List of AFL debuts in 1996

During the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season 81 Australian rules footballers made their AFL debut with 48 others playing their first game for a new club.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1996

Club	AFL debuts	Change of club
Adelaide	4	5
Brisbane Bears	6	0
Carlton	1	5
Collingwood	4	4
Essendon	3	2
Fitzroy	8	1
Footscray	2	4
Fremantle	8	3
Geelong	6	2
Hawthorn	5	4
Melbourne	6	5
North Melbourne	6	2
Richmond	6	2
St Kilda	6	5
Sydney	3	3
West Coast	7	1
Total	81	48

AFL debuts

Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Games		Goals		Notes
				1996	Career	1996	Career
Burns, RonnieRonnie Burns	Geelong	23 years, 16 days	1[1]	21	154	31	262
Snell, JasonJason Snell	Geelong	18 years, 246 days	1[2]	3	68	3	62
Cockatoo-Collins, DavidDavid Cockatoo-Collins	Melbourne	17 years, 363 days	1[3]	1	2	0	0	Twin brother of Don
Cockatoo-Collins, DonDon Cockatoo-Collins	Melbourne	17 years, 363 days	1[4]	2	9	4	3	Twin brother of David
Cassidy, BradBrad Cassidy	Fitzroy	19 years, 249 days	1[5]	14	16	10	10
Berbakov, PeterPeter Berbakov	Essendon	22 years, 221 days	1[6]	17	52	4	14
Bamford, ScottScott Bamford	Fitzroy	21 years, 281 days	1[7]	22	59	6	33
Primus, MatthewMatthew Primus	Fitzroy	21 years, 79 days	1[8]	20	157	5	81	Round 1 1996 Rising Star nomination
Chick, DanielDaniel Chick	Hawthorn	20 years, 50 days	1[9]	22	252	14	210	Round 10 1996 Rising Star nomination
Treleven, CraigCraig Treleven	Hawthorn	25 years, 290 days	1[10]	21	78	7	22
McLaren, JoeJoe McLaren	St Kilda	18 years, 110 days	1[11]	11	69	2	39
Traianidis, JasonJason Traianidis	St Kilda	21 years, 144 days	1[12]	13	62	9	36
McLean, AndrewAndrew McLean	St Kilda	22 years, 256 days	1[13]	6	6	1	1
Dickfos, DannyDanny Dickfos	Brisbane Bears	25 years, 182 days	1[14]	22	65	1	0
Johnson, TroyTroy Johnson	Brisbane Bears	18 years, 248 days	1[15]	2	2	0	0
Taylor, ScottScott Taylor	Footscray	19 years, 160 days	1[16]	1	1	0	0
Donnelly, AndrewAndrew Donnelly	West Coast	23 years, 2 days	1[17]	20	68	28	69
Morrison, ChadChad Morrison	West Coast	18 years, 2 days	1[18]	18	169	24	88	Round 16 1996 Rising Star nomination
Pitt, StevenSteven Pitt	Collingwood	22 years, 253 days	1[19]	13	18	14	16
Mitchell, GavinGavin Mitchell	Fremantle	23 years, 94 days	1[20]	21	88	11	82
Harding, GregGreg Harding	Fremantle	19 years, 196 days	1[21]	18	78	1	3	Round 4 1996 Rising Star nomination
Fewster, BrendonBrendon Fewster	West Coast	22 years, 88 days	1[22]	3	70	2	43
West, MarkMark West	Footscray	23 years, 3 days	2[23]	4	16	2	3
Lynch, TristanTristan Lynch	Brisbane Bears	22 years, 228 days	2[24]	21	72	1	15
Fraser, KaneKane Fraser	Hawthorn	18 years, 266 days	3[25]	2	5	2	0
Holland, BenBen Holland	Richmond	18 years, 339 days	3[26]	11	191	3	179	Brother of Nick Holland
Nicks, MatthewMatthew Nicks	Sydney	20 years, 337 days	3[27]	6	175	2	125
Cripps, JasonJason Cripps	St Kilda	19 years, 183 days	3[28]	11	60	3	10
Waterhouse, CliveClive Waterhouse	Fremantle	21 years, 296 days	3[29]	11	106	9	178
O'Brien, DarrenDarren O'Brien	Melbourne	27 years, 31 days	4[30]	13	24	7	9
Brown, MichaelMichael Brown	Fremantle	19 years, 213 days	4[31]	10	22	6	15
Cousins, BenBen Cousins	West Coast	17 years, 296 days	4[32]	20	270	34	217	Round 12 1996 Rising Star nomination & overall winner, son of Bryan Cousins
Matera, PhillipPhillip Matera	West Coast	20 years, 146 days	4[33]	5	179	8	389	Brother of Wally & Peter Matera
Lucas, ScottScott Lucas	Essendon	18 years, 117 days	5[34]	14	270	11	471
Koops, StevenSteven Koops	Fremantle	17 years, 277 days	5[35]	6	89	6	49
Wirrpanda, DavidDavid Wirrpanda	West Coast	16 years, 268 days	5[36]	5	227	4	131
King, StevenSteven King	Geelong	17 years, 157 days	5[37]	13	240	3	83	Round 15 1996 Rising Star nomination
Carey, StefanStefan Carey	Sydney	20 years, 100 days	6[38]	4	48	1	23
Bizzell, ClintClint Bizzell	Geelong	19 years, 310 days	6[39]	4	163	1	79
McFarlane, SamSam McFarlane	North Melbourne	20 years, 150 days	6[40]	2	2	2	0
Clayton, ShaneShane Clayton	Fitzroy	17 years, 193 days	6[41]	13	117	1	52
Frewen, BrentBrent Frewen	Fitzroy	18 years, 197 days	6[42]	2	2	1	0
Carter, NickNick Carter	Fitzroy	18 years, 8 days	6[43]	17	25	4	6	Round 8 1996 Rising Star nomination
Funcke, RossRoss Funcke	Richmond	18 years, 170 days	6[44]	4	40	2	5
Rawlings, JadeJade Rawlings	Hawthorn	18 years, 208 days	6[45]	2	148	1	96	Brother of Brady Rawlings
Keating, ClarkClark Keating	Brisbane Bears	20 years, 48 days	6[46]	14	139	9	83	Brother of Aaron Keating
McHardy, ToddTodd McHardy	Melbourne	19 years, 37 days	7[47]	3	5	1	1
Toia, LukeLuke Toia	Fremantle	18 years, 171 days	7[48]	13	63	11	33	Round 20 1996 Rising Star nomination
Polley, MichaelMichael Polley	Melbourne	19 years, 254 days	9[49]	5	5	2	0
Hall, BarryBarry Hall	St Kilda	19 years, 109 days	9[50]	4	289	2	746
Ryan, DamienDamien Ryan	Richmond	18 years, 297 days	9[51]	11	60	1	9
Blumfield, JustinJustin Blumfield	Essendon	18 years, 197 days	10[52]	10	148	3	91
Collins, MatthewMatthew Collins	Adelaide	19 years, 129 days	10[53]	8	43	2	7
Moore, BenBen Moore	Richmond	18 years, 347 days	11[54]	4	24	2	11
Wilson, BenBen Wilson	Collingwood	19 years, 113 days	11[55]	2	6	2	0
Prestigiacomo, SimonSimon Prestigiacomo	Collingwood	18 years, 138 days	11[56]	12	233	6	3
Clement, JamesJames Clement	Fremantle	19 years, 286 days	11[57]	12	230	1	51
Robbins, BenBen Robbins	Brisbane Bears	19 years, 178 days	12[58]	5	92	1	21
King, ClintonClinton King	Sydney	18 years, 93 days	12[59]	5	89	3	23
Welsh, ScottScott Welsh	North Melbourne	17 years, 199 days	12[60]	1	205	0	363
Healy, DanielDaniel Healy	St Kilda	22 years, 53 days	12[61]	1	38	0	24
Ramsey, JasonJason Ramsey	Fitzroy	21 years, 158 days	13[62]	2	2	7	0
Lissenden, EricEric Lissenden	North Melbourne	24 years, 187 days	14[63]	2	2	1	1
Johnson, KaneKane Johnson	Adelaide	18 years, 115 days	14[64]	2	220	3	76
Vardy, PeterPeter Vardy	Adelaide	20 years, 163 days	14[65]	7	137	5	206
Parker, DanielDaniel Parker	Fremantle	22 years, 45 days	14[66]	1	25	1	18	Brother of Shane Parker
Hamill, AaronAaron Hamill	Carlton	18 years, 328 days	15[67]	4	190	1	239
Bevan, JasonJason Bevan	Collingwood	18 years, 88 days	15[68]	2	2	3	0
Powell, RobertRobert Powell	Richmond	20 years, 118 days	15[69]	8	66	15	60
Leoncelli, AndrewAndrew Leoncelli	Melbourne	22 years, 3 days	16[70]	7	146	3	66
Gorman, GlennGlenn Gorman	North Melbourne	20 years, 183 days	17[71]	2	2	1	0
Robbins, MatthewMatthew Robbins	Geelong	19 years, 82 days	17[72]	1	146	0	135
Bowden, JoelJoel Bowden	Richmond	18 years, 38 days	17[73]	5	265	4	174	Son of Michael Bowden, brother of Patrick Bowden
Fernee, AshleyAshley Fernee	Adelaide	19 years, 36 days	17[74]	2	2	2	0
Lekkas, AngeloAngelo Lekkas	Hawthorn	20 years, 35 days	18[75]	3	180	3	120
Bradshaw, DanielDaniel Bradshaw	Brisbane Bears	17 years, 257 days	18[76]	3	231	3	524	Brother of Darren Bradshaw
McMahon, RobertRobert McMahon	Fitzroy	19 years, 9 days	18[77]	2	2	2	1
Sikora, ShaneShane Sikora	West Coast	19 years, 148 days	18[78]	2	3	2	0
Stevens, DannyDanny Stevens	North Melbourne	19 years, 287 days	21[79]	1	15	1	7
Steinfort, CarlCarl Steinfort	Geelong	19 years, 154 days	22[80]	2	92	2	26
Harvey, BrentBrent Harvey	North Melbourne	18 years, 112 days	22[81]	1	384*	0	458	Brother of Shane Harvey

Change of AFL club

Name	New Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Games		Goals		Previous club
				1996	Career	1996	Career
Ingerson, AnthonyAnthony Ingerson	Melbourne	26 years, 168 days	1[82]	18	158	10	40	Adelaide
McKinnon, MartinMartin McKinnon	Geelong	20 years, 268 days	1[83]	19	86	8	50	Adelaide
Grant, DavidDavid Grant	Melbourne	29 years, 235 days	1[84]	7	198	1	75	St Kilda
Turley, CraigCraig Turley	Melbourne	30 years, 218 days	1[85]	16	131	8	99	West Coast
Clarkson, AlastairAlastair Clarkson	Melbourne	27 years, 337 days	1[86]	22	134	13	85	North Melbourne
Dwyer, MickMick Dwyer	Fitzroy	27 years, 135 days	1[87]	8	88	3	64	St Kilda
Bell, PeterPeter Bell	North Melbourne	20 years, 29 days	1[88]	23	286	23	250	Fremantle, Round 17 1996 Rising Star nomination
Kappler, DarrenDarren Kappler	Hawthorn	31 years, 68 days	1[89]	19	187	14	152	Fitzroy & Sydney
Neill, RobertRobert Neill	St Kilda	22 years, 86 days	1[90]	20	44	7	16	Sydney
Wira, BradBrad Wira	Footscray	24 years, 14 days	1[91]	21	96	1	18	Fremantle
Curley, ToddTodd Curley	Footscray	23 years, 77 days	1[92]	18	118	22	48	Collingwood
Hickmott, AdrianAdrian Hickmott	Carlton	24 years, 1 days	1[93]	22	184	13	131	Geelong
Murphy, JustinJustin Murphy	Carlton	19 years, 342 days	1[94]	16	185	19	151	Richmond
Rowe, BradBrad Rowe	Fremantle	26 years, 129 days	1[95]	8	73	7	80	Brisbane Bears & Collingwood
McDonald, AlexAlex McDonald	Collingwood	26 years, 48 days	1[96]	22	107	9	44	Hawthorn
Crow, ScottScott Crow	Collingwood	22 years, 104 days	1[97]	22	75	7	37	Hawthorn
Hynes, DavidDavid Hynes	Fremantle	29 years, 0 days	1[98]	12	86	4	59	West Coast
Godden, TonyTony Godden	Fremantle	23 years, 347 days	1[99]	7	24	5	14	West Coast
Lovell, AndyAndy Lovell	West Coast	25 years, 247 days	1[100]	23	164	13	166	Melbourne
Ellen, ShaneShane Ellen	Adelaide	23 years, 91 days	1[101]	17	65	2	16	Footscray
Jarman, DarrenDarren Jarman	Adelaide	29 years, 64 days	1[102]	19	230	46	386	Hawthorn
Bond, TroyTroy Bond	Adelaide	22 years, 261 days	1[103]	20	94	14	77	Carlton
Caven, PeterPeter Caven	Adelaide	25 years, 320 days	1[104]	20	139	17	55	Fitzroy & Sydney
Koster, KymKym Koster	Adelaide	23 years, 60 days	1[105]	9	133	4	44	Footscray
Dyson, KevinKevin Dyson	Sydney	28 years, 332 days	1[106]	22	105	1	28	Melbourne
Maxfield, StuartStuart Maxfield	Sydney	23 years, 357 days	1[107]	24	289	14	152	Richmond
O'Brien, CraigCraig O'Brien	Sydney	26 years, 28 days	1[108]	18	114	34	191	Essendon & St Kilda
Cook, JamesJames Cook	Footscray	22 years, 91 days	2[109]	5	77	5	139	Carlton
Beveridge, LukeLuke Beveridge	St Kilda	25 years, 227 days	2[110]	16	118	16	107	Melbourne & Footscray
Higgins, LeonLeon Higgins	Hawthorn	27 years, 284 days	2[111]	1	122	2	80	Sydney
Gaspar, DarrenDarren Gaspar	Richmond	19 years, 322 days	2[112]	20	228	1	23	Sydney
Nettelbeck, CraigCraig Nettelbeck	Melbourne	23 years, 318 days	2[113]	20	78	10	42	Sydney
Krummel, BrendanBrendan Krummel	Hawthorn	23 years, 294 days	3[114]	11	74	2	50	West Coast & Fremantle
Sexton, BenBen Sexton	Carlton	23 years, 168 days	3[115]	4	43	1	33	Footscray
Devonport, CraigCraig Devonport	Carlton	26 years, 85 days	4[116]	1	95	1	82	St Kilda
Francis, MatthewMatthew Francis	Collingwood	25 years, 235 days	4[117]	10	55	2	23	Richmond
Salmon, PaulPaul Salmon	Hawthorn	31 years, 92 days	4[118]	18	324	4	561	Essendon
Jakovich, AllenAllen Jakovich	Footscray	28 years, 31 days	4[119]	7	54	7	208	Melbourne
Young, MatthewMatthew Young	St Kilda	23 years, 216 days	4[120]	19	118	5	20	Hawthorn
Darcy, AnthonyAnthony Darcy	St Kilda	24 years, 30 days	4[121]	3	18	3	2	Geelong & Footscray
Wellman, SeanSean Wellman	Essendon	21 years, 213 days	4[122]	9	212	1	34	Adelaide
Harrison, BenBen Harrison	Richmond	21 years, 96 days	4[123]	8	161	2	71	Carlton
Kilpatrick, GlennGlenn Kilpatrick	Geelong	23 years, 242 days	5[124]	11	146	12	35	Essendon
Plain, BradleyBradley Plain	North Melbourne	26 years, 215 days	5[125]	1	56	1	96	Essendon & Collingwood
Pyman, RobertRobert Pyman	Collingwood	24 years, 211 days	6[126]	5	40	1	17	North Melbourne
Barnard, PaulPaul Barnard	Essendon	23 years, 97 days	8[127]	15	151	3	79	Hawthorn
Elliott, JamieJamie Elliott	St Kilda	23 years, 124 days	10[128]	9	58	1	69	Fitzroy & Essendon
Turner, PeterPeter Turner	Carlton	22 years, 187 days	17[129]	2	5	0	1	Adelaide

References

• Full listing of players who made their AFL or club debut in 1996

1. Ronnie Burns's statistics from AFL Tables
2. Jason Snell's statistics from AFL Tables
3. David Cockatoo-Collins's statistics from AFL Tables
4. Don Cockatoo-Collins's statistics from AFL Tables
5. Brad Cassidy's statistics from AFL Tables
6. Peter Berbakov's statistics from AFL Tables
7. Scott Bamford's statistics from AFL Tables
8. Matthew Primus's statistics from AFL Tables
9. Daniel Chick's statistics from AFL Tables
10. Craig Treleven's statistics from AFL Tables
11. Joe McLaren's statistics from AFL Tables
12. Jason Traianidis's statistics from AFL Tables
13. Andrew McLean's statistics from AFL Tables
14. Danny Dickfos's statistics from AFL Tables
15. Troy Johnson's statistics from AFL Tables
16. Scott Taylor's statistics from AFL Tables
17. Andrew Donnelly's statistics from AFL Tables
18. Chad Morrison's statistics from AFL Tables
19. Steven Pitt's statistics from AFL Tables
20. Gavin Mitchell's statistics from AFL Tables
21. Greg Harding's statistics from AFL Tables
22. Brendon Fewster's statistics from AFL Tables
23. Mark West's statistics from AFL Tables
24. Tristan Lynch's statistics from AFL Tables
25. Kane Fraser's statistics from AFL Tables
26. Ben Holland's statistics from AFL Tables
27. Matthew Nicks's statistics from AFL Tables
28. Jason Cripps's statistics from AFL Tables
29. Clive Waterhouse's statistics from AFL Tables
30. Darren O'Brien's statistics from AFL Tables
31. Michael Brown's statistics from AFL Tables
32. Ben Cousins's statistics from AFL Tables
33. Phillip Matera's statistics from AFL Tables
34. Scott Lucas's statistics from AFL Tables
35. Steven Koops's statistics from AFL Tables
36. David Wirrpanda's statistics from AFL Tables
37. Steven King's statistics from AFL Tables
38. Stefan Carey's statistics from AFL Tables
39. Clint Bizzell's statistics from AFL Tables
40. Sam McFarlane's statistics from AFL Tables
41. Shane Clayton's statistics from AFL Tables
42. Brent Frewen's statistics from AFL Tables
43. Nick Carter's statistics from AFL Tables
44. Ross Funcke's statistics from AFL Tables
45. Jade Rawlings's statistics from AFL Tables
46. Clark Keating's statistics from AFL Tables
47. Todd McHardy's statistics from AFL Tables
48. Luke Toia's statistics from AFL Tables
49. Michael Polley's statistics from AFL Tables
50. Barry Hall's statistics from AFL Tables
51. Damien Ryan's statistics from AFL Tables
52. Justin Blumfield's statistics from AFL Tables
53. Matthew Collins's statistics from AFL Tables
54. Ben Moore's statistics from AFL Tables
55. Ben Wilson's statistics from AFL Tables
56. Simon Prestigiacomo's statistics from AFL Tables
57. James Clement's statistics from AFL Tables
58. Ben Robbins's statistics from AFL Tables
59. Clinton King's statistics from AFL Tables
60. Scott Welsh's statistics from AFL Tables
61. Daniel Healy's statistics from AFL Tables
62. Jason Ramsey's statistics from AFL Tables
63. Eric Lissenden's statistics from AFL Tables
64. Kane Johnson's statistics from AFL Tables
65. Peter Vardy's statistics from AFL Tables
66. Daniel Parker's statistics from AFL Tables
67. Aaron Hamill's statistics from AFL Tables
68. Jason Bevan's statistics from AFL Tables
69. Robert Powell's statistics from AFL Tables
70. Andrew Leoncelli's statistics from AFL Tables
71. Glenn Gorman's statistics from AFL Tables
72. Matthew Robbins's statistics from AFL Tables
73. Joel Bowden's statistics from AFL Tables
74. Ashley Fernee's statistics from AFL Tables
75. Angelo Lekkas's statistics from AFL Tables
76. Daniel Bradshaw's statistics from AFL Tables
77. Robert McMahon's statistics from AFL Tables
78. Shane Sikora's statistics from AFL Tables
79. Danny Stevens's statistics from AFL Tables
80. Carl Steinfort's statistics from AFL Tables
81. Brent Harvey's statistics from AFL Tables
82. Anthony Ingerson's statistics from AFL Tables
83. Martin McKinnon's statistics from AFL Tables
84. David Grant's statistics from AFL Tables
85. Craig Turley's statistics from AFL Tables
86. Alastair Clarkson's statistics from AFL Tables
87. Mick Dwyer's statistics from AFL Tables
88. Peter Bell's statistics from AFL Tables
89. Darren Kappler's statistics from AFL Tables
90. Robert Neill's statistics from AFL Tables
91. Brad Wira's statistics from AFL Tables
92. Todd Curley's statistics from AFL Tables
93. Adrian Hickmott's statistics from AFL Tables
94. Justin Murphy's statistics from AFL Tables
95. Brad Rowe's statistics from AFL Tables
96. Alex McDonald's statistics from AFL Tables
97. Scott Crow's statistics from AFL Tables
98. David Hynes's statistics from AFL Tables
99. Tony Godden's statistics from AFL Tables
100. Andy Lovell's statistics from AFL Tables
101. Shane Ellen's statistics from AFL Tables
102. Darren Jarman's statistics from AFL Tables
103. Troy Bond's statistics from AFL Tables
104. Peter Caven's statistics from AFL Tables
105. Kym Koster's statistics from AFL Tables
106. Kevin Dyson's statistics from AFL Tables
107. Stuart Maxfield's statistics from AFL Tables
108. Craig O'Brien's statistics from AFL Tables
109. James Cook's statistics from AFL Tables
110. Luke Beveridge's statistics from AFL Tables
111. Leon Higgins's statistics from AFL Tables
112. Darren Gaspar's statistics from AFL Tables
113. Craig Nettelbeck's statistics from AFL Tables
114. Brendan Krummel's statistics from AFL Tables
115. Ben Sexton's statistics from AFL Tables
116. Craig Devonport's statistics from AFL Tables
117. Matthew Francis's statistics from AFL Tables
118. Paul Salmon's statistics from AFL Tables
119. Allen Jakovich's statistics from AFL Tables
120. Matthew Young's statistics from AFL Tables
121. Anthony Darcy's statistics from AFL Tables
122. Sean Wellman's statistics from AFL Tables
123. Ben Harrison's statistics from AFL Tables
124. Glenn Kilpatrick's statistics from AFL Tables
125. Bradley Plain's statistics from AFL Tables
126. Robert Pyman's statistics from AFL Tables
127. Paul Barnard's statistics from AFL Tables
128. Jamie Elliott's statistics from AFL Tables
129. Peter Turner's statistics from AFL Tables