season on Carlton's rookie list, mostly to free up space on the club's primary list. Before eligibility criteria were relaxed, special dispensation was granted for Adam Ramanauskas to be played on Essendon's rookie list in 2006. Ramanauskas had played over 100 AFL games for the club, but there was uncertainty over his playing future as he underwent treatment and recovery for cancer. In 2014, Matthew Priddis was awarded the Brownlow Medal as the AFL's best and fairest player. Polling 26 votes, Priddis became the first player to win the award having begun his career on the rookie list. Future The Australian Football League Players' Association (AFLPA) has stated a desire to abolish the rookie list, in favour of an expanded 46 player roster. The AFLPA's main argument is that rookies now have the same workload as senior players – which was not necessarily true in the early days of the rookie list – but that their pay and opportunities are much lower than that of senior players. Most successful rookies Some of the most successful players (having played over 100 AFL games and/or kicked over 100 goals in the AFL) originally drafted into the AFL via the rookie system are: Michael Barlow Nathan Bassett Jarryd Blair Mark Blicavs Nathan Bock Matthew Boyd Luke Breust Dean Brogan Greg Broughton Shannon Byrnes Charlie Cameron Levi Casboult Andrew Carrazzo Robert Copeland Dean Cox Stewart Crameri Ed Curnow Aaron Davey Matt de Boer Michael Doughty Paul Duffield Aaron Edwards Michael Firrito Chad Fletcher Nathan Foley Josh Gibson Antoni Grover Heath Grundy Jarrod Harbrow Pearce Hanley Leigh Harding Roger Hayden Kieren Jack Sam Jacobs Mark Jamar Mark Johnson Darren Jolly Brett Jones Tadhg Kennelly Brett Kirk Rory Laird Tarkyn Lockyer Nathan Lovett-Murray Heritier Lumumba Quinten Lynch Martin Mattner Nick Maxwell James McDonald Jeremy McGovern Ben McGlynn Mal Michael Stephen Milne Dale Morris Shane Mumford Mark Nicoski Michael Osborne Joel Patfull Danyle Pearce Damien Peverill Liam Picken James Podsiadly Jason Porplyzia Matt Priddis Dean Rioli Russell Robertson Max Rooke Ben Rutten Aaron Sandilands Brad Sewell Cheynee Stiller Bret Thornton Greg Tivendale Shane Tuck Clinton Young References Australian Football League Australian Football League draft AFL Women's draft Australian rules football terminology