AFL Debuts
- Players are listed in order of their debut for a club in a senior AFL match; where more than one player made his debut in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. Statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2008 AFL season only.
† | Denotes player who was elevated from club's rookie list |
Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round |
Games (2008) |
Goals (2008) |
Ref. |
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Edwards, JakeJake Edwards | Carlton | 20 years, 074 days !20 years, 74 days | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
Stewart, PaulPaul Stewart | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 254 days !20 years, 254 days | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
West, TrentTrent West | Geelong | 20 years, 155 days !20 years, 155 days | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
Brown, NathanNathan Brown | Collingwood | 19 years, 096 days !19 years, 96 days | 1 | 23 | 4 | |
Bird, CraigCraig Bird | Sydney | 19 years, 061 days !19 years, 61 days | 1 | 21 | 8 | |
Geary, JarrynJarryn Geary | St Kilda | 19 years, 273 days !19 years, 273 days | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
Mackay, DavidDavid Mackay | Adelaide | 19 years, 242 days !19 years, 242 days | 1 | 19 | 4 | |
Tippett, KurtKurt Tippett | Adelaide | 20 years, 320 days !20 years, 320 days | 1 | 19 | 17 | |
Morton, CaleCale Morton | Melbourne | 18 years, 065 days !18 years, 65 days | 1 | 19 | 12 | |
Rioli, CyrilCyril Rioli | Hawthorn | 18 years, 253 days !18 years, 253 days | 1 | 25 | 24 | |
Stokes, CameronCameron Stokes† | Hawthorn | 18 years, 265 days !18 years, 265 days | 1 | 9 | 6 | |
Weetra, IsaacIsaac Weetra | Melbourne | 19 years, 025 days !18 years, 25 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Thompson, ScottScott Thompson | North Melbourne | 21 years, 320 days !21 years, 320 days | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
Henderson, LachlanLachlan Henderson | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 105 days !18 years, 105 days | 2 | 8 | 3 | |
Ebert, BradBrad Ebert | West Coast | 17 years, 362 days !17 years, 362 days | 2 | 15 | 5 | |
Masten, ChrisChris Masten | West Coast | 18 years, 332 days !18 years, 332 days | 2 | 9 | 1 | |
Mayne, ChrisChris Mayne | Fremantle | 19 years, 148 days !19 years, 148 days | 2 | 17 | 10 | |
Palmer, RhysRhys Palmer | Fremantle | 19 years, 045 days !19 years, 45 days | 2 | 20 | 10 | |
Pfeiffer, DarrenDarren Pfeiffer | Carlton | 20 years, 183 days !20 years, 183 days | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
Taylor, HarryHarry Taylor | Geelong | 21 years, 292 days !21 years, 292 days | 2 | 21 | 3 | |
Selwood, ScottScott Selwood | West Coast | 18 years, 009 days !18 years, 9 days | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
Kreuzer, MatthewMatthew Kreuzer | Carlton | 18 years, 328 days !18 years, 328 days | 3 | 20 | 13 | |
Wonaeamirri, AustinAustin Wonaeamirri† | Melbourne | 19 years, 187 days !19 years, 187 days | 3 | 18 | 24 | |
Anthony, JackJack Anthony | Collingwood | 20 years, 078 days !20 years, 78 days | 3 | 12 | 25 | |
Pears, TayteTayte Pears | Essendon | 18 years, 018 days !18 years, 18 days | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
Ross, BenBen Ross | North Melbourne | 19 years, 204 days !19 years, 204 days | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Spangher, MatthewMatthew Spangher | West Coast | 20 years, 355 days !20 years, 355 days | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
Smith, NickNick Smith† | Sydney | 19 years, 312 days !19 years, 312 days | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
Hinkley, ClaytonClayton Hinkley | Fremantle | 19 years, 058 days !19 years, 58 days | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
Jacky, JarrhanJarrhan Jacky | Adelaide | 19 years, 014 days !19 years, 14 days | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
Wellingham, SharrodSharrod Wellingham† | Collingwood | 19 years, 293 days !19 years, 293 days | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
Mumford, ShaneShane Mumford† | Geelong | 21 years, 295 days !21 years, 295 days | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
Browne, StevenSteven Browne | Carlton | 19 years, 085 days !19 years, 85 days | 6 | 13 | 4 | |
Polkinghorne, JamesJames Polkinghorne | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 097 days !19 years, 97 days | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
White, JesseJesse White | Sydney | 20 years, 109 days !20 years, 109 days | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
Ellard, DavidDavid Ellard† | Carlton | 19 years, 050 days !19 years, 50 days | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
Sellar, JamesJames Sellar | Adelaide | 19 years, 040 days !19 years, 40 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Smith, JoshJosh Smith | North Melbourne | 22 years, 059 days !22 years, 59 days | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
Atkinson, JarrodJarrod Atkinson† | Essendon | 23 years, 073 days !23 years, 73 days | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
Daniher, DarcyDarcy Daniher | Essendon | 18 years, 226 days !18 years, 226 days | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
Myers, DavidDavid Myers | Essendon | 18 years, 309 days !18 years, 309 days | 7 | 8 | 1 | |
Cotchin, TrentTrent Cotchin | Richmond | 18 years, 040 days !18 years, 40 days | 8 | 15 | 9 | |
Davis, RyanRyan Davis† | West Coast | 20 years, 355 days !20 years, 355 days | 8 | 11 | 4 | |
Obst, AlanAlan Obst† | North Melbourne | 20 years, 364 days !20 years, 364 days | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
Valenti, ShaneShane Valenti† | Melbourne | 21 years, 110 days !21 years, 110 days | 8 | 9 | 3 | |
Houlihan, TimTim Houlihan | West Coast | 19 years, 104 days !19 years, 104 days | 9 | 8 | 0 | |
Wilkes, BeauBeau Wilkes† | West Coast | 22 years, 065 days !22 years, 65 days | 9 | 14 | 1 | |
Kennedy, JoshJosh Kennedy | Hawthorn | 19 years, 340 days !19 years, 340 days | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
Morton, JarrydJarryd Morton | Hawthorn | 19 years, 233 days !19 years, 233 days | 9 | 8 | 0 | |
Armfield, DennisDennis Armfield | Carlton | 21 years, 161 days !21 years, 161 days | 10 | 9 | 2 | |
Urquhart, GavinGavin Urquhart | North Melbourne | 20 years, 013 days !20 years, 13 days | 10 | 14 | 0 | |
Bellchambers, TomTom Bellchambers | Essendon | 18 years, 334 days !18 years, 334 days | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
Hawksley, JamesJames Hawksley | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 124 days !19 years, 124 days | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
Ward, CallanCallan Ward | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 059 days !18 years, 59 days | 11 | 6 | 2 | |
Otten, AndyAndy Otten | Adelaide | 19 years, 030 days !19 years, 30 days | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
Renouf, BrentBrent Renouf | Hawthorn | 20 years, 042 days !20 years, 42 days | 12 | 8 | 0 | |
Allen, JarrydJarryd Allen | St Kilda | 20 years, 158 days !20 years, 158 days | 13 | 4 | 0 | |
Eddy, RobertRobert Eddy† | St Kilda | 20 years, 165 days !20 years, 165 days | 13 | 13 | 3 | |
McEvoy, BenBen McEvoy | St Kilda | 18 years, 354 days !18 years, 354 days | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
Collier, TomTom Collier | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 088 days !19 years, 88 days | 13 | 6 | 1 | |
Martin, StefanStefan Martin | Melbourne | 21 years, 225 days !21 years, 225 days | 14 | 8 | 0 | |
Head, JoshJosh Head | Fremantle | 25 years, 083 days !25 years, 83 days | 14 | 3 | 1 | |
Goldstein, ToddTodd Goldstein | North Melbourne | 20 years, 011 days !20 years, 11 days | 15 | 3 | 2 | |
Dalziell, BraddBradd Dalziell | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 126 days !21 years, 126 days | 16 | 7 | 1 | |
O'Dwyer, MatthewMatthew O'Dwyer† | Sydney | 19 years, 365 days !19 years, 365 days | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
Maric, AddamAddam Maric | Melbourne | 18 years, 100 days !18 years, 100 days | 17 | 5 | 2 | |
Clouston, ScottScott Clouston† | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 182 days !21 years, 182 days | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
Brabazon, RyanRyan Brabazon | Sydney | 21 years, 221 days !21 years, 221 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
Veszpremi, PatrickPatrick Veszpremi | Sydney | 18 years, 337 days !18 years, 337 days | 18 | 6 | 9 | |
Farmer, MitchellMitchell Farmer | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 212 days !19 years, 212 days | 18 | 3 | 0 | |
Salter, NickNick Salter† | Port Adelaide | 21 years, 004 days !21 years, 4 days | 18 | 2 | 3 | |
Williams, RyanRyan Williams | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 304 days !19 years, 304 days | 19 | 2 | 0 | |
Dawes, ChrisChris Dawes | Collingwood | 20 years, 085 days !20 years, 85 days | 19 | 6 | 5 | |
McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy | Collingwood | 18 years, 264 days !18 years, 264 days | 19 | 6 | 3 | |
Magin, RhysRhys Magin† | Essendon | 19 years, 159 days !19 years, 159 days | 19 | 4 | 2 | |
Westhoff, MatthewMatthew Westhoff | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 071 days !20 years, 71 days | 20 | 3 | 3 | |
Dangerfield, PatrickPatrick Dangerfield | Adelaide | 18 years, 133 days !18 years, 133 days | 20 | 2 | 0 | |
Notte, TonyTony Notte | West Coast | 18 years, 123 days !18 years, 123 days | 20 | 2 | 0 | |
Hooker, CaleCale Hooker | Essendon | 19 years, 314 days !19 years, 314 days | 21 | 2 | 0 | |
Motlop, MarlonMarlon Motlop | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 128 days !18 years, 128 days | 21 | 2 | 1 | |
Hanley, PearcePearce Hanley† | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 282 days !19 years, 282 days | 21 | 2 | 0 | |
Reid, SamSam Reid | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 297 days !18 years, 297 days | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
Grimes, JackJack Grimes | Melbourne | 19 years, 112 days !19 years, 112 days | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
Williams, JohnJohn Williams | Essendon | 19 years, 328 days !19 years, 328 days | 22 | 1 | 0 |
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