The 2015 22Under22 team has been unveiled at the AFL Players’ MVP Awards, with Bulldogs young gun Jake Stringer announced captain.

Stringer – who kicked 54 goals during the home and away season to finish in the top five in the Coleman Medal – and was joined in the line-up by teammate and last year’s AFLPA Best First Year Player Marcus Bontempelli.

The all-star line-up was made up of players from 12 of the 18 AFL clubs. Greater Western Sydney was best represented, with four Giants – Adam Treloar, Dylan Shiel, Jeremy Cameron and Devon Smith – selected in the final 22.

Gold Coast and Port Adelaide each had three players named in the team, with Kade Kolodjashnij, Adam Saad and Tom Lynch of the Suns getting the nod and Jack Hombsch, Ollie Wines and Chad Wingard representing the Power.

Thirteen players were named in the 22Under22 team for the first time, while seven were selected for a second time.

For the third season, aflplayers.com.au called on footy fans to decide the final team by selecting their best 22Under22 via the AFL Players’ Facebook page, after the AFL Players’ Board – led by AFL Players’ President Matthew Pavlich – selected the initial squad of 47.

More than 5000 footy fans from across Australia teams submitted their teams via the AFL Players’ Facebook page, with many of the game’s highest profile players picking their own teams and getting involved in the banter on social media.

2015 AFLPA #22Under22 Team

FB: Roary Laird (ADEL)           Jack Hombsch (PA)           Kade Kolodjashnij (GCS)

HB: Adam Saad (GCS)            Jake Lever (ADEL)            Elliot Yeo (WCE)

C: Lachie Neale (FRE)             Patrick Cripps (CARL)        Adam Treloar (GWS)

HB: Jake Stringer (WB)           Jesse Hogan (MELB)         Luke Parker (SYD)

FF: Chad Wingard (PA)            Jeremy Cameron (GWS)   Tom Lynch (GCS)

FOL: Brodie Grundy (COL)       Marcus Bontempelli (WB)  Ollie Wines (PA)

I/C: Tom Langdon (COL)         Dylan Shiel (GWS)            Brandon Ellis (RICH)             Devon Smith (GWS)