Our Rookie Rankings are still welcoming fresh faces with less than a month left in the home and away season, with a Cats rookie breaking into our top eight for the first time in 2024.
Round 21's changes have seen a mature-aged Geelong recruit enter our rankings while a Lions forward jumps two spots following a strong Sunday outing.
Another Cat headlines the chasing pack with three rounds remaining as he and a Suns midfielder stand a chance to snatch a spot before the season concludes.
Selection Criteria: For our Rookie Rankings, we are ONLY selecting players who have made their debut this season.
Other players who may still be eligible for a Rising Star nomination but have already made their debut before the 2024 season will not be considered. I.e. Rising Star eligible players such as George Wardlaw, Angus Sheldrick and Sam Darcy are ineligible, having already played an AFL match before Round 1, 2024.
Honourable Mentions:
Archie Roberts (Essendon)
Will Graham (Gold Coast)
Seth Campbell (Richmond)
Darcy Jones (GWS)
The mature-aged Cats recruit comes into our Rookie Rankings for the first time this year with three games left in the season, edging out teammate Lawson Humphries and Suns midfielder Will Graham to take eighth place from young Bulldog Ryley Sanders.
Mannagh's form since coming back into the side in Round 17 has had an impact on Geelong's return to contention, with the Werribee product averaging 16.4 disposals and 5.2 score involvements per game.
Saturday night's win over Adelaide saw the midfield-forward boot two goals and collect the ball 17 times, with one of his opening-half goals coming after some nifty forward caft in the forward pocket.
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Mannagh's form has earned him a place in our Rookie Rankings with time to move up our order, while the aforementioned Humphries is threatening in our chasing pack.
A quieter game by Thomas' standards as he struggled to get involved in the narrow win over the Hawks as key forward Jesse Hogan and captain Toby Greene booted eight of the Giants' 12 goals in Canberra.
Thomas was kept to just the five disposals for the afternoon as Hawthorn's small defenders managed to quell the Giants' ground-level threats for most of the match.
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The performance sees Thomas slide one position in our rankings after Round 21, with a crucial contest against Brisbane to come this weekend for the New South Wales side.
The Suns wingman struggled to get a look on Friday night as a travelling Gold Coast side again struggled on the road, falling to the Eagles by 10 points.
Clohesy was limited to eight disposals at Optus Stadium, his lowest tally for the year as the Eagles proved dominant on the fringes of midfield.
Both the drop in form and the performance of another have seen the Suns recruit drop one spot and come out of our top five ahead of Round 22.
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The Suns and Clohesy have the chance to bounce back against Essendon this weekend, however their road trip will continue as they meet the Bombers at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night.
A strong second game back for the Brisbane teenager, who was dropped to the VFL for Round 19 and responded to the axing with style - finding form at the state league level and condoning that in his return.
After a 15-disposal effort in last week's QClash, Morris started Sunday's game against the Saints with two early goals, one coming from a strong mark and the other crumbing his own contest.
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It was a performance Lions fans had come to expect from the exciting tall forward, who should hold his place for another week for the Lions' meeting with GWS on Saturday.
14 disposals five marks and over 300 metres gained for the St Kilda runner in an 85-point loss that St Kilda players will be quickly keen to move on from.
Despite the result, Wilson was reliable with ball in hand, moving the pill at 85% efficiency at half-forward to often his teammates some decent looks.
Wilson also came away with four intercept possessions to add something on the defensive end.
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The Saints return to Marvel Stadium this weekend to face Richmond in Round 22 as they look to add to their winning column before the season ends.
Again had plenty of the ball as the Roos looked to the young Tasmanian as one of their key users in defence.
McKercher had 31 disposals against the Tigers, with 20 of those won as possessions as the Roos rookie offered some run and clean ball use, recording almost 500 metres gained and an efficiency rate of 87%.
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With three rounds remaining in the season, and another winnable contest this weekend against West Coast, McKercher has the time to rise further in our Rookie Rankings before the year is over.
An ankle injury has unfortunately placed the rest of the young Demon's season in doubt, with Windsor missing Friday's loss to the Western Bulldogs and potentially requiring a finals berth to play again this year.
The injury could end a fruitful first campaign for Windsor, who looks set to hold down a wing role in the red and blue for the next decade.
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The Eastern Ranges product's efforts were rewarded last month with a two-year extension which will take him through to the end of 2028.
17 disposals - 14 by hand - had Reid put up a 94% disposal efficiency rate in Friday's win over the Suns while still finding the ball at the contest on 11 occasions.
Reid added four clearances and six tackles to his stat line, which was brought down by seven free kicks against in a fiery affair at Optus Stadium.
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The No.1 pick was again in the thick of it but stepped up on the odd occasion when the game was on the line.
Reid and the Eagles head to Tasmania this weekend to face North Melbourne for what looms as another winnable affair.