PATRICK Dangerfield, Tim Kelly, Tom Stewart and Tom Hawkins are this year's All Australian Cats.
The quartet of Geelong talent were named in the side at tonight's All Australian awards.
Tim Kelly continued his stunning rise this year, needing only two seasons in the league to earn his first All Australian honour.
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The nod comes after Kelly finished fourth in the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year award, and was named the AFLCA Best Young Player.
Patrick Dangerfield secured his seventh All Australian blazer, making his fifth consecutive side and seventh team in the last eight years.
Only four players have been selected in the side on eight occasions in the non-carnival era – Gary Ablett Snr, Gary Ablett Jnr, Robert Harvey and Mark Ricciuto.
The explosive Cat’s attacking power translated to a second placed finish league wide in inside 50s in 2019, while also finishing eighth in contested possessions.
Dangerfield was one of seven players featuring in last year’s side to be named again in 2019, with dashing defender Tom Stewart also completing the feat.
Stewart ranked first in the competition for rebound 50s, second in the competition for kicks and third for marks.
Tom Hawkins earned his second All Australian nod, with selectors valuing the dual threat he poses in kicking goals and dishing off goal assists.
Hawkins finished sixth in the Coleman Medal race, and also handed off the second-most goal assists in the league.
"The way that the full forward position has developed is that you line up as the key post for your team and yes you're there to kick goals, but I'd like to think I've always had the mentality that if someone is in a better position to kick a goal I would expect them to kick it to me just like I expect to kick it to them," Hawkins said.
"I really enjoy that part of the game and I'm quite proud of it too."
"No doubt it's nice when you kick a big bag of goals but I certainly don't crave it like I once did when I was playing junior footy.
