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

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

Initial squad

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

Club Total Player(s)
Adelaide1Scott Thompson
Brisbane Lions0
Carlton4Eddie Betts, Chris Judd, Marc Murphy, Heath Scotland
Collingwood6Travis Cloke, Leon Davis, Scott Pendlebury, Ben Reid, Dane Swan, Dale Thomas
Essendon0
Fremantle2Nathan Fyfe, Luke McPharlin
Geelong6Corey Enright, Steve Johnson, James Kelly, Matthew Scarlett, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor
Gold Coast1Gary Ablett Jr.
Hawthorn4Grant Birchall, Lance Franklin, Josh Gibson, Sam Mitchell
Melbourne0
North Melbourne4Todd Goldstein, Drew Petrie, Andrew Swallow, Daniel Wells
Port Adelaide0
Richmond1Brett Deledio
St Kilda3Nick Dal Santo, Sam Fisher, Stephen Milne
Sydney1Adam Goodes
West Coast5Dean Cox, Andrew Embley, Darren Glass, Josh Kennedy, Matt Priddis
Western Bulldogs2Matthew Boyd, Robert Murphy

Final team

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

  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.
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