Rising Star Nominees & Careers

2007 isn’t bad.

Includes Joel Selwood, Tom Hawkins, Scott Pendlebury, Shannon Hurn, Robbie Grey, Travis Boak.

Next step down still has some handy players too: Paddy Ryder, Mark LeCras, Shaun Higgins, Nathan Jones.

But 1993 is just nuts.

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Fair shout.
Some duds, but a decent side.
Gibbs (I know), Jones, Westhoff, Le Cras…

Would give a very good showing.

had a quick go at a team for 93. I’ll try some others later.

1993 team
B: Archer - Fletcher - Kellaway
HB: Christou - Colbert - Chapman
C: West - Riccuto - Olarenshaw
HF: Hird - Neitz - Mecuri
F: Richardson - Rocca - Kowal
R: Everitt - Crawford - Buckley
Int: Misiti, Grigic, Nicholson, Atkinson

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lol.
I did that…so long ago.
It’s not just the quality, it’s the balance.

My brother played Teal Cup against that lot.
Poor bugger had fark-all chance.

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Yeah, probably lacks a genuine small forward, but I’m sure that team would make do.

Geez, that’s rough.

I’d take Mercuri.
Please and thank you.

Yeah true, he was more a high half forward - mid, but yeah, in that team, I reckon he could pull the role off.

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I pitted 1993 v 2010

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I was just typing up 2010, thanks for saving me the trouble!

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Hard to find a forward. Hurley at CHF, and Jarrad Grant at FF.

2010 arguably has more midfield depth if not quality - which is probably a sign of how the game has changed.

Geez, it’s a fair battle in the midfield. Let Roo and Dusty go head to head!

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That would be an insanely fun midfield battle to watch.

Sav would eat morabito alive

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Metaphorically and probably physically

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I loved Ricky O, but geez, i reckon Scott West starts on the field ahead of him.

I probably should have put the red team in reverse order to the black team but oh well

edit: did

Spider and NicNat would beva good ruck contest

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Tough call, but I was picking purely as a winger…

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Oh then stratton gets eaten by Sav

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93 side gets on top once mid rotations come into play, though.

Hird, Mercuri, West vs Bastinac, Redden, Rockliff, Melksham? That’s not even close.

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