The Fat List: Squads named for AFL's EJ Whitten Legends game

Mick Stirling

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Two rounds of the AFL home-and-away season left and then it’s the serious stuff – the EJ Whitten Legends game.

That’s right, it’s almost time to (literally) roll out the retired greats of the game, plus a few ordinary former players who get a gig through current jobs at television or radio stations, and maybe add a celebrity or two closer to the day, chuck them in Victorian or All Stars jumpers and start the Benny Hill music.

Highlights of the evening generally come down to a 25-metre run from a 150-kilogram ex-ruckman, a half-forward having six attempts at kicking a barrel from outside 50, and a recently retired player that doesn’t quite get the mood right and tries to actually dominate the game instead of clowning it up – probably the All Stars’ Dennis Armfield this year.

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This year’s Chemist Warehouse EJ Whitten Legends Game will be played on the Friday of the pre-finals bye weekend, August 31st, at Adelaide Oval.

Monies raised go to the EJ Whitten Foundation supporting men’s health awareness programs and prostate cancer research and treatment, and also to South Australian charity the Little Heroes Foundation, an initiative supporting seriously ill children and their families.

The game will be broadcast live on Channel 7 and Fox Footy as well as through the AFL Live Pass app

#2017 EJ Whitten Legends game teams

Victoria Squad List

Coach: Terry Wallace

Brad Johnson (Captain)
Adem Yze
Anthony Koutoufides
Austinn Jones
Ben Johnson
Brett Montgomery
Campbell Brown
Chris Johnson
Daniel Giansiracusa
Daniel Harford
Drew Petrie



Dustin Fletcher
Jason Johnson
Jess Sinclair
Joel Smith
Josh Gibson
Jude Bolton
Luke Power
Mark Graham
Matthew Lappin
Matthew Primus
Paul Dimattina
Ted Richards
Tony Brown
Travis Cloke
Tom Lonergan
Tony Liberatore
Will Minson

#EJ Whitten Legends game Luke McPharlin Dermott Brereton

All Stars Squad List

Coach: Malcolm Blight

Chad Cornes (Captain)
Adam Cooney
Adrian Fletcher
Alan Didak
Andrew Embley
Andrew Jarman
Andrew McLeod
Ash McGrath
Brent Staker
Brett Ebert
Brian Lake
Cameron Mooney



Daniel Motlop
Darryl White
Dean Brogan
Dennis Armfield
Lewis Roberts-Thompson
Mark Bickley
Nathan Bock
Paul Haselby
Paul Williams
Phil Matera
Richard Champion
Scott Thompson
Sean Wellman
Shaun McManus
Shaun Smith
Tony Modra
Troy Luff

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