2007 All-Australian team
The 2007 All-Australian team represents the best performing Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2007 season. The selection panel provided the 40 leading players of the year in their playing positions at the conclusion of the home and away season before announcing the final 22 at a later date during the All-Australian Presentation Dinner. Of the 40 leading players for that year provided the leading 12 defenders were nominated with six to be chosen in the final team, the leading 12 forwards were nominated with six to be chosen in the final team and the leading 16 ruckmen and midfielders were nominated with six to be chosen in the final team. The four interchange players came from the remaining players of the group of 40. The team is honorary and does not play any games.
Nine Geelong players made it into the 2007 squad and all were picked for the team.[1]
Selection process
The selection panel for the 2007 All-Australian team consisted of non-voting chairman Wayne Jackson, Rod Austin, Kevin Bartlett, Andrew Demetriou, Gerard Healy, Neil Kerley, Chris Mainwaring and Robert Walls.[2]
Initial squad
Final team
| B: | Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) | Darren Glass (West Coast) | Darren Milburn (Geelong) |
| HB: | Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) (captain) | Matthew Egan (Geelong) | Campbell Brown (Hawthorn) |
| C: | Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide) | Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) | Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide) |
| HF: | Steve Johnson (Geelong) | Jonathan Brown (Brisbane) (vice-captain) | Brent Harvey (Kangaroos) |
| F: | Brad Johnson (Bulldogs) | Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) | Cameron Mooney (Geelong) |
| Foll: | Dean Cox (West Coast) | Daniel Kerr (West Coast) | Gary Ablett Jr. (Geelong) |
| Int: | Joel Corey (Geelong) | Dustin Fletcher (Essendon) | Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide) |
| Cameron Ling (Geelong) | |||
| Coach: | Mark Thompson (Geelong) | ||
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.
References
- Official Website of the Australian Football League > News Article > All Australian selection switch
- "NAB - Sam Mitchell wins 2003 National AFL Rising Star - 5 September". Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.