2014 All-Australian team

The 2014 Virgin Australia All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2014 season. It was announced on 16 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players.[1] The team is honorary and does not play any games.

Selection process

The selection panel for the 2014 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Mark Evans, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.

Team
2014 All-Australian team
B: Cale Hooker (Essendon) Daniel Talia (Adelaide) Nick Smith (Sydney)
HB: Nick Malceski (Sydney) Alex Rance (Richmond) Brodie Smith (Adelaide)
C: Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle) Josh Kennedy (Sydney) Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
HF: Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide) Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) (vice-captain) Luke Breust (Hawthorn)
F: Hayden Ballantyne (Fremantle) Lance Franklin (Sydney) Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
Foll: Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle) Joel Selwood (Geelong) (captain) Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast)
Int: Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn) Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions)    
Coach: Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn)

Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.

West Coast midfielder Matt Priddis won that year's Brownlow Medal but didn't make the final All-Australian team. It was the first time this had happened since Melbourne midfielder Shane Woewodin missed selection in 2000.

Initial squad

While Melbourne was the only club not to receive a nomination, co-captain Nathan Jones was considered unlucky given 2014 was his best season statistically.[2]

gollark: Did you know? Our bees are representing you as a product of prime numbers as we speak.
gollark: Fascinating. Maybe it treats me not defining a cloak mask thing as denying it. How strange.
gollark: As far as I can tell it was *always* available.
gollark: Define the type and have it automatically write it out.
gollark: Those are only 10% of demand.

References
  1. "Gary Ablett, Nathan Fyfe and Lance Franklin named in All Australian AFL team of the year". 16 September 2014.
  2. Guthrie, Ben (11 September 2014). "Demons keen to keep Nathan Jones". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 3 November 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.