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How do we define A Graders?

Can we do a club by club list?

All I know, going by the SA media, that the Crows have 40 of them.

Corona Man wrote:All I know, going by the SA media, that the Crows have 40 of them.

Don't we have 42 on the list, who missed out

cracka wrote:

Corona Man wrote:All I know, going by the SA media, that the Crows have 40 of them.

Don't we have 42 on the list, who missed out

Cameron & Lever.

Everyone's definition of an A-Grader is different i believe.
For me, Port have 3. We would have a lot of B to B+ type players though

Ryder
Gray
Dixon

**** it, I'll have a go, quiet here today :

In brackets are those who could be but I reckon A graders are the cream.

Adelaide - Betts, Sloane, Laird ( Walker, Lynch, Talia, Jacobs, M.Crouch )
Brisbane - Zorko ( Beams )
Carlton - Cripps ( Murphy )
Collingwood - Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Treloar ( Grundy )
Essendon - Hurley, Daniher ( Merrett, McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Neale
Gold Coast - Lynch ( May )
GWS - Greene, Scully, Shiel ( Whitfield, Coniglio, Patton )
Geelong - Dangerfield, Selwood, Ablett, Taylor ( Duncan )
Hawthorn - Roughead, Mitchell, Burgoyne ( Burton )
Melbourne - Gawn, Oliver, Viney ( Petracca, Hogan )
North Melbourne - Brown, Cunnington ( Higgins, Tarrant )
Port Adelaide - R.Gray, Wingard, Wines, Ryder ( Dixon, Ebert )
Richmond - Martin, Cotchin, Rance ( Houli, Prestia, Riewoldt, Caddy )
St Kilda - Ross ( Steven, Carlisle )
Sydney - Franklin, Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery ( Heeney, Jones, Rampe )
West Coast - McGovern, Naitanui, Kennedy ( Shuey )
Western Bulldogs - Bontempelli ( Wood )

*Edit - Was busier than I thought and I hadn't finished!

Gold Coast: Steven May, Tom Lynch, (Sam Day, Jack Martin, Aaron Hall)

Booney wrote:**** it, I'll have a go, quiet here today :

In brackets are those who could be but I reckon A graders are the cream.

Adelaide - Betts, Sloane, Laird ( Walker, Lynch, Talia )
Brisbane - Zorko ( Beams )
Carlton - Cripps ( Murphy )
Collingwood - Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Treloar ( Grundy )
Essendon - Hurley, Daniher ( Merrett, McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Neale
Geelong - Dangerfield, Selwood, Ablett, Taylor ( Duncan )
Hawthorn - Roughead, Mitchell, Burgoyne ( Burton )
Melbourne - Gawn, Oliver, Viney ( Petracca, Hogan )
North Melbourne - Brown, Cunnington ( Higgins, Tarrant )
Port Adelaide - R.Gray, Wingard, Wines, Ryder ( Dixon, Ebert )
Richmond - Martin, Cotchin, Rance ( Houli, Prestia, Riewoldt, Caddy )
Sydney - Franklin, Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery ( Heeney, Jones, Rampe )
West Coast - McGovern, Naitanui, Kennedy ( Shuey )
Western Bulldogs - Bontempelli ( Wood )

Jacobs and M Crouch stiff Boon

Booney wrote:**** it, I'll have a go, quiet here today :

In brackets are those who could be but I reckon A graders are the cream.

Adelaide - Betts, Sloane, Laird ( Walker, Lynch, Talia )
Brisbane - Zorko ( Beams )
Carlton - Cripps ( Murphy )
Collingwood - Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Treloar ( Grundy )
Essendon - Hurley, Daniher ( Merrett, McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Neale
Geelong - Dangerfield, Selwood, Ablett, Taylor ( Duncan )
Hawthorn - Roughead, Mitchell, Burgoyne ( Burton )
Melbourne - Gawn, Oliver, Viney ( Petracca, Hogan )
North Melbourne - Brown, Cunnington ( Higgins, Tarrant )
Port Adelaide - R.Gray, Wingard, Wines, Ryder ( Dixon, Ebert )
Richmond - Martin, Cotchin, Rance ( Houli, Prestia, Riewoldt, Caddy )
Sydney - Franklin, Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery ( Heeney, Jones, Rampe )
West Coast - McGovern, Naitanui, Kennedy ( Shuey )
Western Bulldogs - Bontempelli ( Wood )

I'd probably have Murphy in there for the Blues, not a Kruezer fan?

Where would you fit Rockliff & Gibbs?

Any GWS representatives?

MW wrote:
Jacobs and M Crouch stiff Boon

To his defense he whipped up the list pretty bloody quick, Sauce would have to be squeezed in there.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

cracka wrote:

Corona Man wrote:All I know, going by the SA media, that the Crows have 40 of them.

Don't we have 42 on the list, who missed out

Cameron & Lever.

Walker and Jenkins

MW wrote:

Booney wrote:**** it, I'll have a go, quiet here today :

In brackets are those who could be but I reckon A graders are the cream.

Adelaide - Betts, Sloane, Laird ( Walker, Lynch, Talia )
Brisbane - Zorko ( Beams )
Carlton - Cripps ( Murphy )
Collingwood - Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Treloar ( Grundy )
Essendon - Hurley, Daniher ( Merrett, McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Neale
Geelong - Dangerfield, Selwood, Ablett, Taylor ( Duncan )
Hawthorn - Roughead, Mitchell, Burgoyne ( Burton )
Melbourne - Gawn, Oliver, Viney ( Petracca, Hogan )
North Melbourne - Brown, Cunnington ( Higgins, Tarrant )
Port Adelaide - R.Gray, Wingard, Wines, Ryder ( Dixon, Ebert )
Richmond - Martin, Cotchin, Rance ( Houli, Prestia, Riewoldt, Caddy )
Sydney - Franklin, Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery ( Heeney, Jones, Rampe )
West Coast - McGovern, Naitanui, Kennedy ( Shuey )
Western Bulldogs - Bontempelli ( Wood )

Jacobs and M Crouch stiff Boon

Yep, added to the list.

All open to discussion boys, someone had to start the list somewhere!


Adelaide - Betts, Sloane, Laird ( Walker, Lynch, Talia, Jacobs, M.Crouch )
Brisbane - Zorko ( Beams )
Carlton - Cripps ( Murphy )
Collingwood - Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Treloar ( Grundy )
Essendon - Hurley, Daniher ( Merrett, McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Neale
Gold Coast - Lynch ( May )
GWS - Greene, Scully, Shiel ( Whitfield, Coniglio, Patton )
Geelong - Dangerfield, Selwood, Ablett, Taylor ( Duncan )
Hawthorn - Roughead, Mitchell, Burgoyne ( Burton )
Melbourne - Gawn, Oliver, Viney ( Petracca, Hogan )
North Melbourne - Brown, Cunnington ( Higgins, Tarrant )
Port Adelaide - R.Gray, Wingard, Wines, Ryder ( Dixon, Ebert )
Richmond - Martin, Cotchin, Rance ( Houli, Prestia, Riewoldt, Caddy )
St Kilda - Ross ( Steven, Carlisle )
Sydney - Franklin, Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery ( Heeney, Jones, Rampe )
West Coast - McGovern, Naitanui, Kennedy ( Shuey )
Western Bulldogs - Bontempelli ( Wood )

Lightning McQueen wrote:How do we define A Graders?

How would I define it? One or more of the following


- Ranked as elite by champion data - they know what they are talking about.
- Multiple All Australians or at least somewhere close to the mark (i.e multiple 40 man squads)
- High up in their clubs best and fairest consistently

Booney wrote:All open to discussion boys, someone had to start the list somewhere!

Sydney - Franklin, Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery ( Heeney, Jones, Rampe )

I reckon that’s pretty spot on, but I reckon You could add Mills to that bracket list... Mills and Heeney will be A grader without a shadow of a doubt.
Rampe and Grundy would have to be very close too. Just going on form the last 2 years

bennymacca wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:How do we define A Graders?

How would I define it? One or more of the following


- Ranked as elite by champion data - they know what they are talking about.
- Multiple All Australians or at least somewhere close to the mark (i.e multiple 40 man squads)
- High up in their clubs best and fairest consistently

Where do we find such info?

Lightning McQueen wrote:

bennymacca wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:How do we define A Graders?

How would I define it? One or more of the following


- Ranked as elite by champion data - they know what they are talking about.
- Multiple All Australians or at least somewhere close to the mark (i.e multiple 40 man squads)
- High up in their clubs best and fairest consistently

Where do we find such info?

In the $39.95 AFL prospectus.

Booney wrote:All open to discussion boys, someone had to start the list somewhere!


Port Adelaide - R.Gray, Wingard, Wines, Ryder ( Dixon, Ebert )

Agree with this Boon. Was being conservative with my first pick. All of them have cases to be classed as A Grade players. I would probably swap Dixon with Wingard but that's just my preference.

woodublieve12 wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

cracka wrote:

Corona Man wrote:All I know, going by the SA media, that the Crows have 40 of them.

Don't we have 42 on the list, who missed out

Cameron & Lever.

Walker and Jenkins

They retired after the prelim final.
Probably making a comeback at the start of 2018

Booney wrote:
In the $39.95 AFL prospectus.

Not out yet isn't it?

Got it last year, my son practically memorized it, at least I knew where to find it when I wanted to look something up.