| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damian Monkhorst | 21 Aug 69 | 27yr | 202cm | 108kg | 154 | 31 | 43 | 20 | 6 | 3 | Woori Yallock | Prem: 1990 | ||
| 2 | Tony Francis | 1 Apr 69 | 28yr | 171cm | 74kg | 122 | 86 | 49 | 10 | 8 | 1 | Norwood | #95 National 1988 | AA: 1991; B&F: 1991; Prem: 1990 | |
| 3 | Mark Richardson | 31 Oct 72 | 24yr | 196cm | 103kg | 48 | 45 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | Macleod/Ivanhoe Grammar | |||
| 4 | Aaron James | 31 Oct 76 | 20yr | 194cm | 102kg | 18 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Melton/Western U18 | #35 National 1993 | ||
| 5 | Nathan Buckley | 26 Jul 72 | 24yr | 186cm | 92kg | 85 | 85 | 39 | 22 | 20 | 13 | Southern Districts/Ainslie/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Zone 1992 | AA: 1996; Rising Star: 1993; B&F: 1994, 1996; Magarey: 1992 | |
| 6 | Stephen Patterson | 4 Jan 71 | 26yr | 177cm | 75kg | 39 | 46 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | Norwood | #34 National 1993 | ||
| 7 | Robert AhMat | 19 Jul 77 | 19yr | 175cm | 80kg | 11 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | Warburton-Millgrove/Darwin FC | #47 National 1994 | ||
| 8 | Josh Mahoney | 31 Oct 77 | 19yr | 180cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | St Kevin's College/Western U18/Williamstown | #84 National 1996 | ||
| 9 | Matthew Francis | 29 Aug 70 | 26yr | 196cm | 86kg | 29 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | St Patrick's College/Ballan | #19 National 1988 | ||
| 10 | Paul Williams | 3 Apr 73 | 24yr | 177cm | 83kg | 113 | 145 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 10 | North Hobart | #70 National 1989 | Larke: 1990 | |
| 11 | John Barnett | 15 Aug 75 | 21yr | 175cm | 75kg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Endeavour Hills | |||
| 12 | Andrew Schauble | 17 Nov 76 | 20yr | 193cm | 93kg | 25 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | Xavier College | #66 National 1993 | ||
| 14 | Shane Watson | 17 Feb 74 | 23yr | 186cm | 90kg | 88 | 58 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 0 | Montmorency | |||
| 15 | Jason Taylor | 23 Sep 68 | 28yr | 196cm | 96kg | 87 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | New Norfolk | #11 National 1986 | ||
| 17 | Scott Burns | 23 Dec 74 | 22yr | 181cm | 85kg | 43 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | Norwood | #90 National 1992 | ||
| 18 | Lee Walker | 7 Feb 73 | 24yr | 197cm | 97kg | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | East Perth | #19 National 1992 | ||
| 19 | Graham Wright | 6 Jun 68 | 28yr | 178cm | 84kg | 164 | 100 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 0 | East Devonport | #3 National 1987 | Prem: 1990 | |
| 21 | Brent Tuckey | 27 Aug 79 | 17yr | 192cm | 94kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stawell/Ballarat FC/North Ballarat U18 | #19 National 1996 | ||
| 22 | Jason Wild | 10 Feb 76 | 21yr | 182cm | 78kg | 27 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka | #39 National 1993 | ||
| 23 | Anthony Rocca | 15 Aug 77 | 19yr | 195cm | 105kg | 22 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 34 | 0 | Reservoir Lakeside/Northern U18 | #2 National 1994 | ||
| 24 | Chris Curran | 3 Aug 74 | 22yr | 178cm | 76kg | 19 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | Boronia/Richmond Reserves/Box Hill Mustangs | Supp List 1994 | ||
| 26 | Gavin Brown | 25 Sep 67 | 29yr | 184cm | 86kg | 182 | 144 | 45 | 22 | 1 | 10 | Templestowe/Marcellin College | AA: 1991, 1994; B&F: 1989, 1994; Prem: 1990 | ||
| 27 | Alex McDonald | 13 Feb 70 | 27yr | 186cm | 82kg | 68 | 33 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | St Patrick's College/Ballarat YCW | #1 National 1988 | ||
| 28 | Gavin Crosisca | 15 Sep 68 | 28yr | 188cm | 88kg | 181 | 49 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 4 | Western Districts | Prem: 1990 | ||
| 29 | Scott Russell | 7 May 70 | 26yr | 180cm | 75kg | 145 | 91 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 11 | Prince Alfred College/Sturt | #39 National 1988 | Prem: 1990 | |
| 30 | Paul Sharkey | 8 Jun 74 | 22yr | 190cm | 92kg | 21 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Catholic College Bendigo/Sandhurst | #22 National 1990 | ||
| 31 | Trent Hotton | 1 Dec 73 | 23yr | 193cm | 90kg | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warragul/Northern U18 | #28 Pre-Season 1993 | ||
| 32 | Dwayne Griffin | 28 Feb 77 | 20yr | 182cm | 76kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Swan Districts | #89 National 1996 | ||
| 33 | Chad Liddell | 21 Jan 77 | 20yr | 185cm | 80kg | 12 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | Mordialloc-Braeside/Dandenong U18 | #30 National 1994 | ||
| 35 | Simon Prestigiacomo | 31 Jan 78 | 19yr | 193cm | 96kg | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Research/Northern U18 | #10 National 1995 | ||
| 36 | Saverio Rocca | 20 Nov 73 | 23yr | 195cm | 112kg | 89 | 310 | 17 | 21 | 76 | 4 | Reservoir Lakeside | B&F: 1995 | ||
| 37 | Brad Fuller | 8 Aug 78 | 18yr | 174cm | 70kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tuggeranong/Marist College (ACT)/Eastlake/NSW-ACT U18 | #87 National 1996 | ||
| 38 | Brad Cassidy | 25 Jul 76 | 20yr | 185cm | 75kg | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | North Ballarat U18/Horsham United | Foundation 1994 | ||
| 39 | Scott Crow | 18 Dec 73 | 23yr | 179cm | 80kg | 35 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 2 | Port Fairy | #44 National 1990 | ||
| 40 | Jason Bevan | 18 Apr 78 | 19yr | 180cm | 78kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Adelaide | #71 National 1995 | ||
| 43 | Luke Godden | 21 Sep 78 | 18yr | 180cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yarrambat/Northern U18 | #40 National 1995 | Larke: 1995 | |
| 44 | Richard Osborne | 16 Jun 64 | 32yr | 182cm | 86kg | 254 | 548 | 51 | 15 | 20 | 0 | Bulleen-Templestowe | |||
| 47 | r | Andrew Pugsley | 25 Jul 78 | 18yr | 186cm | 81kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scoresby/Eastern U18 | #21 Rookie 1996 | |
| 48 | r | Mal Michael | 24 Jun 77 | 19yr | 190cm | 99kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | St Peters College (Qld)/Morningside | #6 Rookie 1996 | |
| Leigh Singline | 17 Aug 77 | 19yr | 183cm | 76kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Launceston | #90 National 1996 | |||
| Robert Schaefer | 14 Feb 72 | 25yr | 200cm | 105kg | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sacred Heart College/Sturt | #82 National 1992 | |||
| Michael Gardiner | 22 Mar 78 | 19yr | 197cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Subiaco | #19 Pre-Season 1996 | |||
| r | Michael Polley | 14 Sep 76 | 20yr | 180cm | 78kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hadfield/Northern U18 | #34 National 1994 | ||
| r | Brett Warburton | 27 Mar 76 | 21yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carlton Reserves | #51 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| r | Peter O'Brien | 5 Feb 76 | 21yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Old Melburnians | #66 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| Marty Warry | 5 Jan 77 | 20yr | 178cm | 78kg | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ormond/Sandringham U18 | #35 National 1994 | |||
| r | Mark Oxley | 21 Dec 76 | 20yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Castlemaine | #81 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| Marcus Barham | 10 Oct 78 | 18yr | 185cm | 75kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gisborne/Calder U18 | #77 National 1996 | |||
| Jonathon Ross | 3 Nov 73 | 23yr | 193cm | 101kg | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1990 |