James 'Jimmy' Bartel (born on 4 December 1983) is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder at 1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in) and 86 kilograms (190 lb), Bartel is a Brownlow Medallist, two-time All-Australian, and was part of the Cats' AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011, being named the Norm Smith medalist in 2011. He has also been selected to the Victorian state team, and has achieved premiership success at every playing level in his career to date.

Although he showed considerable promise as a junior cricketer, Bartel turned his focus toward football and debuted in the TAC Cup as a bottom-aged player. There, he became a standout performer in the junior league, winning a National Championship, TAC Cup premiership medallion, a state Most Valuable Player award, and twice gaining selection in both the All-Australian and TAC Cup Team of the Year sides. After entering his name into the 2001 AFL Draft, Bartel was drafted by Geelong with the eighth overall pick. Since making his AFL debut in 2001, Bartel has played in a VFL premiership, two NAB Cup-winning sides, and Geelong's 2007, 2009 and 2011 AFL premiership-winning teams.

Cameron Ling (born 27 February 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A tagger at 1.89 metres (6 ft 2 in) and 94 kilograms (207 lb), Ling was a premiership-winning captain at the club. He is now an AFL commentator for the Seven Network.

Ling played junior football for the Geelong Falcons as a full-forward and was drafted by his hometown club, the Geelong Football Club. In one of his earliest matches, he missed an absolute "howler", failing to score from a shot inside the goal square.

Throughout the 2007 season he has been praised for his work as a defensive midfielder, claiming the scalps of numerous opponents including Daniel Kerr, Peter Bell, Brent Harvey and Nick Dal Santo and was rewarded for his performances with selection in the All-Australian team on the interchange.

On 20 January 2010, Cameron Ling was announced as the team's new captain, taking over from the recently retired Tom Harley.

Cameron Ling announced his retirement on 5 October 2011.

Mark Gasnier (born 19 July 1981) is an Australian former rugby league player, a state and national representative centre three-quarter. He played eleven top-grade seasons with the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL, interrupted by two seasons of rugby union played with the French club Stade Français. He was a member of the Dragons' NRL premiership-winning team in 2010. He retired at the end of the 2011 season. He is the nephew of the renowned St. George 1960s star Reg Gasnier.

While attending Peakhurst High School, Gasnier played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998 and 1999.

Gasnier played his junior rugby league in the St George District with the Renown United club. He toured New Zealand with the Australian Schoolboys in 1998.

Gasnier made his 1st Grade début for the Dragons in round 8 of the 2000 season against Newcastle Knights and made his International début in a 2001 Test against the PNG Kumuls and scored a try in each.

After winning Dally M Centre of the Year in 2005, he signed a new one year contract, with further one year options for the next four years with the St George Illawarra Dragons. Again Gasnier won the Dally M Centre of the Year.

Beau Ryan (born 11 May 1985) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League. He plays primarily in the backs.

Ryan played junior football with Wests Illawarra. In 2003, Ryan was selected to represent in the New South Wales Schoolboys team. In 2005 he won a premiership with the St. George Illawarra Dragons Jersey Flegg Cup team under coach Steve Price, but left the club as he was behind centres Matt Cooper, Mark Gasnier and Wes Naiqama.

Making his NRL debut in round 16 of 2007, Ryan played a further 2 games that year, scoring a try in his second appearance. The next season, he played in 15 games.

From 2009 onwards, Ryan was a regular on the wing for the Wests Tigers. He scored a personal best 13 tries that year, including seven tries in the last 4 games. Soon after, Ryan signed a contract to remain with the Tigers until the end of the 2012 season.

Injury hampered Ryan's season in 2011, and he didn't take his regular position on the wing until round 14. He scored 8 tries in the remaining 13 games, including the last try of the qualifying final match against St George as the Wests Tigers came from 12-6 down at half time to win 21-12.