page_title: AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match
section_title: Squads
hierarchical_section_title: AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match / Squads
caption_attribution_description: Victorian AFL team, the Big V runs out in AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match
context_page_description: The AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match was a one-off all-star game between two representative sides organised by the Australian Football League to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Australian rules football. The match was intended to celebrate the contribution of State of Origin and interstate matches to the history of the code.
  The match was played on 10 May 2008 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, between Victoria and the "Dream Team", with a crowd of 69,294 in attendance. Victoria won the match by 17 points: 21.11 to 18.12.
context_section_description: In April 2008 the AFL announced 40 man squads for both teams, which would later be trimmed to 25 per side. All AFL teams except Essendon and Melbourne had at least one player selected in one of the sides. The match was played with an extended interchange bench of seven players instead of four.
  Several high-profile players pulled out of the match in the final weeks before the game. The most notable was Gary Ablett, who had figured heavily in the event's promotion. Nick Dal Santo and Brad Johnson pulled out for Victoria, and Luke McPharlin and Irishman Tadhg Kennelly dropped out for the Dream Team.
caption: The Big V running out for the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match in 2008. (From left to right - Luke Power, Adam Goodes, Robert Murphy, Darren Milburn, Scott Pendlebury, Heath Shaw, Troy Simmonds, Trent Croad, Paul Chapman, Josh Fraser, Jimmy Bartel, Brent Harvey, Ryan O'Keefe, Sam Mitchell, James Kelly, Jarrad Waite, Chris Judd, Jonathan Brown, Daniel Bradshaw.)
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