| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Minton-Connell | 26 Apr 69 | 27yr | 194cm | 92kg | 87 | 252 | 15 | 17 | 43 | 2 | North Hobart | #38 National 1986 | ||
| 2 | Steven Kolyniuk | 5 Jul 70 | 26yr | 174cm | 84kg | 120 | 127 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 0 | St Albans (WRFL) | Larke: 1987 | ||
| 3 | Chris Grant | 13 Dec 72 | 24yr | 193cm | 98kg | 144 | 277 | 45 | 23 | 37 | 27 | Daylesford | #105 National 1988 | B&F: 1994, 1996 | |
| 4 | Nigel Kellett | 18 Dec 69 | 27yr | 180cm | 82kg | 97 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Hoppers Crossing/Geelong College | |||
| 5 | Rohan Smith | 31 May 73 | 23yr | 184cm | 80kg | 75 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 26 | 3 | Emmanuel College/Kingsville | |||
| 6 | Brad Johnson | 18 Jul 76 | 20yr | 182cm | 87kg | 52 | 31 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 4 | Williamstown/Western U18 | #11 National 1993 | ||
| 7 | Scott West | 14 Nov 74 | 22yr | 178cm | 83kg | 78 | 36 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 5 | Strathmore/PEGS | B&F: 1995 | ||
| 8 | Daniel Southern | 1 Jan 75 | 22yr | 188cm | 91kg | 47 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | Claremont | #92 National 1992 | Larke: 1992 | |
| 9 | Paul Hudson | 20 Jul 70 | 26yr | 185cm | 88kg | 134 | 264 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 0 | Hobart FC/Camberwell Grammar | Prem: 1991 | ||
| 10 | Brett Montgomery | 1 Jun 73 | 23yr | 180cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 0 | South Croydon/Essendon Reserves/Springvale | #47 National 1996 | ||
| 11 | Todd Curley | 14 Jan 73 | 24yr | 188cm | 83kg | 21 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | West Perth | #41 National 1991 | ||
| 12 | James Cook | 7 Jan 74 | 23yr | 190cm | 95kg | 30 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 0 | North Hobart | #2 National 1990 | ||
| 14 | Luke Darcy | 12 Jul 75 | 21yr | 197cm | 99kg | 24 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 24 | 7 | Rostrevor College/South Adelaide | Father-Son 1992 | ||
| 15 | Scott Wynd | 25 Jan 70 | 27yr | 201cm | 108kg | 147 | 24 | 64 | 23 | 3 | 4 | Jacana | AA: 1992; Brownlow: 1992; B&F: 1992 | ||
| 16 | Matthew Croft | 26 Feb 73 | 24yr | 191cm | 94kg | 43 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 1 | Mildura Imperials | #2 National 1989 | ||
| 17 | Nathan Brown | 10 Feb 78 | 19yr | 182cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | Golden Square/Bendigo U18 | #10 National 1996 | Morrish: 1996 | |
| 18 | Leon Cameron | 2 Sep 72 | 24yr | 185cm | 82kg | 116 | 49 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 3 | South Warrnambool | #7 National 1988 | B&F: 1993 | |
| 20 | Paul Dooley | 3 Oct 75 | 21yr | 196cm | 97kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Peters/Williamstown | #58 National 1996 | Liston: 1996 | |
| 21 | Matthew Dent | 17 Jan 72 | 25yr | 185cm | 86kg | 47 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | Sturt | #52 National 1993 | ||
| 22 | Peter Quill | 23 Aug 69 | 27yr | 182cm | 84kg | 63 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | East Fremantle | #32 National 1992 | ||
| 23 | Michael Martin | 25 Feb 77 | 20yr | 179cm | 86kg | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Hobart FC | #14 National 1994 | Hun-Har: 1994 | |
| 24 | Brad Wira | 16 Mar 72 | 25yr | 179cm | 78kg | 22 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | Claremont | Foundation 1994 | ||
| 25 | Jason Watts | 29 Jul 71 | 25yr | 185cm | 80kg | 52 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Werribee | #12 Pre-Season 1993 | ||
| 26 | Simon Cox | 25 Jan 77 | 20yr | 192cm | 95kg | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | Keith/Glenelg | #32 National 1994 | ||
| 27 | Tyson Lane | 25 Aug 76 | 20yr | 183cm | 86kg | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Melton | |||
| 28 | Paul Dimattina | 22 Nov 74 | 22yr | 180cm | 84kg | 12 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | Marcellin College | #89 National 1991 | ||
| 29 | Stephen Powell | 7 Sep 76 | 20yr | 181cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | St Kevin's College/Sandringham U18 | #61 National 1996 | ||
| 30 | Scott Allen | 30 Jan 75 | 22yr | 182cm | 84kg | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Portarlington/Geelong U18 | #59 National 1992 | ||
| 32 | Craig Ellis | 4 Jun 75 | 21yr | 190cm | 90kg | 22 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3 | Stawell/Western U18 | #50 National 1990 | ||
| 33 | Scott Taylor | 22 Oct 76 | 20yr | 180cm | 82kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grovedale/Geelong U18 | #66 National 1994 | ||
| 34 | Mark West | 3 Apr 73 | 24yr | 180cm | 92kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | South Adelaide | #43 National 1995 | ||
| 35 | Steven Kretiuk | 4 Jul 72 | 24yr | 184cm | 89kg | 61 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | St Albans (WRFL) | |||
| 36 | Jose Romero | 1 Aug 71 | 25yr | 173cm | 74kg | 126 | 119 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 3 | Jacana | B&F: 1996 | ||
| 37 | Daniel Hargraves | 6 Dec 75 | 21yr | 192cm | 93kg | 34 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Powelltown/Eastern U18 | #27 Pre-Season 1993 | ||
| 38 | Sedat Sir | 6 Mar 75 | 22yr | 188cm | 80kg | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | West Coburg/Sandringham U18 | #54 National 1993 | ||
| 39 | Tony Liberatore | 11 Feb 66 | 31yr | 163cm | 77kg | 173 | 81 | 77 | 24 | 8 | 10 | Brunswick City/North Melbourne U19s/North Melbourne Reserves | Brownlow: 1990; B&F: 1991; Gardiner: 1986, 1988; Morrish: 1984 | ||
| 41 | David Round | 25 Jun 78 | 18yr | 192cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Strathmore/Calder U18 | Father-Son 1995 | ||
| 43 | r | Adam Contessa | 29 Dec 76 | 20yr | 176cm | 81kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Coburg/Northern U18/North Melbourne Reserves | #2 Rookie 1996 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 26 Jul 78 | 18yr | 179cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Montmorency/Northern U18 | #32 National 1996 | |||
| Jacob Rhodes | 8 Jan 79 | 18yr | 175cm | 75kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Warrnambool/Geelong U18 | #44 National 1996 | |||
| Steven Pitt | 22 Jul 73 | 23yr | 188cm | 89kg | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | #77 National 1995 | |||
| r | Jason Lappin | 5 Jan 74 | 23yr | 182cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wodonga Raiders | #12 Pre-Season 1995 | ||
| Shaun Baxter | 2 Oct 77 | 19yr | 188cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bannockburn/Geelong U18 | #49 National 1994 | |||
| Hugh Reimers | 14 Apr 72 | 25yr | 195cm | 87kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Central District | #76 National 1992 |