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!

Bodhi Uwland

The older Uwland is in a similar bracket to Frampton, as the competition's key defensive stocks begin a transitional period.

Giant Sam Taylor continues to wrestle with his body, Jacob Weitering's stocks are at the mercy of the enigma that Carlton prove themselves to be, and Callum Wilkie and Harris Andrews are the two real certainties at the position this season.

Uwland is another beneficiary of the murkiness surrounding the key back hierarchy. His numbers are slightly down on Frampton's, but the Suns should win more games, and he has a bigger body of work across the last few seasons - something that shouldn't, but does, factor into selection for this team, most years.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 23: Bodhi Uwland of the Suns in action during the round 15 AFL match between Fremantle Dockers and Gold Coast Suns at Optus Stadium, on June 23, 2024, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

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