Western Bulldogs premiership ruckman Jordan Roughead will be a notable absentee as a new AFL season kicks off.
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Roughead is recovering from hamstring surgery.
He is among a handful of North Ballarat Rebels graduates still playing in the AFL who have a premiership to their name, with the list also featuring Liam Picken, James Frawley and Nathan Brown.
Here are Rebels, North Ballarat Roosters and and other Ballarat regional graduates in the AFL this year:
BRAD CROUCH, 23
Adelaide
Home club: Beaufort
Drafted from: North Ballarat Rebels
AFL debut: 2013
AFL games: 41
KYLE CHENEY, 27
Adelaide
Home club: Warrack Eagles
Drafted from: Rebels
Drafted by Melbourne
Other clubs: Hawthorn
AFL debut: 2009
AFL games: 77
MATT CROUCH, 21
Adelaide
Home club: Beaufort
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2014
AFL games: 47
HUGH McCLUGGAGE, 19
Brisbane Lions
Home club: South Warrnambool
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL games: 0
JARROD BERRY, 19
Brisbane Lions
Home club: Horsham Saints
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL games: 0
CEDRIC COX, 19
Brisbane Lions
Home club: Camperdown/WA
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL games: 0
MICHAEL CLOSE, 22
Brisbane Lions
Home club: Harrow
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2014
AFL games: 17
TOM WILLIAMSON, 18
Carlton
Home club: Ararat Rats
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL games: 0
MARTIN GLEESON, 22
Essendon
Home club: Koroit
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2014
AFL games: 51
MATT DEA, 25
Essendon
Home club: Mildura
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2010
Drafted by Richmond
AFL games: 52
NICK SUBAN, 26
Fremantle
Home club: Bacchus Marsh
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2009
AFL games: 144
DARCY TUCKER, 20
Fremantle
Home club: Horsham Saints
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2016
AFL games: 12
JOSH COWAN, 26
Geelong
Home club: Daylesford
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2011
AFL games: 14
JAMAINE JONES, 18
Geelong
Home club: Heywood
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL games: 0
CAM GUTHRIE, 24
Geelong
Home club: Sunbury
Drafted from: Calder Cannons
AFL debut: 2011
AFL games: 108
ZACH GUTHRIE, 18
Geelong
Home club: Sunbury
Drafted from: Calder Cannons
AFL games: 0
MATT ROSA, 30
Gold Coast Suns
Home club: Warrack Eagles
Drafted from: Rebels
Drafted by West Coast Eagles
AFL debut: 2005
AFL games: 183
JACOB HOPPER, 20
GWS Giants
Home club: Leeton-Whitton
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2016
AFL games: 10
JEREMY CAMERON, 23
GWS Giants
Home club: Dartmoor
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2012
AFL games: 93
TOM DOWNIE, 23
GWS Giants
Home club: Benalla
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2013
AFL games: 9
JAMES FRAWLEY, 29
Hawthorn
Home club: East Point
Drafted from: Rebels
Drafted by Melbourne
AFL debut: 2007
AFL games: 179
ISAAC SMITH, 28
Hawthorn
Home club: Wagga Tigers
Drafted from: Roosters
AFL debut: 2011
AFL games: 135
RICKY HENDERSON, 28
Hawthorn
Home club: Trentham
Drafted from: Trentham
Drafted by Adelaide
AFL debut: 2010
AFL games: 90
DALLAS WILLSMORE, 21
Home club: Walpeup-Underbool
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL games: 0
TOM McDONALD, 24
Melbourne
Home club: Edenhope-Apsley
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2011
AFL games: 104
OSCAR McDONALD, 21
Melbourne
Home club: Edenhope-Apsley
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2015
AFL games: 17
JAKE NEADE, 22
Port Adelaide
Home club: Northern Territory
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2013
AFL games: 51
WILLEM DREW, 18
Port Adelaide
Home club: Koroit
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL games: 0
JESSE PALMER, 20
Port Adelaide
Home club: St Patrick's College
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2016
AFL games: 3
SHAUN GRIGG, 29
Richmond
Home club: Redan
Drafted from: Rebels
Drafted by Carlton
AFL debut: 2007
AFL games: 167
DAVID ASTBURY, 26
Richmond
Home club: Tatyoon
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2010
AFL games: 60
DANIEL RIOLI, 19
Richmond
Home club: Northern Territory
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2016
AFL games: 18
DAN BUTLER, 20
Richmond
Home club: Lake Wendouree
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL games: 0
SEBASTIAN ROSS, 23
St Kilda
Home club: Horsham Demons
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2012
AFL games: 59
NATHAN BROWN. 29
St Kilda
Home club: Ballarat Swans
Drafted from: Rebels
Drafted by Collingwood
AFL debut: 2008
AFL games: 130
ROWAN MARSHALL, 21
St Kilda
Home club: Sebastopol
Drafted from: NB Roosters
AFL games: 0
DEAN TOWERS, 26
Sydney Swans
Home club: Colac
Drafted from: Roosters
AFL debut: 2014
AFL games: 30
JAKE LLOYD, 23
Sydney Swans
Home club: Horsham Demons
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2014
AFL games: 69
DREW PETRIE, 34
West Coast Eagles
Home club: Ballarat Swans
Drafted from: Rebels
Drafted by North Melbourne
AFL debut: 2001
AFL games: 316
LIAM DUGGAN, 20
West Coast Eagles
Home club: Bacchus Marsh
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2015
AFL games: 26
JORDAN ROUGHEAD, 26
Western Bulldogs
Home club: Lake Wendouree
Drafted from: Rebels
AFL debut: 2010
AFL games: 113
LIAM PICKEN, 30
Western Bulldogs
Home club: Hamilton
Drafted from: Rebels/Williamstown
AFL debut: 2009
AFL games: 176