44-1: every Grand Final player rated

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JON Ralph runs a critical rule over the 44 Grand Final players

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1. Brian Lake
The ultimate reward; the ultimate fairytale. This bloke was shot a few years back, overweight, feuding with teammates and battered by injury. The key defender was clearly the key player.

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2. David Mundy
Set the MCG alight in the third term, obliterating Brad Sewell. Looked set to turn the game by himself. 28 possessions, eight tackles, seven clearances and went at 75 per cent disposal efficiency.

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3. Jack Gunston
Had Normie around his neck at half-time, but just six-second half touches. Still, won this game for Hawthorn before Lake saved it. Tore Zac Dawson a new one.

4. Nathan Fyfe
At one stage only one of his eight kicks was effective. But what a towering figure he was. Three shanked shots at goal; kick two of them and he wins the Norm Smith.

5. Luke Hodge
The 2008 Norm Smith medallist played an identical role with nearly as much impact. Marshalled the troops in defence and treated Zac Clarke (five touches) with disdain. How many times did he thump the ball forward?

6. Ryan Crowley
Not one Norm Smith Medal vote but capped an astonishing year with a take-down of Sam Mitchell. Only eight of Mitchell's 12 touches were effective.

7. Jordan Lewis
Almost went unnoticed at times, but did the hard things so critical in close as Fyfe and Mundy threatened to take the game away. The sleeper of the Grand Final.

AFL Grand Final ... Jack Gunston kicks the opening goal of the game. Source: News Limited

8. Cyril Rioli
Seven tackles, yet he was a constant swarming presence as he harried Fremantle players into mistake after mistake.

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9. Grant Birchall
Took de Boer and Walters and despite their defensive efforts he did as he pleased. Five rebound 50s, a steadying influence and a team-high 26 touches.

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10. Michael Barlow
Butchered it a bit — 48 per cent effectiveness — but that's the heat of finals. Still a huge presence, especially when the Dockers got going in the third term.

11. Josh Gibson
Kept his opponents to just 13 possessions and not a single goal despite 41 minutes on Mayne and 38 on Pavlich.

12. Isaac Smith
Just 18 touches, but the boy from Cootamundra's determination to burst into space typified Hawthorn's risk-reward game plan. Booming goal sealed it for Hawks - and what a celebration.

13. Michael Johnson
The All-Australian set-up merchant played his role to perfection despite some shaky moments. 20 touches at 80 per cent efficiency, eight steadying marks.

14. Ben Stratton
The preliminary final hero kept an array of dangerous opponents including Michael Walters to just one goal in his time on them. Yet another inspired recruiting selection after plucking him from the WAFL.

15. Matthew Pavlich
Tough to mark the Wharfie captain. Kicked three of Fremantle's eight goals and was inspired in the third term. Yet missed two key shots, and played mostly on the Norm Smith Medallist.

AFL Grand Final ... Matthew Pavlich lead a third-quarter fightback. Source: Getty Images

16. Lance Franklin
This is where the ratings get tough. Just one goal — from a 50m penalty — yet hit every contest with frenzied pace. Loved his tackling intensity. If this is his farewell, he gave his all to the cause.

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17. Jarryd Roughead
Does a quiet first half colour our thinking? Finished with a pair of goals, 20 touches, 12 contested possessions and a key role in this contest. So much better than last year.

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18. Tendai Mzungu
Linked up beautifully with extractors Fyfe and Mundy in the third term, and mostly kept Smith quiet. But arguably beaten on the day.

19. Shaun Burgoyne
Delivers again on the grand stage. Wasn't used in the midfield but his clinical disposal settled the Hawks as he barely missed a target.

20. Aaron Sandilands
A monster haul of 44 hitouts for the Freo giant, yet just one mark around the ground and just two kicks in his 13 disposals. Needed to dominate and couldn't.

21. David Hale
A huge rule in nullifying the effect of Sandilands around the ground. Three contested marks, and did enough to ensure Sandilands wasn't the match-winner Hawthorn feared.

22. Paul Duffield
Under-rated game given he went onto Gunston after half time and kept him goalless.

23. Luke Breust
Stood tall in key moments. A clever left-foot kick to the top of the square set up Gunston early, then he sharked Sandilands' hit-out for the sealer.

Brothers ... Stephen Hill congratulates his brother, Brad, after the game. Source: News Limited

24. Bradley Hill
Darted about with real impact — 15 touches but a goal and two direct assists. A first premiership and so much more to come from this livewire.

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25. Luke McPharlin
Allowed Franklin 14 touches and a goal from 50m penalty in 70 minutes, and also gave up a goal to Gunston. Bad moment when he ignored Pavlich as he streamed to goal, then couldn't make the distance.

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26. Stephen Hill
Like his brother Bradley plenty of run, and enough possessions with 21, but not enough line-breaking.

27. Michael Walters
Kicked two third-term goals as he got among the action, one from a hanger over Birchall. But just 11 touches for the day.

28. Danyle Pearce
Felt the heat — 17 touches, five inside 50s and a goal but also a shanked shot out on the full and went at only 59 per cent efficiency.

29. Brent Guerra
Not his best day given a couple of big turnovers. Just nine touches in a quiet afternoon.

30. Liam Shiels
A game-high nine tackles but the tagger couldn't find it, and allowed Stephen Hill 10 touches in 44 minutes.

31. Brad Sewell
Torched by Mundy in the third quarter and couldn't really find it. Just 13 touches (four ineffective).

32. Sam Mitchell
Ranked him No. 1 in pre-game 44-1 rankings. Clarkson and his teammates were huge in their praise of his selfless game and how it allowed them tactical ascendancy. Still, another Grand Final in which a tagger smashed him.

Battle ... Ryan Crowley put the stoppers on Sam Mitchell. Source: News Limited

33. Max Bailey
What a story for Bailey after three knee recos and missing last year's GF. His only task was to nullify Sandilands around the ground and he did it. Subbed off at three quarter time.

34. Lee Spurr
Kept Rioli to one goal, a solid effort given Cyril looked a game-breaker.

35. Nick Suban
Had 12 midfield opponents and a dozen possessions but no real traction on the big day.

36. Matt de Boer
Yet another Docker who wasn't terrible, just couldn't lift when required. Ho hum.

37. Paul Puopolo
A second quiet Grand Final. Good tackling pressure, but couldn't get involved.

38. Lachie Neale
Came on as the sub, but four minutes into the last term when the game was blown open.

39. Chris Mayne
Did stuff-all except for a long goal to the city end. Opponents were Gibson and Lake.

Shocker ... Zac Dawson sits alone after the Grand Final. Source: News Limited

40. Cameron Sutcliffe
Another illustration of why Hawthorn won — Freo's bottom six were just too quiet.

41. Jonathan Simpkin
Ripper story after being turfed by Sydney and Geelong but wasn't really in the game, finishing with six touches off the sub's bench.

42. Zac Clarke
Zero impact. Trounced by Hodge, subbed at three quarter time.

43. Zac Dawson
Four grand finals, no wins. And this was clearly his worst performance. Twice embarrassingly outbodied by match-winner Gunston for goals, and also gave up two goals on Roughead. A stinker.

44. Hayden Ballantyne
An abomination from the moment he dropped first-term chest mark. Missed shots at goal from 30m and 40m and shanked another on the run, slipped over in the centre. Failed to handle the occasion.

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