| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Gale | 21 Dec 66 | 30yr | 188cm | 93kg | 162 | 44 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | Penguin | |||
| 2 | Darren Gaspar | 20 May 76 | 20yr | 192cm | 88kg | 41 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 12 | South Fremantle | #1 National 1993 | ||
| 3 | Duncan Kellaway | 17 Feb 73 | 24yr | 186cm | 85kg | 77 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 3 | Caulfield Grammar/Glen Waverley Rovers | |||
| 4 | Matthew Rogers | 25 Nov 73 | 23yr | 185cm | 90kg | 64 | 58 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 0 | Happy Valley/South Adelaide | #37 National 1992 | ||
| 5 | Jamie Tape | 5 Apr 74 | 23yr | 188cm | 89kg | 67 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #28 National 1992 | ||
| 6 | Chris Naish | 27 Sep 71 | 25yr | 172cm | 71kg | 131 | 200 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 0 | Wangaratta Tigers JFC/Wangaratta FC | #5 National 1988 | ||
| 7 | Ashley Prescott | 11 Sep 72 | 24yr | 186cm | 88kg | 49 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | Mount Waverley/Oakleigh | |||
| 8 | Mark Merenda | 29 Oct 75 | 21yr | 181cm | 81kg | 44 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 0 | West Perth | #50 National 1993 | ||
| 9 | Wayne Campbell | 23 Sep 72 | 24yr | 189cm | 88kg | 119 | 76 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 6 | Golden Square | #29 National 1989 | AA: 1995; B&F: 1995 | |
| 10 | Nick Daffy | 11 May 73 | 23yr | 183cm | 85kg | 67 | 89 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 0 | North Gambier | #49 National 1990 | ||
| 11 | Joel Bowden | 21 Jun 78 | 18yr | 188cm | 91kg | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 0 | West Alice Springs | Father-Son 1995 | ||
| 12 | Matthew Richardson | 19 Mar 75 | 22yr | 195cm | 104kg | 64 | 205 | 26 | 19 | 47 | 9 | Devonport | Father-Son 1992 | AA: 1996 | |
| 13 | Robert Powell | 19 Mar 76 | 21yr | 180cm | 79kg | 8 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 2 | North Heidelberg/Northern U18 | #64 National 1994 | ||
| 14 | r | Justin Plapp | 22 Jun 77 | 19yr | 189cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Burnie | #7 Rookie 1996 | |
| 15 | Justin Charles | 28 Sep 70 | 26yr | 196cm | 100kg | 75 | 47 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 0 | North Footscray JFC/Footscray U19s | |||
| 16 | Ben Holland | 10 May 77 | 19yr | 197cm | 97kg | 11 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | Blackfriars/North Adelaide | #19 National 1994 | ||
| 17 | Paul Broderick | 3 Jan 70 | 27yr | 178cm | 85kg | 162 | 119 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 7 | Camperdown | B&F: 1996 | ||
| 18 | Paddy Steinfort | 20 Feb 79 | 18yr | 197cm | 95kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mazenod Old Collegians/Oakleigh U18 | #16 National 1996 | Larke: 1996 | |
| 19 | Brett Evans | 26 May 72 | 24yr | 186cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Springvale | #5 Mid-Season 1992 | ||
| 20 | Ben Harrison | 17 Jan 75 | 22yr | 181cm | 96kg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | Devonport | #103 National 1992 | ||
| 21 | Paul Bulluss | 23 Jan 70 | 27yr | 194cm | 95kg | 62 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #52 National 1992 | ||
| 22 | Nathan Bower | 8 Jun 72 | 24yr | 185cm | 80kg | 62 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Mildura FC | #15 National 1989 | ||
| 23 | Stephen Jurica | 26 Jun 76 | 20yr | 194cm | 104kg | 15 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | South Fremantle | #26 National 1993 | ||
| 25 | Brendon Gale | 18 Jul 68 | 28yr | 198cm | 104kg | 144 | 161 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 1 | Burnie | #27 National 1987 | ||
| 26 | Trent Nichols | 7 Apr 69 | 28yr | 173cm | 77kg | 93 | 88 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 0 | Sandy Bay | #17 National 1986 | Gardiner: 1996 | |
| 27 | Ross Funcke | 16 Nov 77 | 19yr | 183cm | 85kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Minyip/North Ballarat U18 | #63 National 1994 | ||
| 28 | Ben Moore | 4 Jul 77 | 19yr | 180cm | 75kg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | Reynella/Glenelg | #46 National 1995 | ||
| 29 | Jason Torney | 16 Jun 77 | 19yr | 187cm | 84kg | 19 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Morphett Vale/South Adelaide | #29 National 1994 | ||
| 30 | David Bourke | 9 Jan 76 | 21yr | 194cm | 86kg | 34 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | Assumption College/Xavier College/Sandringham U18 | Father-Son 1994 | ||
| 31 | John Howat | 15 Jul 70 | 26yr | 187cm | 89kg | 65 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bayside JFC/Mentone Grammar | |||
| 32 | Jason Baldwin | 7 Nov 69 | 27yr | 180cm | 78kg | 125 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Coldstream | |||
| 33 | Matthew Knights | 5 Oct 70 | 26yr | 178cm | 79kg | 163 | 101 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 8 | Merbein | B&F: 1990, 1992 | ||
| 34 | Ewan Thompson | 29 Mar 77 | 20yr | 179cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | MHSOB/Northern U18 | #59 National 1995 | ||
| 35 | Chris Bond | 26 Jan 69 | 28yr | 178cm | 81kg | 100 | 37 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 0 | North Hobart | #35 National 1989 | B&F: 1994 | |
| 36 | Matthew Manfield | 14 Apr 77 | 20yr | 192cm | 88kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #24 National 1994 | ||
| 37 | Damien Ryan | 3 Aug 77 | 19yr | 188cm | 85kg | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Heatherdale JFC/Caulfield Grammar/Eastern U18 | #11 National 1994 | ||
| 38 | Steven McKee | 20 Jun 78 | 18yr | 199cm | 104kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Myrtleford | #55 National 1996 | ||
| 39 | Nick Jewell | 27 Aug 77 | 19yr | 194cm | 93kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 | Father-Son 1995 | ||
| 40 | Mark Chaffey | 6 May 77 | 19yr | 178cm | 82kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | Caulfield Grammar | #35 National 1996 | ||
| 41 | Scott Turner | 31 May 70 | 26yr | 198cm | 99kg | 104 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Ararat/Melbourne Reserves | #18 Mid-Season 1989 | ||
| 42 | Daniel Donati | 29 Sep 77 | 19yr | 187cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Xavier College/Old Xavs | #79 National 1996 | ||
| Brent Frewen | 20 Oct 77 | 19yr | 195cm | 85kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Mildura/Bendigo U18 | #4 Pre-Season 1995 | |||
| Bradley Smith | 7 Jul 77 | 19yr | 198cm | 102kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Claremont | #35 National 1995 | |||
| r | Jason Ramsey | 24 Jan 75 | 22yr | 189cm | 87kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #4 Pre-Season 1994 |