Andrew Jarman

Australian rules footballer, born 1966

Australian rules footballer

Andrew Jarman

Personal information
Full name|  Andrew Newton Jarman
Date of birth|  (1966-01-14) 14 January 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth|  Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)|  Gaza U16 (SAAFL)
Draft|  No. 15, 1987 national draft
Height|  177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight|  91 kg (201 lb)
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1983–1989|  North Adelaide|  141 (86)[1]
1990, 1994,
1996–1997|  Norwood|  49 (33)[2]
1991–1996|  Adelaide|  110 (92)
Total|  |  300 (211)
Representative team honours
Years|  Team|  Games (Goals)
1986–1995|  South Australia|  15 (6)
Coaching career3
Years|  Club|  Games (W–L–D)
2004–2008|  North Adelaide|  111 (66–44–1)
2009–2010|  Perth|  40 (11–28–1)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997.

3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2010.

Career highlights

AFL & SANFL

* 2× Magarey Medal: 1987, 1997
* 2× All-Australian team: 1986, 1987
* 2× North Adelaide Best and Fairest: 1985, 1989
* Norwood Best and Fairest: 1997
* SANFL Premiership: 1987, 1997
* Adelaide Team of the Decade – Centre
* North Adelaide Team of the Century (centre)
* South Australian Football Hall of Fame

Representative

* 2× National Football Carnival Championship:
1988, 1993
* 5× Fos Williams Medal: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Andrew Newton Jarman (born 14 January 1966) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the North Adelaide Football Club and Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the older brother of Adelaide legend Darren Jarman and has won the Magarey Medal twice.

## Career

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### SANFL

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Jarman made his debut with North Adelaide in 1983 at 17 years of age, and quickly established himself as an elite player with superb skills especially when disposing by handball. He won the first of his two club best and fairest awards in 1985. He capped a superb 1987 season with his first Magarey Medal, and played a key role in North Adelaide's premiership victory against Glenelg. The Tigers were aiming for a third consecutive premiership, and had defeated North in two previous Grand Finals.

After winning his second club best and fairest in 1989, Jarman left the Roosters and joined Norwood. He would spend 1990 with the Redlegs before the formation of the Adelaide Crows in late 1990 saw him one of the first players signed. He would not play another SANFL game until 1994 when he made his return from injury with the Redlegs.

After being one of a number of older players de-listed by the Crows and their new coach Malcolm Blight before the 1997 AFL season, Jarman returned to the SANFL in 1997 for Norwood. "Jars" enjoyed a carbon-copy of his watershed 1987 season, winning both the Magarey Medal (shared with Sturt's Brodie Atkinson, another former North Adelaide player) and his second Premiership win as Norwood defeated Port Adelaide in the Grand Final.

In 2001 Jarman was named in the centre position of the North Adelaide Football Club Team of the Century[3] and awarded Life Membership in 2006.[4]

In 2007 Jarman was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.[5]

### AFL

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Inevitably, the Jarman brothers attracted the interest of clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[6] Jarman's patience was rewarded when Adelaide entered the League, now known as the AFL, and he became one of the first players signed by coach Graham Cornes. Ironically, the Round 1 debut for both himself and the fledgling club pitted him against his brother Darren Jarman who was making his AFL debut with Hawthorn. The Crows went on to win the game by 86 points 24.11 (155) to 9.15 (69). Jarman was listed among the best afield;[7] he gathered 29 disposals (15 kicks and 14 handpasses), took four marks and kicked a goal. For his efforts, he earned three Brownlow Medal votes.[8]

The 1996 AFL season, the centenary year of the League, would turn out to be Jarman's last. The season started out spectacularly enough, especially as younger brother Darren had moved back to Adelaide from Hawthorn. In Round 2 against Fitzroy at Whitten Oval, the Jarman brothers put on a memorable performance; they kicked 14 of the team's 21 goals – Darren kicked eight, Andrew six. Strangely, neither of them earned a single Brownlow vote.[9] But Adelaide's form dropped sharply in the middle of the season, and after losing to Melbourne in Adelaide in Round 13, Jarman was dropped. When the late withdrawal of Matt Collins opened up a place in the side, he declined to join the team in Melbourne and instead played for Norwood.

Jarman was fined and suspended. The club's decision not to sack him outright took into account his five-and-a-half years of service, 100-plus games and the recent awarding of life membership. After six successful seasons with the Crows, Jarman was one of the high-profile senior players delisted at the end of the 1996 season following the arrival of coach Malcolm Blight. Jarman was awarded Life Membership of the club shortly afterward.[10] Despite speculation that Jarman would be named on Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL list for season 1997 this did not eventuate.[11]

Jarman was named in the centre position of the Adelaide Crows Team of the Decade in 2000.

### State of Origin

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Andrew Jarman had a prolific State of Origin career for South Australia, winning the Fos Williams Medal on 5 occasions, (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1994), and playing in 2 State of Origin Carnival Championships.

Jarman was rewarded for his efforts in State games for South Australia with his selection in the All-Australian team in 1986 and 1987.

Jarman was a big supporter of State of Origin, and spoke passionately about South Australia's rivalry with Victoria, quoted as saying "it was the Mother of all battles".[12]

## Coaching career

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In 2004, Jarman returned to his first club North Adelaide as senior coach. They had finished at the bottom of the ladder in 2003, but in his first year in charge, Jarman coached the Roosters to their first finals campaign in seven years. Under Jarman's coaching the Roosters showed continual improvement, finishing 5th in 2004, 4th in 2005, 3rd in 2006, 2nd in 2007 then 7th in 2008. On 10 September 2008 Andrew Jarman was sacked as coach of North Adelaide following the club's fall from 2nd to 7th in one season. In October 2008, Jarman was appointed senior coach of Perth in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL), replacing Simon Eastaugh.[13] It was hoped that Jarman would be able to repeat his efforts in lifting a struggling team into finals contention.[13] Despite a respectable finish, Perth failed to make the finals in their first season with Jarman as senior coach. After a last place finish in 2010 and on the verge of being dismissed, Jarman returned to South Australia where he now works on radio. Jarman was appointed coach of the Ironbank in the HFL on 17 October 2013. Jarman is now the A grade coach of Port Noarlunga Football Club

## Criticism of SANFL

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In September 2012, Jarman called for a wide-ranging review of the SANFL in the face of falling crowd numbers, the SANFL on the verge of selling its two AFL licenses and searching for a new football general manager.[14]

He also called for a return to an attacking style of football, citing the negative, defensive style of play in the low scoring semi-final between Norwood and West Adelaide as damaging to the brand of South Australian football:

> From an outsider looking in, I thought it hurt the integrity of our competition because it's about entertainment. I understand the mandate for clubs is to win and win at all costs, but these coaches have a moral responsibility to play attacking, entertaining, tough, one-on-one contested footy with good skill. They have a responsibility to the competition. I know I've had my day and my philosophies are different to theirs. But 10,000 people turned up (to the above-mentioned semi-final) and that type of footy would get 5000 the next week because half of them won't turn up.[14]

The grand final between Norwood and West Adelaide had a crowd of 29,661.

## Personal life

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Jarman met his wife Marion Wood for the first time in 1986. She had gone to school with Jarman's cousin and accepted an invitation to meet him. Not being a football fan, it was not until some weeks later when she saw his picture in a football magazine, that she realised who he was.[15] They married in 1989, and have one son, Stefan, and two daughters, Charlie and Riley.[16]

## References

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1. ^ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
2. ^ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
3. ^ "Official North Adelaide Team of the Century". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
4. ^ 'NAFC Life Members' Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Rucci, M., 'McSporran joins SA legends', AdelaideNow, 14 August 2007
6. ^ Holmesby & Main, 2011, p. 422
7. ^ "SCOREBOARD – Round 1", Football Record, p. 34, 1 April 1991
8. ^ "AFL Tables – Adelaide v Hawthorn – 22 Mar 1991 – Match Stats". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
9. ^ "AFL Tables – Fitzroy v Adelaide – 6 Apr 1996 – Match Stats". Retrieved 29 September 2012.
10. ^ "AFC Life Members". Archived from the original on 3 May 2008.
11. ^ Blake, Martin (3 September 1996). "Crows veterans axed as Blight takes over". The Age. p. 16.
12. ^ SAfootballarchive (6 March 2012), 1992 State of Origin South Australia 19.19.133 d Victoria 18.12.120, archived from the original on 17 September 2018, retrieved 4 March 2016
13. ^ a b Pike, Chris (16 October 2008). "Andrew Jarman to coach the WAFL team Perth Demons". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012.
14. ^ a b Homfray, Reece (28 September 2012). "Stop the negative footy: Jars". The Advertiser.
15. ^ Mensforth, 1994, p. 80
16. ^ Mensforth, 1994, p. 81

## Bibliography

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* Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897 (9th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7.
* Mensforth, Shane (1994). Jarman Magic: The Andrew Jarman Story. North Haven, South Australia: Jarforth Publications. ISBN 0-646-20767-9.

## External links

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* Andrew Jarman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
* SA Football Hall of Fame profile
* Andrew Jarman at AustralianFootball.com

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Magarey Medal winners

* 1898: Green
* 1899: Malin
* 1900: not awarded
* 1901: Sandland
* 1902: MacKenzie
* 1903: Waye
* 1904: not awarded
* 1905: MacKenzie
* 1906: MacKenzie
* 1907: Mack
* 1908: Tierney
* 1909: R. Head
* 1910: Hosking
* 1911: Cumberland
* 1912: Low
* 1913: Leahy
* 1914: Ashley
* 1915: Barry/Hosking/Perry
* 1916–18: not awarded
* 1919: Moriarty
* 1920: Moriarty/Richardson
* 1921: Adams/Karney/Moriarty/Scott
* 1922: Barnes
* 1923: Riley
* 1924: Scott
* 1925: Bampton/Lill
* 1926: McGregor
* 1927: McGregor
* 1928: Handby
* 1929: Snell
* 1930: Scott
* 1931: Sexton
* 1932: Pontifex
* 1933: Dunn
* 1934: Johnston
* 1935: Cockburn
* 1936: McCallum
* 1937: Hawke
* 1938: Quinn
* 1939: McArthur/Pash
* 1940: Brock
* 1941: Boyall
* 1942–44: not awarded
* 1945: Quinn
* 1946: Hank
* 1947: Hank
* 1948: R. Phillips
* 1949: Crabb/R. Phillips
* 1950: McKay
* 1951: Marriott
* 1952: Fitzgerald
* 1953: Deane
* 1954: Fitzgerald
* 1955: L. Head
* 1956: Boyd
* 1957: Benton/Deane
* 1958: L. Head
* 1959: Fitzgerald
* 1960: Barbary
* 1961: Halbert
* 1962: Eustice
* 1963: L. Head
* 1964: Motley
* 1965: Window
* 1966: Kneebone
* 1967: Lindner/Obst
* 1968: Robran
* 1969: Phillis
* 1970: Robran
* 1971: R. Ebert
* 1972: Blight
* 1973: Robran
* 1974: R. Ebert
* 1975: Woite
* 1976: R. Ebert
* 1977: Trevor Grimwood
* 1978: Hodgeman
* 1979: Duckworth
* 1980: R. Ebert
* 1981: Aish
* 1982: McGuinness
* 1983: Antrobus
* 1984: Platten
* 1985: Fielke
* 1986: Anderson
* 1987: Jarman
* 1988: Whittlesea
* 1989: McAdam
* 1990: Hodges
* 1991: Naley
* 1992: Buckley
* 1993: B. Phillips
* 1994: McIntosh
* 1995: Kilpatrick/McIntosh
* 1996: Francou
* 1997: Atkinson/Jarman
* 1998: Osborn
* 1999: Squire
* 2000: Squire
* 2001: Brown/O'Connor
* 2002: Sheedy/Weatherald
* 2003: B. Ebert
* 2004: P. Thomas
* 2005: Clayton
* 2006: Backwell
* 2007: Allan
* 2008: Crane
* 2009: Archard/Ezard
* 2010: Allan
* 2011: Allan
* 2012: Cross/Symes
* 2013: M. Thomas
* 2014: Kirkwood
* 2015: Cross
* 2016: Kirkwood
* 2017: Grigg
* 2018: Grigg
* 2019: Partington
* 2020: Combe
* 2021: Gibbs/Tsitas
* 2022: Young
* 2023: Grant
* 2024: Boyd/Snelling

The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.

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Fos Williams Medal winners

State of Origin|

* 1981: Carey
* 1982: Copping
* Weston
* 1983: Aish
* Williams
* 1984: Kernahan
* McIntosh
* 1985: Motley
* Bradley
* 1986: Bradley
* Jarman
* 1987: McDermott
* Jarman
* 1988: Mickan
* Kernahan
* Redden
* 1989: Jarman
* 1991: Bradley
* 1992: Hynes
* 1993: Anderson
* Bradley
* 1994: Jarman
* 1995: Tregenza
* 1996: Modra
* 1997: Lyle
* 1998: O'Loughlin
* 1999: McKay

State Interleague|

* 1991: Naley
* 1992: McIntosh
* 1993: Lynn
* 1994: Burns
* 1995: McIntosh
* 1996: Francou
* 1997: Thiessen
* 1998: McCormack
* 1999: Harvey
* 2000: Carter
* 2001: Hollands
* 2002: Hollands
* 2003: Backwell
* 2005: Borlace
* 2006: Schell
* 2008: Alleway
* 2009: Sheedy
* 2012: Grocke
* 2013: Ferguson
* 2014: Kirkwood
* 2015: Keough
* 2016: Kirkwood
* 2018: Kirkwood
* 2019: Knoll

City v Country|

* 1990: Jarman

The Fos Williams Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player from South Australia during Inter-State or Inter-Competition matches.

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Adelaide Football Club inaugural AFL team

Full-back|

* Rodney Maynard
* Nigel Smart
* Scott Lee

Half-back|

* Robbie Thompson
* Tom Warhurst
* Bruce Lindsay

Centre|

* Simon Tregenza
* Andrew Jarman
* David Marshall

Half-forward|

* Grantley Fielke
* John Klug
* Bruce Lindner

Full-forward|

* Darel Hart
* Darren Smith
* Peter McIntyre

Ruck|

* Romano Negri
* Chris McDermott (c)
* Tony McGuinness

Interchange|

* Rod Jameson
* Eddie Hocking

Coach|

* Graham Cornes

Adelaide defeated Hawthorn 24.11 (155) to 9.15 (69), round 1, 1991, at Football Park

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North Adelaide Football Club • Team of the Century

Full-forward|

* Percy Furler
* Ken Farmer
* Tony Antrobus

Half-forward|

* Harold Hawke
* Don Lindner (vc)
* Jeff Pash

Centre|

* Barrie Barbary
* Andrew Jarman
* Norm Drew

Half-back|

* Bohdan Jaworskyj
* Ron Phillips
* John Riley

Full-back|

* Don Gilbourne
* Ian McKay (c)
* Bob Hammond AM

Ruck|

* Tom Leahy
* Barrie Robran MBE
* Tom MacKenzie

Interchange|

* Michael Redden
* Darren Jarman
* Brenton Phillips

Coach|

* Mike Patterson

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1986 All-Australian team

South Australia

* Michael Aish (Norwood)
* Craig Bradley (Carlton)
* Andrew Jarman (North Adelaide)
* Stephen Kernahan (Carlton)
* Chris McDermott (Glenelg)
* Mark Naley (Carlton)
* John Platten (Hawthorn)

Victoria
* Gerard Healy (Sydney)
* Brian Royal (Footscray)
* Kevin Walsh (Essendon)
* Dale Weightman (Richmond)
* Greg Williams (Sydney)

Western Australia
* Gary Buckenara (Hawthorn)
* Brad Hardie (Footscray)
* Laurie Keene (Subiaco)
* Andrew Macnish (Subiaco)
* Steve Malaxos (Claremont)
* Michael Mitchell (Claremont)
* Phil Narkle (West Coast)
* Brian Peake (East Fremantle) (Captain)
* Maurice Rioli (Richmond)
* Robert Wiley (Perth)
* Peter Wilson (East Fremantle)
* Ron Alexander (East Fremantle) (Coach)

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1987 All-Australian team · Australian Football Championships

South Australia|

* Matthew Campbell (Brisbane Bears)
* Andrew Jarman (North Adelaide)
* Bruce Lindner (Geelong)
* Chris McDermott (Glenelg) (captain)
* Mark Naley (Carlton)
* John Platten (Hawthorn)
* Matt Rendell (Fitzroy)
* Andrew Rogers (Woodville)
* Scott Salisbury (Glenelg)
* Graham Cornes (Glenelg) (coach)

Victoria|

* Andrew Bews (Geelong)
* Gerard Healy (Sydney)
* Chris Langford (Hawthorn)
* Simon Madden (Essendon)
* Russell Morris (Hawthorn)
* Paul Roos (Fitzroy)
* Paul Salmon (Essendon)
* Bernard Toohey (Sydney)
* Greg Williams (Sydney)

Western Australia|

* Mark Bairstow (South Fremantle)
* Craig Holden (Sydney)
* Phil Narkle (West Coast)

← 1986

1988 →

Andrew Jarman in South Australian State of Origin teams

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South Australian team – 1988 Bicentennial State of Origin Carnival

Both games|

* Bradley
* Bubner
* Hall
* Hughes
* Jarman
* Johnston
* Kernahan
* Leslie
* Lindner
* McDermott (c)
* McGuinness
* McIntosh
* Mickan
* Naley
* Payze
* Platten
* Rogers
* Salisbury
* Stretch

vs. New South Wales|

* Abernethy
* Burgess
* Russell

vs. Victoria (final)|

* Aish
* Campbell
* Whittlesea

Coach: Cornes

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South Australian team – 1989 State of Origin

* Abernethy
* Aish (c)
* Anderson
* Bradley
* Bubner
* Delaney
* Hall
* Hughes
* A. Jarman
* D. Jarman
* Kernahan
* Lindner
* Lindsay
* McGuinness
* Mickan
* Naley
* Phillips
* Platten
* Redden
* Smith
* Stretch
* Whittlesea

Coach: Cahill

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South Australian team – 1993 State of Origin

South Australia 19.13 (127) defeated Western Australia 14.17 (91), at Football Park, 2 June 1993, crowd: 21,487
South Australia 16.13 (109) defeated Victoria 14.13 (97), at the MCG, 5 June 1993, crowd: 31,792

Both games|

* Bickley
* Bradley
* Francis
* Grenvold
* Hall
* Hart
* Hynes
* A. Jarman
* D. Jarman
* Leslie
* McDermott (c)
* McGuinness (vc)
* McKay
* Modra
* Obst
* Pittman
* Robran
* Russell
* Smart
* Wanganeen

Semi-final vs. Western Australia|

* Anderson
* Platten

Final vs. Victoria|

* Bulluss
* Kernahan

Coach: Cornes

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South Australian team – 1994 State of Origin

* Anderson
* Bond
* Champion
* Francis
* Hart
* Hynes
* Jameson
* A. Jarman
* D. Jarman
* Kappler
* Kernahan
* McDermott (c)
* McKay
* Modra
* Platten
* Rehn
* Ricciuto
* Russell
* Smart
* Tregenza
* Viney
* Wanganeen

Coach: Cornes

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South Australian team – 1995 State of Origin

* Bickley
* Bradley
* Bulluss
* Champion
* Clarke
* Daffy
* Hart
* Hynes
* A. Jarman
* D. Jarman
* McDermott (c)
* McKay
* McKinnon
* Pittman
* Platten
* Ricciuto
* Russell
* Smart
* Tregenza
* Viney
* Wanganeen
* Wellman

Coach: Cornes

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1990 SANFL West-End All-Stars Challenge - Country v City

The Advertiser Country All-Stars 23.15 (153) d The News City All-Stars 14.28 (112) at Football Park, 21 May 1990

The Advertiser Country All-Stars|

* Captain: Phillips
* Vice-Captain: Redden
* Abernethy
* Burgess
* Champion
* Clarke
* Dewhirst
* Fielke
* Hynes
* Lee
* Mansell
* McAdam
* McIntyre
* McKinnon
* McWilliam
* Melican
* Neave
* O'Dwyer
* Schache
* Seebohm
* Smith
* Stoeckel
* Tregenza
* Whittlesea
* Coach: Cahill

The News City All-Stars|

* Captain: Lindsay
* Vice-Captain: A. Jarman
* Bennett
* Brown
* Christie
* Clisby
* Fiacchi
* Fidge
* Hodges
* Hutton
* Jakovich
* D. Jarman
* Liptak
* Negri
* Paynter
* Payze
* Robran
* Schwartz
* Schwerdt
* Sims
* Smart
* Staritski
* Thompson
* Warhurst
* Williams
* Coach: Cornes

Fos Williams Medal: Andrew Jarman

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1987 VFL national draft

First round|

* 1\. Richard Lounder
* 2\. Chris McDermott
* 3\. Graham Wright
* 4\. Andrew Brockhurst
* 5\. Michael Quirk
* 6\. Andrew Rogers
* 7\. Darren Davies
* 8\. Darren Jones
* 9\. Michael Murphy
* 10\. Michael Parsons
* 11\. Tim McNeil
* 12\. Grant Williams
* 13\. Peter Bubner

Second round|

* 14\. Wayne Peters
* 15\. Andrew Jarman
* 16\. Chris Grumley
* 17\. Chris Waterson
* 18\. Patrick Browne
* 19\. Jamie Cox
* 20\. Stuart Wigney
* 21\. Shane Korth
* 22\. Scott Christie
* 23\. Scott Salisbury
* 24\. Mark Ducker
* 25\. Damien Trezise
* 26\. Steven Oliver

Third round|

* 27\. Brendon Gale
* 28\. Andrew Bishop
* 29\. Andrew Pascoe
* 30\. Ashley Byrne
* 31\. Jamie Keane
* 32\. John Cook
* 33\. Rod Gunn
* 34\. Stephen Hewitt
* 35\. Craig Patrick
* 36\. Tony Virgona
* 37\. Andrew Obst
* 38\. John Polkinghorne
* 39\. David Kernahan

Fourth round|

* 40\. Bevan Cox
* 41\. Michael Kennedy
* 42\. Tim Wilson
* 43\. Darren Wheildon
* 44\. Bob Jones
* 45\. David Grenvold
* 46\. Gary Gunn
* 47\. Stephen McQueen
* 48\. Liam Pickering
* 49\. Jim Silvestro
* 50\. Stephen Tingay
* 51\. Anthony Dessent
* 52\. Stephen Gemmill

Fifth round|

* 53\. Andrew Wisken
* 54\. Adam Ladbrook
* 55\. Brendan Tranter
* 56\. Keith Allan
* 57\. Damian Kitschke
* 58\. Peter Bennett
* 59\. Simon Tregenza
* 60\. Pat Gribble
* 61\. Darren Read
* 62\. David Querzoli
* 63\. Jay Viney
* 64\. Peter Nunn
* 65\. Dean Adams

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