Teenage recruit Jackson Ramsay has returned to Collingwood’s senior list after overcoming a fractured wrist.

The defender was added to the club’s long-term injury list on 18 April after sustaining the injury in the first game of the VFL season against North Ballarat.

As a result, Collingwood has shifted Irishman Caolan Mooney back onto the rookie list.

Mooney, a second-year rookie, was promoted onto the senior list after kicking five goals in the VFL loss to Williamstown on 5 May.

He played against Fremantle the following Saturday but has not been sighted at senior level since, partially owing to an untimely calf injury.

Currently, Collingwood has five players on its senior list who began the year as rookies.

Jack Frost and Ben Hudson were promoted prior to the home and away season due to Collingwood leaving two spots open on its senior list after the National, Pre-Season and Rookie Drafts were completed last spring.

Then, on the eve of round one, 26-year-old Sam Dwyer was elevated in place of draftee Tim Broomhead who was shifted onto the long-term injury list as he recovered from glandular fever.

Once he was healthy, Broomhead returned to the senior list on 15 May, but the club was able to retain Dwyer in its first choice team due to Alan Toovey’s season-ending knee reconstruction which consigned him to the long-term injury list.

In the past month, opportunities have been afforded to mature age pair Kyle Martin and Adam Oxley.

Martin was promoted onto the senior list in place of Alex Fasolo (foot) hours before the squad was named to travel to Brisbane in round 10, while Oxley received his chance seven days later when Dale Thomas (ankle) was added to the long-term injury list.

In promoting and playing six rookies, Collingwood has created a new AFL record.

Prior to 2013, West Coast and Fremantle held the record for their promotion and usage of four rookies each in 2010.

Michael Hartley, Ben Richmond and Peter Yagmoor are the remaining three rookies who are yet to be used this season.

Below are examples of the camaraderie between Collingwood's younger players who have supported each other during their first season of league football.