AFL Dream Team

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The Roar’s AFL expert, Bruce Walkley has given us the inside word on his AFL Dream Team for season 2009. Why not use it as an example for your fantasy team selections.

Dream Team 1

B: Tom Harley (Gee) Matthew Scarlett (Gee), Brent Guerra (Haw)
HB: Lindsay Gilbee (WB) Max Hudghton (StK) Campbell Brown (Haw)
C: Jimmy Bartel (Gee) Luke Hodge (Haw) Cyril Rioli (Haw)
HF: Brad Johnson (WB) Cameron Mooney (Gee) Adam Cooney (WB)
F: Adam Schneider (StK) Lance Franklin (Haw) Cameron Ling (Gee)
Foll: Steven King (StK) Joel Corey (Gee) Gary Ablett (Gee)
Int: Sam Mitchell (Haw) Michael Osborne (Haw) Nick Riewoldt (StK) Chance Bateman (Haw)

Dream Team 2:

B: Graham Johncock (Ad), Ben Rutten (Ad), Paul Bevan (Syd)
HB: Kane Cornes (PA), Nathan Bock (Ad), Nathan van Berlo (Ad)
C: Mark McVeigh (Ess), Chris Judd (Carl), Matthew Richardson (Rich)
HF: Brent Harvey (NM), Jonathan Brown (Bris), Dane Swan (Coll)
F: Nathan Brown (Rich), Brendan Fevola (Carl), Ryan O’Keefe (Syd)
Foll: Dean Cox (WC), Brett Kirk (Syd), Simon Black (Bris)
Int: Aaron Sandilands (Fre), Kieren Jack (Syd), Jared Brennan (Bris), Adam McPhee (Ess)
Emerg: Jason Porplyzia (Ad), Danyle Pearce (PA), Scott Pendlebury (Coll), Austin Wonaeamirri (Mel)

Dream Team 3:

B: Don Gale (Wynyard and Burnie), Verdun Howell (City in northern Tasmania and St Kilda), John Nicholls (Carlton) HB: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Ted Whitten (Footscray), Paul Roos (Fitzroy and Sydney) C: Francis Bourke (Richmond), Ian Stewart (St Kilda), Keith Greig (North Melb) HF: Darrel Baldock (Latrobe and St Kilda), Royce Hart (Richmond), Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton) F: Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn), Tony Lockett (St Kilda and Sydney), Carl Ditterich (St Kilda) Foll: Graham Farmer (Geelong), Ron Barassi (Melbourne and Carlton), Bob Skilton (South Melb) Interchange (from): Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), Don Fraser (East Launceston; ex-Richmond), Arthur Hodgson (Ulverstone; ex-Carlton), Jim Ross (North Launceston; ex-St Kilda), Haydn Bunton jnr (Launceston; ex-Norwood), Bob Chitty (NEFU; ex-Carlton and Scottsdale), John Leedham (North Launceston). Coach: Allan Jeans (St Kilda; later Hawthorn)

Dream Team 4:

B: Neil Kerley (West Adelaide, South Adelaide and Glenelg), Albert “Leeter” Collier (Collingwood), Brett Kirk (Sydney Swans) HB: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne and Latrobe, Tas – captain), Roy Cazaly (St Kilda and South Melbourne, plus several VFA and Tasmanian clubs) C: Bob “Woofa” Davis (Geelong), Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Bill Hutchison (Essendon) HF: Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions), Laurie Nash (City, Tas, and South Melbourne), Percy Martyn (St Kilda, Richmond, Essendon and Devonport, Tas) F: Bob Pratt (South Melbourne), John Coleman (Essendon), Horrie Gorringe (Cananore, Tas) Foll: Jack Dyer (Richmond), Syd Coventry (Collingwood), Haydn Bunton snr (Fitzroy) Inter: “Dickie” Lee (Collingwood), Gordon “Nuts” Coventry (Collingwood), Frank “Checker” Hughes (Richmond and Ulverstone, Tas), Nathan Brown (Richmond) Coach: Jock McHale (Collingwood)

You can pick your AFL Dream Team, too. Have a go now and give Bruce a hiding!