2021 AA Squad

[qldmagpie67]

No players from Collingwood Richmond or Nth Melbourne
3 Ruckman picked plus 2 others who have pinch hit in the ruck at times for there club
Moore probably our only unlucky player missing last part of the season hurt his chances early rounds he was a lock

The 2021 40-man All-Australian squad (in alphabetical order) is:

Aliir Aliir, Port Adelaide*

Karl Amon, Port Adelaide*

Marcus Bontempelli, Western Bulldogs

Charlie Cameron, Brisbane Lions

Bailey Dale, Western Bulldogs*

Sean Darcy, Fremantle*

Lance Franklin, Sydney Swans

Bayley Fritsch, Melbourne*

Max Gawn, Melbourne

Toby Greene, GWS Giants

Tom Hawkins, Geelong Cats

Jacob Hopper, GWS Giants*

Rory Laird, Adelaide Crows

Jake Lever, Melbourne*

Jarryd Lyons, Brisbane Lions*

Jack Macrae, Western Bulldogs

Hugh McCluggage, Brisbane Lions*

Harry McKay, Carlton*

Steven May, Melbourne*

Zach Merrett, Essendon

Touk Miller, Gold Coast Suns*

Callum Mills, Sydney Swans*

Tom Mitchell, Hawthorn

David Mundy, Fremantle

Nic Naitanui, West Coast Eagles

Clayton Oliver, Melbourne

Tom Papley, Sydney Swans*

Darcy Parish, Essendon*

Luke Parker, Sydney Swans

Christian Petracca, Melbourne

Daniel Rich, Brisbane Lions*

Christian Salem, Melbourne*

Paul Seedsman, Adelaide Crows*

Jack Steele, St Kilda

Tom Stewart, Geelong Cats

Jake Stringer, Essendon

Sam Walsh, Carlton*

Jacob Weitering, Carlton*

Ollie Wines, Port Adelaide*

Dayne Zorko, Brisbane Lions

[Haff]

Crisp probably the only Collingwood player in the frame.

[Pies2016]

Means nothing. They play no one but Bailey Fritsch is a very good story.

[eddiesmith]

A million bucks and not even in the top 40 players in the comp...

[piedys]

No players from Collingwood

Paul Seedsman; he counts

[Big T]

How did fat nick nat make the team? Joke.

[K]

How did fat nick nat make the team? Joke.

Who would you like to have taken his place?

Do you want just one ruckman? Gawn was named captain of the AA team.


On April 4, a couple of us had this discussion.

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Last round, it was an absolute delight to see Nic Nat's hit outs going straight into the hands of an Eagles mid, running forward. He gave a master class in showing how it's done.

Did you watch the WC-Port game last night, PPie?

From what I saw, NicNat put on a clinic. Richardson & Darcy in commentary were raving. If he plays like that the rest of the year he's a certainty to be AA ruckman again.

I reckon the Pies should watch vid of all of NicNat's centre bounces. We all should. Watching Grundy for years has probably narrowed our worldview about what's possible in the ruck. (Maybe that's why it's so gobsmacking watching NicNat do his thing.) In 5-10 years, the industry will probably expect all ruckmen to be able to hit out in 360 degrees. They'll be training for it at TAC level.

Yes K, I did. It's certainly an absolute pleasure to watch Nic Nat do what he does! It's quite extraordinary. That's how a ruckman can directly affect the outcome of a ruck contest.

Anything other than a "direct hit" like that is really left to the ground level players to sort out. ...

[think positive]

No players from Collingwood

Paul Seedsman; he counts

beat me to it, good on him!

[piedys]

How did fat nick nat make the team? Joke.

Really? I still consider him the best tap-ruck in the AFL; daylight second..

[K]

Yep, Dyso. See what I quoted above. His best is a delight. As I said, watching Grundy for years has probably narrowed our worldview about what's possible in the ruck.