Although he has played forward, Sprewell finished seventh among guards.
But Essendon will struggle at the other end: Jason Winderlich, Jake Carlisle and Michael Hibberd have played forward and back without fully delivering at either, while Tom Bellchambers and former Giant Jonathan Giles need to cover the ruck.
Having played forward early in his career, West was also a capable rebounder, and gifted with long arms, quick hands and strong defensive instincts, West was also once described as one of the best ball hawks, man-to-man defenders and shot blockers among NBA guards: when the All-Defensive Teams were introduced in 1969, West made every one of them until his career ended in 1974.
Arthur Kinnaird played in goal for Wanderers, even though he had played as a forward in three earlier cup final appearances.
In the view of champion Collingwood full-forward Gordon Coventry, whose record of 1299 VFL career goals between 1920 and 1937 would not be surpassed for 62 years, if Nash had played at full-forward for his entire career, he would have kicked more goals than anyone, Coventry included.
And Kate Oliver, a versatile 6-foot-4 sophomore forward, had played for Australia's under-17 and under-19 national teams.
Malhotra, a 20-year-old forward, had played in the Rangers' previous seven games, averaging 7 49 of ice time, but just 4 20 over his last two games.
"If I had played as a center-forward for my entire career," he said, "I would have scored more than 300 goals and already have overtaken Silvio Piola".
Most of the England backs had some Super League experience – 38 appearances between them – while, tellingly, almost none of the forwards had played men's rugby yet.
