The Chronicle

BY THE NUMBERS

- — Terry Mallinder

0- Players with more than 150 games of experience at Brisbane. 1- Number of players aged 30 or more at Brisbane, Collingwoo­d and Richmond. Pop quiz: Can you name them? Fremantle has seven. 5- Amount of ‘imports’ from other clubs the Bulldogs have on their list – the fewest in the league. Carlton has 16. 7- Number of players who top 100kg at the Suns and Giants – the most of any club. 8- Players who could join the 300-game club in 2017 – barring injury. Pop quiz: Can you name them?

10- Number of new skippers in 2017. Pop quiz: Can you name them?

11 - Number of teenagers the Blues and Lions have on their lists – the most of any club. St Kilda has four.

13- Goals Lance Franklin (Syd) needs to kick to become the 12th player to join the 800 club. 16- Players on the Roos’ list yet to debut.

33- Finals Shaun Burgoyne (PA/Haw) has played. Only Michael Tuck (39) has played more.

34- Age in years of the league’s oldest player, Robert Murphy (WB) – 34 years, nine months. 67- Amount in kg Kym Lebois (Car) and Kade Stewart (Haw) weigh as the lightest in the league. Aaron Sandilands (Fre) is the heaviest (118kg). 108 - Games Sam Gibson (NM) has played in a row since debuting in 2012. 165 - Games Lynden Dunn has played without a final – the most of any player in the league. He joins Collingwoo­d from Melbourne.

168 - Height in cm of the shortest player in the league, Caleb Daniel (WB). 199 - Games Nick Riewoldt played as St Kilda captain before handing over the reins to Jarryn Geary. Steve Kernahan holds the record (226) for games as skipper.

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