It's an honour that always drums up water cooler chat and incites comment section fracas'.
Each year's All-Australian team is designed to reward individual excellence and one's play, relative to those who are deployed in the same position.
While it's a lineup usually littered with the game's biggest names, lesser lights who chart a path to a blazer each year make for some of the best stories.
Who are a few doing just that, with this season now beyond its halfway junction? Take a look!
Liam Ryan
Fellow Saint Liam Ryan looks to have re-discovered his game-breaking best in recent weeks.
14 majors in his last three contests should be an eerie return, as far as the rest of the competition is concerned, as the perennial high flyer looks to helm a gelling Saints forward line towards September.
If the last three week's worth of production becomes “Flyin' Ryan's new norm, expect 2020's blazer to have company come season's end.
