THE All-Australian Team

The 2009 All Australian side

B: Corey Enright (Geelong), Matthew Scarlett (Geelong), Brian Lake (Western Bulldogs)

HB: Simon Goodwin (Adelaide), Craig Bolton (Sydney Swans), Nick Maxwell (Collingwood)

C: Leigh Montagna (St Kilda), Lenny Hayes (St Kilda), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

HF: Paul Chapman (Geelong), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda – captain), Dane Swan (Collingwood)

F: Leon Davis (Collingwood), Brendan Fevola (Carlton), Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions)

R: Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle), Chris Judd (Carlton – vice-captain), Gary Ablett (Geelong)

I/C: Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs), Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda), Brendon Goddard (St Kilda), Adam Goodes (Sydney Swans)

 

Team by Team

Adelaide: 1

Brisbane: 1

Carlton: 2

Collingwood: 3

Fremantle: 1

Geelong: 5

St.Kilda: 5

Sydney: 2

Western Bulldogs: 2

 

A Few Stats

Saints  captain Nick Riewoldt was named with the (C) and Chris Judd (VC). It is the fifth time Cat defender Matthew Scarlett and Crow midfielder Simon Goodwin have been given the honours with both players being selected in the back half. The most talked about position was the full-back position which was taken by Matthew Scarlett and Brian Lake was named in the back pocket. The surprise was that Leon Davis was named in the side and West Coast forward Mark LeCras missed out after his outstanding year. Paul Chapman was surprisingly named at half-forward and Brendon Goddard was named on the BENCH for his first selection in the team. Nick Dal Santo, Matthew Boyd and Adam Goodes round up the bench. Dane Swan was named at half-forward as expected and Brendan Fevola was worthily selected at full-forward after winning the Coleman Medal. Simon Prestigiacomo, Mitch Clark and Sam Gilbert were unlucky not to be selected. Lance Franklin surely could have been selected in the forward pocket?

Josh

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The 3 Factors

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Brendan Fevola

Fev will look to tear apart the Brisbane defence especially with Daniel Merret being under an injury cloud. Fev finished the Home and Away season on 86 goals and will look to kick 14 goals in the finals series to bring up his 100 goals which he just fell short of in 2008.

The Winner: CARLTON

 

 

The Gabba

The Gabba is normaly a hard place to travel for the away team leaving Carlton in a hole. Carlton must tak the crowd and put it to the back of their minds if they want to make a challenge of the game tonight. Last Time these sides played at the Gabba: Carlton 16.16.110 def Brisbane 16.10.106

The Winner: BRISBANE

 

Jonathan Brown

Brown will simply be the difference between his team winning or losing. Brown has kicked a lot of goals against Carlron in recent times kicking a high of 9 goals. Brown has been a great leader this year leading his side into a finals series .

 The Winner: BRISBANE

 

The Overall Winner: Brisbane 2-1

Our Tips for this Weekend’s Games

Jotter Hawks:

ADELAIDE V Essendon 45

ST.KILDA V Collingwood 28

GEELONG V W.Bulldogs 12

Brisbane V CARLTON 19

AmAZiNGlY sIMpLE:

ADELAIDE V Essendon 34

ST.KILDA V Collingwood 1

W.BULLDOGS V Geelong 22

BRISBANE V Carlton 12