With salary caps set at $10 million and $13 million across the SuperCoach and AFL Fantasy platforms respectively, filling every position with a premium player is simply not possible.

In order to field a team that both keeps you under the cap and allows you to be competitive, selecting a smattering of rookies is essential.

Obviously, these young names won't make up the bulk of your weekly totals, but should you select the right ones early, your bottom line and your win/loss column will look healthy.

Although we don't know whether any of these names will break through the banner in round one just yet, their pre-season track work has piqued our interest.

These are each club's rated rookies that look primed for early debuts.

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Richmond

Riley Collier-Dawkins (MID)

SuperCoach price - $123,900
AFL Fantasy price - $170,000

Like Bergman at Port, Riley Collier-Dawkins is another previous first round selection that has not yet debuted.

Even though Richmond's engine room has proven harder than Fort Knox to break into over the past handful of seasons, there are whispers coming from Tigerland that the big-bodied midfielder has cracked the code.

Once again, we are going to spin the same cracked vinyl – wait and see how the former Oakleigh Charger is implemented in the Community Series before pulling the pin.

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