List of AFL debuts in 1996

During the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season 81 Australian rules footballers made their AFL debut with 48 others playing their first game for a new club.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1996
Club AFL debuts Change of club
Adelaide 4 5
Brisbane Bears 6 0
Carlton 1 5
Collingwood 4 4
Essendon 3 2
Fitzroy 8 1
Footscray 2 4
Fremantle 8 3
Geelong 6 2
Hawthorn 5 4
Melbourne 6 5
North Melbourne 6 2
Richmond 6 2
St Kilda 6 5
Sydney 3 3
West Coast 7 1
Total 81 48

AFL debuts

Name Club Age at debut Debut round Games Goals Notes
1996 Career 1996 Career
Burns, RonnieRonnie BurnsGeelong23 years, 16 days1[1]2115431262
Snell, JasonJason SnellGeelong18 years, 246 days1[2]368362
Cockatoo-Collins, DavidDavid Cockatoo-CollinsMelbourne17 years, 363 days1[3]1200Twin brother of Don
Cockatoo-Collins, DonDon Cockatoo-CollinsMelbourne17 years, 363 days1[4]2943Twin brother of David
Cassidy, BradBrad CassidyFitzroy19 years, 249 days1[5]14161010
Berbakov, PeterPeter BerbakovEssendon22 years, 221 days1[6]1752414
Bamford, ScottScott BamfordFitzroy21 years, 281 days1[7]2259633
Primus, MatthewMatthew PrimusFitzroy21 years, 79 days1[8]20157581 Round 1 1996 Rising Star nomination
Chick, DanielDaniel ChickHawthorn20 years, 50 days1[9]2225214210 Round 10 1996 Rising Star nomination
Treleven, CraigCraig TrelevenHawthorn25 years, 290 days1[10]2178722
McLaren, JoeJoe McLarenSt Kilda18 years, 110 days1[11]1169239
Traianidis, JasonJason TraianidisSt Kilda21 years, 144 days1[12]1362936
McLean, AndrewAndrew McLeanSt Kilda22 years, 256 days1[13]6611
Dickfos, DannyDanny DickfosBrisbane Bears25 years, 182 days1[14]226510
Johnson, TroyTroy JohnsonBrisbane Bears18 years, 248 days1[15]2200
Taylor, ScottScott TaylorFootscray19 years, 160 days1[16]1100
Donnelly, AndrewAndrew DonnellyWest Coast23 years, 2 days1[17]20682869
Morrison, ChadChad MorrisonWest Coast18 years, 2 days1[18]181692488 Round 16 1996 Rising Star nomination
Pitt, StevenSteven PittCollingwood22 years, 253 days1[19]13181416
Mitchell, GavinGavin MitchellFremantle23 years, 94 days1[20]21881182
Harding, GregGreg HardingFremantle19 years, 196 days1[21]187813Round 4 1996 Rising Star nomination
Fewster, BrendonBrendon FewsterWest Coast22 years, 88 days1[22]370243
West, MarkMark WestFootscray23 years, 3 days2[23]41623
Lynch, TristanTristan LynchBrisbane Bears22 years, 228 days2[24]2172115
Fraser, KaneKane FraserHawthorn18 years, 266 days3[25]2520
Holland, BenBen HollandRichmond18 years, 339 days3[26]111913179Brother of Nick Holland
Nicks, MatthewMatthew NicksSydney20 years, 337 days3[27]61752125
Cripps, JasonJason CrippsSt Kilda19 years, 183 days3[28]1160310
Waterhouse, CliveClive WaterhouseFremantle21 years, 296 days3[29]111069178
O'Brien, DarrenDarren O'BrienMelbourne27 years, 31 days4[30]132479
Brown, MichaelMichael BrownFremantle19 years, 213 days4[31]1022615
Cousins, BenBen CousinsWest Coast17 years, 296 days4[32]2027034217 Round 12 1996 Rising Star nomination & overall winner, son of Bryan Cousins
Matera, PhillipPhillip MateraWest Coast20 years, 146 days4[33]51798389Brother of Wally & Peter Matera
Lucas, ScottScott LucasEssendon18 years, 117 days5[34]1427011471
Koops, StevenSteven KoopsFremantle17 years, 277 days5[35]689649
Wirrpanda, DavidDavid WirrpandaWest Coast16 years, 268 days5[36]52274131
King, StevenSteven KingGeelong17 years, 157 days5[37]13240383 Round 15 1996 Rising Star nomination
Carey, StefanStefan CareySydney20 years, 100 days6[38]448123
Bizzell, ClintClint BizzellGeelong19 years, 310 days6[39]4163179
McFarlane, SamSam McFarlaneNorth Melbourne20 years, 150 days6[40]2220
Clayton, ShaneShane ClaytonFitzroy17 years, 193 days6[41]13117152
Frewen, BrentBrent FrewenFitzroy18 years, 197 days6[42]2210
Carter, NickNick CarterFitzroy18 years, 8 days6[43]172546 Round 8 1996 Rising Star nomination
Funcke, RossRoss FunckeRichmond18 years, 170 days6[44]44025
Rawlings, JadeJade RawlingsHawthorn18 years, 208 days6[45]2148196Brother of Brady Rawlings
Keating, ClarkClark KeatingBrisbane Bears20 years, 48 days6[46]14139983Brother of Aaron Keating
McHardy, ToddTodd McHardyMelbourne19 years, 37 days7[47]3511
Toia, LukeLuke ToiaFremantle18 years, 171 days7[48]13631133 Round 20 1996 Rising Star nomination
Polley, MichaelMichael PolleyMelbourne19 years, 254 days9[49]5520
Hall, BarryBarry HallSt Kilda19 years, 109 days9[50]42892746
Ryan, DamienDamien RyanRichmond18 years, 297 days9[51]116019
Blumfield, JustinJustin BlumfieldEssendon18 years, 197 days10[52]10148391
Collins, MatthewMatthew CollinsAdelaide19 years, 129 days10[53]84327
Moore, BenBen MooreRichmond18 years, 347 days11[54]424211
Wilson, BenBen WilsonCollingwood19 years, 113 days11[55]2620
Prestigiacomo, SimonSimon PrestigiacomoCollingwood18 years, 138 days11[56]1223363
Clement, JamesJames ClementFremantle19 years, 286 days11[57]12230151
Robbins, BenBen RobbinsBrisbane Bears19 years, 178 days12[58]592121
King, ClintonClinton KingSydney18 years, 93 days12[59]589323
Welsh, ScottScott WelshNorth Melbourne17 years, 199 days12[60]12050363
Healy, DanielDaniel HealySt Kilda22 years, 53 days12[61]138024
Ramsey, JasonJason RamseyFitzroy21 years, 158 days13[62]2270
Lissenden, EricEric LissendenNorth Melbourne24 years, 187 days14[63]2211
Johnson, KaneKane JohnsonAdelaide18 years, 115 days14[64]2220376
Vardy, PeterPeter VardyAdelaide20 years, 163 days14[65]71375206
Parker, DanielDaniel ParkerFremantle22 years, 45 days14[66]125118Brother of Shane Parker
Hamill, AaronAaron HamillCarlton18 years, 328 days15[67]41901239
Bevan, JasonJason BevanCollingwood18 years, 88 days15[68]2230
Powell, RobertRobert PowellRichmond20 years, 118 days15[69]8661560
Leoncelli, AndrewAndrew LeoncelliMelbourne22 years, 3 days16[70]7146366
Gorman, GlennGlenn GormanNorth Melbourne20 years, 183 days17[71]2210
Robbins, MatthewMatthew RobbinsGeelong19 years, 82 days17[72]11460135
Bowden, JoelJoel BowdenRichmond18 years, 38 days17[73]52654174Son of Michael Bowden, brother of Patrick Bowden
Fernee, AshleyAshley FerneeAdelaide19 years, 36 days17[74]2220
Lekkas, AngeloAngelo LekkasHawthorn20 years, 35 days18[75]31803120
Bradshaw, DanielDaniel BradshawBrisbane Bears17 years, 257 days18[76]32313524Brother of Darren Bradshaw
McMahon, RobertRobert McMahonFitzroy19 years, 9 days18[77]2221
Sikora, ShaneShane SikoraWest Coast19 years, 148 days18[78]2320
Stevens, DannyDanny StevensNorth Melbourne19 years, 287 days21[79]11517
Steinfort, CarlCarl SteinfortGeelong19 years, 154 days22[80]292226
Harvey, BrentBrent HarveyNorth Melbourne18 years, 112 days22[81]1384*0458 Brother of Shane Harvey

Change of AFL club

Name New Club Age at debut Debut round Games Goals Previous club
1996 Career 1996 Career
Ingerson, AnthonyAnthony IngersonMelbourne26 years, 168 days1[82]181581040 Adelaide
McKinnon, MartinMartin McKinnonGeelong20 years, 268 days1[83]1986850 Adelaide
Grant, DavidDavid GrantMelbourne29 years, 235 days1[84]7198175 St Kilda
Turley, CraigCraig TurleyMelbourne30 years, 218 days1[85]16131899 West Coast
Clarkson, AlastairAlastair ClarksonMelbourne27 years, 337 days1[86]221341385North Melbourne
Dwyer, MickMick DwyerFitzroy27 years, 135 days1[87]888364 St Kilda
Bell, PeterPeter BellNorth Melbourne20 years, 29 days1[88]2328623250 Fremantle, Round 17 1996 Rising Star nomination
Kappler, DarrenDarren KapplerHawthorn31 years, 68 days1[89]1918714152 Fitzroy & Sydney
Neill, RobertRobert NeillSt Kilda22 years, 86 days1[90]2044716 Sydney
Wira, BradBrad WiraFootscray24 years, 14 days1[91]2196118 Fremantle
Curley, ToddTodd CurleyFootscray23 years, 77 days1[92]181182248 Collingwood
Hickmott, AdrianAdrian HickmottCarlton24 years, 1 days1[93]2218413131 Geelong
Murphy, JustinJustin MurphyCarlton19 years, 342 days1[94]1618519151Richmond
Rowe, BradBrad RoweFremantle26 years, 129 days1[95]873780 Brisbane Bears & Collingwood
McDonald, AlexAlex McDonaldCollingwood26 years, 48 days1[96]22107944 Hawthorn
Crow, ScottScott CrowCollingwood22 years, 104 days1[97]2275737 Hawthorn
Hynes, DavidDavid HynesFremantle29 years, 0 days1[98]1286459 West Coast
Godden, TonyTony GoddenFremantle23 years, 347 days1[99]724514 West Coast
Lovell, AndyAndy LovellWest Coast25 years, 247 days1[100]2316413166Melbourne
Ellen, ShaneShane EllenAdelaide23 years, 91 days1[101]1765216 Footscray
Jarman, DarrenDarren JarmanAdelaide29 years, 64 days1[102]1923046386 Hawthorn
Bond, TroyTroy BondAdelaide22 years, 261 days1[103]20941477 Carlton
Caven, PeterPeter CavenAdelaide25 years, 320 days1[104]201391755Fitzroy & Sydney
Koster, KymKym KosterAdelaide23 years, 60 days1[105]9133444 Footscray
Dyson, KevinKevin DysonSydney28 years, 332 days1[106]22105128Melbourne
Maxfield, StuartStuart MaxfieldSydney23 years, 357 days1[107]2428914152Richmond
O'Brien, CraigCraig O'BrienSydney26 years, 28 days1[108]1811434191 Essendon & St Kilda
Cook, JamesJames CookFootscray22 years, 91 days2[109]5775139 Carlton
Beveridge, LukeLuke BeveridgeSt Kilda25 years, 227 days2[110]1611816107Melbourne & Footscray
Higgins, LeonLeon HigginsHawthorn27 years, 284 days2[111]1122280 Sydney
Gaspar, DarrenDarren GasparRichmond19 years, 322 days2[112]20228123 Sydney
Nettelbeck, CraigCraig NettelbeckMelbourne23 years, 318 days2[113]20781042 Sydney
Krummel, BrendanBrendan KrummelHawthorn23 years, 294 days3[114]1174250West Coast & Fremantle
Sexton, BenBen SextonCarlton23 years, 168 days3[115]443133 Footscray
Devonport, CraigCraig DevonportCarlton26 years, 85 days4[116]195182St Kilda
Francis, MatthewMatthew FrancisCollingwood25 years, 235 days4[117]1055223Richmond
Salmon, PaulPaul SalmonHawthorn31 years, 92 days4[118]183244561 Essendon
Jakovich, AllenAllen JakovichFootscray28 years, 31 days4[119]7547208Melbourne
Young, MatthewMatthew YoungSt Kilda23 years, 216 days4[120]19118520Hawthorn
Darcy, AnthonyAnthony DarcySt Kilda24 years, 30 days4[121]31832Geelong & Footscray
Wellman, SeanSean WellmanEssendon21 years, 213 days4[122]9212134 Adelaide
Harrison, BenBen HarrisonRichmond21 years, 96 days4[123]8161271 Carlton
Kilpatrick, GlennGlenn KilpatrickGeelong23 years, 242 days5[124]111461235 Essendon
Plain, BradleyBradley PlainNorth Melbourne26 years, 215 days5[125]156196Essendon & Collingwood
Pyman, RobertRobert PymanCollingwood24 years, 211 days6[126]540117North Melbourne
Barnard, PaulPaul BarnardEssendon23 years, 97 days8[127]15151379 Hawthorn
Elliott, JamieJamie ElliottSt Kilda23 years, 124 days10[128]958169 Fitzroy & Essendon
Turner, PeterPeter TurnerCarlton22 years, 187 days17[129]2501 Adelaide

References

  1. Ronnie Burns's statistics from AFL Tables
  2. Jason Snell's statistics from AFL Tables
  3. David Cockatoo-Collins's statistics from AFL Tables
  4. Don Cockatoo-Collins's statistics from AFL Tables
  5. Brad Cassidy's statistics from AFL Tables
  6. Peter Berbakov's statistics from AFL Tables
  7. Scott Bamford's statistics from AFL Tables
  8. Matthew Primus's statistics from AFL Tables
  9. Daniel Chick's statistics from AFL Tables
  10. Craig Treleven's statistics from AFL Tables
  11. Joe McLaren's statistics from AFL Tables
  12. Jason Traianidis's statistics from AFL Tables
  13. Andrew McLean's statistics from AFL Tables
  14. Danny Dickfos's statistics from AFL Tables
  15. Troy Johnson's statistics from AFL Tables
  16. Scott Taylor's statistics from AFL Tables
  17. Andrew Donnelly's statistics from AFL Tables
  18. Chad Morrison's statistics from AFL Tables
  19. Steven Pitt's statistics from AFL Tables
  20. Gavin Mitchell's statistics from AFL Tables
  21. Greg Harding's statistics from AFL Tables
  22. Brendon Fewster's statistics from AFL Tables
  23. Mark West's statistics from AFL Tables
  24. Tristan Lynch's statistics from AFL Tables
  25. Kane Fraser's statistics from AFL Tables
  26. Ben Holland's statistics from AFL Tables
  27. Matthew Nicks's statistics from AFL Tables
  28. Jason Cripps's statistics from AFL Tables
  29. Clive Waterhouse's statistics from AFL Tables
  30. Darren O'Brien's statistics from AFL Tables
  31. Michael Brown's statistics from AFL Tables
  32. Ben Cousins's statistics from AFL Tables
  33. Phillip Matera's statistics from AFL Tables
  34. Scott Lucas's statistics from AFL Tables
  35. Steven Koops's statistics from AFL Tables
  36. David Wirrpanda's statistics from AFL Tables
  37. Steven King's statistics from AFL Tables
  38. Stefan Carey's statistics from AFL Tables
  39. Clint Bizzell's statistics from AFL Tables
  40. Sam McFarlane's statistics from AFL Tables
  41. Shane Clayton's statistics from AFL Tables
  42. Brent Frewen's statistics from AFL Tables
  43. Nick Carter's statistics from AFL Tables
  44. Ross Funcke's statistics from AFL Tables
  45. Jade Rawlings's statistics from AFL Tables
  46. Clark Keating's statistics from AFL Tables
  47. Todd McHardy's statistics from AFL Tables
  48. Luke Toia's statistics from AFL Tables
  49. Michael Polley's statistics from AFL Tables
  50. Barry Hall's statistics from AFL Tables
  51. Damien Ryan's statistics from AFL Tables
  52. Justin Blumfield's statistics from AFL Tables
  53. Matthew Collins's statistics from AFL Tables
  54. Ben Moore's statistics from AFL Tables
  55. Ben Wilson's statistics from AFL Tables
  56. Simon Prestigiacomo's statistics from AFL Tables
  57. James Clement's statistics from AFL Tables
  58. Ben Robbins's statistics from AFL Tables
  59. Clinton King's statistics from AFL Tables
  60. Scott Welsh's statistics from AFL Tables
  61. Daniel Healy's statistics from AFL Tables
  62. Jason Ramsey's statistics from AFL Tables
  63. Eric Lissenden's statistics from AFL Tables
  64. Kane Johnson's statistics from AFL Tables
  65. Peter Vardy's statistics from AFL Tables
  66. Daniel Parker's statistics from AFL Tables
  67. Aaron Hamill's statistics from AFL Tables
  68. Jason Bevan's statistics from AFL Tables
  69. Robert Powell's statistics from AFL Tables
  70. Andrew Leoncelli's statistics from AFL Tables
  71. Glenn Gorman's statistics from AFL Tables
  72. Matthew Robbins's statistics from AFL Tables
  73. Joel Bowden's statistics from AFL Tables
  74. Ashley Fernee's statistics from AFL Tables
  75. Angelo Lekkas's statistics from AFL Tables
  76. Daniel Bradshaw's statistics from AFL Tables
  77. Robert McMahon's statistics from AFL Tables
  78. Shane Sikora's statistics from AFL Tables
  79. Danny Stevens's statistics from AFL Tables
  80. Carl Steinfort's statistics from AFL Tables
  81. Brent Harvey's statistics from AFL Tables
  82. Anthony Ingerson's statistics from AFL Tables
  83. Martin McKinnon's statistics from AFL Tables
  84. David Grant's statistics from AFL Tables
  85. Craig Turley's statistics from AFL Tables
  86. Alastair Clarkson's statistics from AFL Tables
  87. Mick Dwyer's statistics from AFL Tables
  88. Peter Bell's statistics from AFL Tables
  89. Darren Kappler's statistics from AFL Tables
  90. Robert Neill's statistics from AFL Tables
  91. Brad Wira's statistics from AFL Tables
  92. Todd Curley's statistics from AFL Tables
  93. Adrian Hickmott's statistics from AFL Tables
  94. Justin Murphy's statistics from AFL Tables
  95. Brad Rowe's statistics from AFL Tables
  96. Alex McDonald's statistics from AFL Tables
  97. Scott Crow's statistics from AFL Tables
  98. David Hynes's statistics from AFL Tables
  99. Tony Godden's statistics from AFL Tables
  100. Andy Lovell's statistics from AFL Tables
  101. Shane Ellen's statistics from AFL Tables
  102. Darren Jarman's statistics from AFL Tables
  103. Troy Bond's statistics from AFL Tables
  104. Peter Caven's statistics from AFL Tables
  105. Kym Koster's statistics from AFL Tables
  106. Kevin Dyson's statistics from AFL Tables
  107. Stuart Maxfield's statistics from AFL Tables
  108. Craig O'Brien's statistics from AFL Tables
  109. James Cook's statistics from AFL Tables
  110. Luke Beveridge's statistics from AFL Tables
  111. Leon Higgins's statistics from AFL Tables
  112. Darren Gaspar's statistics from AFL Tables
  113. Craig Nettelbeck's statistics from AFL Tables
  114. Brendan Krummel's statistics from AFL Tables
  115. Ben Sexton's statistics from AFL Tables
  116. Craig Devonport's statistics from AFL Tables
  117. Matthew Francis's statistics from AFL Tables
  118. Paul Salmon's statistics from AFL Tables
  119. Allen Jakovich's statistics from AFL Tables
  120. Matthew Young's statistics from AFL Tables
  121. Anthony Darcy's statistics from AFL Tables
  122. Sean Wellman's statistics from AFL Tables
  123. Ben Harrison's statistics from AFL Tables
  124. Glenn Kilpatrick's statistics from AFL Tables
  125. Bradley Plain's statistics from AFL Tables
  126. Robert Pyman's statistics from AFL Tables
  127. Paul Barnard's statistics from AFL Tables
  128. Jamie Elliott's statistics from AFL Tables
  129. Peter Turner's statistics from AFL Tables