{"id":119956,"date":"2021-08-27T01:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119956"},"modified":"2021-08-27T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T05:01:11","slug":"afl-greats-unluckiest-all-australian-snubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119956","title":{"rendered":"AFL greats' 'unluckiest' All-Australian snubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes<\/a> has declared Essendon's Jake Stringer and Carlton's Jacob Weitering as the two unluckiest stars to miss out on All-Australian selection.<\/p>\n

Headlined by five Demons – this year's minor premiers – Melbourne dominated selection in the 22-man squad last night as superstar ruckman Max Gawn claimed his fifth All-Australian blazer as well as the captaincy.<\/p>\n

The next most represented club was the Western Bulldogs, who had three players earn selection.<\/p>\n

Scroll below for the full team!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But as is the case every year, fans were left furious with a number of non-selections, with the two hottest topics of debate Stringer and Weitering.<\/p>\n

\"Jake<\/p>\n

Stringer had an exceptional season, booting 39 goals across 18 games, while splitting his time between the forward line and the midfield. He averaged 4.5 clearances per game.<\/p>\n

In the case of Weitering, the Carlton key defender was dominant down back all season for the Blues, with Champion Data ranking him as 'elite' in disposals, marks, spoils, one-on-one contests and rebound 50s.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_Chiocci\/status\/1430869325523476485<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornes, a two-time All Australian, conceded selectors face a "tough job" trying to piece together the squad.<\/p>\n

"I think the backline is so strong," Cornes told SEN.<\/p>\n

\"Kane<\/p>\n

"The unlucky players for me were Jake Stringer and Jacob Weitering.<\/p>\n

"I'm OK with the All-Australian team. I know it's topical and it causes a lot of debate.<\/p>\n

"It's a tough job."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidking34\/status\/1431030290974056449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1431030290974056449%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sen.com.au%2Fnews%2F2021%2F08%2F26%2Fthe-unlucky-all-australian-omissions-and-ridiculous-selection-snubs<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, North Melbourne great David King said Stringer's omission was one of the worst he had seen in a number of years.<\/p>\n

"Jake Stringer's omission from the AA team is the greatest selection error in years," King tweeted.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFL\/status\/1430869229016784902<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2021 ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

B:<\/strong> Jake Lever (Melbourne), Steven May (Melbourne), Tom Stewart (Geelong Cats)<\/p>\n

HB:<\/strong> Daniel Rich (Brisbane Lions), Aliir Aliir (Port Adelaide), Bailey Dale (Western Bulldogs)<\/p>\n

C:<\/strong> Zach Merrett (Essendon), Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide), Sam Walsh (Carlton)<\/p>\n

HF:<\/strong> Christian Petracca (Melbourne), Tom Hawkins (Geelong Cats), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)<\/p>\n

F:<\/strong> Tom Papley (Sydney Swans), Harry McKay (Carlton), Toby Greene (GWS Giants)<\/p>\n

FOLL:<\/strong> Max Gawn (Melbourne), Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs), Clayton Oliver (Melbourne)<\/p>\n

I\/C:<\/strong> Jack Steele (St Kilda), Nic Naitanui (West Coast Eagles), Touk Miller (Gold Coast Suns), Darcy Parish (Essendon)<\/p>\n

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Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes has declared Essendon's Jake Stringer and Carlton's Jacob Weitering as the two unluckiest stars to miss out on All-Australian selection. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119958,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119956\/revisions\/119958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}