During the 2012 Australian Football League (AFL) season, 122 Australian rules footballers made their AFL debut with a further 32 playing their first game for a new club. The Greater Western Sydney Giants, who joined the league in 2012, had the most debutantes with 36, with Geelong next highest with 10.
Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Adelaide | 6 | 2 |
Brisbane Lions | 4 | 2 |
Carlton | 7 | 0 |
Collingwood | 7 | 0 |
Essendon | 6 | 0 |
Fremantle | 5 | 1 |
Geelong | 10 | 0 |
Gold Coast | 6 | 2 |
Greater Western Sydney | 36 | 10 |
Hawthorn | 2 | 2 |
Melbourne | 3 | 2 |
North Melbourne | 3 | 0 |
Port Adelaide | 4 | 4 |
Richmond | 5 | 2 |
St Kilda | 5 | 1 |
Sydney | 2 | 2 |
West Coast | 3 | 1 |
Western Bulldogs | 8 | 1 |
Total | 122 | 32 |
Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Games (in 2012) | Goals (in 2012) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chad Cornes | Greater Western Sydney | 32 years, 133 days | 1 [124] | 16 | 4 | Previously played for Port Adelaide |
Phil Davis | Greater Western Sydney | 21 years, 207 days | 1 [125] | 22 | 5 | Previously played for Adelaide |
James McDonald | Greater Western Sydney | 35 years, 263 days | 1 [126] | 13 | 4 | Previously played for Melbourne |
Rhys Palmer | Greater Western Sydney | 23 years, 40 days | 1 [127] | 15 | 9 | Previously played for Fremantle |
Callan Ward | Greater Western Sydney | 21 years, 349 days | 1 [128] | 20 | 8 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs |
Addam Maric | Richmond | 21 years, 345 days | 1 [129] | 10 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne |
Ivan Maric | Richmond | 26 years, 85 days | 1 [130] | 21 | 7 | Previously played for Adelaide |
Jack Gunston | Hawthorn | 20 years, 166 days | 1 [131] | 19 | 39 | Previously played for Adelaide |
Broc McCauley | Hawthorn | 25 years, 101 days | 1 [132] | 3 | 1 | Previously played for Brisbane Lions |
Mitch Clark | Melbourne | 24 years, 164 days | 1 [133] | 11 | 29 | Previously played for Brisbane Lions |
Ben Hudson | Brisbane Lions | 33 years, 36 days | 1 [134] | 18 | 3 | Previously played for Adelaide & Western Bulldogs |
Matthew Warnock | Gold Coast | 27 years, 363 days | 1 [135] | 22 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne |
Tom Lynch | Adelaide | 21 years, 198 days | 1 [136] | 6 | 7 | Previously played for St Kilda |
Zac Dawson | Fremantle | 25 years, 200 days | 1 [137] | 18 | 2 | Previously played for Hawthorn & St Kilda |
Josh Hill | West Coast | 23 years, 73 days | 1 [138] | 22 | 36 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs |
Brad Ebert | Port Adelaide | 21 years, 365 days | 1 [139] | 22 | 17 | Previously played for West Coast |
John McCarthy | Port Adelaide | 22 years, 134 days | 1 [140] | 21 | 5 | Previously played for Collingwood |
James Sellar | Melbourne | 23 years, 14 days | 2 [141] | 16 | 9 | Previously played for Adelaide |
Luke Power | Greater Western Sydney | 32 years, 90 days | 2 [142] | 20 | 0 | Previously played for Brisbane Lions |
Tom Scully | Greater Western Sydney | 20 years, 328 days | 2 [143] | 19 | 4 | Previously played for Melbourne |
Dean Brogan | Greater Western Sydney | 33 years, 123 days | 3 [144] | 9 | 0 | Previously played for Port Adelaide |
Darren Pfeiffer | Port Adelaide | 24 years, 206 days | 4 [145] | 16 | 2 | Previously played for Carlton |
Brent Renouf | Port Adelaide | 23 years, 354 days | 4 [146] | 10 | 2 | Previously played for Hawthorn |
Tony Armstrong | Sydney | 22 years, 206 days | 4 [147] | 8 | 2 | Previously played for Adelaide |
Mark Austin | Western Bulldogs | 23 years, 58 days | 4 [148] | 11 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton |
Sam Reid | Greater Western Sydney | 22 years, 173 days | 5 [149] | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs |
Beau Wilkes | St Kilda | 22 years, 65 days | 5 [150] | 10 | 15 | Previously played for West Coast |
Setanta Ó hAilpín | Greater Western Sydney | 29 years, 49 days | 6 [151] | 1 | 2 | Previously played for Carlton |
Andrew McQualter | Gold Coast | 25 years, 345 days | 8 [152] | 5 | 2 | Previously played for St Kilda |
Jordan Lisle | Brisbane Lions | 22 years, 53 days | 19 [153] | 5 | 4 | Previously played for Hawthorn |
Lewis Johnston | Adelaide | 21 years, 161 days | 20 [154] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Sydney |
Mitch Morton | Sydney | 25 years, 204 days | 21 [155] | 5 | 5 | Previously played for West Coast and Richmond |
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