2014 All-Australian team
The 2014 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players in the 2014 season. It was announced on Tuesday, 16 September 2014, as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not actually play any games.
Selection panel
The All Australian selection panel were Gillon McLachlan (chairman), Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Mark Evans, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.
Team
The chosen team was announced on 16 September 2014.[1]
| 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 P. 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.
Matt Priddis won the 2014 Brownlow Medal but didn't make the final 22 in the All-Australian team. It's the first time this has happened since 2000, when Melbourne's Shane Woewodin won the Brownlow without making the team.
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]
- Adelaide: Eddie Betts, Sam Jacobs, Brodie Smith, Daniel Talia
- Brisbane Lions: Tom Rockliff
- Carlton: Bryce Gibbs
- Collingwood: Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury
- Essendon: Dyson Heppell, Cale Hooker
- Fremantle: Hayden Ballantyne, Nathan Fyfe, Aaron Sandilands
- Geelong: Tom Hawkins, Tom Lonergan, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor
- Gold Coast: Gary Ablett, Jr.
- Greater Western Sydney: Callan Ward
- Hawthorn: Luke Breust, Shaun Burgoyne, Jack Gunston, Jordan Lewis, Jarryd Roughead
- Melbourne: Nil
- North Melbourne: Brent Harvey
- Port Adelaide: Travis Boak, Robbie Gray, Jay Schulz
- Richmond: Brandon Ellis, Dustin Martin, Alex Rance
- St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt
- Sydney: Lance Franklin, Josh P. Kennedy, Nick Malceski, Luke Parker, Nick Smith
- West Coast: Eric Mackenzie, Matt Priddis
- Western Bulldogs: Tom Liberatore
References
- ↑ "Gary Ablett, Nathan Fyfe and Lance Franklin named in All Australian AFL team of the year". 16 September 2014.
- ↑ Guthrie, Ben (11 September 2014). "Demons keen to keep Nathan Jones". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 3 November 2014.