List of players drafted to the Australian Football League under the father–son rule
The father–son rule is a rule used for recruiting in the Australian Football League, which allows a club first recruiting access to the son of a long-serving member of that club.

List of players drafted to the Australian Football League under the father–son rule

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Table Section Text: The father–son rule is a rule used for recruiting in the Australian Football League, which allows a club first recruiting access to the son of a long-serving member of that club.

Year	Drafted player	Club	Father	Selection	Games played	Father's games played

1988	Sean Bowden	Richmond	Michael Bowden	N/A	6	59

1988	Michael James	Carlton	John James	N/A	12	195

1988	Chris Mulcair	Carlton	Barry Mulcair	N/A	0	20

1988	Heath Shephard	Collingwood	Graeme Shephard	N/A	11	46

1988	Tom Kavanagh	Melbourne	Brent Crosswell	111	2	48

1988	Gareth John	Sydney	Graeme John	106	21	77 (South Melbourne)

1989	Stuart Annand	St Kilda	Bud Annand	105	0	106

1989	Ernie Hug, Jr.	Collingwood	Ernie Hug, Sr.	106	0	59

1989	Ashley McIntosh	West Coast	John McIntosh	112	242	146 (Claremont)

1992	Dustin Fletcher	Essendon	Ken Fletcher	N/A	400	264

1992	Luke Darcy	Footscray	David Darcy	N/A	226	133

1992	Matthew Richardson	Richmond	Alan Richardson	N/A	282	103

1992	Darren Walsh	Carlton	Brian Walsh	N/A	0	64

1992	Glenn Molloy	Melbourne	Graham Molloy	N/A	20	67

1992	Brad Campbell	Melbourne	Des Campbell	N/A	1	50

1992	David Sierakowski	St Kilda	Brian Sierakowski	N/A	93	75

1993	Jarrod Molloy	Fitzroy	Shane Molloy	N/A	77	61

1994	David Bourke	Richmond	Francis Bourke	N/A	85	300

1995	Joel Bowden	Richmond	Michael Bowden	N/A	253	57

1995	Ben Cousins	West Coast	Bryan Cousins	N/A	238	238 (Perth)

1995	Simon Fletcher	Geelong	Garry Fletcher	N/A	0	N/A (Administrator)

1995	Nick Jewell	Richmond	Tony Jewell	N/A	1	80

1995	David Round	Footscray	Barry Round	N/A	2	135

1995	David Walls	Carlton	Robert Walls	N/A	0	215

1996	Lance Whitnall	Carlton	Graeme Whitnall	N/A	216	66

1997	Marc Woolnough	Geelong	Michael Woolnough	29	6	117

1997	Matthew Scarlett	Geelong	John Scarlett	45	284	183

1998	Brad Oborne	Collingwood	Rod Oborne	35	5	87

1998	Heath James	Sydney	Max James	28	18	54 (South Melbourne)

1998	David Clarke	Geelong	David Clarke	21	89	207

1998	Nick Davis	Collingwood	Craig Davis	19	71	102

1999	Jonathan Brown	Brisbane Lions	Brian Brown	30	230	51 (Fitzroy)

1999	Shane Morrison	Brisbane Lions	Peter Morrison	44	5	Unknown (W.G., Mayne)

1999	Rhyce Shaw	Collingwood	Ray Shaw	18	94	146

1999	Stephen Doyle	Sydney	Robert Doyle	26	47	77 (South Melbourne)

2000	Jason Cloke	Collingwood	David Cloke	19	76	114

2000	Steven Greene	Hawthorn	Russell Greene	28	42	184

2001	Gary Ablett, Jr.	Geelong	Gary Ablett, Sr.	40	192	242

2001	Jarrad Waite	Carlton	Vin Waite	46	184	153

2002	Sean Dempster	Sydney	Graham Dempster	34	54	64 (South Melbourne)

2002	Tim Callan	Geelong	Terry Callan	36	34	62

2002	Jobe Watson^	Essendon	Tim Watson	40	200	307

2002	Brett Ebert	Port Adelaide	Russell Ebert	42	166	391 (Port Adelaide in SANFL)

2002	Cameron Cloke	Collingwood	David Cloke	43	21	114

2003	Brayden Shaw	Collingwood	Tony Shaw	32	0	313

2003	Chris Johnson	Melbourne	Alan Johnson	36	31	135

2003	Tom Roach	Richmond	Michael Roach	37	11	200

2003	Mark Blake	Geelong	Rod Blake	38	99	176

2003	Brett Peake	Fremantle	Brian Peake	43	75	305 (East Fremantle)

2003	Heath Shaw*	Collingwood	Ray Shaw	48	173	146

2004	Travis Cloke	Collingwood	David Cloke	39	246	114

2004	Luke Blackwell	Carlton	Wayne Blackwell	41	23	110

2004	Jesse W. Smith	North Melbourne	Ross W. Smith	42	27	224

2004	Mitch Morton	West Coast	Noel Morton	44	12	171 (Claremont)

2004	Nathan Ablett	Geelong	Gary Ablett, Sr.	48	32	242

2005	Travis Tuck	Hawthorn	Michael Tuck	38	20	426

2005	Jay Neagle	Essendon	Merv Neagle	39	28	147

2006	Josh Kennedy*	Hawthorn	John Kennedy Jr.	40	13	241

2006	Tom Hawkins	Geelong	Jack Hawkins	41	189	182

2007	Darcy Daniher	Essendon	Anthony Daniher	39	6	118

2007	Adam Donohue	Geelong	Larry Donohue	60	0	105

2007	Jaxson Barham	Collingwood	Ricky Barham	61	7	151

2008	Ayce Cordy	Western Bulldogs	Brian Cordy	14	27	124

2010	Mitch Wallis^	Western Bulldogs	Stephen Wallis	22	93	261

2010	Tom Liberatore^	Western Bulldogs	Tony Liberatore	41	97	283

2010	Jacob Brennan	West Coast	Michael Brennan	62	28	179

2011	Tom Mitchell*	Sydney	Barry Mitchell	21	65	170

2011	Dylan Buckley*	Carlton	Jim Buckley	62	38	164

2011	Jed Bews^	Geelong	Andrew Bews	86	31	164

2012	Joe Daniher^	Essendon	Anthony Daniher	10	70	118

2012	Jack Viney^	Melbourne	Todd Viney	26	70	233

2012	Lachie Hunter^	Western Bulldogs	Mark Hunter	49	62	130

2013	Luke McDonald^	North Melbourne	Donald McDonald	8	52	155

2014	Darcy Moore^	Collingwood	Peter Moore	9	26	172

2014	Billy Stretch^	Melbourne	Steven Stretch	42	27	164

2014	Zaine Cordy^	Western Bulldogs	Brian Cordy	62	11	124

2014	Alec Waterman	West Coast	Chris Waterman	76	0	177

2014	Josh Clayton	Brisbane Lions	Scott Clayton	86	2	160 (Fitzroy)

2014	Jake Long^	Essendon	Michael Long	47 (rookie)	3	190

2015	Bailey Rice^	St Kilda	Dean Rice	49	8	116

2015	Jack Silvagni^	Carlton	Stephen Silvagni	53	0	312

2015	Tom Wallis	Essendon	Dean Wallis	54 (rookie)	0	127

2016	Callum Brown^	Collingwood	Gavin Brown	35	0	254

2016	Josh Daicos^	Collingwood	Peter Daicos	57	0	250

2016	Jake Waterman^	West Coast	Chris Waterman	77	0	177

2016	Ben Jarman	Adelaide	Darren Jarman	45 (rookie)	0	121

2016	Sam Simpson^	Geelong	Sean Simpson	53 (rookie)	5	114

2017	Patrick Naish^	Richmond	Chris Naish	34	0	143

2017	Tyler Brown^	Collingwood	Gavin Brown	50	0	254

2017	Jackson Edwards	Adelaide	Tyson Edwards	41 (rookie)	0	321

2018	Rhylee West^	Western Bulldogs	Scott West	26	0	324

2018	Will Kelly^	Collingwood	Craig Kelly	29	0	122

2018	Bailey Scott^	North Melbourne	Robert Scott	49	0	113

2018	Joel Crocker^	North Melbourne	Darren Crocker	69	0	165

2018	Ben Silvagni^	Carlton	Stephen Silvagni	70	0	312

2018	Oscar Brownless^	Geelong	Billy Brownless	74	0	198

2018	Abbie McKay^	Carlton	Andrew McKay	16	0	244

Sources: 1986-2009, 2010 & 2011

Statistics correct to the end of the 2016 season

Prior to 1997, father–son selections were taken prior to the draft and hence did not have a selection number. From 1997 to 2006, selections were made in the third round.

Sentence(s)

Ernie, Jr. of Collingwood was drafted to play football under the father-son rule in 1989.

final_sentence: Ernie, Jr. of Collingwood was drafted to play football under the father-son rule in 1989.