List of AFL debuts in 2011
This is a list of players who made their Australian Football League (AFL) debut in a senior AFL match to date during the 2011 AFL season . In addition to those players making their AFL-level debuts, some players have made their debuts for a new club following a trade or re-drafting are also listed below in a separate table.
A senior AFL match is an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or have been in the past, members of the AFL . A senior AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football , and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It does not include pre-season competition matches, interstate matches or international rules football matches. The list is arranged in the order in which each player made his debut for a club in a senior AFL match. Where more than one player made his debut in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.
AFL debuts
A total of 132 players made their début in the Australian Football League in 2011. The new Gold Coast played 34 new players and helped make 2011 the highest number of début players since West Coast and Brisbane Bears both joined the league in 1987. Each of the top 10 draft picks and 29 of the first 33 selections in the 2010 AFL Draft made their début.[ 1]
Players are listed in order of debut, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2011 AFL season only. Players marked "(rookie)" are players who were elevated from their clubs' rookie-list to the senior list, and therefore were eligible to represent the club in a senior AFL match.
Order
Name
Club
Age at debut
Debut
Games in 2011
Goals in 2011
Rookie
Recruited from
League
Notes
1
Ed Curnow
Carlton
21 years, 137 days
Round 1 [ 2]
12
3
Rookie
Box Hill
VFL
2
Nick Duigan
Carlton
26 years, 198 days
Round 1 [ 3]
20
1
Norwood
SANFL
3
Jake Batchelor
Richmond
19 years, 39 days
Round 1 [ 4]
16
0
Dandenong Stingrays
TAC Cup
Round 16 Rising Star nomination
4
Reece Conca
Richmond
18 years, 224 days
Round 1 [ 5]
17
0
Perth
WAFL
Round 9 Rising Star nomination
5
Brad Helbig
Richmond
19 years, 24 days
Round 1 [ 6]
10
4
West Adelaide
SANFL
6
Cameron Guthrie
Geelong
18 years, 218 days
Round 1 [ 7]
2
0
Calder Cannons
TAC Cup
7
Jarrad Irons
Port Adelaide
18 years, 187 days
Round 1 [ 8]
3
3
Rookie
Perth
WAFL
8
Jasper Pittard
Port Adelaide
19 years, 359 days
Round 1 [ 9]
13
2
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
Round 4 Rising Star nomination
9
Cam O'Shea
Port Adelaide
19 years, 13 days
Round 1 [ 10]
18
4
Eastern Ranges
TAC Cup
10
Brodie Smith
Adelaide
19 years, 71 days
Round 1 [ 11]
15
2
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
11
Claye Beams
Brisbane Lions
19 years, 206 days
Round 1 [ 12]
5
5
Labrador
QAFL
brother of Dayne Beams , Round 1 nomination for 2012 AFL Rising Star
12
Rohan Bewick
Brisbane Lions
21 years, 167 days
Round 1 [ 13]
12
5
West Perth
WAFL
son of Corey Bewick
13
Ryan Lester
Brisbane Lions
18 years, 212 days
Round 1 [ 14]
3
2
Oakleigh Chargers
TAC Cup
14
Jayden Pitt
Fremantle
18 years, 170 days
Round 1 [ 15]
8
2
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
15
Dyson Heppell
Essendon
18 years, 317 days
Round 1 [ 16]
22
3
Gippsland Power
TAC Cup
Round 1 Rising Star nomination & overall winner
16
Lukas Markovic
Western Bulldogs
24 years, 81 days
Round 1 [ 17]
16
0
Box Hill
VFL
17
Tom Liberatore
Western Bulldogs
18 years, 315 days
Round 1 [ 18]
16
4
Calder Cannons
TAC Cup
Son of Tony Liberatore
18
Luke Tapscott
Melbourne
19 years, 272 days
Round 1 [ 19]
15
2
North Adelaide
SANFL
19
Byron Sumner
Sydney
19 years, 147 days
Round 1 [ 20]
1
0
Woodville-West Torrens
SANFL
20
Jack Darling
West Coast
18 years, 287 days
Round 1 [ 21]
21
20
West Perth
WAFL
Round 6 Rising Star nomination
21
Andrew Gaff
West Coast
18 years, 284 days
Round 1 [ 22]
15
7
Oakleigh Chargers
TAC Cup
Round 19 Rising Star nomination
22
Shaun Atley
North Melbourne
18 years, 195 days
Round 1 [ 23]
16
3
Murray Bushrangers
TAC Cup
23
Cameron Pedersen
North Melbourne
24 years, 10 days
Round 1 [ 24]
14
18
Rookie
Box Hill
VFL
24
Cameron Richardson
North Melbourne
23 years, 115 days
Round 1 [ 25]
8
1
North Ballarat
VFL
25
Daniel Archer
St Kilda
19 years, 166 days
Round 2 [ 26]
1
0
Rookie
Clarence
TFL
26
Harley Bennell
Gold Coast
18 years, 182 days
Round 2 [ 27]
14
14
Peel Thunder
WAFL
cousin of Jamie Bennell (Melbourne )
27
Charlie Dixon
Gold Coast
20 years, 191 days
Round 2 [ 28]
10
6
Redland
QAFL
28
Karmichael Hunt
Gold Coast
24 years, 136 days
Round 2 [ 29]
16
1
former Brisbane Broncos (NRL ) player
29
Marc Lock
Gold Coast
19 years, 285 days
Round 2 [ 30]
1
0
Southport
QAFL
30
Alik Magin
Gold Coast
19 years, 354 days
Round 2 [ 31]
3
1
Rookie
Pomona
AFLQ State Association
brother of Rhys Magin (Essendon )
31
Brandon Matera
Gold Coast
19 years, 22 days
Round 2 [ 32]
12
15
South Fremantle
WAFL
Round 5 Rising Star nomination, son of Wally Matera (West Coast /Fitzroy )
32
Trent McKenzie
Gold Coast
18 years, 364 days
Round 2 [ 33]
21
13
Western Jets
TAC Cup
Round 17 Rising Star nomination
33
Dion Prestia
Gold Coast
18 years, 172 days
Round 2 [ 34]
17
1
Calder Cannons
TAC Cup
34
Zac Smith
Gold Coast
21 years, 39 days
Round 2 [ 35]
20
14
Glenmore Bulls
AFL Capricornia
Round 7 Rising Star nomination
35
David Swallow
Gold Coast
18 years, 134 days
Round 2 [ 36]
21
11
East Fremantle
WAFL
Round 14 Rising Star nomination, brother of Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne )
36
Seb Tape
Gold Coast
18 years, 239 days
Round 2 [ 37]
13
0
Glenelg
SANFL
37
Josh Toy
Gold Coast
18 years, 349 days
Round 2 [ 38]
8
1
Calder Cannons
TAC Cup
38
Matthew Watson
Carlton
18 years, 260 days
Round 2 [ 39]
3
0
Calder Cannons
TAC Cup
39
Allen Christensen
Geelong
19 years, 318 days
Round 2 [ 40]
17
16
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
Round 18 Rising Star nomination, nephew of Marty and Damien Christensen
40
Broc McCauley
Brisbane Lions
24 years, 104 days
Round 2 [ 41]
3
0
Rookie
Southport
QAFL
41
Michael Coad
Gold Coast
27 years, 208 days
Round 3 [ 42]
2
0
Sturt
SANFL
42
Daniel Gorringe
Gold Coast
18 years, 311 days
Round 3 [ 43]
7
2
Norwood
SANFL
43
Maverick Weller
Gold Coast
19 years, 55 days
Round 3 [ 44]
15
2
Burnie Dockers
TFL
44
Alex Johnson
Sydney
19 years, 38 days
Round 3 [ 45]
19
1
Oakleigh Chargers
TAC Cup
45
Jared Polec
Brisbane Lions
18 years, 180 days
Round 3 [ 46]
3
1
Woodville-West Torrens
SANFL
46
Alistair Smith
St Kilda
20 years, 214 days
Round 3 [ 47]
3
0
Perth
WAFL
47
Luke Thompson
Adelaide
20 years, 67 days
Round 4 [ 48]
11
2
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
48
Matthew Wright
Adelaide
21 years, 123 days
Round 4 [ 49]
19
18
Rookie
North Adelaide
SANFL
49
Luke Russell
Gold Coast
21 years, 123 days
Round 4 [ 50]
11
5
Burnie Dockers
TFL
50
Matt Shaw
Gold Coast
19 years, 71 days
Round 4 [ 51]
15
7
Dandenong Stingrays
TAC Cup
51
Jack Hutchins
Gold Coast
19 years, 62 days
Round 5 [ 52]
6
0
Sandringham Dragons
TAC Cup
52
Mitch Wallis
Western Bulldogs
18 years, 183 days
Round 5 [ 53]
6
0
Calder Cannons
TAC Cup
son of Stephen Wallis , Round 4 nomination for 2012 AFL Rising Star
53
Kieran Harper
North Melbourne
18 years, 319 days
Round 6 [ 54]
14
12
Eastern Ranges
TAC Cup
54
Jamie Cripps
St Kilda
19 years, 7 days
Round 6 [ 55]
4
7
East Fremantle
WAFL
55
Will Johnson
St Kilda
21 years, 186 days
Round 6 [ 56]
1
0
Sandringham
VFL
56
Michael Hibberd
Essendon
21 years, 118 days
Round 6 [ 57]
9
1
Frankston
VFL
57
Steven May
Gold Coast
19 years, 111 days
Round 6 [ 58]
9
0
Southern Districts
NTFL
58
Liam Patrick
Gold Coast
23 years, 58 days
Round 6 [ 59]
3
2
Wanderers
NTFL
cousin of Liam Jurrah
59
Paul Puopolo
Hawthorn
23 years, 155 days
Round 7 [ 60]
18
4
Norwood
SANFL
60
Isaac Smith
Hawthorn
22 years, 127 days
Round 7 [ 61]
14
20
North Ballarat
VFL
61
Zephaniah Skinner
Western Bulldogs
21 years, 314 days
Round 7 [ 62]
1
0
Nightcliff
NTFL
62
Nathan Gordon
Sydney
21 years, 84 days
Round 7 [ 63]
2
1
Rookie
East Coast Eagles
SFL
63
Sam Day
Gold Coast
18 years, 243 days
Round 7 [ 64]
7
2
Sturt
SANFL
64
Joseph Daye
Gold Coast
21 years, 94 days
Round 7 [ 65]
4
1
Zillmere Eagles
QAFL
65
Tom Lynch
Gold Coast
18 years, 188 days
Round 7 [ 66]
13
15
Dandenong Stingrays
TAC Cup
66
Bryce Retzlaff
Brisbane Lions
19 years, 312 days
Round 7 [ 67]
11
6
Labrador
QAFL
67
Gerrick Weedon
West Coast
19 years, 348 days
Round 7 [ 68]
1
0
Claremont
WAFL
68
Arryn Siposs
St Kilda
18 years, 165 days
Round 7 [ 69]
5
5
Dandenong Stingrays
TAC Cup
69
Tom Nicholls
Gold Coast
19 years, 71 days
Round 8 [ 70]
1
0
Sandringham Dragons
TAC Cup
70
Ben Jacobs
Port Adelaide
19 years, 125 days
Round 8 [ 71]
12
2
Sandringham Dragons
TAC Cup
71
Luke Parker
Sydney
18 years, 201 days
Round 8 [ 72]
12
8
Dandenong Stingrays
TAC Cup
72
Luke Breust
Hawthorn
20 years, 185 days
Round 8 [ 73]
17
30
Rookie
NSW/ACT Rams
AFL NSW/ACT
Round 15 Rising Star nomination
73
Nathan Vardy
Geelong
19 years, 329 days
Round 9 [ 74]
9
6
Gippsland Power
TAC Cup
74
Michael Evans
Melbourne
18 years, 312 days
Round 9 [ 75]
4
0
Rookie
Claremont
WAFL
75
Tendai Mzungu
Fremantle
25 years, 82 days
Round 9 [ 76]
14
11
Perth
WAFL
76
Nicholas Winmar
St Kilda
20 years, 24 days
Round 9 [ 77]
2
0
Claremont
WAFL
77
Josh Green
Brisbane Lions
18 years, 270 days
Round 9 [ 78]
5
0
Clarence
TFL
78
Luke Delaney
North Melbourne
21 years, 331 days
Round 9 [ 79]
8
0
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
79
Daniel Nicholson
Melbourne
20 years, 206 days
Round 10[ 80]
9
2
Rookie
University Blues
VAFA
80
Lewis Johnston
Sydney
20 years, 86 days
Round 10[ 81]
2
1
North Adelaide
SANFL
81
Josh Cowan
Geelong
20 years, 73 days
Round 10[ 82]
3
1
North Ballarat Rebels
TAC Cup
82
Christian Howard
Western Bulldogs
20 years, 71 days
Round 10[ 83]
6
1
Glenelg
SANFL
83
Alex Browne
Essendon
18 years, 298 days
Round 11[ 84]
2
0
Oakleigh Chargers
TAC Cup
84
Max Gawn
Melbourne
19 years, 155 days
Round 11[ 85]
4
1
Sandringham Dragons
TAC Cup
85
Jeremy Howe
Melbourne
20 years, 339 days
Round 11[ 86]
13
18
Hobart
TFL
86
Taylor Hine
Gold Coast
19 years, 131 days
Round 11[ 87]
1
0
Calder Cannons
TAC Cup
87
James Mulligan
Western Bulldogs
21 years, 355 days
Round 11[ 88]
3
0
Southport
QAFL
88
Tom Ledger
St Kilda
19 years, 79 days
Round 11[ 89]
2
1
Claremont
WAFL
89
Tom Simpkin
St Kilda
20 years, 301 days
Round 11[ 90]
2
0
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
90
Jordan Lisle
Hawthorn
20 years, 328 days
Round 11[ 91]
5
1
Oakleigh Chargers
TAC Cup
91
Zach Tuohy
Carlton
21 years, 177 days
Round 11[ 92]
10
2
Rookie
Laois
GAA
92
Luke Dahlhaus
Western Bulldogs
18 years, 293 days
Round 12[ 93]
11
11
Rookie
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
Round 21 Rising Star nomination
93
Rex Liddy
Gold Coast
19 years, 160 days
Round 12[ 94]
4
0
Kenmore
AFL Queensland
94
Mitchell Golby
Brisbane Lions
19 years, 252 days
Round 12[ 95]
8
0
Rookie
Gippsland Power
TAC Cup
95
Alex Fasolo
Collingwood
19 years, 5 days
Round 12[ 96]
11
15
East Fremantle
WAFL
Round 22 Rising Star nomination
96
Jayden Schofield
Western Bulldogs
19 years, 34 days
Round 13[ 97]
7
0
East Fremantle
WAFL
97
Patrick Karnezis
Brisbane Lions
19 years, 56 days
Round 13[ 98]
11
17
Oakleigh Chargers
TAC Cup
98
Ben Bucovaz
Fremantle
20 years, 229 days
Round 13[ 99]
2
0
Rookie
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
99
Hayden Jolly
Gold Coast
19 years, 82 days
Round 14[ 100]
6
0
Glenelg
SANFL
100
Joel Wilkinson
Gold Coast
19 years, 208 days
Round 14[ 101]
7
1
Broadbeach
QAFL
101
Niall McKeever
Brisbane Lions
22 years, 129 days
Round 14[ 102]
10
1
Rookie
County Antrim
GAA
102
Josh Mellington
Fremantle
18 years, 178 days
Round 14[ 103]
2
1
Rookie
Murray Bushrangers
TAC Cup
103
Mitch Brown
Geelong
20 years, 322 days
Round 14[ 104]
2
3
Sandringham Dragons
TAC Cup
104
Ian Callinan
Adelaide
28 years, 188 days
Round 14[ 105]
3
2
Rookie
Central District
SANFL
105
Rhys O'Keeffe
Carlton
20 years, 322 days
Round 14[ 106]
1
0
North Adelaide
SANFL
106
Sam Blease
Melbourne
20 years, 132 days
Round 15[ 107]
5
0
Eastern Ranges
TAC Cup
Round 23 Rising Star nomination
107
Daniel Talia
Adelaide
19 years, 273 days
Round 15[ 108]
9
0
Calder Cannons
TAC Cup
108
Luke Rounds
Collingwood
20 years, 143 days
Round 15[ 109]
5
1
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
109
Rory Thompson
Gold Coast
20 years, 119 days
Round 16[ 110]
8
2
Southport
QAFL
110
Lachlan Keeffe
Collingwood
21 years, 87 days
Round 16[ 111]
5
4
Gympie
AFL Queensland
111
Wayde Twomey
Carlton
25 years, 176 days
Round 17[ 112]
2
1
Rookie
Swan Districts
WAFL
112
Scott Lycett
West Coast
18 years, 307 days
Round 19[ 113]
1
2
Port Adelaide Magpies
SANFL
113
Jeremy Taylor
Gold Coast
19 years, 43 days
Round 19[ 114]
2
0
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
114
Michael Ross
Essendon
19 years, 318 days
Round 19[ 115]
2
0
Gippsland Power
TAC Cup
115
Ben Sinclair
Collingwood
19 years, 303 days
Round 19[ 116]
4
2
Oakleigh Chargers
TAC Cup
116
Aidan Riley
Adelaide
19 years, 230 days
Round 19[ 117]
5
1
Rookie
Wollongong Lions
Sydney AFL
117
Josh Dyson
Brisbane Lions
19 years, 360 days
Round 20[ 118]
1
0
Rookie
Eastern Ranges
TAC Cup
118
Peter Faulks
Fremantle
23 years, 111 days
Round 21[ 119]
2
0
Williamstown
VFL
119
John Butcher
Port Adelaide
20 years, 41 days
Round 21[ 120]
4
11
Gippsland Power
TAC Cup
120
Tom Jonas
Port Adelaide
20 years, 216 days
Round 21[ 121]
4
0
Rookie
Norwood
SANFL
121
Tom Hickey
Gold Coast
20 years, 167 days
Round 22[ 122]
2
1
Morningside
QAFL
122
Joel Tippett
Gold Coast
22 years, 298 days
Round 22[ 123]
2
0
Rookie
Southport
QAFL
brother of Kurt Tippett
123
Aaron Mullett
North Melbourne
19 years, 178 days
Round 22[ 124]
3
0
Rookie
Eastern Ranges
TAC Cup
Round 2 2013 Rising Star nomination
124
Tom Young
Collingwood
19 years, 116 days
Round 22[ 125]
2
2
Sydney University
Sydney AFL
125
Ayce Cordy
Western Bulldogs
21 years, 15 days
Round 22[ 126]
2
0
Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
son of Brian Cordy
126
Jason Tutt
Western Bulldogs
20 years, 98 days
Round 22[ 127]
3
5
NSW/ACT Rams
AFL NSW/ACT
127
Josh Caddy
Gold Coast
18 years, 334 days
Round 23[ 128]
2
2
Northern Knights
TAC Cup
128
Tom McDonald
Melbourne
18 years, 344 days
Round 23[ 129]
2
0
North Ballarat Rebels
TAC Cup
129
Jacob Gillbee
Gold Coast
18 years, 355 days
Round 24[ 130]
1
1
Lauderdale
TFL
130
Casey Sibosado
Fremantle
20 years, 325 days
Round 24[ 131]
1
1
Oakleigh Chargers
TAC Cup
131
Jack Fitzpatrick
Melbourne
20 years, 70 days
Round 24[ 132]
1
1
Western Jets
TAC Cup
132
Aaron Black
North Melbourne
20 years, 279 days
Round 24[ 133]
1
1
Peel Thunder
WAFL
Change of clubs
Players are listed in order of debut, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2011 AFL season only. Players are only included if they had previously played a senior AFL match with another club. "Previous club(s)" years are from the season of the player's debut for their respective club to the year in which they played their final game for that club.
References
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