| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1998 | Goals 1998 | Votes 1998 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven King | 22 Nov 78 | 19yr | 201cm | 104kg | 35 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Shepparton FC/Murray U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 2 | Leigh Colbert | 7 Jun 75 | 22yr | 192cm | 91kg | 85 | 41 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 6 | South Bendigo | #18 National 1992 | ||
| 3 | Adam Houlihan | 6 Apr 78 | 20yr | 185cm | 84kg | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Corowa-Rutherglen/Murray U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 4 | Jason Snell | 27 Jul 77 | 20yr | 181cm | 81kg | 13 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 0 | Upwey-Tecoma/Carey Grammar/Eastern U18 | #34 National 1995 | ||
| 6 | John Barnes | 1 Jun 69 | 28yr | 193cm | 95kg | 126 | 59 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 1 | Cobram | |||
| 7 | Ben Graham | 2 Nov 73 | 24yr | 196cm | 98kg | 73 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 3 | Leopold | #40 Pre-Season 1991 | ||
| 8 | Ronnie Burns | 13 Mar 73 | 25yr | 183cm | 86kg | 45 | 81 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 0 | St Marys/West Perth | #49 National 1995 | ||
| 9 | Clint Bizzell | 28 Jun 76 | 21yr | 188cm | 85kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 2 | Brisbane Boys' College/Kedron Grange | #75 National 1995 | ||
| 10 | Grant Tanner | 24 Jul 70 | 27yr | 184cm | 80kg | 69 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1990 | ||
| 11 | Cameron Roberts | 7 Sep 78 | 19yr | 194cm | 92kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | North Adelaide | |||
| 12 | Brad Sholl | 10 Nov 72 | 25yr | 184cm | 84kg | 73 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 11 | Horsham FC | #32 National 1988 | ||
| 13 | Glenn Kilpatrick | 29 Aug 72 | 25yr | 184cm | 85kg | 61 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | Studfield | #37 Pre-Season 1991 | Magarey: 1995 | |
| 14 | Brett Spinks | 7 Nov 73 | 24yr | 194cm | 110kg | 21 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 3 | South Fremantle | #79 National 1992 | ||
| 15 | Peter Riccardi | 17 Dec 72 | 25yr | 183cm | 92kg | 125 | 124 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 2 | Bannockburn/Geelong West St Peter's | |||
| 16 | Marc Woolnough | 20 May 80 | 17yr | 195cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Southport | #29 National 1997 | ||
| 17 | Tim McGrath | 7 Oct 70 | 27yr | 190cm | 94kg | 145 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | North Dandenong/North Melbourne U19s | Morrish: 1988 | ||
| 18 | Paul Lynch | 18 Oct 73 | 24yr | 185cm | 87kg | 43 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 1 | Alvie/Colac | |||
| 19 | Derek Hall | 29 Nov 70 | 27yr | 189cm | 92kg | 53 | 59 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 0 | West Perth | #64 National 1990 | ||
| 20 | Carl Steinfort | 1 Apr 77 | 21yr | 191cm | 87kg | 24 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Mazenod College/Sandringham U18/Mazenod Old Collegians | #17 National 1994 | ||
| 21 | Michael Mansfield | 8 Aug 71 | 26yr | 183cm | 85kg | 141 | 81 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 1 | St Joseph's | AA: 1994, 1995 | ||
| 22 | Tim Hargreaves | 30 May 75 | 22yr | 184cm | 86kg | 53 | 68 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Berrigan | #74 National 1992 | ||
| 23 | Liam Pickering | 9 Sep 68 | 29yr | 184cm | 85kg | 107 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Stawell | #48 National 1987 | B&F: 1997 | |
| 24 | Hamish Simpson | 17 Jan 76 | 22yr | 191cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Brisbane Boys' College/Kedron Grange/Woodville-West Torrens | |||
| 25 | Leigh Brockman | 23 Jul 78 | 19yr | 193cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | North Hobart/Tasmania U18 | #8 National 1996 | ||
| 26 | Barry Stoneham | 9 Feb 68 | 30yr | 194cm | 98kg | 194 | 167 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 2 | St Joseph's College/St Joseph's | AA: 1992; B&F: 1990 | ||
| 27 | Brenton Sanderson | 27 Feb 74 | 24yr | 185cm | 90kg | 65 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 3 | Sturt | Foundation 1990 | ||
| 28 | Martin McKinnon | 5 Jul 75 | 22yr | 189cm | 94kg | 68 | 38 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | Central District | #26 National 1992 | ||
| 29 | Daniel Lowther | 19 Apr 77 | 21yr | 181cm | 77kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | Diamond Creek/Northern U18 | #61 National 1995 | ||
| 30 | Craig Biddiscombe | 21 Sep 76 | 21yr | 185cm | 84kg | 22 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | Traralgon/Gippsland U18 | #59 National 1993 | ||
| 31 | David Mensch | 14 Aug 72 | 25yr | 191cm | 93kg | 76 | 80 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | Grovedale | |||
| 32 | Garry Hocking | 8 Oct 68 | 29yr | 182cm | 84kg | 207 | 197 | 106 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Cobram | AA: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996; B&F: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 | ||
| 33 | Paul Corrigan | 30 Jul 77 | 20yr | 185cm | 84kg | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | Rythdale-Officer-Cardinia/Haileybury College/Dandenong U18/Melbourne Reserves | #43 National 1996 | ||
| 34 | James Rahilly | 15 Jun 79 | 18yr | 187cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | Geelong U18 | #38 National 1997 | ||
| 35 | David Ugrinic | 11 Feb 75 | 23yr | 183cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #13 National 1993 | ||
| 37 | Sean Simpson | 16 Apr 70 | 28yr | 188cm | 85kg | 107 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | Damascus College/East Ballarat | |||
| 38 | Joel McKay | 16 Jul 79 | 18yr | 184cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Murray U18 | #15 National 1997 | ||
| 39 | Darren Milburn | 15 Apr 77 | 21yr | 189cm | 92kg | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | Kilmore/Calder U18 | #48 National 1995 | ||
| 40 | Paul Brown | 6 May 69 | 28yr | 187cm | 87kg | 83 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Echuca | |||
| 41 | Matthew Scarlett | 5 Jun 79 | 18yr | 192cm | 94kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | St Joseph's/St Joseph's College/Geelong U18 | #45 National 1997 | ||
| 42 | Justin Wood | 18 Dec 79 | 18yr | 183cm | 73kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Glenorchy/Tasmania U18 | #54 National 1997 | ||
| 43 | Tim Finocchiaro | 19 Jun 79 | 18yr | 177cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Warrandyte/Eastern U18 | #61 National 1997 | Larke: 1997 | |
| 46 | r | Paul Lindsay | 28 Feb 76 | 22yr | 198cm | 100kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Fremantle | #12 Rookie 1997 | |
| r | Chris Hemley | 8 Sep 77 | 20yr | 192cm | 93kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bell Post Hill/Geelong U18 | #13 National 1994 | ||
| r | Shaun Baxter | 2 Oct 77 | 20yr | 188cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bannockburn/Geelong U18 | #49 National 1994 | ||
| Gerrard Bennett | 9 Apr 79 | 19yr | 187cm | 94kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Hobart/Tasmania U18 | #18 National 1996 |