| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Gavin Wanganeen | 27 | Port Adelaide | #12 National 1989 | 24 | 188 | 4 | |
| FB | Jonathan Hay | 21 | Hawthorn | #36 National 1996 | 24 | 61 | 1 | |
| BP | Darren Gaspar | 24 | Richmond | #1 National 1993 | 25 | 121 | 2 | |
| HBF | Joel Smith | 23 | Hawthorn | #5 National 1994 | 24 | 92 | 1 | |
| CHB | Sean Wellman | 26 | Essendon | 23 | 135 | 2 | ||
| HBF | Andrew McKay | 30 | Carlton | #13 National 1992 | 24 | 179 | 4 | |
| W | Jason Akermanis | 23 | Brisbane | Zone 1994 | 24 | 117 | 2 | |
| C | Brett Ratten | 29 | Carlton | 22 | 214 | 2 | ||
| W | Nathan Buckley | 28 | Collingwood | Zone 1992 | 20 | 163 | 6 | |
| HFF | Michael Voss | 25 | Brisbane | 25 | 151 | 3 | ||
| CHF | Warren Tredrea | 22 | Port Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | 23 | 59 | 1 | |
| HFF | C | James Hird | 27 | Essendon | #79 National 1990 | 22 | 130 | 4 |
| FP | Brad Ottens | 20 | Richmond | #2 National 1997 | 24 | 55 | 1 | |
| FF | Matthew Lloyd | 22 | Essendon | Uncontr Comp 1994 | 21 | 106 | 4 | |
| FP | Ben Cousins | 22 | West Coast | Father-Son 1995 | 22 | 100 | 3 | |
| Ru | Matthew Primus | 25 | Port Adelaide | #2 National 1995 | 22 | 83 | 1 | |
| RR | Simon Black | 21 | Brisbane | #31 National 1997 | 25 | 50 | 1 | |
| Ro | Andrew McLeod | 24 | Adelaide | Foundation 1994 | 23 | 123 | 3 | |
| IC | Nathan Brown | 22 | Western Bulldogs | #10 National 1996 | 22 | 71 | 1 | |
| IC | Simon Goodwin | 24 | Adelaide | #18 Pre-Season 1995 | 23 | 72 | 2 | |
| IC | Jason Johnson | 22 | Essendon | #28 National 1996 | 24 | 40 | 1 | |
| IC | Nigel Lappin | 24 | Brisbane | #2 National 1993 | 25 | 151 | 1 |