| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Matthew Scarlett | 31 | Geelong | #45 National 1997 | 22 | 246 | 6 | |
| FB | Darren Glass | 29 | West Coast | #11 National 1999 | 24 | 196 | 3 | |
| BP | Corey Enright | 29 | Geelong | #47 National 1999 | 23 | 199 | 4 | |
| HBF | Robert Murphy | 28 | Western Bulldogs | #13 National 1999 | 21 | 188 | 1 | |
| CHB | Ben Reid | 21 | Collingwood | #8 National 2006 | 24 | 29 | 1 | |
| HBF | Leon Davis | 29 | Collingwood | #34 National 1999 | 21 | 204 | 2 | |
| W | Dale Thomas | 23 | Collingwood | #2 National 2005 | 21 | 111 | 1 | |
| C | Sam Mitchell | 28 | Hawthorn | #36 National 2001 | 23 | 174 | 1 | |
| W | Scott Pendlebury | 23 | Collingwood | #5 National 2005 | 25 | 102 | 2 | |
| HFF | Marc Murphy | 23 | Carlton | #1 National 2005 | 24 | 102 | 1 | |
| CHF | Travis Cloke | 23 | Collingwood | #39 National 2004 | 25 | 124 | 1 | |
| HFF | Dane Swan | 26 | Collingwood | #58 National 2001 | 24 | 151 | 3 | |
| FP | Stephen Milne | 30 | St Kilda | #23 Rookie 1999 | 23 | 213 | 1 | |
| FF | Lance Franklin | 23 | Hawthorn | #5 National 2004 | 22 | 120 | 3 | |
| FP | Adam Goodes | 31 | Sydney | #43 National 1997 | 24 | 276 | 4 | |
| Ru | Dean Cox | 29 | West Coast | #28 Rookie 1999 | 25 | 202 | 5 | |
| RR | VC | Chris Judd | 27 | Carlton | #3 National 2001 | 24 | 198 | 6 |
| Ro | C | Gary Ablett | 26 | Gold Coast | #40 National 2001 | 20 | 192 | 5 |
| IC | Matthew Boyd | 28 | Western Bulldogs | #23 Rookie 2001 | 22 | 163 | 2 | |
| IC | Nick Dal Santo | 26 | St Kilda | #13 National 2001 | 23 | 193 | 3 | |
| IC | James Kelly | 27 | Geelong | #17 National 2001 | 24 | 170 | 1 | |
| IC | Drew Petrie | 28 | North Melbourne | #23 National 2000 | 21 | 178 | 1 |