA Squad of 44 after Anzac round:

ADE: Izak Rankine - Riley Thilthorpe - J. Dawson

BRI: Dayne Zorko - Lachie Neale - Will Ashcroft - Zac Bailey

CAR: Jacob Weitering - George Hewett

COL: Steele Sidebottom - Nick Daicos - Josh Daicos - Darcy Cameron

ESS: Zach Merrett

FRE: Andrew Brayshaw - Caleb Serong - Josh Treacy

GEL: Bailey Smith - Max Holmes - Jeremy Cameron - Shaun Mannagh

GCS: Ben King - John Noble - Daniel Rioli - Jarrod Witts - Ben Long

GWS: Lachie Whitfield - Toby Greene - Lachie Ash - Finn Callaghan

HAW: Jai Newcombe - Jack Gunston

MEL: Max Gawn

NOR: Tristan Xerri - Paul Curtis

POR: Connor Rozee - Zak Butters - Jason Horne-Francis - Mitch Georgiades

RIC: N/A

STK: Jack Sinclair - Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera - Jack Higgins

SYD: N/A

WCE: N/A

WBD: Matthew Kennedy - Marcus Bontempelli

Darcy Moore would be in the squad of 44

 

[JHF1870]

Michalanney Weitering Humphries
Rozee Andrews NWM
Sidebottom Rowell Dawson
B Long Thilthorpe Bolton
Higgins King Curtis

Cameron Daicos Serong

Merrett Richards Treacy Newcombe

Em: Brayshaw Greene Danger Gawn

Your 3 kpd arent doing enough..Sam Taylor is #1 by a long way. Idun is worthy also. See my scores on previous page

 

[KissKiss]

Hasn’t he only played 3 games?
You can poll 10 x 10 AFLCA but if you miss the other half of the season you won’t get in.

We know the cut-off is around 16/17 games played. If he plays the rest of the year he should make it but can see him being lineball right now over guys who have played every game (even if they have had a down game or 2 - they at least have played).

 

[RonnieRaven]

We know the cut-off is around 16/17 games played. If he plays the rest of the year he should make it but can see him being lineball right now over guys who have played every game (even if they have had a down game or 2 - they at least have played).

Yes but this is a rolling AA so we are judging on the first 7 games
Butters has played 3 that’s why he is missing from most posters Rolling AA team

 

[Progressive Aggresion]

I'd be gobsmacked if there was only one KPD in the squad at this point. And only 8 out of 44 defenders.

I realized after putting the squad together that I was definitely short on KPDs

In that case I would probably change it to have Sam Taylor ahead of Finn Callaghan.

Nick Vlastuin and Darcy Moore are also putting their hands up.

I would've even considered Aliir but I think he's just dropped one too many intercept marks the last couple of weeks.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Ablett, Selwood and Dangerfield the 3 that come to mind for those who overcame it well.

The last two are literally examples of players benefitting from the other one getting attention.

And Ablett was just stat padding for a large chunk of his career while his team got slaughtered week in week out.

 

[PhatBoy]

The last two are literally examples of players benefitting from the other one getting attention.

And Ablett was just stat padding for a large chunk of his career while his team got slaughtered week in week out.

Pre-injury Ablett rankings for contested possessions after leaving Geelong:

2011: #2
2012: #3
2013: #2
2014: #1


Hell even post injury Ablett still managed:

#11th in 2016 at 32
#9th in 2017 at 33

Can go back to his time at Geelong if you want.

#3 in 2010
#1 in 2009
#3 in 2008
#7 in 2007

So, ah, yeah, the stat padding of Ablett can be summarised by 7 seasons as one of the 3 highest contested ball winners in the competition, both with one of the best, and worst midfields in the competition, and another two seasons in the top ten, and another one spot outside it, and two of those seasons came after a near career ending injury. You need to think harder.

 

[Trav 20]

At the end of round 7 Gawn has Xerri covered.

More disposals (140-118), more hitouts, more marks (34-13), over 4 times as many contested marks (14-3), many more score involvements (54-34), and goal assists. And, as usual, Xerri has him for tackles (15-36) and clearances (38-44).

Gawn has received votes in the AFLCA award 4 times to Xerri's 3, although it is close 23-21.

I know many want old man Gawn's reign to come to an end, but you've actually got to take it off him. Xerri had a great game against Gawn but one game isn't enough.

Unfortunately for the Xerri lovers he's just not athletically equipped to do the things Gawn does. He's a bit of a lumberer.

 

[gungho]

At the end of round 7 Gawn has Xerri covered.

More disposals (140-118), more hitouts, more marks (34-13), over 4 times as many contested marks (14-3), many more score involvements (54-34), and goal assists. And, as usual, Xerri has him for tackles (15-36) and clearances (38-44).

Gawn has received votes in the AFLCA award 4 times to Xerri's 3, although it is close 23-21.

I know many want old man Gawn's reign to come to an end, but you've actually got to take it off him. Xerri had a great game against Gawn but one game isn't enough.

Unfortunately for the Xerri lovers he's just not athletically equipped to do the things Gawn does. He's a bit of a lumberer.

Gawn's a freak. He pips Cox as the best ruckman of the AFL era IMO.

 

[gungho]

Rose coloured glasses and all but Andy Brayshaw is putting in a heck of a season.

 

[Sphynx]

At the end of round 7 Gawn has Xerri covered.

More disposals (140-118), more hitouts, more marks (34-13), over 4 times as many contested marks (14-3), many more score involvements (54-34), and goal assists. And, as usual, Xerri has him for tackles (15-36) and clearances (38-44).

Gawn has received votes in the AFLCA award 4 times to Xerri's 3, although it is close 23-21.

I know many want old man Gawn's reign to come to an end, but you've actually got to take it off him. Xerri had a great game against Gawn but one game isn't enough.

Unfortunately for the Xerri lovers he's just not athletically equipped to do the things Gawn does. He's a bit of a lumberer.

Xerri had a couple of injury interupted games he's played through, he's firing back up.

And in fairness, he did take it off him.

He absolutely kicked Gawn's ass, that will count later in the year.

You are putting plenty of mayo on that post by selective stats.

You didn't mention hitouts to advantage, hitouts to adv %, goals, CP's and all the rating formats......unsurprisingly.

 

[Trav 20]

Xerri had a couple of injury interupted games he's played through, he's firing back up.

And in fairness, he did take it off him.

He absolutely kicked Gawn's ass, that will count later in the year.

You are putting plenty of mayo on that post by selective stats.

You didn't mention hitouts to advantage, hitouts to adv %, goals, CP's and all the rating formats......unsurprisingly.


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I did a basic assessment and didn't even look at that site.

And when one ruck has kicked 2 goals to zero it's hardly worth mentioning LOL. Gawn has had 6 shots at goal to Xerri's 2, but his set shots are worse than usual.

Gawn wins more ruck contests and this year Xerri has a few percentage points better to advantage. Whoopi do.

Yes Xerri beat him well, just as Grundy pantsed Xerri. I'm still taking Xerri over Grundy.

Gawn gets to play the big oaf again at the G, so we'll see then.

But if you use the simple eye test you'd see one ruck is miles better than the other. And it aint Xerri.

 

[Fadge]

Rose coloured glasses and all but Andy Brayshaw is putting in a heck of a season.

He sure is, though benefiting from Serong copping the bulk of the opposition attention.

 

[g_TRAIN]

Rose coloured glasses and all but Andy Brayshaw is putting in a heck of a season.

Have not watched him much but is he impacting beyond just possesion numbers?

 

[RCAB]

Worst award to rate Daicos on…

Your coach gives him 5 votes every week! Wouldn’t surprise me if he got votes when he doesn’t play…

That's not true.

 

[RCAB]

Can’t argue with facts!

Your opinion is not a fact.

Nice trolling. Fact.

 

[RCAB]

Andrew Brayshaw is in so far. Been Freo's best player most weeks and comfortably ahead of Serong.

I disagree. Brayshaw wouldn't be able to play as well if he was just him in the guts.

 

[RCAB]

My AA Squad of 44 after Anzac round:

ADE: Izak Rankine - Riley Thilthorpe - J. Dawson

BRI: Dayne Zorko - Lachie Neale - Will Ashcroft - Zac Bailey

CAR: Jacob Weitering - George Hewett

COL: Steele Sidebottom - Nick Daicos - Josh Daicos - Darcy Cameron

ESS: Zach Merrett

FRE: Andrew Brayshaw - Caleb Serong - Josh Treacy

GEL: Bailey Smith - Max Holmes - Jeremy Cameron - Shaun Mannagh

GCS: Ben King - John Noble - Daniel Rioli - Jarrod Witts - Ben Long

GWS: Lachie Whitfield - Toby Greene - Lachie Ash - Finn Callaghan

HAW: Jai Newcombe - Jack Gunston

MEL: Max Gawn

NOR: Tristan Xerri - Paul Curtis

POR: Connor Rozee - Zak Butters - Jason Horne-Francis - Mitch Georgiades

RIC: N/A

STK: Jack Sinclair - Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera - Jack Higgins

SYD: N/A

WCE: N/A

WBD: Matthew Kennedy - Marcus Bontempelli

I guess it's easy to choose when you don't have to pick defenders.

 

[carndapies]

Gawn's a freak. He pips Cox as the best ruckman of the AFL era IMO.

Nah I have Mason as still being ahead of Gawn