The winners of the 2004 Official AFL Mark of the Year and the 2004 Official AFL Goal of the Year were also named.
West Coast's Ashley Sampi was named winner of the Mark of the Year for his effort against Melbourne at the MCG in Round Seven while the Kangaroos' Daniel Wells was the winner of Goal of the Year for his effort against Fremantle at Subiaco in Round 15.
The 2004 Carlton Draught All Australian Team represented a massive change of guard in the AFL game, with 12 players named for the first time and a further four for only the second time in their careers.
Players were selected from 12 of the 16 AFL clubs but the eight finalists -- the Brisbane Lions, Essendon, Geelong, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Sydney, St Kilda and West Coast -- supplied the bulk of the team with 18 representatives between them.
Adelaide captain Mark Ricciuto was named an All Australian for the seventh time in his illustrious career and was named captain for the first time. Port Adelaide's Warren Tredrea, who filled the centre half-forward position for the fourth consecutive year, was named as his deputy.
Brisbane Lions pair Jason Akermanis and Nigel Lappin were also each named as All Australians for the fourth time.
Leo Barry, James Clement, Chad Cornes, Chad Fletcher, Barry Hall, Chris Judd, Brett Kirk, Matthew Lappin, Adam McPhee, Luke Power, Nick Riewoldt and Jeff White were the 12 players all selected for the first time.
Only Ricciuto, Tredrea, Nigel Lappin and Geelong's Matthew Scarlett were retained from the 2003 side. Players selected in the All-Australian side will automatically be included in the squad to play Ireland in the International Rules series against Ireland next month if they are available to play, with the Australian International Rules match committee having the right to add other players to the main group.
The All Australian Team team is:
Backs C Johnson M Scarlett L Barry
Half Backs A Jones C Cornes A McPhee
Centres N Lappin S Black C Judd
Half Forwards J Akermanis W Tredrea (vc) N Riewoldt
Forwards B Hall F Gehrig L Power
Ruck J White M Ricciuto (c) S West
I/change J Clement C Fletcher B Kirk M Lappin
Team details are as follows:
Chris Johson -- Brisbane Lions. 2nd time All Australian. Previously selected 2002. 22 games in 2004. Three goals, Four behinds. 202 kicks, 105 marks, 146 handballs, averaging 9.2 kicks, 4.8 marks, 6.6 handballs. 24 Clearances, 45 Inside 50m, 50 Rebound 50m.
Matthew Scarlett -- Geelong. 2nd time All Australian. Previously selected 2003. 22 games in 2004. Three goals, three behinds. 220 kicks, 124 marks, 86 handballs, averaging 10.0 kicks, 5.6 marks, 3.9 handballs. Four Clearances, 25 Inside 50m, 91 Rebound 50m.
Leo Barry -- Sydney. First time All Australian. 21 games in 2004. 127 kicks, 99 marks, 140 handballs, averaging 6.0 kicks, 4.7 marks, 6.7 handballs. Eight Clearances. Five Inside 50m, 76 Rebound 50m
Austinn Jones -- St Kilda. Second time All Australian. Previously selected 1997. 22 games in 2004. Three goals, six behinds. 309 kicks, 78 marks, 110 handballs, averaging 14.0 kicks, 3.5 marks, 5.0 handballs. 26 Clearances, 54 Inside 50m, 70 Rebound 50m.
Chad Cornes -- Port Adelaide. First time All Australian. 21 games in 2004. Four goals, seven behinds. 324 kicks, 169 marks, 133 handballs, averaging 14.7 kicks, 7.7 marks, 6.0 handballs. 20 hit outs. 18 Clearances, 49 Inside 50m, 112 Rebound 50m.
Adam McPhee -- Essendon. First time All Australian. 21 games in 2004. 15 goals, nine behinds. 237 kicks, 125 marks, 125 handballs, averaging 10.8 kicks, 5.7 marks, 5.7 handballs. 21 hit outs. 29 Clearances, 62 Inside 50m, 61 Rebound 50m.
Nigel Lappin -- Brisbane Lions. Fourth time All Australian. Previously selected 2001, 2002, 2003. 22 games in 2004. 15 goals, 16 behinds. 328 kicks, 97 marks, 215 handballs, averaging 14.9 kicks, 4.4 marks, 9.8 handballs. 96 Clearances, 107 Inside 50m, 47 Rebound 50m.
Simon Black -- Brisbane Lions. Third time All Australian. Previously selected 2001, 2002. 22 games in 2004. 12 goals, 10 behinds. 251 kicks, 51 marks, 263 handballs, averaging 11.4 kicks, 2.3 marks, 12.0 handballs. 128 Clearances, 103 Inside 50m, 22 Rebound 50m.
Chris Judd -- West Coast. First time All Australian. 22 games in 2004. 22 goals, 14 behinds. 317 kicks, 49 marks, 165 handballs, averaging 14.4 kicks, 2.2 marks, 7.5 handballs. 124 Clearances, 111 Inside 50m, 38 Rebound 50m.
Jason Akermanis -- Brisbane Lions. Fourth time All Australian. Previously selected 1999, 2001, 2002. 22 games in 2004. 40 goals, 30 behinds. 355 kicks, 97 marks, 93 handballs, averaging 16.1 kicks, 4.4 marks, 4.2 handballs. 43 Clearances. 153 Inside 50m, 10 Rebound 50m.
Warren Tredrea -- Port Adelaide. Four time All Australian. Previously selected 2001, 2002, 2003. 22 games in 2004. 75 goals, 40 behinds. 255 kicks, 173 marks, 95 handballs, averaging 11.6 kicks, 7.9 marks, 4.3 handballs. Two Clearances, 91 Inside 50m, Two Rebound 50m.
Nick Riewoldt -- St Kilda. First time All Australian. 22 games in 2004. 60 goals, 23 behinds. 283 kicks, 226 marks, 99 handballs, averaging 12.9 kicks, 10.3 marks, 4.5 handballs. Eight Clearances, 105 Inside 50m, Nine Rebound 50m.
Barry Hall -- Sydney. First time All Australian. 22 games in 2004. 70 goals, 37 behinds. 226 kicks, 178 marks, 93 handballs, averaging 10.3 kicks, 8.1 marks, 4.2 handballs. 32 hit outs. 13 Clearances, 60 Inside 50m, Zero Rebound 50m.
Fraser Gehrig -- St Kilda. Second time All Australian. Previously selected in 1997. 20 games in 2004. 90 goals, 34 behinds. 161 kicks, 115 marks, 46 handballs, averaging 8.1 kicks, 5.8 marks, 2.3 handballs. Three Clearances, 21 Inside 50m, Zero Rebound 50m.
Luke Power -- Brisbane Lions. First time All Australian. 21 games in 2004. 15 goals, 13 behinds. 317 kicks, 72 marks, 152 handballs, averaging 14.4 kicks, 3.2 marks, 6.9 handballs. 84 Clearances, 99 Inside 50m, 44 Rebound 50m.
Jeff White -- Melbourne. First time All Australian. 22 games in 2004. Seven goals, five behinds. 209 kicks, 119 marks, 171 handballs, averaging 9.5 kicks, 5.4 marks, 7.8 handballs. 509 hit outs averaging 23.1 hit outs. 58 Clearances, 85 Inside 50m, 33 Rebound 50m.
Mark Ricciuto -- Adelaide. Seventh time All Australian. Previously selected in 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003. 22 games in 2004. 17 goals, 17 behinds. 305 kicks, 87 marks, 230 handballs, averaging 13.9 kicks, 4.0 marks, 10.5 handballs. 105 Clearances, 124 Inside 50m, 34 Rebound 50m.
Scott West -- Western Bulldogs. Third time All Australian. Previously selected in 1998, 2000. 22 games in 2004. Seven goals, 10 behinds. 278 kicks, 104 marks, 314 handballs, averaging 12.6 kicks, 4.7 marks, 14.3 handballs. 123 Clearances, 91 Inside 50m, 44 Rebound 50m.
James Clement -- Collingwood. First time All Australian. 22 games in 2004. 251 kicks, 117 marks, 77 handballs, averaging 11.4 kicks, 5.3 marks, 3.5 handballs. Three Clearances, 21 Inside 50m, 114 Rebound 50m.
Brett Kirk -- Sydney. First time All Australian. 22 games in 2004. 10 goals, 11 behinds. 217 kicks, 51 marks, 224 handballs, averaging 9.9 kicks, 2.3 marks, 10.2 handballs. 107 Clearances, 70 Inside 50m, 28 Rebound 50m.
Chad Fletcher -- West Coast. First Time All Australian. 21 games in 2004. Seven goals, 12 behinds. 259 kicks, 93 marks, 275 handballs, averaging 11.8 kicks, 4.2 marks, 12.5 handballs. 80 Clearances, 75 Inside 50m, 33 Rebound 50m.
Matthew Lappin -- Carlton. First time All Australian. 22 games in 2004. 23 goals, seven behinds. 323 kicks, 114 marks, 122 handballs, averaging 14.7 kicks, 5.2 marks, 5.5 handballs. 32 Clearances, 67 Inside 50m, 93 Rebound 50m.
The All Australian side was selected by Rod Austin, Adrian Anderson, Gerard Healy, Robert Walls, Chris Mainwaring, Neil Kerley and Kevin Bartlett with Andrew Demetriou as non-voting chairman.
