Elijah Hollands was among the best players on the ground in the Under-17 All-Stars 'Futures' clash - played as a curtain-raiser to the AFL grand final between Richmond and GWS.

The Murray Bushranger and Vic Country representative captained Team Brown, named after Brisbane great Jonathan Brown, to a 16.6 (102) to 9.7 (61) win against Team (Nick) Dal Santo, finishing with 24 disposals, five clearances and two goals.

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"I was really pleased with the experience. Most kids don't really get the opportunity to play on the MCG on AFL grand final day," Hollands said.

"I was just trying to soak it in and enjoy it as much as I could.

"I couldn't really take the game too seriously because I was looking around and it was easy to get overawed.

"I was pleased with my game. It was a bit different to what I'd been doing with my last couple of games and I just decided to have fun.

"I think I was really enjoying being out there and having a kick with my mates and I was able to find the ball a bit and kick a couple of goals, which was nice."

Fellow Murray Bushranger Zavier Maher lined up for Team Dal Santo.

Hollands' father, Ben, played eight games for Richmond in 1999 and was also on Port Adelaide's rookie list.

The Tigers won their second premiership in three years, thrashing GWS by 89 points in front of a crowd of 100,014.