GEELONG has dominated the squads named for the May 10 Hall of Fame Tribute match. The Cats scooped eight spots in the Victorian side, with Brownlow medallist Jimmy Bartel, master stopper Cameron Ling, grand final heroes Paul Chapman and Steve Johnson and Gary Ablett all in the side.
And the reigning premiers also had five players named in the all-star Dream Team line-up, including South Australian pair Tom Harley and Corey Enright.
Collingwood is the next-most represented side in Victoria’s 40-man squad, with five representatives including youngsters Dale Thomas and Travis Cloke.
Victorian captain Jonathan Brown is joined by teammates Daniel Bradshaw, Luke Power and Nigel Lappin, while Dream Team skipper Andrew McLeod will captain six of his Adelaide cohorts plus the four Burgoyne and Cornes brothers from cross-town rivals Port Adelaide.
Fifteen of the 40-man Dream Team squad hails from South Australia, 12 from WA, four each from NSW and NT, two from Queensland and one each from Tasmania, ACT and Ireland.
Power coach Mark Williams will coach the Dream Team, while Geelong premiership coach Mark Thompson will coach the Vics, with Essendon legend and Thompson’s former coach Kevin Sheedy as his assistant.
The match is a centrepiece of Australian Football’s 150-year celebrations, marking the 150th anniversary of the first-ever game between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College, played in 1858.
McLeod and Brown have been named skippers after winning All Australian captaincy and vice-captaincy respectively in 2007, while Thompson and Williams were approached after guiding their respective sides into the 2007 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
The Dream Team squad (including origin, games and goals stats to the end of round four):
Andrew McLeod (captain, NT), Adelaide - 31 years old, 287 games, 249 goals
Chance Bateman (WA), Hawthorn - 26 years old, 100 games, 32 goals
Simon Black (WA), Brisbane Lions - 29 years old, 216 games, 135 goals
Nathan Bock (SA), Adelaide - 25 years old, 67 games, 51 goals
Craig Bolton (ACT), Sydney - 27 years old, 154 games, 23 goals
Peter Burgoyne (NT), Port Adelaide - 30 years old, 212 games, 185 goals
Shaun Burgoyne (SA), Port Adelaide - 25 years old, 133 games, 154 goals
Brett Burton (SA), Adelaide - 29 years old, 155 games, 219 goals
Jamie Charman (Qld), Brisbane Lions - 25 years old, 108 games, 47 goals
Adam Cooney (SA), Western Bulldogs - 22 years old, 91 games, 93 goals
Joel Corey (WA), Geelong - 26 years old, 155 games, 51 goals
Chad Cornes (SA), Port Adelaide - 28 years old, 189 games, 154 goals
Kane Cornes (SA), Port Adelaide - 25 years old, 144 games, 66 goals
Dean Cox (WA), West Coast - 26 years old, 149 games, 75 goals
Alwyn Davey (NT), Essendon - 24 years old, 18 games, 20 goals
Leon Davis (WA), Collingwood - 26 years old, 143 games, 175 goals
Alan Didak (SA), Collingwood - 25 years old, 124 games, 177 goals
Tyson Edwards (SA), Adelaide - 31 years old , 270 games, 168 goals
Corey Enright (SA), Geelong - 26 years old, 129 games, 40 goals
Lance Franklin (WA), Hawthorn - 21 years old, 60 games, 146 goals
Darren Glass (WA), West Coast - 27 years old, 149 games, eight goals
Simon Goodwin (SA), Adelaide - 31 years old, 219 games, 136 goals
Ryan Griffen (SA), Western Bulldogs - 21 years old, 55 games, 22 goals
Tom Harley (SA), Geelong - 29 years old, 163 games, 10 goals
Lenny Hayes (NSW), St Kilda - 28 years old, 172 games, 62 goals
Adam Hunter (WA), West Coast - 26 years old, 136 games, 71 goals
Graham Johncock (SA), Adelaide - 25 years old, 130 games, 82 goals
Tadhg Kennelly (Ire), Sydney - 26 years old, 140 games, 29 goals
Daniel Kerr (WA), West Coast - 24 years old, 148 games, 85 goals
Brett Kirk (NSW), Sydney - 31 years old, 175 games, 71 goals
Justin Koschitzke (NSW), St Kilda - 25 years old, 101 games, 101 goals
Matthew Leuenberger (WA), Brisbane Lions - 19 years old, 13 games, one goal
Tarkyn Lockyer (WA), Collingwood - 28 years old, 171 games, 91 goals
Luke McPharlin (WA), Fremantle - 26 years old, 116 games, 78 goals
Cameron Mooney (NSW), Geelong - 28 years old, 148 games, 163 goals
Matthew Pavlich (SA), Fremantle - 26 years old, 179 games, 324 goals
Matthew Richardson (Tas), Richmond - 33 years old, 260 games, 755 goals
Nick Riewoldt (Qld), St Kilda - 25 years old, 138 games, 264 goals
Ben Rutten (SA), Adelaide - 24 years old, 84 games, five goals
Mathew Stokes (NT), Geelong - 23 years old, 34 games, 49 goals
The Victorian squad (including games and goals to the end of round four):
Jonathan Brown (captain), Brisbane Lions - 26 years old. 143 games, 281 goals
Gary Ablett, Geelong - 23 years old. 129 games, 169 goals
Jimmy Bartel, Geelong - 24 years old. 112 games, 64 goals
Daniel Bradshaw, Brisbane Lions - 29 years old. 185 games, 379 goals
Campbell Brown, Hawthorn - 24 years old. 100 games, 38 goals
Paul Chapman, Geelong - 26 years old. 140 games, 176 goals
Travis Cloke, Collingwood - 21 years old. 59 games, 61 goals
Nick Dal Santo, St Kilda - 24 years old. 124 games, 60 goals
Brendan Fevola, Carlton - 27 years old. 146 games, 406 goals
Dustin Fletcher, Essendon - 32 years old. 280 games, 64 goals
Nathan Foley, Richmond -- 22 years old. 53 games, 12 goals
Josh Fraser, Collingwood - 26 years old. 160 games, 133 goals
Adam Goodes, Sydney - 28 years old. 213 games, 203 goals
Jason Gram, St Kilda - 24 years old. 56 games, 21 goals
Brent Harvey, North Melbourne - 30 years old. 245 games, 283 goals
David Hille, Essendon - 26 years old. 126 games, 92 goals
Luke Hodge, Hawthorn - 23 years old. 115 games, 73 goals
Brad Johnson, Western Bulldogs - 31 years old. 303 games, 471 goals
Kane Johnson, Richmond - 30 years old. 205 games, 71 goals
Steve Johnson, Geelong - 24 years old. 91 games, 165 goals
Chris Judd, Carlton - 24 years old. 138 games, 140 goals
James Kelly, Geelong - 24 years old. 112 games, 56 goals
Nigel Lappin, Brisbane Lions - 31 years old. 279 games, 174 goals
Cameron Ling, Geelong - 27 years old. 163 games, 96 goals
Matthew Lloyd, Essendon - 30 years old. 234 games, 839 goals
Darren Milburn, Geelong - 31 years old. 217 games, 81 goals
Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn - 25 years old. 112 games, 18 goals
Leigh Montagna, St Kilda - 24 years old. 77 games, 50 goals
Ryan O'Keefe, Sydney - 27 years old. 145 games, 158 goals
Luke Power, Brisbane Lions - 28 years old. 199 games, 186 goals
Matthew Scarlett, Geelong - 28 years old. 188 games, 16 goals
Heath Shaw, Collingwood -- 22 years old. 57 games, 12 goals
Adam Simpson, North Melbourne - 32 years old. 271 games, 75 goals
Brent Stanton, Essendon - 21 years old. 80 games, 46 goals
Dane Swan, Collingwood - 24 years old. 80 games, 39 goals
Dale Thomas, Collingwood - 20 years old. 45 games, 37 goals
Jeff White, Melbourne - 31 years old. 257 games, 110 goals
Dale Morris, Western Bulldogs - 25 years old. 66 games, one goal
Robert Murphy, Western Bulldogs - 25 years old. 131 games, 101 goals
David Wirrpanda, West Coast - 28 years old. 195 games, 100 goals
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