AFL retirements 2007 vs 2006

[Allstar cards inc]

I was curious to see the impact this years retirements will have on the league....so I need some stats...I came up with the following-

2007 - 41 Retirements
8080 games experience
Avg of 197 games per player

2006 - 22 Retirements
4576 games experience
Avg of 208 games per player

I was a bit surprised by the 2006 Avg games figure being higher...but the 2007 figure is brought down by a few players being under 100 games and 1 player with 0 games played. (All the info came from Wikipedia)
At the end of the day it's the sheer number of players leaving the league this year that will have the biggest impact on the game.

2007 Retirements (so far!!)
ADELAIDE
Mark Ricciuto (312)
Rhys Archard (0)

BRISBANE
Chris Johnson (264)
Chris Scott (214)

CARLTON
Anthony Koutafides (278)
Matthew Lappin (251)

COLLINGWOOD
James Clement (228)
Nathan Buckley (280)
Paul Licuria (182)

ESSENDON
James Hird (253)
Scott Camporeale (252)
Chris Heffernan (170)
Mark Bolton (124)

FREMANTLE
Shane Parker (238)
Troy Cook (169)

HAWTHORN
Richie Vandenberg (143)
Joel Smith (279)
Ben Dixon (203)

KANGAROOS
Glenn Archer (311)
Jonathan Hay (157)
Kasey Green (90)

MELBOURNE
Byron Pickett (204)
Nathan Brown (146)
Clint Bizzell (163)

PORT ADELAIDE
Darryl Wakelin (271)
Josh Mahoney (95)

RICHMOND
Darren Gaspar (228)
Ray Hall (99)
Trent Knobel (75)
Kent Kingsley (125)

ST KILDA
Fraser Gehrig (255)
Aaron Hamill (192)
Andrew Thompson (221)
Brett Voss (170)
Matthew Clarke (258)

WESTERN BULLDOGS
Luke Darcy (226)
Chris Grant (341)
Matthew Robbins (139)
Brett Montgomery (220)

WEST COAST
Rowan Jones (158)
Josh Wooden (96)

2006 Retirements -

Justin Leppitsch (227 games played)
Gavin Wanganeen (300)
Paul Williams (306)
Blake Caracella (187)
Peter Riccardi (288)
Josh Francou (156)
Jade Rawlings (148)
Dean Rioli (100)
John Barker (167)
Mark Chaffey (166)
Barnaby French (113)
Saverio Rocca (257)
Jarrad Schofield (205)
Brad Scott (168)
Greg Stafford (204)
Chad Morrison (169)
Adam Kingsley (170)
Stephen Powell (148)
Justin Peckett (252)
Rohan Smith (300)
Michael Voss (289)
Drew Banfield (256)

 

[Footycardtrader]

Thats a lot of retired players for 1 year...

Some awesome players in the group... although i suppose there always is with retirements... Some big surprises as well... and can you really be retired if you actually never played a game?? They never really started so how can they finish(retire)??? hmmmmm... interesting....

 

[Allstar cards inc]

Peter Riccardi retired one year before the premiership....I wonder if he wish he had have played on....I don't think he would have got too many games this year though!!

 

[mattyj]

Yeh thats weird, retiring with no games lol...

This years retiring crop is huge...Brownlows Medallists, B&Fs, Coleman Medallists

 

[Allstar cards inc]

Rhys Archard (Adelaide - 0 games) has to be considered as retired because he was on the Adelaide list and wasn't delisted, sacked or traded.
He actually quit to go back home to his family's farm in Victoria.

 

[theflyinggerco]

Peter Riccardi retired one year before the premiership....I wonder if he wish he had have played on....I don't think he would have got too many games this year though!!

He should have retired after 2005; he only managed a hadful of games in 2006, with Buckley like hamstring problems.

Interesting to note that Shane Parker, Fremantle games record holder is retiring. He was a fairly unsung player, and wasnt ever the best player on the field, but he always played hard on some of the best forwards in the game for a defence, and Freo's defence will miss him.