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Extended All-Australian squad contains eight Crows

Taylor Walker one of eight Crows in the All-Australian squad. Photo by James Elsby/AFL Media/Getty Images

Minor premiers Adelaide have a league-high eight players in the extended 40-man All-Australian squad named on Monday.

The large Crows' contingent includes mercurial forward Eddie Betts - one of a dozen members of the 2016 All-Australian team who remain in contention to go back-to-back in 2017 - skipper Taylor Walker and midfield stars Rory Sloane and Matt Crouch.

Sydney spearhead Lance Franklin is in line for a seventh All-Australian gong, while Geelong captain Joel Selwood could receive the honour for the sixth time.

Richmond defender Alex Rance is in contention to be named an All-Australian for a fourth straight year.

The only clubs without any representatives in the 40-man squad are Fremantle and Gold Coast.

Second-placed Geelong and third-placed Richmond had only two nominees apiece.

2017 All-Australian Squad:

Eddie Betts, Matt Crouch, Sam Jacobs, Rory Laird, Jake Lever, Tom Lynch, Rory Sloane, Taylor Walker (Adelaide), Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions), Sam Docherty, Matthew Kreuzer (Carlton), Jeremy Howe, Adam Treloar (Collingwood), Joe Daniher, Michael Hurley, Zach Merrett (Essendon), Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood (Geelong), Toby Greene, Josh Kelly, Tom Scully, Dylan Shiel (GWS), Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn), Jeff Garlett, Michael Hibberd, Neville Jetta (Melbourne), Ben Brown (North Melbourne), Robbie Gray, Tom Jonas, Paddy Ryder (Port Adelaide), Dustin Martin, Alex Rance (Richmond), Dylan Roberton, Sebastian Ross (St Kilda), Lance Franklin, Josh Kennedy (Sydney), Josh Kennedy, Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo (West Coast), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs).