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class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1979-01-29</span>) </span>29 January 1979<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 45)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Original team(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> [Terang Bloods]</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Draft</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 2nd overall, <a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_draft" title="1996 AFL draft">1996 AFL draft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 83 kg (183 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions" title="Australian rules football positions">Midfielder</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Playing career<sup>1</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Club</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1997–2002</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 97 (38)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">2003–2005</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 47 (10)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">2006–2007</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 26 (8)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>170 (56)</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">International team honours</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">2000</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Australia_international_rules_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia international rules football team">Australia</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 2 (0)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>1</sup> Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.</div><div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>2</sup> State and international statistics correct as of 2000.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Career highlights</th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Premiership">AFL Premiership</a> 2000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Rules_Series" title="International Rules Series">International Rules Series</a> 2000</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: right"> Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Chris_Heffernan.html">AFL Tables</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Chris+Heffernan/13723">AustralianFootball.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chris Joel Heffernan</b> (born 29 January 1979) is a former <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules footballer</a> who played in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a> (AFL). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="AFL_career">AFL career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Heffernan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: AFL career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Known affectionately as "Heff", Chris began his career in 1997 with the <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon Football Club</a>. Heffernan had a brilliant year in 2000 when he played solid consistent football in the midfield and was part of the Bombers side that lost only one game for the entire season, winning the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ansett_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Ansett Cup">Ansett Cup</a> Final in the process. Heffernan was also rewarded with an appearance in the <a href="/wiki/International_rules_football" title="International rules football">International rules football</a> series in 2000. Heffernan also played in another <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a> (albeit a losing one) in 2001. </p><p>However, when Essendon ran into <a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary cap</a> issues at the end of the 2002 season, he was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne Football Club</a> for a swap of first round draft selections.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His trade to Melbourne only months after signing a three-year contract with Essendon, prompted the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association" title="AFL Players Association">AFL Players Association</a> to introduce the <i>Heffernan Clause</i> into the players standard <a href="/wiki/Collective_bargaining_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Collective bargaining agreement">collective bargaining agreement</a>, to prevent players from being traded within 12 months of signing a contract.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heffernan did not have the same spark at Melbourne. He finished the 2003 with a depressed fracture of his cheekbone<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had a solid year in 2004 before getting suspended and missing the finals at the end of the season, but in 2005 his performances were average. At the end of 2005 Melbourne delisted Heffernan, but Essendon picked him up with the last pick in the <a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_draft" title="2005 AFL draft">2006 AFL preseason draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heffernan played out the rest of his career with the Bombers, before announcing his retirement from AFL football on 2 October 2007 after being told that he was unlikely to play often under new coach <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Knights" title="Matthew Knights">Matthew Knights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Heffernan released his Autobiography "Heffernan: More than meets the eye". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Heffernan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After retiring from football he worked in New York for <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bank" title="Deutsche Bank">Deutsche Bank</a> for three years before returning to Melbourne to work for <a href="/wiki/Ernst_and_Young" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernst and Young">Ernst and Young</a>. In 2011 he joined the Essendon Football Club board as a non-executive director.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_statistics">Playing statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Heffernan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Playing statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size:90%; white-space:nowrap"> <caption><b>Legend</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  G  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_Australian_football#Scoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Laws of Australian football">Goals</a> </td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  K  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kick_(football)" title="Kick (football)">Kicks</a> </td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  D  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Australian_rules_football#D" title="Glossary of Australian rules football">Disposals</a>  </td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  T  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(football_move)" title="Tackle (football move)">Tackles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  B  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_Australian_football#Scoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Laws of Australian football">Behinds</a>  </td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  H  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Handball_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Handball (Australian rules football)">Handballs</a>  </td> <td style="border:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">  M  </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_(Australian_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark (Australian football)">Marks</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214068704">.mw-parser-output .alternating>thead+tbody>tr:nth-child(even),.mw-parser-output .alternating>caption+tbody>tr:nth-child(odd),.mw-parser-output .alternating>tbody:first-child>tr:nth-child(odd){background-color:#eee}</style> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable alternating" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em">Season </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em">Team </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em" class="unsortable"><abbr title="number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em">Games </th> <th scope="col" colspan="7">Totals </th> <th scope="col" colspan="7">Averages (per game) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">G </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">B </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">K </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">H </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">D </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">M </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">T </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">G </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">B </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">K </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">H </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">D </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">M </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2em">T </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #EAEAEA"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_season" title="1997 AFL season">1997</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>20</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_season" title="1998 AFL season">1998</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>71</td> <td>53</td> <td>124</td> <td>12</td> <td>31</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>10.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>2.6 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_season" title="1999 AFL season">1999</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>22</td> <td>13</td> <td>4</td> <td>226</td> <td>119</td> <td>345</td> <td>60</td> <td>41</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>10.3</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>15.7</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_season" title="2000 AFL season">2000</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>21</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>194</td> <td>115</td> <td>309</td> <td>54</td> <td>67</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>9.2</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>14.7</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>3.2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_season" title="2001 AFL season">2001</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>110</td> <td>69</td> <td>179</td> <td>36</td> <td>33</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>4.3</td> <td>11.2</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>2.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_season" title="2002 AFL season">2002</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>23</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>195</td> <td>101</td> <td>296</td> <td>58</td> <td>64</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>12.9</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>2.8 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_season" title="2003 AFL season">2003</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>20</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>188</td> <td>115</td> <td>303</td> <td>60</td> <td>61</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>9.4</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>15.2</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_season" title="2004 AFL season">2004</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>18</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>165</td> <td>119</td> <td>284</td> <td>44</td> <td>71</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>9.2</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>15.8</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>3.9 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_season" title="2005 AFL season">2005</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>45</td> <td>35</td> <td>80</td> <td>20</td> <td>28</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>3.9</td> <td>8.9</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_season" title="2006 AFL season">2006</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>19</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>154</td> <td>147</td> <td>301</td> <td>66</td> <td>72</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>15.8</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>3.8 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_season" title="2007 AFL season">2007</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>42</td> 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Pat Steinfort</li> <li>17. <a href="/wiki/Rowan_Warfe" title="Rowan Warfe">Rowan Warfe</a></li> <li>18. <a href="/wiki/Gerrard_Bennett" title="Gerrard Bennett">Gerrard Bennett</a></li> <li>19. <a href="/wiki/Brent_Tuckey" title="Brent Tuckey">Brent Tuckey</a></li> <li>20. <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Dent_(footballer)" title="Matthew Dent (footballer)">Matthew Dent</a></li> <li>21. Tim Williams</li> <li>22. <a href="/wiki/Alistair_Nicholson" title="Alistair Nicholson">Alistair Nicholson</a></li> <li>23. <a href="/wiki/Evan_Hewitt" title="Evan Hewitt">Evan Hewitt</a></li> <li>24. <a href="/wiki/Josh_Wooden" title="Josh Wooden">Josh Wooden</a></li> <li>25. <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bomford" title="Andrew Bomford">Andrew Bomford</a></li> <li>26. <a href="/wiki/Tim_Notting" title="Tim Notting">Tim Notting</a></li> <li>27. <a href="/wiki/Troy_Cook" title="Troy Cook">Troy Cook</a></li> <li>28. <a href="/wiki/Jason_Johnson_(Australian_footballer)" title="Jason Johnson (Australian footballer)">Jason Johnson</a></li> <li>29. <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Turvey" title="Nathan Turvey">Nathan Turvey</a></li> <li>30. <a href="/wiki/Hayden_Lamaro" title="Hayden Lamaro">Hayden Lamaro</a></li> <li>31. <a href="/wiki/Jess_Sinclair" title="Jess Sinclair">Jess Sinclair</a></li> <li>32. <a href="/wiki/Jim_Plunkett_(Australian_footballer)" title="Jim Plunkett (Australian footballer)">Jim Plunkett</a></li> <li>33. <a href="/wiki/Will_Sangster" title="Will Sangster">Will Sangster</a></li> <li>34. <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Corcoran" title="Shannon Corcoran">Shannon Corcoran</a></li> <li>35. <a href="/wiki/Mark_Chaffey" title="Mark Chaffey">Mark Chaffey</a></li> <li>36. <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hay_(footballer)" title="Jonathan Hay (footballer)">Jonathan Hay</a></li> <li>37. <a href="/wiki/Adam_Kingsley" title="Adam Kingsley">Adam Kingsley</a></li> <li>38. <a href="/wiki/Sam_Smart" title="Sam Smart">Sam Smart</a></li> <li>39. <a href="/wiki/Nick_Stone_(footballer,_born_1972)" title="Nick Stone (footballer, born 1972)">Nick Stone</a></li> <li>41. <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Manfield" title="Matthew Manfield">Matthew Manfield</a></li> <li>42. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Pike_(Australian_footballer)" title="Martin Pike (Australian footballer)">Martin Pike</a></li> <li>43. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Corrigan_(footballer)" title="Paul Corrigan (footballer)">Paul Corrigan</a></li> <li>44. 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Darren Collins</li> <li>65. <a href="/wiki/Brad_Cassidy" title="Brad Cassidy">Brad Cassidy</a></li> <li>66. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hills" title="Paul Hills">Paul Hills</a></li> <li>67. <a href="/wiki/Byron_Pickett" title="Byron Pickett">Byron Pickett</a></li> <li>68. <a href="/wiki/Russell_Robertson" title="Russell Robertson">Russell Robertson</a></li> <li>69. <a href="/wiki/Chad_Rintoul" title="Chad Rintoul">Chad Rintoul</a></li> <li>70. Adam Hay</li> <li>71. <a href="/wiki/Brett_Knowles" title="Brett Knowles">Brett Knowles</a></li> <li>72. <a href="/wiki/Brent_Frewen" title="Brent Frewen">Brent Frewen</a></li> <li>73. Brett Howman</li> <li>74. Chris Jackson</li> <li>75. Mark Winterton</li> <li>76. Greg Dempsey</li> <li>77. Marcus Barham</li> <li>78. Lucas Fleming</li> <li>79. <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Donati" title="Daniel Donati">Daniel Donati</a></li> <li>80. Chris Holcombe</li> <li>81. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Franchina" title="Anthony Franchina">Anthony Franchina</a></li> <li>82. Duncan O'Toole</li> <li>83. Ashley Gehling</li> <li>84. <a href="/wiki/Josh_Mahoney" title="Josh Mahoney">Josh Mahoney</a></li> <li>85. <a href="/wiki/Brad_Scott_(Australian_footballer)" title="Brad Scott (Australian footballer)">Brad Scott</a></li> <li>86. Ben Parker</li> <li>87. <a href="/wiki/Brad_Fuller_(footballer)" title="Brad Fuller (footballer)">Brad Fuller</a></li> <li>88. Phil Smith</li> <li>89. <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Griffin" title="Dwayne Griffin">Dwayne Griffin</a></li> <li>90. 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