Code switcher Israel Folau will wear the same number in his first AFL season that he wore throughout most of his NRL career.
The Greater Western Sydney marquee player wore number four playing in the centres throughout his illustrious league career including the 2007 and 2008 NRL Grand Finals when playing for Melbourne Storm.
The 22-year-old donned the same number in 2011 while playing for the Giants in the North East Australian Football League.
"It's the number I've worn most of my football career, so why change," Folau told News Limited.
"It'd be good to see some young fans wearing the number but I wouldn't expect it," Folau said.
"If I play well and they wear my number, that would be nice. I'm not too worried about the number, it's what I do that's going to matter," he said.
Coach Kevin Sheedy said the jumper number held significant meaning for his players as they enter their inaugural AFL season.
"We set out to accommodate the players requests where we could and there is some great symbolism that came through this process. For example, Callan Ward requested number eight as that was the jumper worn by his grandfather and Curtly Hampton wanted to carry on a tradition of his father by wearing number two," Sheedy said.
Some of the club's established AFL players will wear new numbers with the Giants including Phil Davis (1), Rhys Palmer (7) and Tom Scully (9). Luke Power will wear number 6, the same number he wore with the Brisbane Lions.
Dean Brogan will don number 10, Chad Cornes 11, Setanta O'hAilpin 37 and James McDonald number 38.
Number one draft pick Jonathon Patton will wear number 12 in his first ever AFL season, while Dylan Shiel has retained the number five jumper he wore through the 2011 NEAFL season with GWS.
The Giants will play in the season-opening clash against Sydney at ANZ Stadium on Saturday March 24.
1 - DAVIS, Phil
2 - HAMPTON, Curtly
3 - CONIGLIO, Stephen
4 - FOLAU, Israel
5 - SHIEL, Dylan
6 - POWER, Luke
7 - PALMER, Rhys
8 - WARD, Callan
9 - SCULLY, Tom
10 - BROGAN, Dean
11 - CORNES, Chad
12 - PATTON, Jonathon
13 - DARLEY, Sam
14 - BUGG, Tomas
15 - GOLDS, Tim
16 - WILSON, Nathan
17 - TRELOAR, Adam
18 - CAMERON, Jeremy
19 - HAYNES, Nick
20 - TOMLINSON, Adam
21 - BUNTINE, Matthew
22 - EDWARDS, Shaun
23 - REID, Sam
24 - CLIFTON, Stephen
25 - MILES, Anthony
26 - GILES, Jonathon
27 - PHILLIPS, Andrew
28 - SUMNER, Liam
29 - TYSON, Dom
30 - ADAMS, Taylor
31 - TOWNSEND, Jacob
32 - UGLE, Gerald
33 - HOSKIN-ELLIOTT, William
34 - SMITH, Devon
35 - GREENE, Toby
36 - HOMBSCH, Jack
37 - O’ hAILPIN, Setanta
38 - McDONALD, James
39 - MOHR, Tim
40 - KENNEDY, Adam
41 - GROWDEN, Joshua
42 - WHILEY, Mark
43 - AYLETT, Kurt
44 - DOWNIE, Tom
45 - SCHULZ, Sam
46 - SEGRAVE, Tim
47 - BRUCE, Josh
48 - FROST, Sam
49 - COOYOU, Rhys