2011 All-Australian team

The 2011 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2011 season. The team was announced on 19 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players.[1] The team is honorary and does not play any games.[2]

Selection panel edit

The selection panel for the 2011 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Leigh Matthews and Mark Ricciuto.

Team edit

Initial squad edit

An initial squad of 40 players was previously announced on 6 September.

Club Total Player(s)
Adelaide 1 Scott Thompson
Brisbane Lions 0
Carlton 4 Eddie Betts, Chris Judd, Marc Murphy, Heath Scotland
Collingwood 6 Travis Cloke, Leon Davis, Scott Pendlebury, Ben Reid, Dane Swan, Dale Thomas
Essendon 0
Fremantle 2 Nathan Fyfe, Luke McPharlin
Geelong 6 Corey Enright, Steve Johnson, James Kelly, Matthew Scarlett, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor
Gold Coast 1 Gary Ablett Jr.
Hawthorn 4 Grant Birchall, Lance Franklin, Josh Gibson, Sam Mitchell
Melbourne 0
North Melbourne 4 Todd Goldstein, Drew Petrie, Andrew Swallow, Daniel Wells
Port Adelaide 0
Richmond 1 Brett Deledio
St Kilda 3 Nick Dal Santo, Sam Fisher, Stephen Milne
Sydney 1 Adam Goodes
West Coast 5 Dean Cox, Andrew Embley, Darren Glass, Josh Kennedy, Matt Priddis
Western Bulldogs 2 Matthew Boyd, Robert Murphy

Final team edit

2011 All-Australian team
B: Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) Darren Glass (West Coast) Corey Enright (Geelong)
HB: Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs) Ben Reid (Collingwood) Leon Davis (Collingwood)
C: Dale Thomas (Collingwood) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
HF: Marc Murphy (Carlton) Travis Cloke (Collingwood) Dane Swan (Collingwood)
F: Stephen Milne (St Kilda) Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) Adam Goodes (Sydney)
Foll: Dean Cox (West Coast) Chris Judd (Carlton) (vice-captain) Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast) (captain)
Int: Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs) Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda) James Kelly (Geelong)
Drew Petrie (North Melbourne)
Coach: Chris Scott (Geelong)

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

References edit

  1. ^ Holmesby, Luke (19 September 2011). "Pies dominate AA team". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  2. ^ All Australian squad named – afl.com.au. Published 6 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.