With the names of our offensive and defensive trios already on the whiteboard, it is now time to list the men that link the two together – the midfielders.
Due to their aerobic and ball winning capacities, modern midfielders receive plaudits and pay packets far beyond their part-time predecessors.
These players at the coalface are regularly seen as their club's blue-chip talent, with their output integral to securing victory.
Like the previous pair of catalogues, the same four rules for selection apply for our third and final list:
1. Three players must be selected from each club.
2. Even if they have played for multiple clubs, no player can be selected on the list of two teams.
3. All players must have played at least a portion of their careers from 1990 onwards.
4. Most importantly, no player can have played an in-season match with any of their colleagues during their time at their selected club.
To up the ante, we have also added a fifth point of criteria: a ruckman must also be selected for each team.
For example, should Brodie Grundy be selected for Collingwood, then all of his midfield mates between 2013 and the present day become ineligible.
With all this in mind, here is our best stab.
Let us know how we have gone and which clubs you feel have fared best.
Sydney
Paul Kelly – 1990-2002 (234 games)
Once again, those with a keen eye will notice the omission of Adam Goodes. However, due to the comparative weakness of a prospective trio he was apart of, we had to leave him on the pine.
Still, we do start with the man that presented Goodes with his 2006 Brownlow medal – club legend, Paul Kelly.
After originally playing Rugby League in Wagga Wagga, Kelly picked up the game seamlessly in his mid-teens.
Following his transition, the Riverina rover joined the Swans in 1990 and stayed at the SCG until 2002.
Within this 13-year period, Kelly picked up four club best and fairest, three All-Australians, a place in the Hall of Fame, a spot in the Swans' Team of the Century and of course, the 1994 Brownlow medal.
Peter Everitt – 2007-2008 (39 games)
Think ‘Spida' Everitt and you probably are not thinking about his time as a Swan.
Although this period only lasted a pair of years, his time in the game saw him win two club best and fairests, a leading goalkicker award and three All-Australian selections.
Josh Kennedy – 2010-Present (245 games)
Following a pair of seasons comprised of fluctuating fortunes, Josh Kennedy flew from the Hawks' nest following the 2009 season.
Although his name will always be intrinsically linked with the Hawthorn Football Club, Kennedy has carved out a spectacular career as a Swan.
After just shy of 250 games in red and white, Kennedy has recorded a haul of three Bob Skilton medals, three All-Australian blazers, a flag in 2012 and a Gary Ayres award in 2016 – a year in which he was desperately unlucky to miss out on Norm Smith honours.
Despite the Swans languishing near the foot of the ladder, Kennedy is still one of the game's greats.
