2022 All-Australian team
The 2022 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2022 season. It was announced on 24 August as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.
Selection panel
[edit]The selection panel for the 2022 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kane Cornes, Glen Jakovich, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Brad Scott, Gerard Healy, Nick Riewoldt, Jude Bolton, and Andrew Dillon.[1]
Team
[edit]Initial squad
[edit]The initial 44-man All-Australian squad was announced on 21 August, an increase on the 40-man squad of previous years. Melbourne had the most players selected in the initial squad with six, while the Geelong and Carlton had five. Essendon and North Melbourne were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad. 11 players from the 2021 team were among those selected.[1]
Final team
[edit]The final team was announced on Wednesday, 24 August.[2]
| B: | Tom Stewart (Geelong) | Steven May (Melbourne) | Brayden Maynard (Collingwood) |
| HB: | Jack Sinclair (St Kilda) | Sam Taylor (Greater Western Sydney) | Adam Saad (Carlton) |
| C: | Touk Miller (Gold Coast) | Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) | Callum Mills (Sydney) |
| HF: | Christian Petracca (Melbourne) | Jeremy Cameron (Geelong) | Shai Bolton (Richmond) |
| F: | Charlie Curnow (Carlton) | Tom Hawkins (Geelong) (captain) | Tyson Stengle (Geelong) |
| Foll: | Max Gawn (Melbourne) | Patrick Cripps (Carlton) (vice-captain) | Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions) |
| Int: | Mark Blicavs (Geelong) | Andrew Brayshaw (Fremantle) | Isaac Heeney (Sydney) |
| Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide) | | ||
| 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
[edit]- ^ a b "AA SQUAD REVEALED: Cats, Demons dominate as breakout Pie snubbed". afl.com.au. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Beveridge, Riley (24 August 2022). "ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM: Five Cats, 12 fresh faces and a new skipper". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.