| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Matthew Scarlett | 27 | Geelong | #45 National 1997 | 24 | 160 | 3 | |
| FB | Darren Glass | 25 | West Coast | #11 National 1999 | 24 | 121 | 2 | |
| BP | Darren Milburn | 29 | Geelong | #48 National 1995 | 25 | 188 | 1 | |
| HBF | C | Andrew McLeod | 30 | Adelaide | Foundation 1994 | 23 | 260 | 5 |
| CHB | Matthew Egan | 23 | Geelong | #62 National 2004 | 22 | 37 | 1 | |
| HBF | Campbell Brown | 23 | Hawthorn | #32 National 2001 | 23 | 74 | 1 | |
| W | Kane Cornes | 24 | Port Adelaide | #20 National 2000 | 25 | 115 | 2 | |
| C | Jimmy Bartel | 23 | Geelong | #8 National 2001 | 23 | 85 | 1 | |
| W | Chad Cornes | 27 | Port Adelaide | #9 National 1997 | 25 | 160 | 2 | |
| HFF | Steve Johnson | 23 | Geelong | #24 National 2001 | 20 | 67 | 1 | |
| CHF | VC | Jonathan Brown | 25 | Brisbane | #30 National 1999 | 22 | 117 | 1 |
| HFF | Brent Harvey | 28 | North Melbourne | #47 National 1995 | 25 | 216 | 3 | |
| FP | Brad Johnson | 30 | Western Bulldogs | #11 National 1993 | 21 | 278 | 6 | |
| FF | Matthew Pavlich | 25 | Fremantle | #4 National 1999 | 22 | 153 | 5 | |
| FP | Cameron Mooney | 27 | Geelong | #56 National 1996 | 25 | 119 | 1 | |
| Ru | Dean Cox | 25 | West Coast | #28 Rookie 1999 | 21 | 124 | 3 | |
| RR | Daniel Kerr | 23 | West Coast | #18 National 2000 | 17 | 127 | 1 | |
| Ro | Gary Ablett | 22 | Geelong | #40 National 2001 | 25 | 100 | 1 | |
| IC | Joel Corey | 24 | Geelong | #8 National 1999 | 25 | 126 | 1 | |
| IC | Dustin Fletcher | 31 | Essendon | Father-Son 1992 | 19 | 257 | 2 | |
| IC | Brendon Lade | 30 | Port Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | 25 | 170 | 2 | |
| IC | Cameron Ling | 25 | Geelong | #38 National 1999 | 24 | 135 | 1 |