The 2019

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represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2019 season. It was announced on 28 August as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.

Selection panel

The selection panel for the 2019 All-Australian team consisted of chairman

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, Kevin Bartlett,

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, Danny Frawley, Steve Hocking,

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, Chris Johnson,

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, Matthew Richardson and

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Team

Initial squad

The initial 40-man All-Australian squad was announced on 26 August. had the most players selected in the initial squad with seven, while minor premiers had six. , and were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad.

Final team

Geelong and West Coast each had the most selections with four. captain

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was announced as the All-Australian captain, with West Coast captain Shannon Hurn announced as vice-captain. The team saw nine players selected in an All-Australian team for the first time in their careers and only ten clubs were represented. Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.

References

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