Capping stellar seasons, Western Bulldogs on-ball pair Will Minson and Ryan Griffen have been named in the 2013 Four’N Twenty AFL All Australian Team Monday night at a ceremony in Melbourne.
Griffen was named on the wing alongside Collingwood's Scott Pendlebury and All-Australian captain Joel Selwood.
Minson was named in the ruck, leading an on-ball brigade that contains Brownlow Medallists Gary Ablett Jnr and Dane Swan.
Both Griffen and Minson are first time inclusions in the league’s all-star team named at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
All-Australian selection adds to Griffen’s post-season accolades, after winning the Sutton Medal as the Western Bulldogs’ best and fairest player earlier this month.
The 27 year-old was also named the inaugural John Van Groningen Team First Players Award recipient at the club presentation night.
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Meanwhile Minson placed third in the Bulldogs’ best and fairest count taking home the Gary Dempsey Medal, and also received the Coach’s Award.
Griffen has been explosive in the Bulldogs engine room this season, finishing seventh in the AFL for average disposals, second in total inside 50s and eighth in total clearances.
Surpassing 30 disposals on eleven occasions, 183-gamer was in scintillating form despite battling a heavy tack week in and week out.
With 38 more hitouts than any player in the league, Minson numbers alone demanded All-Australian inclusion.
Winning 860 hitouts and 105 clearances, the 28-year-old big man also stepped up around the ground laying 81 tackles and had a hand in 25 scoring shots to confirm himself as the competition’s dominant big man of the year.
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B: Corey Enright (Geel), Scott Thompson (NM), Michael Johnson (Freo)
HB: Jarrad McVeigh (Syd), Harry Taylor (Geel), Sam Mitchell (Haw)