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<\/a><\/p>\nThe start of the 2026 AFL<\/a> is closing in, with the pre-season presenting plenty of questions for fans as to how their teams will take shape come Round 1.<\/p>\n With the first week back from the break causing carnage on the injury front, a number of selection spots are up for grabs across the competition, if they weren’t already.<\/p>\n With trade and draft recruits, as well as players on the periphery, looking to cement their spots, there’s plenty of discourse focused on what lineup each club will run with to start the new campaign.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Here’s we’ve selected every AFL<\/a> team’s best 23 for the 2026 season…<\/p>\n Back<\/p>\n 1 – Adelaide2 – Brisbane3 – Carlton4 – Collingwood5 – Essendon6 – Fremantle7 – Geelong8 – Gold Coast9 – GWS10 – Hawthorn11 – Melbourne12 – North Melbourne13 – Port Adelaide14 – Richmond15 – St Kilda16 – Sydney17 – West Coast18 – Western Bulldogs<\/p>\n Next<\/a><\/p>\n Adelaide<\/p>\n FB: Max Michalanney<\/a>, Mark Keane<\/a>, Josh Worrell<\/a> Back<\/p>\n 1 – Adelaide2 – Brisbane3 – Carlton4 – Collingwood5 – Essendon6 – Fremantle7 – Geelong8 – Gold Coast9 – GWS10 – Hawthorn11 – Melbourne12 – North Melbourne13 – Port Adelaide14 – Richmond15 – St Kilda16 – Sydney17 – West Coast18 – Western Bulldogs<\/p>\n
HB: Wayne Milera<\/a>, Nick Murray<\/a>, Mitchell Hinge<\/a>
C: Isaac Cumming<\/a>, Izak Rankine<\/a>, Dan Curtin<\/a>
HF: Ben Keays<\/a>, Darcy Fogarty<\/a>, Alex Neal-Bullen<\/a>
FF: Taylor Walker<\/a>, Riley Thilthorpe<\/a>, Josh Rachele<\/a>
FO: Reilly O’Brien<\/a>, Jordan Dawson<\/a>, Jake Soligo<\/a>
I\/C: James Peatling<\/a>, Rory Laird<\/a>, Callum Ah Chee<\/a>, Sid Draper<\/a>, Hugh Bond<\/a><\/p>\n