Best Indigenous players for a team.

[Lingsface]

Who would you rate the best team in terms of indigenous players to play for them.
Hard to go past Sydney with Franklin Goodes Oloughlin Kickett.

Off the top of my head….

Adelaide- Betts McLeod Johncock

Essendon- Long Wanganeen Rioli Ryder

Port Adelaide- Pickett S Burgoyne P Burgoyne Wanganeen

North Melbourne- Keakeour brothers Wells Cable Pickett

 

[South of the Yarra]

If we are talking the best 3 Aboriginal players to play for a club we would have to go with the Swans with Buddy, Goodes and Mickey O.

 

[HairyO]

Bateman, Buddy, Cyril, Burgoyne.

 

[MF]

Bateman, Buddy, Cyril, Burgoyne.

Hawthorn have had some beauties since changing their infamous recruiting policy.

 

[Scythe94]

Not Sydney level at the top-end, but Melbourne has had some pretty handy ones:

• Jeff Farmer
• Aaron Davey
• Byron Pickett (though we can hardly claim him)
• Liam Jurrah
• Jeff Garlett
• Nev Jetta
• Steven May
• Kozzy Pickett

 

[M Malice]

Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson

Age

47

Ht

180cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.7

4star

K

8.6

3star

HB

5.1

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

, Darryl White

Darryl White

Age

50

Ht

189cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

8.1

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

7.0

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.4

4star

, Des Headland

Des Headland

Age

43

Ht

186cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

2.6

4star

G

1.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.8

4star

, Ash McGrath were on the Lions list together in the early 2000s.

 

[ZEV]

West Coast have a more than handy top 3, Matera, Lewis and Wirrpanda

 

[Kwality]

Who would you rate the best team in terms of indigenous players to play for them.
Hard to go past Sydney with Franklin Goodes Oloughlin Kickett.

Off the top of my head….

Adelaide- Betts McLeod Johncock

Essendon- Long Wanganeen Rioli Ryder

Port Adelaide- Pickett S Burgoyne P Burgoyne Wanganeen

North Melbourne- Keakeour brothers Wells Cable Pickett

You could go back to East Perths team of the late 50s (3 flags, 4 Sandover Medals) with Polly Farmer, Ted Kilmurray, Jack Hunt & Billy Roe.

 

[Power Raid]

Port Adelaide including SANFL - Pickett AhChee Bond S Burgoyne P Burgoyne Wanganeen McLeod Johncock Francis and Horne Francis

 

[Lingsface]

Chris Johnson, Darryl White, Des Headland, Ash McGrath were on the Lions list together in the early 2000s.

I think fremantle would have had the highest percentage if I was to guess.

Abraham Chisholm Durkayy Mitchell Johnson Walters Collard Cook Pearce Headland Farmer are just some of the names.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Bateman, Buddy, Cyril, Burgoyne.

Hill also. Was a hell of a wingman in our threepeat years.

Buddy, Cyril, Burgoyne is the best 3 to ever take the field together.

 

[Power Raid]

South Fremantle has produced some ripping indigenous footy players

Ashley McGrath

Ashley Mcgrath

Age

40

Ht

182cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.3

4star

G

0.8

4star

No current season stats available

D

4.6

1star

K

3.2

2star

HB

1.4

2star

M

1.0

1star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.0

1star

, Shannon Cox

Shannon Cox

Age

38

Ht

188cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.2

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

6.8

4star

M

4.1

4star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

, Roger Hayden

Roger Hayden

Age

43

Ht

182cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.9

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.4

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.8

3star

, Willie Roe, Basil Campbell, Toby McGrath, Nicky Winmar, Maurice Rioli, Peter Matera

Peter Matera

Age

55

Ht

183cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.8

5star

K

14.0

5star

HB

4.9

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

, Benny Vigona, Stevan Jackson, Dean Rioli, Jeff Farmer, Mark Williams, Phil Matera, Stephen Michael, Brad Collard, Wally Matera, Brad Hayward, Cliff Collard, Sebastian Rioli and Clem Michael

Clem Michael

Age

47

Ht

192cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.5

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

6.3

4star

HO

13.6

5star

No current season stats available

D

5.2

2star

K

2.6

1star

HB

2.6

3star

HO

7.6

5star

.

 

[BigVic]

Lots of depth in West Coast's list - Liam Ryan

1

Liam Ryan

Age

27

Ht

181cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.3

5star

D

9.9

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.6

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.6

5star

, David Wirrapanda, Peter Matera

Peter Matera

Age

55

Ht

183cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.8

5star

K

14.0

5star

HB

4.9

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

and Chris Lewis springs to mind

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Hill also. Was a hell of a wingman in our threepeat years.

Buddy, Cyril, Burgoyne is the best 3 to ever take the field together.

how could could you forget Jetta smiling over his shoulder at Cyril as he ran away from him in 2012? No meanness in it at all just a Im to quick for you. Would have loved to have seen the Jet and Cyril play together. They would have had a ball.

 

[Tiger2709]

Maurice Rioli snr, Michael Mitchell and Daniel Rioli

17

Daniel Rioli

Age

27

Ht

179cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.7

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

179.2

3star

D

8.1

2star

K

4.9

2star

HB

3.3

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

2.6

4star

MG

144.9

3star

D

9.0

3star

K

3.8

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

0.8

1star

T

3.8

5star

MG

160.2

3star

have all been pretty handy at Richmond with Shai Bolton

29

Shai Bolton

Age

25

Ht

176cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

9.2

4star

HB

3.5

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.0

1star

as well who could be anything.

 

[HairyO]

Hill also. Was a hell of a wingman in our threepeat years.

Buddy, Cyril, Burgoyne is the best 3 to ever take the field together.

For sure. Others listed 3 or 4 so I followed suit. Hill was a key player in our team and often misunderstood in his role.

His running and ability to create space disrupted defences making it easier for others. Certainly is cream and struggles when the team is poor, but he makes a great team better - which for an individual is actually a hard thing to do.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

For sure. Others listed 3 or 4 so I followed suit. Hill was a key player in our team and often misunderstood in his role.

His running and ability to create space disrupted defences making it easier for others. Certainly is cream and struggles when the team is poor, but he makes a great team better - which for an individual is actually a hard thing to do.

I would never sit in my allocated seat on ground level(still don’t), just to watch the running and flow from up high, and was continually blown away by how much Hill and Smithy did without the ball in order to drag opposition players out of position and open space for others.