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William Buck Premier: Team of the Year
With the naming of the AFL All-Australian team overnight, VAFA.com.au would like to recognise the VAFA Teams of the Year as published in the Amateur Footballer following the conclusion of the home and away fixture.
Kicking things off is Andrew Leonard’s William Buck Premier Team of the Year:
| FB | Andrew Sloan (OC) | Tom Humphrey (DLS) | Michael Angel (StB) |
| HB | Ross Young (UBlu) | Simon Caven (StB) | Harry Tinney (OT) |
| C | Ned Hunt (OT) | Cam Howat (OC) – Capt | Jakob Steinhart (OT) |
| HF | Jordan Quaile (UBla) | Seb Nicolosi (OT) | Alex Boyse (StB) |
| FF | Chad Jones (StB) | Matt Handley (OX) – VC | Adrian Indovino (DLS) |
| Rucks | Antony Forato (DLS) | Adam Bentick (StB) | Jack Bull (OS) |
| Int | Nick Corp (Coll), Ben Smithwick (OC), Marshall Rippon (UBlu), Matt Fieldsend (DLS) | ||
| Emer | Jono Daggian (OS) | Gabe Hamilton (OT) | Daniel Gribbin (Beau) |
| Coach | Adam Andrews (OT) | ||
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