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Posted: 2023-08-31 04:14:08

For years, people have said it — if Toby Greene was at a Victorian club, he would be feted as one of the superstars of the AFL.

Today, those pundits have been proved wrong, or at least shown that it doesn't matter. The man who is the beating heart behind the Greater Western Sydney Giants is undeniably one of the superstars of the league, and has been for some time.

But now, thanks to a team of selectors, he's also the All-Australian captain and has secured a prime spot on football's honour board forever.

If you'd told people even two or three years ago that this was in Greene's future, you'd have been politely dismissed — or openly mocked.

He was a scrappy, ball-hungry young man from Melbourne who came through the AFL talent hub that is the Oakleigh Chargers.

Two young Australian rules players go in with eyes on the ball while they try to get there first or stop the other player.

Toby Greene was taken by GWS with pick 11 of the 2011 AFL Draft after catching attention playing for Oakleigh Chargers.(Getty Images: Robert Prezioso)

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