bornadog
06-05-2015, 05:57 PM
Story here (http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-season-2015-does-geelong-hawthorn-adelaide-western-bulldogs-port-adelaide-or-brisbane-have-the-best-under-22-players/story-fnelctok-1227334187517)
If you’d said 18 months ago that the Dogs would have arguably the most promising list of all 18 AFL clubs, you’d probably
have been laughed all the way to the loony bin. But not only is the team full of young talent, a staggering number of them are in the
best 22 and performing each week. And now they’ve knocked off Sydney in Sydney, despite having their youngest team on the park
since Round 6, 2013. The Dogs’ Round 5 team had an average age of 23.72, more than three years younger than Sydney’s average of 26.94. As far as the players go, Jack McCrae has picked up where he left off last year and isn’t 21 years old yet, Jake Stringer has
logged a breakout six-goal performance, Lin Jong is a great story and a prolific contested possession winner and Mitch Honeychurch has shown promise. Then there’s “the Bont”, who might just be the best of the lot, and Tom Boyd, the million dollar man and future of the Whitten Oval forward line.
The voters:
Western Bulldogs 68.59% (4,356 votes)
Geelong 4.46% (283 votes)
Hawthorn 6.44% (409 votes)
Adelaide 2.5% (159 votes)
Port Adelaide 13.34% (847 votes)
Brisbane 4.67% (297 votes)
Total Votes: 6,351
If you’d said 18 months ago that the Dogs would have arguably the most promising list of all 18 AFL clubs, you’d probably
have been laughed all the way to the loony bin. But not only is the team full of young talent, a staggering number of them are in the
best 22 and performing each week. And now they’ve knocked off Sydney in Sydney, despite having their youngest team on the park
since Round 6, 2013. The Dogs’ Round 5 team had an average age of 23.72, more than three years younger than Sydney’s average of 26.94. As far as the players go, Jack McCrae has picked up where he left off last year and isn’t 21 years old yet, Jake Stringer has
logged a breakout six-goal performance, Lin Jong is a great story and a prolific contested possession winner and Mitch Honeychurch has shown promise. Then there’s “the Bont”, who might just be the best of the lot, and Tom Boyd, the million dollar man and future of the Whitten Oval forward line.
The voters:
Western Bulldogs 68.59% (4,356 votes)
Geelong 4.46% (283 votes)
Hawthorn 6.44% (409 votes)
Adelaide 2.5% (159 votes)
Port Adelaide 13.34% (847 votes)
Brisbane 4.67% (297 votes)
Total Votes: 6,351