List of AFL debuts in 2012

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.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 2012[1]

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

AFL debuts

Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Games (in 2012)	Goals (in 2012)	Notes
Tomas Bugg	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 354 days	1[2]	18	6	Round 5 Rising Star nomination
Jeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 358 days	1[3]	16	29	Round 2 Rising Star nomination Winner 2012 AFLPA best first year player award
Stephen Coniglio	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 100 days	1[4]	12	2	Round 7 Rising Star nomination
Israel Folau	Greater Western Sydney	22 years, 356 days	1[5]	13	2	Previously played rugby league for Melbourne Storm & Brisbane Broncos
Jonathan Giles	Greater Western Sydney	24 years, 76 days	1[6]	20	18	Previously listed by Port Adelaide
Toby Greene	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 181 days	1[7]	19	8	Round 14 Rising Star nomination
Curtly Hampton	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 14 days	1[8]	17	6
Jack Hombsch	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 17 days	1[9]	9	0
Will Hoskin-Elliott	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 204 days	1[10]	10	9
Adam Kennedy	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 256 days	1[11]	15	0
Tim Mohr	Greater Western Sydney	23 years, 157 days	1[12]	13	1
Dylan Shiel	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 15 days	1[13]	12	5	Round 10 Rising Star nomination
Devon Smith	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 309 days	1[14]	20	10	Round 19 Rising Star nomination
Adam Tomlinson	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 227 days	1[15]	9	2
Jacob Townsend	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 278 days	1[16]	11	2
Dom Tyson	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 290 days	1[17]	10	4	Round 23 Rising Star nomination
Nathan Wilson	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 77 days	1[18]	9	6
Harry Cunningham	Sydney	18 years, 109 days	1[19]	1	0
Brandon Ellis	Richmond	18 years, 239 days	1[20]	21	2	Round 17 Rising Star nomination
Steven Morris	Richmond	23 years, 88 days	1[21]	21	1	Son of Kevin Morris
Jarrad Boumann	Hawthorn	22 years, 225 days	1[22]	2	0	Previously listed at Western Bulldogs
Jackson Paine	Collingwood	18 years, 283 days	1[23]	6	8
Paul Seedsman	Collingwood	20 years, 79 days	1[24]	11	2
Peter Yagmoor	Collingwood	18 years, 162 days	1[25]	2	0
James Magner	Melbourne	24 years, 232 days	1[26]	17	4
Josh Tynan	Melbourne	18 years, 146 days	1[27]	2	0
Aaron Hall	Gold Coast	21 years, 143 days	1[28]	8	8
Billie Smedts	Geelong	19 years, 297 days	1[29]	14	6
Orren Stephenson	Geelong	29 years, 260 days	1[30]	8	1	Oldest first-time drafted player in AFL history.
Tory Dickson	Western Bulldogs	24 years, 188 days	1[31]	17	23
Clay Smith	Western Bulldogs	18 years, 326 days	1[32]	16	6
Terry Milera	St Kilda	24 years, 84 days	1[33]	15	19
Jarrad Redden	Port Adelaide	21 years, 96 days	1[34]	9	1
Chad Wingard	Port Adelaide	18 years, 185 days	1[35]	19	9	Round 22 Rising Star nomination
Cameron Delaney	North Melbourne	19 years, 279 days	2[36]	5	0
Jack Newnes	St Kilda	19 years, 44 days	2[37]	7	1
Billy Longer	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 338 days	3[38]	5	0
Adam Treloar	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 37 days	3[39]	18	12	Round 18 Rising Star nomination
Sam Kerridge	Adelaide	18 years, 355 days	3[40]	1	0
George Horlin-Smith	Geelong	19 years, 115 days	3[41]	3	2	Round 4 2013 Rising Star nomination
Lachie Neale	Fremantle	18 years, 181 days	4[42]	11	4
Cory Dell'Olio	Essendon	22 years, 135 days	4[43]	8	9
Shaun Edwards	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 130 days	4[44]	10	2
Anthony Miles	Greater Western Sydney	20 years, 53 days	4[45]	7	0
Sam Shaw	Adelaide	21 years, 6 days	4[46]	13	0	Round 21 Rising Star nomination
Bradley Hill	Hawthorn	18 years, 287 days	4[47]	5	3	Round 6 2013 Rising Star nomination, brother of Fremantle's Stephen Hill
Jack Crisp	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 202 days	4[48]	10	3
Jesse Stringer	Geelong	21 years, 19 days	4[49]	8	3
Kirk Ugle	Collingwood	19 years, 325 days	5[50]	3	0	Cousin of Jamie Bennell
Taylor Adams	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 221 days	5[51]	15	5
Josh Bruce	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 325 days	5[52]	3	2
Kyal Horsley	Gold Coast	24 years, 239 days	5[53]	13	3
Jarryd Lyons	Adelaide	19 years, 282 days	5[54]	3	1
Aaron Young	Port Adelaide	19 years, 145 days	5[55]	12	4
Lee Spurr	Fremantle	24 years, 283 days	6[56]	12	0
Ahmed Saad	St Kilda	22 years, 209 days	6[57]	16	28
Josh Bootsma	Carlton	19 years, 74 days	6[58]	5	0	Son of Brad Bootsma.
Liam Sumner	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 264 days	6[59]	2	2
Jacob Brennan	West Coast	22 years, 103 days	6[60]	15	2	Son of Michael Brennan
Josh Jenkins	Adelaide	23 years, 94 days	7[61]	11	11	Previous rookie listed at Essendon
Andrew Phillips	Greater Western Sydney	20 years, 314 days	7[62]	9	3
Ryan Neates	West Coast	20 years, 326 days	7[63]	1	0
Dayne Zorko	Brisbane Lions	23 years, 93 days	7[64]	16	16
Brad McKenzie	North Melbourne	18 years, 350 days	7[65]	1	0
Tommy Walsh	Sydney	24 years, 83 days	8[66]	3	3	Previously played Gaelic football for Kerry GAA
Alex Sexton	Gold Coast	18 years, 168 days	8[67]	6	1
Matthew Buntine	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 214 days	8[68]	6	0
Sam Darley	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 95 days	8[69]	9	0
Daniel Pearce	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 124 days	9[70]	5	0
Jonathan Simpkin	Geelong	24 years, 210 days	9[71]	4	1	Previous rookie listed at Sydney, brother of Tom Simpkin
Marley Williams	Collingwood	18 years, 309 days	9[72]	6	1
Jamie Elliott	Collingwood	19 years, 279 days	9[73]	13	6
Jordan Schroder	Geelong	19 years, 180 days	10[74]	1	0
Lincoln McCarthy	Geelong	18 years, 224 days	10[75]	1	0
Nick Haynes	Greater Western Sydney	20 years, 15 days	10[76]	8	1
Hayden Crozier	Fremantle	18 years, 161 days	10[77]	3	0
Brett O'Hanlon	Richmond	18 years, 328 days	11[78]	8	2
Jonathon Patton	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 27 days	12[79]	7	4	Number 1 draft pick, 2011 AFL Draft
Sam Schulz	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 271 days	12[80]	1	1
Mark Whiley	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 198 days	12[81]	3	0
Sam Gibson	North Melbourne	26 years, 20 days	12[82]	13	6	Previously rookie listed at Hawthorn
Tom Campbell	Western Bulldogs	20 years, 234 days	13[83]	7	3
Caolan Mooney	Collingwood	19 years, 157 days	14[84]	4	1	Previously played Gaelic football for Down GAA
Todd Elton	Richmond	19 years, 62 days	14[85]	1	0
Murray Newman	West Coast	18 years, 225 days	14[86]	4	3
Jordan Murdoch	Geelong	19 years, 180 days	14[87]	8	4
Andrew McInnes	Carlton	20 years, 108 days	15[88]	8	0
Tom Derickx	Richmond	24 years, 218 days	15[89]	2	0
Tim McIntyre	Adelaide	23 years, 89 days	15[90]	1	2
Cameron Sutcliffe	Fremantle	20 years, 46 days	15[91]	4	1
Mark Baguley	Essendon	25 years, 54 days	16[92]	7	0
Tom Couch	Melbourne	24 years, 27 days	16[93]	3	0	Son of Paul Couch
Josh Hall	Gold Coast	22 years, 102 days	16[94]	2	2
Jackson Sheringham	Geelong	24 years, 22 days	16[95]	5	1
Josh Walker	Geelong	19 years, 245 days	16[96]	7	3
Sam Dunell	St Kilda	22 years, 144 days	16[97]	5	1	Son of Frank Dunell
Steve Clifton	Greater Western Sydney	25 years, 49 days	16[98]	5	1	2010 J. J. Liston Trophy winner
Luke Brown	Adelaide	19 years, 297 days	16[99]	3	0
Levi Casboult	Carlton	22 years, 128 days	17[100]	6	7
Tom Bell	Carlton	21 years, 38 days	17[101]	7	4
Frazer Dale	Carlton	18 years, 254 days	17[102]	2	1
Kurt Aylett	Greater Western Sydney	20 years, 111 days	17[103]	1	0
Gerald Ugle	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 173 days	17[104]	1	1
Sam Frost	Greater Western Sydney	23 years, 110 days	17[105]	3	1
Elliott Kavanagh	Essendon	19 years, 69 days	18[106]	1	0
Stephen Wrigley	Brisbane Lions	25 years, 102 days	18[107]	3	0
Jason Johannisen	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 270 days	19[108]	3	1
Michael Talia	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 175 days	19[109]	4	1	brother of Daniel Talia
Jackson Allen	Gold Coast	19 years, 116 days	20[110]	1	0
Tim Golds	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 127 days	20[111]	2	0
Nathan Blee	Port Adelaide	21 years, 340 days	20[112]	4	0
Lin Jong	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 69 days	20[113]	4	1
Fletcher Roberts	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 70 days	20[114]	2	0
Brendan Lee	Essendon	24 years, 338 days	20[115]	2	0
Piers Flanagan	Gold Coast	20 years, 141 days	21[116]	3	0
Nick O'Brien	Essendon	19 years, 59 days	22[117]	2	3
Sebastian Ross	St Kilda	19 years, 110 days	22[118]	1	0
Rhys Cooyou	Greater Western Sydney	21 years, 156 days	22[119]	1	1
Tom Sheridan	Fremantle	18 years, 309 days	23[120]	1	0
Jackson Merrett	Essendon	19 years, 187 days	23[121]	1	0
Pat McCarthy	Carlton	20 years, 175 days	23[122]	1	0
Luke Mitchell	Carlton	20 years, 187 days	23[123]	1	1

Change of AFL club

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

References

1. Lovett, p. 585.
2. Tomas Bugg's playing statistics from AFL Tables
3. Jeremy Cameron's playing statistics from AFL Tables
4. Stephen Coniglio's playing statistics from AFL Tables
5. Israel Folau's playing statistics from AFL Tables
6. Jonathan Giles's playing statistics from AFL Tables
7. Toby Greene's playing statistics from AFL Tables
8. Curtly Hampton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
9. Jack Hombsch's playing statistics from AFL Tables
10. Will Hoskin-Elliot's playing statistics from AFL Tables
11. Adam Kennedy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
12. Tim Mohr's playing statistics from AFL Tables
13. Dylan Shiel's playing statistics from AFL Tables
14. Devon Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
15. Adam Tomlinson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
16. Jacob Townsend's playing statistics from AFL Tables
17. Dom Tyson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
18. Nathan Wilson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
19. Harry Cunningham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
20. Brandon Ellis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
21. Steven Morris's playing statistics from AFL Tables
22. Jarrad Boumann's playing statistics from AFL Tables
23. Jackson Paine's playing statistics from AFL Tables
24. Paul Seedsman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
25. Peter Yagmoor's playing statistics from AFL Tables
26. James Magner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
27. Josh Tynan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
28. Aaron Hall's playing statistics from AFL Tables
29. Billie Smedts's playing statistics from AFL Tables
30. Orren Stephenson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
31. Tory Dickson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
32. Clay Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
33. Terry Milera's playing statistics from AFL Tables
34. Jarrad Redden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
35. Chad Wingard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
36. Cameron Delaney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
37. Jack Newnes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
38. Billy Longer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
39. Adam Treloar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
40. Sam Kerridge's playing statistics from AFL Tables
41. George Horlin-Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
42. Lachie Neale's playing statistics from AFL Tables
43. Cory Dell'Olio's playing statistics from AFL Tables
44. Shaun Edwards's playing statistics from AFL Tables
45. Anthony Miles's playing statistics from AFL Tables
46. Sam Shaw's playing statistics from AFL Tables
47. Bradley Hill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
48. Jack Crisp's playing statistics from AFL Tables
49. Jesse Stringer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
50. Kirk Ugle's playing statistics from AFL Tables
51. Taylor Adams's playing statistics from AFL Tables
52. Josh Bruce's playing statistics from AFL Tables
53. Kyal Horsley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
54. Jarryd Lyons's playing statistics from AFL Tables
55. Aaron Young's playing statistics from AFL Tables
56. Lee Spurr's playing statistics from AFL Tables
57. Ahmed Saad's playing statistics from AFL Tables
58. Josh Bootsma's playing statistics from AFL Tables
59. Liam Sumner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
60. Jacob Brennan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
61. Josh Jenkins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
62. Andrew Phillips's playing statistics from AFL Tables
63. Ryan Neates's playing statistics from AFL Tables
64. Dayne Zorko's playing statistics from AFL Tables
65. Brad McKenzie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
66. Tommy Walsh's playing statistics from AFL Tables
67. Alex Sexton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
68. Matthew Buntine's playing statistics from AFL Tables
69. Sam Darley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
70. Daniel Pearce's playing statistics from AFL Tables
71. Jonathan Simpkin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
72. Marley Williams's playing statistics from AFL Tables
73. Jamie Elliott's playing statistics from AFL Tables
74. Jordan Schroder's playing statistics from AFL Tables
75. Lincoln McCarthy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
76. Nick Haynes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
77. Hayden Crozier's playing statistics from AFL Tables
78. Brett O'Hanlon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
79. Jonathon Patton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
80. Sam Schulz's playing statistics from AFL Tables
81. Mark Whiley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
82. Sam Gibson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
83. Tom Campbell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
84. Caolan Mooney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
85. Todd Elton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
86. Murray Newman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
87. Jordan Murdoch's playing statistics from AFL Tables
88. Andrew McInnes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
89. Tom Derickx's playing statistics from AFL Tables
90. Tim McIntyre's playing statistics from AFL Tables
91. Cameron Sutcliffe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
92. Mark Baguley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
93. Tom Couch's playing statistics from AFL Tables
94. Josh Hall's playing statistics from AFL Tables
95. Jackson Sheringham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
96. Josh Walker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
97. Sam Dunell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
98. Steve Clifton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
99. Luke Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
100. Levi Casboult's playing statistics from AFL Tables
101. Tom Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
102. Frazer Dale's playing statistics from AFL Tables
103. Kurt Aylett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
104. Gerald Ugle's playing statistics from AFL Tables
105. Sam Frost's playing statistics from AFL Tables
106. Elliott Kavanagh's playing statistics from AFL Tables
107. Stephen Wrigley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
108. Jason Johannisen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
109. Michael Talia's playing statistics from AFL Tables
110. Jackson Allen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
111. Tim Golds's playing statistics from AFL Tables
112. Nathan Blee's playing statistics from AFL Tables
113. Lin Jong's playing statistics from AFL Tables
114. Fletcher Roberts's playing statistics from AFL Tables
115. Brendan Lee's playing statistics from AFL Tables
116. Piers Flanagan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
117. Nick O'Brien's playing statistics from AFL Tables
118. Sebastian Ross's playing statistics from AFL Tables
119. Rhys Cooyou's playing statistics from AFL Tables
120. Tom Sheridan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
121. Jackson Merrett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
122. Pat McCarthy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
123. Luke Mitchell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
124. Chad Cornes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
125. Phil Davis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
126. James McDonald's playing statistics from AFL Tables
127. Rhys Palmer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
128. Callan Ward's playing statistics from AFL Tables
129. Addam Maric's playing statistics from AFL Tables
130. Ivan Maric's playing statistics from AFL Tables
131. Jack Gunston's playing statistics from AFL Tables
132. Broc McCauley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
133. Mitch Clark's playing statistics from AFL Tables
134. Ben Hudson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
135. Matthew Warnock's playing statistics from AFL Tables
136. Tom Lynch's playing statistics from AFL Tables
137. Zac Dawson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
138. Josh Hill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
139. Brad Ebert's playing statistics from AFL Tables
140. John McCarthy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
141. James Sellar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
142. Luke Power's playing statistics from AFL Tables
143. Tom Scully's playing statistics from AFL Tables
144. Dean Brogan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
145. Darren Pfeiffer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
146. Brent Renouf's playing statistics from AFL Tables
147. Tony Armstrong's playing statistics from AFL Tables
148. Mark Austin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
149. Sam Reid's playing statistics from AFL Tables
150. Beau Wilkes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
151. Setanta Ó hAilpín's playing statistics from AFL Tables
152. Andrew McQualter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
153. Jordan Lisle's playing statistics from AFL Tables
154. Lewis Johnston's playing statistics from AFL Tables
155. Mitch Morton's playing statistics from AFL Tables