All-Australian 2023: 44-man squad, final team, surprises, players by club

Kieran Francis

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Several surprising omissions feature in the 44-man All-Australian squad, including two former blazer wearers Max Gawn and Sam Taylor.

All 18 clubs are represented in the initial squad, with the final team to be picked during Wednesday night's AFL Awards.

The Sporting News explains who has been picked in the 44-man squad.

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All-Australian 2023 final team

FB James Sicily (HAW) Callum Wilkie (STK) Tom Stewart (GEE)
HB Jack Sinclair (STK) Darcy Moore (COL) Dan Houston (POR)
C Josh Daicos (COL) Marcus Bontempelli (WB) Errol Gulden (SYD)
HF Connor Rozee (POR) Taylor Walker (ADE) Christian Petracca (MEL)
FF Charlie Cameron (BRIS) Charlie Curnow (CAR) Toby Greene (GWS)
R Tim English (WB) Zak Butters (POR) Nick Daicos (COL)
INT Caleb Serong (FRE) Zach Merrett (ESS) Jordan Dawson (ADE)
  Nick Larkey (NM)    

Surprise All-Australian squad omissions

Several players appear unlucky to miss selection in the 44-man squad, including:

  • Max Gawn (Melbourne)
  • Sam Taylor (GWS)
  • Tim Taranto (Richmond)
  • Jeremy Cameron (Geelong)
  • Izak Rankine (Adelaide)
  • Gryan Miers (Geelong)
  • Steven May (Melbourne)
  • Nic Newman (Carlton)
  • Rory Laird (Adelaide)

All- Australian 44-man squad

Note: All-Australian blazers in brackets.

Adelaide

Jordan Dawson

Taylor Walker

Brisbane

Harris Andrews (2019,2020)

Charlie Cameron (2019)

Joe Daniher (2017)

Lachie Neale (2019, 2020, 2022)

Carlton

Patrick Cripps (2018, 2019, 2022)

Charlie Curnow (2022)

Jacob Weitering

Collingwood

Josh Daicos

Nick Daicos

Jordan de Goey

Darcy Moore (2020)

Isaac Quaynor

Essendon

Kyle Langford

Zach Merrett (2017, 2021)

Mason Redman

Fremantle

Luke Jackson

Luke Ryan (2020)

Caleb Serong

Geelong

Tom Stewart (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)

Gold Coast

Noah Anderson

GWS

Stephen Coniglio

Tom Green

Toby Greene (2016, 2021)

Hawthorn

Luke Breust (2014, 2018)

Jai Newcombe

James Sicily

Melbourne

Christian Petracca (2020, 2021, 2022)

Jack Viney

North Melbourne

Nick Larkey

Port Adelaide

Zak Butters

Dan Houston

Connor Rozee (2022)

Richmond

Dustin Martin (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)

St Kilda

Rowan Marshall

Jack Sinclair (2022)

Callum Wilkie

Sydney

Nick Blakey

Errol Gulden

West Coast

Oscar Allen

Western Bulldogs

Marcus Bontempelli (2016, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Tim English

Tom Liberatore

    Kieran Francis

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    Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.