Demonstone

I think I read that Greg Swann wants to do away with the sub as one of his raft of rule changes. If that is the case, you wouldn't waste a player by having them sitting on the bench for the first three quarters.

Does he live in Geelong? Driving to Casey would just about be a day trip.

Two things that would improve this site: 1 - Sarcastica font. 2 - Return of the facepalm emoji.

In the past 100 years, only two flags have been coached by blokes with four letters in their surname. This stat, not unlike yours, is completely irrelevant and meaningless.

But not as funny as Groucho Marx.

State of Origin lost its appeal for me once we had teams from S.A., W.A. and Queensland in the competition. I doubt I'd be bothered watching it and my only hope would be that none of our players were injured.

Go Fitzroy.

Tonight's the first time I've really watched out for Sam Flanders and I like what I see. He would make us a better side. Diddly doodly do it, Demons.

Snoop Dogg is an interesting choice as Brisbane's sub.

Tom Harley was the Captain.

They are a department of the Crack Squad.

Way to spoil the quiz. Well done.

He'll have Adelaide's first game next year to sit in the stands and ponder further.

No, but the jumper numbers certainly is.

Big John Nicholls was captain-coach of Carlton's premiership in 1972.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner. Congratulations to @Witches Hat who takes out first prize and may select ANY player in the league to come to Melbourne in exchange for our fifth round pick.

You're almost there, Froggy! What is about their numbers that unites the 22 players? (We need to move this on because there's an important game on TV tonight that I want to watch. Go Storm!)

What happened to your real ladder?

I'm surprised that nobody made that connection earlier.

Seeing as I've supplied hints to one player, it's only fair that I share those with all of you. The key to the answer is the jumper (what they were wearing), regardless of which colour combination/design we've worn over the journey. Look for and think about the constant feature.

Go far, King.

A couple of incorrect entries have trickled in, but the common link is not that they all kicked goals in their first final nor did they all wear headbands nor wear long sleeves at some point of their career. The last suggestion is getting more than just lukewarm, however.

Love your suggestion, @Neil Crompton !

Gosh this thread has gone quiet. I don't know why, it's not as if we've had anything else going on to distract us this afternoon. For those still pondering the answer, concentrate less on the players themselves and more on what they were wearing.