Rhys Palmer is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club, Greater Western Sydney Giants and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He won the AFL Rising Star award in 2008.
Shane Mumford is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has previously also played for the Geelong Football Club and the Sydney Swans. He was a part of Sydney's 2012 premiership team.
The Greater Western Sydney Football Club, commonly referred to as GWS Giants or simply GWS, is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Representing the Greater Western Sydney area and Canberra, the club is based at the Tom Wills Oval in Sydney Olympic Park. The team's primary home ground is Sydney Showground Stadium, also located in the Olympic Park precinct. The club plays four home games a year at Manuka Oval in Canberra as part of a deal with the government of the Australian Capital Territory.
Northern Territory Football Club, nicknamed NT Thunder, was a Northern Territory-based Australian rules football club that competed in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) between 2011 and 2019.
Shaun McKernan is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Adelaide Football Club. He is the younger brother of North Melbourne premiership ruckman and Leigh Matthews Trophy winner Corey McKernan And also the younger brother of Rachael McKernan.
Lachlan Keeffe is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Collingwood Football Club from 2009 to 2017.
Jonathan Giles is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants, Essendon Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was listed with the Port Adelaide Football Club from 2006 to 2009, but did not play a senior game for the club. He returned to the AFL with expansion club Greater Western Sydney, making his debut in round of the 2012 season. Giles moved on to Essendon for the 2015 season, and then spent two years with West Coast before retiring due to a degenerative knee condition. In total, he played 63 AFL games.
Tomas Bugg is an Australian entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning social media technology firm ZOOZ Group. He is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club, and previously with Greater Western Sydney and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A defender, 1.85 metres tall and weighing 84 kilograms (185 lb), Bugg is capable of playing on both the half-back line and as a midfielder. He entered top level football early when he joined the Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup as a bottom-aged player. In addition to representing Victoria in both the under 16 and under 18 championships. His performances as a junior, saw him be one of twelve players who signed with the Greater Western Sydney Giants as an underage recruit in 2010. He made his AFL debut in the 2012 season and earned a Rising Star nomination. After spending four seasons with Greater Western Sydney, playing sixty-five matches, he was traded to the Melbourne Football Club during the 2015 trade period. During his time in the AFL, he has earned the reputation as being "one of the best nigglers in the competition". Prior to the beginning of the 2019 premiership season, he informed the Carlton Football Club of his decision to step away from AFL football, effective immediately.
Adam Tomlinson is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by Greater Western Sydney with their seventh selection and ninth overall in the 2011 national draft. He made his debut in the sixty-three point loss against Sydney at ANZ Stadium in Greater Western Sydney's inaugural match in round one.
Kurt Aylett is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Samuel Frost is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A utility, 1.94 metres tall and weighing 95 kilograms (209 lb), Frost has the ability to play as either a forward or defender, and is capable of also playing in the ruck. He entered top-level football early when he played as a bottom-aged player for the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. His final year as a junior saw him play in both the winning grand final for Sandringham and the winning final for Vic Metro in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships. He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the first selection in the 2012 rookie draft and made his debut during the 2012 season. After three seasons with Greater Western Sydney and twenty-one matches in total, he was traded to the Melbourne Football Club during the 2014 trade period. On the 11th of October 2019 he was traded to Hawthorn.
Michael Talia is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the brother of Daniel Talia who plays for the Adelaide Football Club, and is the grandson of Harvey Stevens, a former Footscray player leading the club to their first premiership in 1954. His great-grandfather, Arthur Stevens, also played for Footscray.
Brett Goodes is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of Sydney Swans dual Brownlow Medalist Adam Goodes.
William "Porky" Hams is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League. He previously played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Sale, Victoria, he was drafted with Essendon's only pick in the 2013 pre-season draft with pick 6. He made his debut in round 10, 2013 against Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground as the substitute.
James Stewart is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the son of former Collingwood footballer, Craig Stewart.
Aaron vandenBerg is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, 1.88 metres tall and weighing 90 kilograms (200 lb), vandenBerg has the ability to contribute as both an inside and outside midfielder, whilst also pushing into the forward line. After missing out on the draft at eighteen years of age, vandenBerg played in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) with the Ainslie Football Club where he won two best and fairest awards and was twice named in the NEAFL team of the year. His performances in the NEAFL saw him recruited by the Melbourne Football Club with the second selection in the 2015 rookie draft and he made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2015 season.
Caleb Marchbank is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by Greater Western Sydney with their second selection and sixth overall in the 2014 national draft. He made his debut in the fifty-six point loss against North Melbourne at Spotless Stadium in round 12, 2015. In September 2016, Marchbank requested a trade from Greater Western Sydney and nominated Carlton as his preferred club. He was officially traded to Carlton in October.
Josh Wagner is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A defender, 1.89 metres tall and weighing 84 kilograms (185 lb), Wagner plays primarily on the half-back flank with the ability to push into the midfield. Born into a family with a strong heritage in Queensland Australian rules football, he is also the older brother of fellow Melbourne and former North Melbourne midfielder, Corey Wagner. He played top-level football early when he played in the seniors for the Aspley Football Club in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) at sixteen years of age, in addition to playing in the 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships for Queensland. He missed out on selection in the 2012 AFL draft, spending the next three seasons at Aspley. His accolades in the NEAFL include a premiership, league representation and selection in the NEAFL team of the year. He was drafted by the Melbourne Football Club in the 2016 rookie draft and he made his AFL debut during the 2016 season.
Ryan Clarke is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Will Setterfield is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with their second selection and fifth overall in the 2016 national draft. The media considered him to be one of the most complete midfielders in his draft year. He made his debut in the nineteen point loss to Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round nineteen of the 2017 season. Setterfield is cousins with Western Bulldogs AFLW player Isabel Huntington.
