2025 All Australian Team

[Mantis]

Outside Mid - Most of the good ones are playing inside to at times, so will stick to players who at least spend a fair amount of time on the outside, but are still elite mids overall.
Finally have a general defensive stopper that stands out to pick in Smith.

Backs:
Weitering - Taylor - Silvani - Ash - Wanganeen-Milera - Brodie Smith - (Dale)

Outside:
Sidebottom - Merritt

Inside:
Butters - Richards - Brayshaw (Serong- McCluggage)

Ruck:
Xerri

Forwards:
Thilthorpe - Hogan - Dangerfield - Miller- Long - Higgins (Mannagh)

You ****ing what?

Brodie Smith has played 1 game this year (Not the 4 game minimum you stated was a requirement earlier) and against a shit-box team in Carlton.

Had 17 touches with 3 R 50's.

FMD!

[Rusty12]

You ****ing what?

Brodie Smith has played 1 game this year (Not the 4 game minimum you stated was a requirement earlier) and against a shit-box team in Carlton.

Had 17 touches with 3 R 50's.

FMD!

Lol. My bad. Was a bit eager to get an actual defender in.
My mistake, too much staring at numbers.

[Rusty12]

Fixed. Thanks Mantis.

Backs:
Weitering - Taylor - Silvani - Ash - Wanganeen-Milera - Dale - (Sinclair)

Outside:
Sidebottom - Merritt

Inside:
Butters - Richards - Brayshaw (Serong- McCluggage)

Ruck:
Xerri

Forwards:
Thilthorpe - Hogan - Dangerfield - Miller- Long - Higgins (Mannagh)

[soupman]

Think theres also an argument that if Mannagh is getting in off the back of 5 games Darcy maybe should still be in there off 6 full exceptional games.

Hogans in there ahead of Darcy off the back of 2 good games, and one of them against AFL26 regen Sandy Brock.

[Rusty12]

Think theres also an argument that if Mannagh is getting in off the back of 5 games Darcy maybe should still be in there off 6 full exceptional games.

Hogans in there ahead of Darcy off the back of 2 good games, and one of them against AFL26 regen Sandy Brock.

Darcy is still in technically, he is the best player in the comp still.
But he will fall out before he is back, so pulled it early.
Curtis is the same.

[Rusty12]

Backs:
Taylor - Moore - Wilkie - Ash - Sinclair - Dale - (Wanganeen-Milera)

Outside:
Smith - McCluggage

Inside:
Richards - Brayshaw - Anderson (Libba - Butters)

Ruck:
Xerri

Forwards:
Thilthorpe - Hogan - Humphrey - Warner - Long - Higgins (Bailey)

[GVGjr]

Is it just me or does Higgins look like the biggest reach out of that group?

[jazzadogs]

Is it just me or does Higgins look like the biggest reach out of that group?

He's kicked 28 goals to be second in the Coleman. He's probably earned it.

I wonder how close Rhylee West is to a spot in this side, based on your rankings which I'm sure factor in more than just goals...

[Bornadog]

Harmes is the highest rated wing in the AFL

[Mantis]

He's kicked 28 goals to be second in the Coleman. He's probably earned it.

Across his 10 games this year Higgins has had 56 kicks for 28 goals... that's efficient!

Personally, I think he's a goal hungry cheat, but hey, kicking goals is the name of the game.

[Rusty12]

Across his 10 games this year Higgins has had 56 kicks for 28 goals... that's efficient!

Personally, I think he's a goal hungry cheat, but hey, kicking goals is the name of the game.

I am not a fan, and agree he is a goal hungry cheat.
At this stage, 28 goals, is what it is.
I doub't he is still there at round 15.

[Rusty12]

Harmes is the highest rated wing in the AFL

The trick with wings at the moment, of the blokes who play pure wing, who deserves it. So many rotations going through the wing, you can justify as a wing, who's stats reflect an inside mid and half forward also.
Hamres is having a great year.

[Rusty12]

He's kicked 28 goals to be second in the Coleman. He's probably earned it.

I wonder how close Rhylee West is to a spot in this side, based on your rankings which I'm sure factor in more than just goals...

Very

[Virgin-Dog]

Higgins, Elliot, West, Long and Greene are the best 5 small forwards this year. At least one, if not two, would miss to fit in 3 key forwards and a midfielder or two on the flanks (if it's Humphrey, that's acceptable though). West and Greene in particular I feel are being underrated by the media. They're not only kicking goals themselves, but are the top two non-key forwards for score involvements, and quite high up in Goal Assists and Score Launches. Both are generating a lot of scoring for their respective sides

[Virgin-Dog]

Harmes is the highest rated wing in the AFL

He really is having a great season. Doubt he gets recognised for it though - probably ends up Dempsey and McCluggage at this stage