GC SUNS ruckman Zac Smith has capped an outstanding season with his selection in the Courier Mail Queensland Team of the Year.
The star-studded team was announced at AFL Queensland’s Awards Evening last week.
It’s hard to believe, but just four years ago Smith was dabbling in indoor soccer. A career in AFL football seemed a world away.
How things change.
Now Rockhampton-raised Smith sees his name mentioned in the same breath as some of the game’s best including St Kilda’s Nick Riewoldt and Sam Gilbert, Western Bulldogs’ Jarrod Harbrow, Tom Williams and Mitch Hahn, and Collingwood midfielder Dayne Beams.
Smith, who was also selected in the VFL Team of the Year, was the only VFL-level player named.
Courier Mail Queensland Team of the Year
B: Jarrod Harbrow (Western Bulldogs) Daniel Merrett (Brisbane Lions) Sam Gilbert (St Kilda)
HB: Courtenay Dempsey (Essendon) Tom Williams (Western Bulldogs) Joel Macdonald (Melbourne)
C: Josh Drummond (Brisbane Lions) Dayne Beams (Collingwood) Rohan Bail (Melbourne)
HF: Brendan Whitecross (Hawthorn) Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda - CAPTAIN) Michael Osborne (Hawthorn)
F: Ben Warren (North Melbourne) Kurt Tippett (Adelaide) Jesse White (Sydney)
R: Ben Hudson (Western Bulldogs) Mitch Hahn (Western Bulldogs) David Armitage (St Kilda)
INT: Brent Renouf (Hawthorn) Ricky Petterd (Melbourne)
Zac Smith (GC SUNS) Danny Wise (Southport Sharks)
