2003 AFL draft
Rookie elevation
Table:
Player

Recruited from

Club

Hayden Skipworth

Woodville-West Torrens

Adelaide Crows

Joel Macdonald

Mt Gravatt

Brisbane Lions

Jonathan McCormack

Murray Kangaroos

Carlton

Ben Haynes

Western Jets

Essendon

Courtney Johns

East Fremantle

Essendon

Luke Webster

East Perth

Fremantle

Daniel Gilmore

South Fremantle

Fremantle

Will Slade

Oakleigh Chargers

Geelong

Ben Kane

Eastern Ranges

Hawthorn

Brad Sewell

North Ballarat

Hawthorn

Jeremy Clayton

North Ballarat

Kangaroos

Michael Firrito

Eastern Ranges

Kangaroos

Nathan Carroll

Claremont

Melbourne

Allan Murray

Port Adelaide

St Kilda

Heath James

Port Adelaide Magpies

Sydney Swans

James Meiklejohn

NSW/ACT Rams

Sydney Swans

Zac Beeck

East Perth

West Coast Eagles

Mark Nicoski

Subiaco

West Coast Eagles

Matthew Boyd

Frankston

Western Bulldogs

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Hayden Skipworth ( born 25 February 1983 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) with the Adelaide Football Club and the Essendon Football Club . Skipworth returned to the Essendon Football Club , where he currently serves as the midfield coach .
Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991 . Since 1993 , the Eagles have played most of their home games at Woodville 's home ground of Woodville Oval , having previously used Football Park . They also play two or three games per season at their pre-season base of Thebarton Oval , a ground which has six light towers that the club has upgraded in 2012 to allow night games at the ground for the first time since the 1983 Escort Cup Grand Final ( a game won by West Torrens ) .
The Adelaide Football Club , nicknamed the Crows , are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club has both a men 's team , which played its first match in 1991 , and a women 's team , which began in 2017 in the inaugural season of the AFLW . The club is based in Adelaide , South Australia , playing its home matches at Adelaide Oval . The club has its training and administration base at Football Park in West Lakes , where it previously played home matches between 1991 and 2013 . The club song is The Pride of South Australia , to the tune of the US Marines ' Hymn . The Crows were formed in 1990 to be the 'state team ' to represent the South Australia in the AFL . They were originally owned by the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , before gaining independence . They played their first season in 1991 . The men 's team won both the 1997 and 1998 Grand Finals , and have appeared in 15 finals series in their 28-year history . The club has had a reserves team compete in the South Australian National Football League since 2014 and has fielded a women 's team in the AFL Women 's competition since 2017 . The men 's team is currently coached by Matthew Nicks and captained by Rory Sloane , who was appointed co-captain alongside Taylor Walker prior to the 2019 season . Don Pyke permanently succeeded the late Phil Walsh as head coach in October 2015 before departing the club at the end of 2019 .
Joel Macdonald ( born 10 October 1984 ) is an Australian footballer and businessman . He is the co-founder of the food & beverage distribution company , Liquorun and the co-founder and President of last-mile logistics software company , GetSwift . Prior to starting Liquorun & GetSwift , Macdonald was an Australian Rules Footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . In 2017 , he made his debut on the Financial Review 's list of the top 100 richest young Australians , with an estimated net worth of over $ 100 million but his net-worth fell in March 2018 after his company GetSwift was later accused of potential breaching ASX listing rules 3.1
Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club , is a Brisbane based club which competed in the North East Australian Football League competition from 2011-2013 and as of 2014 is a member club of the Queensland Australian Football League. , formed in 1964 .
The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club who play in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club is based in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . The club was formed in late 1996 from the merger of the Fitzroy Lions and the Brisbane Bears . The Lions are one of the most successful AFL clubs of the 21st century , having appeared in four consecutive AFL Grand Finals from 2001 to 2004 and winning three premierships ( 2001 , 2002 , 2003 ) . The club plays home matches in the AFL at the Gabba and is captained by Dayne Zorko and coached by Chris Fagan . The Lions were a foundation team in the AFL Women 's competition in 2017 and have featured in two grand finals in that time , finishing runners-up on both occasions . The Brisbane Bears were the first south-east Queensland based team formed in the region . They played at their home ground at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast from 1987 to 1992 before relocating to the Gabba in 1993 . The club continues to play its home games at the Gabba .
Murray Kangaroos Football Club , officially nicknamed The Kangaroos , was an Australian rules football club which competed in the Victorian Football League between 2000 and 2002 . The football club was a joint venture between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Ovens and Murray Football League and served as North Melbourne 's reserve side . The Ovens and Murray region was formerly zoned towards North Melbourne , and the club enjoys good support in the area .
The Carlton Football Club , nicknamed the Blues , is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne , Victoria . Founded in 1864 in Carlton , an inner suburb of Melbourne , the club competes in the Australian Football League ( formerly the Victorian Football League ) , and was one of the competition 's eight founding member clubs in 1896 . The club 's headquarters and training facilities are located in Carlton at Princes Park , its traditional home ground , and it currently plays its home matches at either Docklands Stadium ( currently known as Marvel Stadium ) or the Melbourne Cricket Ground . Carlton has historically been one of the AFL 's most successful clubs , having won sixteen senior VFL/AFL premierships , equal with Essendon as the most of any club ; prior to this , it won six senior premierships , including two in the Victorian Football Association . The club has also fielded a team in the AFL Women 's league since its establishment in 2017 .
Ben Haynes ( born 27 June 1981 ) is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) for Richmond and Essendon Football Clubs and in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) for West Adelaide Football Club.He also played for Melton south panthers . Haynes was rookie-listed at Richmond before his elevated to the main list for the 2000 AFL season . After making his senior debut on 16 July 2000 against Fremantle Football Club at the WACA Ground , Haynes played five games for Richmond before his delistment after the 2001 AFL season . Essendon added him to their rookie list in 2002 and elevated him to the senior list for the 2003 AFL season . Haynes played 21 games for Essendon , including finals football , and was delisted after the 2005 AFL season . Haynes joined SANFL club West Adelaide in 2006 , winning the club 's Best & Fairest award in the same season . In 2007 Haynes joined YVMDFL 1st Division club Silvan , kicking 115 goals , ( including 5 in the Grand Final ) alongside ex Essendon teammate Gary Moorcroft who kicked 119 leading Silvan to a dominant premiership . In 2008 Haynes took over the senior coaching role at Silvan leading the club to back to premierships . After stepping down from his coaching role at Silvan at the end of 2009 , Haynes joined Marbynong Park and being awarded Best on Ground in their 2010 Grand Final win at a wind swept Windy Hill . Haynes joined the Montmorency Football Club in the Northern Football League in 2011 . After retiring from playing football in 2015 , Haynes was senior coach at Montmorency from 2016-18 . Haynes is now enjoying life post football with wife , Jenelle and their three young children .
The Western Jets is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Victorian premier U18 competition , the NAB League , since its inception in 1992 . The club have developmental squads in the U15 and 16 age groups , however much of the attention is towards its U18 team . The club is geographically set in Melbourne 's West as part of a decision by AFL Victoria ( formerly Football Victoria ) to have clubs in all regions of the state . The club trains in Melbourne 's inner west at Crofts Reserve in Altona North and plays NAB League matches at Burbank Oval in Williamstown . Their current coach is Ryan OKeefe , who replaced Torin Baker at the end of the 2018 season .
The Essendon Football Club , nicknamed the Bombers , is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Thought to have formed in 1872 , the club played its first recorded game on 7 June 1873 against a Carlton Second 20 , winning 1 goal to nil . The club played a senior club in the Victorian Football Association in 1878 , one year after the VFA formed . It is historically associated with Essendon , a suburb in the north-west of Melbourne , Victoria . Since 2013 , the club has been headquartered at The Hangar , Melbourne Airport , and plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground ; throughout most of its history the club 's home ground and headquarters was Windy Hill , Essendon , where it played from 1922 until 1991 . While it stopped playing games at the ground thereafter , Windy Hill remained its training and administration base until the end of 2013 . Dyson Heppell is the current team captain . A founding member club of both the Victorian Football Association , in 1877 , and the Victorian Football League ( renamed the AFL in 1990 ) , in 1896 , Essendon is one of Australia 's best-known football clubs . Essendon has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships , which , along with Carlton , is the most of any club in the competition . The club won four consecutive VFA premierships between 1891 and 1894 , a feat matched only by Collingwood between 1927 and 1930 .
Courtney Johns ( born 14 November 1984 ) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) .
The East Fremantle Football Club , nicknamed the Sharks , is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) and WAFL Women 's ( WAFLW ) . The team 's home ground is East Fremantle Oval . East Fremantle are the most successful club in WAFL history , winning 29 premierships since their entry into the competition in 1898 .
Luke Webster ( born 25 May 1982 ) is an Australian rules football coach and former player . He played for Fremantle in the Australian Football League , and currently serves as senior coach of the West Coast Eagles in the West Australian Football League and as a development coach at AFL club the West Coast Eagles . Webster played primarily as a midfielder or defender . He was drafted to the Fremantle Football Club as the first selection in the 2001 AFL Rookie Draft , and was elevated to the senior list during the 2003 season following an outstanding year for East Perth , which included being awarded the Simpson Medal as the best player for Western Australia in the state game against South Australia . As a junior , he captained the Western Australian Under 18s team in the 2000 national championships and played for the East Perth Football Club in the WAFL , including their 2001 premiership team . Webster 's playing career was plagued by injury , having three knee reconstructions in four years . He first injured his left knee during the first game of the Under 18s carnival and had to undergo a knee reconstruction which put him out of the remainder of the 2000 season . In 2002 , after showing promising form in the pre-season games for Fremantle , he suffered another injury to the left knee requiring a second knee reconstruction in a practice match against Collingwood at Fremantle Oval . A week after being one of Fremantle 's best players in its first ever final in 2003 , he damaged his right anterior cruciate ligament playing for East Perth in the WAFL preliminary final . He returned to the AFL for Round 21 , 2004 and played the last two games of the season . After being in and out of the Fremantle team for the next 3 years , Webster injured his left knee again early in the 2008 season whilst playing for East Perth . Webster underwent a knee reconstruction via the controversial LARS method of using a synthetic ligament instead of the body 's own tissue with a view to an earlier than anticipated return in season 2008 .
The East Perth Football Club , nicknamed the Royals , is an Australian rules football club based in Leederville , Western Australia , current playing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) . Formed in 1902 as the Union Football Club , the club entered the WAFL in 1906 , changing its name to East Perth . It won its first premiership in 1919 , part of a streak of five consecutive premierships . Overall , the club has won 17 premierships , most recently in 2002 . The club is currently based at Leederville Oval , which it shares with the Subiaco Football Club , having previously played home games at Wellington Square ( from 1901 to 1909 ) and Perth Oval ( formerly known as Loton Park ) from 1910 to 1999 . The current coach of East Perth is Jeremy Barnard and the current captains are Kyle Anderson and Patrick McGinnity . From 2014 until 2018 , East Perth served as the host club for the West Coast Eagles of the Australian Football League , the arrangement saw West Coast 's reserves players playing in the WAFL for East Perth .
The Fremantle Football Club , nicknamed the Dockers , is a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . It was founded in 1994 in honour of the rich footballing history associated with the Western Australian port city of Fremantle , and entered the AFL the following year , making it the second team from the state after the West Coast Eagles to be admitted to the competition . Originally based at Fremantle Oval , the club 's training facilities and administrative headquarters are now located nearby at Cockburn ARC in Cockburn Central . The club 's guernsey is purple and white . High-profile players since the club 's inception include six time All-Australian Matthew Pavlich , dual Brownlow Medal winner Nat Fyfe , and the league 's former all-time tallest player Aaron Sandilands . Currently captained by Fyfe , the club is coached by Justin Longmuir , who replaced Ross Lyon at the end of the 2019 home-and-away season . Fremantle is one of only three active AFL clubs ( the others being Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney ) that has not won a premiership , however it did win the minor premiership in 2015 , and reached the 2013 AFL Grand Final which it lost to Hawthorn . Fremantle has had a team in the AFL Women 's league since its inception in 2017 . They are coached by Trent Cooper and captained by Kara Antonio .
Daniel Gilmore ( born 2 March 1983 ) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League . After playing nine games in 2004 , he had a frustrating 2005 , only playing two games and appearing emergency nine times . After playing mainly as a defender or wingman , in 2006 he was tried as a reserve ruckman due to injuries to regular ruckmen Aaron Sandilands and Justin Longmuir . At 91 kg and 191 cm tall he is much shorter than most other ruckmen and has to rely on his leap , speed and endurance to compete . In 2007 , he continued to play as a ruckman because of long term injuries to Longmuir and Sandilands , and towards the end of the season produced some of his best football , gaining more than 20 disposals in 4 consecutive games , including a career high 31 against Essendon in round 19 . When not playing for Fremantle , Gilmore played for South Fremantle in the WAFL and in 2005 was a member of their premiership side and finished in the top 10 for the Sandover Medal . At the end of the 2009 season Gilmore was delisted from Fremantle and retired from all football to concentrate on becoming a chiropractor after winning his second WAFL premiership with South Fremantle . Gilmore was the head coach of the Sydney University Australian National Football Club ( SUANFC ) in the North East Australian Football League ( NEAFL ) between 2013 and 2016 . He is the grandson of Brian Gilmore , a member of Footscray 's 1954 premiership team .
The South Fremantle Football Club , nicknamed the Bulldogs , is an Australian rules football club , based in Fremantle , Western Australia , playing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) . It was formed in 1900 and plays its home games at Fremantle Oval .
Will Slade ( born 24 October 1983 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) .
The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League , the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria , Australia . They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh , Victoria , representing the southeastern suburban area of Melbourne . The Chargers were one of two additional metropolitan clubs introduced to the competition in 1995 as part of a plan by the AFL to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs . This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft . In June 2008 the Chargers moved into a new pavilion at their Warrawee Park , They have Been The Feeder Club to Port Melbourne Football Club Since 1999 .
The Geelong Football Club , nicknamed the Cats , are a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong , Australia . The club competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the highest level of Australian rules football in Australia . The Cats have been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times , with three in the AFL era ( since 1990 ) . The Cats have also won ten McClelland Trophies . The club was formed in 1859 , making it the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world . Geelong participated in the first football competition in Australia and was a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) in 1897 . The club first established itself in the VFA by winning seven premierships , making it the most successful VFA club leading up to the formation of the VFL in 1897 . The club won a further six premierships by 1963 , before enduring a 44-year waiting period until it won its next premiership - an AFL-record 119-point victory in the 2007 AFL Grand Final . Geelong have since won a further two premierships in 2009 and 2011 . The Cats play most of their home games at Kardinia Park ( known for sponsorship reasons as GMHBA Stadium ) and play the remainder at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . Geelong 's traditional guernsey colours are navy blue and white hoops . The club 's nickname , The Cats , was first used in 1923 after a run of losses prompted a local cartoonist to suggest that the club needed a black cat to bring it good luck .
Ben Kane ( born 22 March 1983 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) between 2003 and 2006 .
The Eastern Ranges is an Australian rules football team in the NAB League , the Victorian statewide under-18s competition . The club is a founding member of the competition ( 1992 ) and has produced several players for the Australian Football League including Kade Simpson , Rory Sloane , Nick Malceski , David Wirrpanda , Jess Sinclair , Damian Cupido , Lindsay Gilbee , Travis Cloke , Chris Scott , Brad Scott , Matthew Bate , Jonathon Patton , Chris Knights , Jaidyn Stephenson and Hayden Crozier .
The Hawthorn Football Club , nicknamed the Hawks , is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club , founded in 1902 , is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL and has won thirteen VFL/AFL premierships . It is the only club to have won premierships in each decade of the 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s and 2010s . The team play in brown and gold vertically striped guernsey . The club 's Latin motto is spectemur agendo , the English translation being Let us be judged by our acts . The Hawks ' origins are in the inner-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn and also at Glenferrie Oval , the club 's former administrative and training base and social club . Matches , however , have not been played there since 1973 . In 2006 , Hawthorn 's training and administration facilities were relocated to Waverly Park which is located 27.8 km from the CBD and in the middle of the club 's major supporter base in Melbourne 's outer-eastern region . The mascot of the club is a hawk . Since 2007 Hawthorn have played four games a year at their second ground of York Park in Launceston , Tasmania , with the remaining games played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , the club 's current playing home ground . Hawthorn 's current Victorian Football League ( VFL ) affiliate team is the Box Hill Hawks Football Club .
Brad Sewell ( born 2 February 1984 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) .
North Ballarat Football & Netball Club , nicknamed The Roosters , is an Australian rules football and netball club based at Mars Stadium in Ballarat . The club currently fields senior , reserve and Under 19 sides in the Ballarat Football League . Between 1996 and 2017 , North Ballarat competed in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) .
Jeremy Clayton ( born 9 February 1981 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League before enjoying great success in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) with the Port Adelaide Magpies , winning the Magarey Medal for the best and fairest in the SANFL in 2005 . Clayton was originally from Warracknabeal , Victoria and originally signed to play with SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens when he was rookie-listed by North Melbourne in 2002 . Clayton played eight games for North Melbourne between 2003 and 2004 , while also representing North 's Victorian Football League ( VFL ) feeder club Port Melbourne . At Port Melbourne , he polled the most votes for the 2003 J. J. Liston Trophy , but was ineligible for the award due to a suspension during the year . After his delisting by North Melbourne , Clayton moved to Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL . He won the Magarey Medal in his first SANFL season in 2005 , receiving the medal while in hospital after injuring his spleen during the finals series . AFL club Richmond approached Clayton at the end of 2005 with a view to drafting him at the 2005 AFL Draft but Clayton preferred to remain at Port Adelaide . He went on to win four consecutive Best and Fairest Awards for Port Adelaide from 2005 to 2008 . Clayton suffered a season ending knee reconstruction and retired from football at the end of the 2012 SANFL season , with 125 games for Port Adelaide to his name .
The North Melbourne Football Club , nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos , the Kangas or North , is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Founded in North Melbourne , Victoria in 1869 , it is based at its traditional home ground , Arden Street Oval , and currently plays its home matches at both the nearby Docklands Stadium and Blundstone Arena in Hobart , Tasmania . The club 's mascot is a grey kangaroo donning the club uniform , and its use dates from the mid-20th century . The club is also unofficially known as The Shinboners , a term which dates back to its 19th-century abattoir-worker origins . The club 's motto is Victoria amat curam , Latin for Victory Demands Dedication . Aside from their representation in the AFL , the Kangaroos also field teams in the following competitions ; AFL Women 's , VFL Women 's and Victorian Football League .
Michael Spud Firrito ( born 27 November 1983 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He made his AFL debut in round 12 , 2003 . Although he was primarily a defender , he had been used as a tagger occasionally . In August 2016 , North Melbourne announced they would not renew Firrito 's contract for the 2017 season .
Nathan Carroll ( born 20 October 1980 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Carroll was recruited to the Fremantle Football Club from Claremont in the 2000 Rookie Draft and stayed on the rookie list for one season ( 2000 ) before being delisted . A defender , he was selected by Melbourne in the 2003 Rookie Draft and he made his AFL debut that season . After playing only eleven games in his first two seasons , 2005 loomed as an important year for Carroll . He made his way into the team late in the season , before an injury in the Round 18 loss to St Kilda sidelined him for two weeks . He was recalled for the last three games of Melbourne 's season . He underwent surgery on his shoulder at the end of the 2005 season . In 2006 , Carroll was a much improved player and played all 24 games in easily his best season to date . Nathan Carroll was delisted by Melbourne at the end of the 2008 season . His older brother , Trent Carroll , was on the senior lists at Fremantle and West Coast for several seasons . In 2010 , while working and living in Melbourne , and working in Western Australia , Carroll has joined the St Kilda City Football Club in the Southern Football League .
The Claremont Football Club , nicknamed Tigers , is an Australian rules football club based in Claremont , Western Australia , that currently plays in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) and WAFL Women 's ( WAFLW ) . Its official colours are navy blue and gold . Formed as the Cottesloe Beach Football Club in 1906 , the club entering the WAFL in 1925 as the Claremont-Cottesloe Football Club ' , changing its name to the present in 1935 . Claremont have won 12 senior men 's premierships since entering the competition , including most recently the 2011 and 2012 premierships .
The Melbourne Football Club , nicknamed the Demons , is a professional Australian rules football club , playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . It is named after and based in the city of Melbourne , Victoria , and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) . Melbourne is the world 's oldest professional club of any football code . The club 's origins can be traced to an 1858 letter in which Tom Wills , captain of the Victoria cricket team , calls for the formation of a foot-ball club with its own code of laws . An informal Melbourne team played that winter and was officially formed in May 1859 when Wills and three other members codified The Rules of the Melbourne Football Club - the basis of Australian rules football . The club was a dominant force in the early years of Australian rules football competition , and was also a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) in 1896 , which later became the national Australian Football League . Melbourne has won 12 VFL/AFL premierships , the latest in 1964 . Melbourne was a foundation team of the AFL Women 's league , entering the competition in the inaugural year 2017 . The club celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008 by naming 150 Heroes as well as creating a birthday logo which appeared on its official guernsey . The football club has been a sporting section of the Melbourne Cricket Club ( MCC ) since 2009 , having previously been associated with the MCC between 1889 and 1980 .
Allan Murray ( born 20 May 1982 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with both Port Adelaide and St Kilda in the Australian Football League . He was recruited as the number 35 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Lavington . He made his debut for Port Adelaide in Round 19 , 2002 against Carlton . He was traded to St Kilda and put on their rookie list at the end of the 2002 season . He was then elevated from the rookie list later that year and made his debut for the Saints in Round 10 of the 2003 season , scoring four goals against Hawthorn . Despite his impressive debut for the Saints , Murray 's playing opportunities with the club were limited . He was delisted by St Kilda at the end of the 2006 season , after playing 15 games for the club in four seasons , and will line up for former St Kilda assistant coach Mick McGuane for the Balwyn Tigers . Murray is the brother of former Port Adelaide player Derek and the cousin of current Essendon player Nathan Lovett-Murray .
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton , Port Adelaide , South Australia . The club 's senior team plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Power , whilst its reserves team competes in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Magpies . Port Adelaide is the oldest professional sporting club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL . Since the club 's founding on 12 May 1870 , the club has won 36 South Australian league premierships , including six in a row . The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions . After successfully winning an AFL licence in 1994 the club began competing in the Australian Football League in 1997 as the only pre-existing non-Victorian club - and has subsequently added the 2004 AFL premiership to its achievements .
The St Kilda Football Club , nicknamed the Saints , is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . The club plays in the Australian Football League , the sport 's premier league . The club 's name originates from its original home base in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873 . The club also has strong links to the south-eastern suburb of Moorabbin , where it was based between 1965 and 2010 . St Kilda were a foundation team of the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and later , in 1897 , became a foundation team in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) , which later became known as the Australian Football League ( AFL ) in 1990 . The Saints field teams in the AFL Women 's and VFL Women 's competitions , and are in an alignment with the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League . St Kilda have won a single premiership to date , a famous one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final . St Kilda most recently won the minor premiership in the 2009 AFL season and were grand finalists in 2009 and 2010 . St Kilda developed a reputation as perennial underachievers , much of this attributed to their record of finishing last more often than any other club in the league ( 27 times ) , as well as having the second lowest all-time win percentage of any team still playing in the league .
Heath James ( born 7 March 1980 ) is a former Australian rules footballer , who retired in 2005 due to a number of injuries . After being drafted by the Sydney Swans at Pick # 28 in the 1998 AFL Draft , under the Father-son rule from the Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League , James made his AFL debut in Round 19 of the 1999 season . He suffered numerous hamstring and knee injuries during his career , managing to play just 18 of a possible 162 games ( including finals ) ( 11.11% of club games ) in 7 seasons with the Swans ( 1999-2005 ) . He was delisted and re-drafted twice more during his career , in the 2003 Rookie draft and the 2004 National Draft . During his injury-interrupted tenure in Sydney , James built up a reputation as a resilient player and person . He has since taken up a game day role with the club . His father Max James also played for Port Adelaide and South Melbourne , prior to their relocation to Sydney .
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton , Port Adelaide , South Australia . The club 's senior team plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Power , whilst its reserves team competes in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Magpies . Port Adelaide is the oldest professional sporting club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL . Since the club 's founding on 12 May 1870 , the club has won 36 South Australian league premierships , including six in a row . The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions . After successfully winning an AFL licence in 1994 the club began competing in the Australian Football League in 1997 as the only pre-existing non-Victorian club - and has subsequently added the 2004 AFL premiership to its achievements .
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874 , the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982 , thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria . Initially playing in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , the Swans joined seven other clubs in founding the breakaway Victorian Football League ( now known as the AFL ) in 1896 . It won premierships in 1909 , 1918 and 1933 before experiencing a 72-year premiership drought - the longest in the competition 's history . The club broke the drought in 2005 and won another premiership in 2012 . The club has proven to be one of the most consistent teams in the AFL era , failing to make the finals in only four seasons since 1995 , playing the most number of finals matches and winning the second-most matches overall ( only behind Geelong ) since 2000 and boasting a finals winning record of over 50% in the same time period . The Swans ' headquarters and training facilities are located at the Sydney Cricket Ground , the club 's playing home ground since 1982 .
James Meiklejohn ( /ˈmiːkəlˌdʒɒn/ ; born 28 June 1984 ) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Sydney in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) in 2003 and 2004 . He was drafted from the NSW-ACT Under 18s side with the 71st selection in the 2003 Rookie Draft . He played six games in two seasons at the Swans before he was delisted at the end of the 2004 season . Mieklejohn captained Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL .
The NSW/ACT Rams is an under 18 Australian rules football representative club in the TAC Cup . The team , under the guidance of AFL NSW/ACT represented New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and had the moniker of the Ram , partly derived as an acronym from Riverina , ACT , Murrumbidgee and Sydney , the four regions supplying the bulk of the team 's squad . The Rams joined the Cup in 1996 with another non-Victorian club , the Tassie Mariners . Both left the competition in 2002 when the TAC Cup became a Victorian-focused competition . The Rams then played around three or four games a year , with players instead playing club football on the remaining weeks of the year . Prior to the 2014 season , the NSW/ACT Rams was reestablished as a TAC Cup team , with players from the Sydney Swans and Greater Western Sydney Giants young academy sides being picked for the NSW/ACT team . The team plays only 7 games in the competition and can not qualify for finals like the Victorian teams in the competition .
Zachary Beeck ( born 30 June 1982 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the East Perth and Peel Thunder Football Clubs in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) , as well as one match for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He is known more for his Cricketing Career than his AFL career . He travelled around England in the early stages of life with a young Australian team and averaged 90 in his batting career as a number 3 . He had a tough choice to make between AFL and Cricket and stuck to AFL much despite his better cricketing path .
The West Coast Eagles Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth , Western Australia , and plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The West Coast Eagles was founded in 1986 as an expansion team . It entered the AFL , then known as the Victorian Football League , in 1987 along with Queensland 's Brisbane Bears . It reached the finals series for the first time in 1988 , and won its first premiership in 1992 , having been defeated in the grand final the previous year . It was the first non-Victorian team to compete in and win a grand final . The Eagles have since won three more premierships , in 1994 , 2006 and 2018 . The club is currently coached by Adam Simpson . The Eagles have won the second most premierships ( four , second to Hawthorn ) in the AFL era ( 1990 onwards ) and are one of the most strongly supported and profitable clubs in the league . As well as competing in the AFL , West Coast also field teams in the AFL Women 's ( AFLW ) and West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) .
Mark Nicoski ( born 24 November 1983 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who previously played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . From Perth , Western Australia , Nicoski first played for Subiaco in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) , before being recruited by West Coast in the 2003 Rookie Draft . Promoted from the rookie list prior to the 2004 season , he made his debut for the club in round five , and became a regular in the side the following season as a half-back flanker , playing in West Coast 's grand final loss to Sydney . In 2006 , Nicoski fractured an ankle midway through the season , and thus missed out on playing in the club 's premiership victory . Over the next seasons , shoulder and groin injuries restricted his time on the field , but in 2011 he took up a different role in the team , kicking 41 goals playing as a forward . Nicoski also represented Australia in the 2011 International Rules Series . However , after serious injuries , including a torn hamstring during the final of the 2012 pre-season tournament , he did not play at AFL level over the following two seasons . Having played 112 games for West Coast , Nicoski retired from the AFL at the end of the 2013 season .
The Subiaco Football Club , nicknamed the Lions and known before 1973 as the Maroons , is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) and WAFL Women 's ( WAFLW ) . It was founded in 1896 , and admitted to the WAFL in 1901 , along with North Fremantle . The club is currently based at Leederville Oval , having previously played at Subiaco Oval .
Matthew Keith Boyd ( born 27 August 1982 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Before joining the Bulldogs , Boyd had played for Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup and Frankston in the VFL . He currently holds the record for the most AFL games played by a player recruited from the rookie draft . Boyd is the grand nephew of Australian football vendor icon Johnny Boyd , known as the Peanut Man .
Frankston Football Club , nicknamed the Dolphins , is an Australian rules football club based in Frankston , Victoria ) . The club , formed in 1887 , had played in the Victorian Football Association/League almost continuously since 1966 .
The Western Bulldogs ( formerly the Footscray Football Club [ a ] ) is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Founded in 1877 in Footscray , an inner-western suburb of Melbourne , the club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) before gaining entry to the Victorian Football League ( since renamed the AFL ) in 1925 . The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships , in 1954 and 2016 , and was runner up in 1961 . It has also claimed one premiership in the AFL Women 's competition , in 2018 , having been a foundation member of the league the previous year . The Western Bulldogs ' home guernsey features two thick horizontal hoops - one red and one white - on a royal blue background . The club 's headquarters and training facilities are located in Footscray at Whitten Oval , nicknamed The Kennel , its original home ground . The club draws much of its supporter base from Melbourne 's traditionally working class western region , and plays its home matches at Docklands Stadium ( currently known as Marvel Stadium ) in the Docklands area , also in the city 's inner-west . In 1996 , the club changed its name from the Footscray Football Club to the Western Bulldogs. [ why ? ] As well as their participation in AFL and AFLW , the club also fields reserves sides in the Victorian Football League and VFL Women 's .