EIGHT players from reigning AFL premiers Richmond have been included in a 40-man All Australian squad.

Gold Coast and St Kilda are the only clubs without a player nominated for the All Australian team.

The final 22 players will be named on Wednesday.

Richmond’s Dustin Martin, Jack Riewoldt, Alex Rance, Trent Cotchin, Josh Caddy, Dylan Grimes, Shane Edwards and Kane Lambert are in the squad. Collingwood, Geelong and West Coast have four players each.

Magpies captain Scott Pendlebury is joined by teammates Jordan De Goey, Brodie Grundy and Steele Sidebottom, who all could win All Australian honours for the first time.

Geelong’s Mark Blicavs, Paddy Dangerfield, Tom Hawkins and Tom Stewart join West Coast’s Andrew Gaff, Shannon Hurn, Jeremy McGovern and Elliot Yeo in the squad.

Some notable players overlooked for the squad include Geelong captain Joel Selwood, Fremantle skipper Nat Fyfe, Port Adelaide winger Jared Polec and Hawthorn backman Ben Stratton.

Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson believes Stratton deserved inclusion.

“He’s been a tad stiff for 10 years,” Clarkson said.

“This has been the first (season) that anyone has given him any credit for what he’s done but he doesn’t need the credit from outside the walls of our footy club.

“He’s the most highly rated inside the walls for what he does for us.”

THE 40-MAN ALL-AUST SQUAD:

ADELAIDE: Rory Laird

BRISBANE LIONS: Harris Andrews, Dayne Beams

CARLTON: Patrick Cripps

COLLINGWOOD: Jordan De Goey, Brodie Grundy, Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom

ESSENDON: Devon Smith

FREMANTLE: Lachie Neale

GEELONG: Mark Blicavs, Paddy Dangerfield, Tom Hawkins, Tom Stewart

GOLD COAST: NIL

GWS: Callan Ward, Lachie Whitfield

HAWTHORN: Luke Breust, Jack Gunston, Tom Mitchell

MELBOURNE: Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver

NORTH MELBOURNE: Ben Brown, Shaun Higgins

PORT ADEL: Robbie Gray, Tom Jonas

RICHMOND: Josh Caddy, Trent Cotchin, Shane Edwards, Dylan Grimes, Kane Lambert, Dustin Martin, Alex Rance, Jack Riewoldt

ST KILDA: NIL

SYDNEY SWANS: Lance Franklin, Jake Lloyd

WEST COAST: Andrew Gaff, Shannon Hurn, Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo

WESTERN BULLDOGS: Jack Macrae