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Crows and Port take seven spots in All Aus squad

Sep 03, 2014
Sam Jacobs. Image by Michael Errey

Sam Jacobs. Image by Michael Errey

Four Crows and three Power players have been included in the 2014 All Australian squad.

Adelaide ruckman Sam Jacobs, forward Eddie Betts and defenders Daniel Talia and Brodie Smith were selected in the squad of 40 released by the AFL on Tuesday.

Port captain Travis Boak, Brownlow Medal fancy Robbie Gray and Coleman Medal runner-up Jay Schulz also made the list.

Boak, an All-Australian in 2013, has again shown his worth as the Power’s skipper this year with another consistent season.

Gray’s nomination caps off a stellar minor round having already been named the best player in the League by the AFL’s coaches in the 2014 AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award.

He is one of the favourites to win this year’s Brownlow Medal.

Schulz led the Coleman Medal race midway through the year before being overtaken by Buddy Franklin who will almost certainly be named at full forward when the final 22 is announced on Tuesday September 16.

Sam Jacobs is listed in the squad of 40 for the second time.

He made All-Australian squad selection in 2012 but missed the cut in favour of West Coast forward/ruckman Nic Naitanui.

Jacobs, who played all 22 games, is the No.1 ruckman according to Champion Data Rankings in 2014.

Brodie Smith played all 22 matches in only his fourth AFL season.

He ranked No.1 in the AFL for long kicks (136) and second for metres gained (12,131m), rebound 50ms (109), and combined inside and rebound 50ms.

This is Smith’s first nomination for the All-Australian squad and the same goes for Daniel Talia.

Talia is also in his fourth season and as a defender he managed keep established forwards, including Nick Riewoldt (Round 23), Jack Riewoldt (Round 21) and Jarryd Roughead (Round 17), goalless in head-to-head match-ups.

Eddie Betts, a choice recruit from Carlton, is aiming for his third All-Australian crown, having previously been selected in 2011 and 2012.

Betts kicked a career-high 51 goals – ranked eighth in the AFL.

Top of the list for All-Australian honours is Gold Coast Suns skipper Gary Ablett who is a certainty for final inclusion for the eighth consecutive year.

Lance Franklin, Brent Harvey, Nick Riewoldt and Scott Pendlebury are each bidding for their fifth separate selections in an All Australian side.

The All Australian selection panel is Gillon McLachlan (chairman), Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Mark Evans, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.
The squad is:
Eddie Betts, Sam Jacobs, Brodie Smith, Daniel Talia (Adelaide)
Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions)
Bryce Gibbs (Carlton)
Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
Dyson Heppell, Cale Hooker (Essendon)
Hayden Ballantyne, Nat Fyfe, Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)
Tom Hawkins, Tom Lonergan, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor (Geelong)
Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
Callan Ward (GWS)
Luke Breust, Shaun Burgoyne, Jack Gunston, Jordan Lewis, Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)
Travis Boak, Robbie Gray, Jay Schulz (Port Adelaide)
Brandon Ellis, Dustin Martin, Alex Rance (Richmond)
Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
Lance Franklin, Josh Kennedy, Nick Malceski, Luke Parker, Nick Smith (Sydney)
Eric Mackenzie, Matt Priddis (West Coast)
Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)

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