Crows Eddie Betts and Patrick Dangerfield have been included in the 2015 All Australian team.

It’s a case of fourth-time lucky for Betts who has been recognised with his first All Australian crown. The 28-year-old, who has been named in a forward pocket, was nominated in 2011, 2012 and 2014, but missed out on selection in the final 22 in all three seasons.

Dangerfield, 25, earns his third All Australian honour in four years, having also been included in the 2012 and 2013 teams. He’s been chosen in the rover position behind ruckman Todd Goldstein and ruck/rover Nat Fyfe.

Betts demanded selection by finishing third – behind only key-position players Josh Kennedy and Jeremy Cameron – in the Coleman Medal with 58 goals.

The brilliant small forward bagged another five in Adelaide’s Elimination Final win to finish with a career-best 63 goals. Betts kicked a goal in all bar one game in 2015 and boasted the best accuracy (70.7 per cent) of any of the top 10 goalkickers.

He ranked second in the AFL in scoreboard impact, which includes scores, accuracy and assists, and fifth in the League for forward 50m tackles in the minor round.

Betts was the hottest property in the AFL between rounds four and nine when he bagged 26 goals and supplied several goal and mark of the year contenders. His left-foot torpedo from the boundary at Adelaide Oval against Fremantle in Round Nine is one of the three finalists for Goal of the Year.

Betts, who was one of 11 first-time All Australians, rated the 2015 season as the best of his 11-year and 229-game career.

“I went up in the midfield for a few centre bounces and then headed forward,” Betts told Fox Footy.

“There was a period during the year where I was having shots at goal, and I was confident they were going to go through.

"A bit of it was luck. Some might say it was a fluke, but we practice them a lot at training.”

Betts is one of three small forwards in the 2015 All Australian team, with Hawthorn star Cyril Rioli and Port Adelaide livewire Chad Wingard also given the nod.

Betts said it was a thrill to be selected alongside the exciting pair.

“I love watching Cyril and Chad play,” he said.

“Being in Adelaide, we get to watch Chad nearly every week. I see Chad and Cyril do a lot of things and I think, ‘I can’t do that’.

“Cyril and Chad can both take screamers and I wish I could jump up and take a screamer like that!”

Dangerfield has been honoured after his most consistent season to-date.

The influential midfielder played every game for the Crows, averaging a career-best 26.8 possessions and a goal a game. He was the No.2 ranked midfielder in the competition according to average Champion Data ranking points behind fellow All Australian and Brownlow Medal favourite Nat Fyfe.

Dangerfield averaged 15.3 contested possessionsper game second only to Fyfe and Sydney Swans onballer Josh Kennedy, and was equal-second in hard-ball gets. The strong-bodied onballer was fourth in the League for inside 50ms on average per game and ninth for average clearances.

Crows Taylor Walker and Rory Laird were included in the All Australian squad of 40, but were overlooked for selection in the final 22.

All Australian selector Matthew Richardson said Richmond spearhead Jack Riewoldt had edged out Walker for the centre half-forward position.

“The second tall forward spot was probably the most debated ...,” Richardson said.

“It was down to Jack or ‘Tex’ Walker. If you have a look at their seasons, they were very similar.”

All Australian selector Kevin Bartlett paid tribute to Laird’s standout season.

“He was very, very close (to selection),” Bartlett said.

“He’s had an absolutely outstanding season. It was a toss-up between Rory and Heath Shaw.

“He was sensational for the Crows.”

Western Bulldogs skipper Robert Murphy was named captain of the team, with West Coast forward Josh Kennedy his vice-captain.

The team is made up of players from 11 different clubs. Richmond, Western Bulldogs, West Coast and Hawthorn each had three representatives, while Adelaide, Port Adelaide and Fremantle each had two.

The 22 was selected to best fit team balance as if to play a match.

The All Australian selection panel is Gillon McLachlan (chairman), Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Mark Evans, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.