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2011 All-Australian team

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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

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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

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Initial squad

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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

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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

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  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.