Earlier this evening the AFL revealed the names for the 40 players who will be vying for spots in the 2011 All Australian team.
The selection panel for the All Australian team is: Andrew Demetriou (chairman), Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Leigh Matthews and Mark Ricciuto.
The following players, in order of club name, have been selected in the 40 man squad:
Adelaide (1 selected)
- Scott Thompson (never previously selected)
Carlton (4 selected)
- Eddie Betts (never previously selected)
- Chris Judd (selected in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010)
- Marc Murphy (never previously selected)
- Heath Scotland (never previously selected)
Collingwood (6 selected)
- Travis Cloke (never previously selected)
- Leon Davis (selected in 2009)
- Scott Pendlebury (selected in 2010)
- Ben Reid (never previously selected)
- Dane Swan (selected in 2009 and 2010)
- Dale Thomas (never previously selected)
Fremantle (2 selected)
- Nathan Fyfe (never previously selected)
- Luke McPharlin (Scott Thompson (never previously selected)
Geelong (6 selected)
- Corey Enright (selected in 2008, 2009 and 2010)
- Steve Johnson (selected in 2007, 2008 and 2010)
- James Kelly (never previously selected)
- Matthew Scarlett (selected in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009)
- Joel Selwood (selected in 2009 and 2010)
- Harry Taylor (never previously selected)
Gold Coast (1 selected)
- Gary Ablett (selected in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010)
Hawthorn (4 selected)
- Grant Birchall (never previously selected)
- Lance Franklin (selected in 2008 and 2010)
- Josh Gibson (never previously selected)
- Sam Mitchell (never previously selected)
North Melbourne (4 selected)
- Todd Goldstein (never previously selected)
- Drew Petrie (never previously selected)
- Andrew Swallow (never previously selected)
- Daniel Wells (never previously selected)
Richmond (1 selected)
- Brett Deledio (never previously selected)
St Kilda (3 selected)
- Nick Dal Santo (selected in 2005 and 2009)
- Sam Fisher (never previously selected)
- Stephen Milne (never previously selected)
Sydney (1 selected)
- Adam Goodes (selected in 2003, 20086 and 2009)
West Coast (5 selected)
- Dean Cox (selected in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008)
- Andrew Embley (never previously selected)
- Darren Glass (selected in 2006 and 2007)
- Josh Kennedy (never previously selected)
- Matt Priddis (never previously selected)
Western Bulldogs (2 selected)
- Matthew Boyd (selected in 2009)
- Robert Murphy (never previously selected)
Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Brisbane and Essendon are the only clubs that will not be represented in the 2011 All Australian team. The final 22 will be named on Monday September 19th.
Do you think anyone has missed out on selected who should have been selected?
Who do you think will make the 22 man squad when the officially team is announced in a couple of weeks time?
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