Trent Cotchin and Clayton Oliver left out of 40-man All-Australian squad

TRENT Cotchin and Clayton Oliver are the surprise omissions from the 40-man All-Australian squad. FULL LIST

Dustin Martin (left) is in the All-Australian squad but Tigers skipper Trent Cotchin missed out.

TRENT Cotchin and Clayton Oliver are the surprise omissions from the 40-man All-Australian squad.

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The two midfielders have enjoyed stellar seasons but were overlooked in favour of players including Giant Tom Scully, Magpie Adam Treloar and Bulldog Marcus Bontempelli.

Adelaide is by far the best represented team, with eight names included in the squad, which will be trimmed to 22 on Wednesday.

Eddie Betts is one of eight Crows in the All-Australian squad. Picture Sarah Reed

Clayton Oliver missed out despite an outstanding season. Picture: Michael Klein

40 MAN SQUAD:

Adelaide: Eddie Betts, Matt Crouch, Sam Jacobs, Rory Laird, Jake Lever, Tom Lynch, Rory Sloane, Taylor Walker.

Brisbane Lions: Dayne Zorko.

Carlton: Sam Docherty, Matthew Kreuzer.

Collingwood: Jeremy Howe, Adam Treloar.

Essendon: Joe Daniher, Michael Hurley, Zach Merrett.

Fremantle: —

Geelong: Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood.

Gold Coast: —

GWS: Toby Greene, Josh Kelly, Tom Scully, Dylan Shiel.

Hawthorn: Tom Mitchell.

Melbourne: Jeff Garlett, Michael Hibberd, Neville Jetta.

North Melbourne: Ben Brown.

Port Adelaide: Robbie Gray, Tom Jonas, Patrick Ryder.

Richmond: Dustin Martin, Alex Rance.

St Kilda: Dylan Roberton, Seb Ross.

Sydney: Lance Franklin, Josh Kennedy.

West Coast: Josh Kennedy, Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo.

Western Bulldogs: Marcus Bontempelli.

Robbo's All-Australian team

BACKS

Rory Laird, Michael Hurley, Jeremy McGovern

HALF-BACKS

Zac Williams, Alex Rance, Michael Hibberd

CENTRES

Josh Kelly, Josh P Kennedy (c), Rory Sloane

HALF-FORWARDS

Toby Greene, Lance Franklin, Dayne Zorko

FORWARDS

Robbie Gray, Josh J Kennedy, Eddie Betts

RUCKS

Sam Jacobs, Dustin Martin, Patrick Dangerfield

INTER

Tom Mitchell, Ben Brown, Dylan Shiel, Joel Selwood

Originally published as Trent Cotchin and Clayton Oliver left out of 40-man All-Australian squad