Weโre back for Round 9 of Zero Hangerโs weekly โfive useless statsโ series.
Every week Aaron Delaporte fromย Useless AFL Statsย will take a look at the most useless statistics from the weekend, the ones you never knew you needed to know until now.
Round 9 was another that provided plenty of firsts with another five weird yet captivating and ultimately Useless Stats.
5. New first names
2021 is looking like the year of new first names with Hugo Ralphsmith and Ronin OโConnor debuting as the 1004th and 1005th new first names to play AFL in Round 9.
They joined fellow 2021 class Braeden Campbell, Nik Cox, Miles Bergman, Rhyan Mansell, Finlay Macrae, Emerson Jeka, Buku Khamis and Isiah Winder - who was the 1000th new first name.
Others who can join them in 2021 are Jamarra Ugle-Hagan at the Dogs, Reef McInnes at the Pies, Denver Granger-Barras at Hawthorn and Phoenix Spicer at North Melbourne.
