Melbourne has named Neville Jetta, Stef Martin, Ricky Petterd and Jack Trengove in its final 22 for round one
MELBOURNE has named Neville Jetta, Stef Martin, Ricky Petterd and Jack Trengove in its final 22 for Sunday’s season-opener against Sydney Swans at the MCG.
Jake Spencer, James Strauss and Matthew Warnock are the emergencies.
A substitute will be named 90 minutes before the start of play.
Under the new rule, three players will be named on the interchange, plus one substitute, who can replace a teammate - injured or not - at any stage of the match.
On Thursday, the Demons named Luke Tapscott for his first AFL match.
Tapscott will make his debut for the Demons after being drafted at No.18 in the 2009 NAB AFL Draft.
As expected, regulars James Frawley (pectoral), Cale Morton (finger), Tom Scully (knee) and Jordie McKenzie (groin) could not be considered, due to injury.
But among the 22 are exciting forwards Liam Jurrah and Jack Watts, plus Jack Grimes, who was one of Melbourne’s best pre-season performers.
Rohan Bail and Addam Maric have been rewarded for strong summers and have been named in the starting line-up.
Forward Austin Wonaeamirri, who has been impressive with Casey in the VFL practice matches in the past two weeks, is still building his match conditioning after an interrupted pre-season.
Melbourne
B: Clint Bartram, Jared Rivers, Joel Macdonald HB: Jack Grimes, Colin Garland, Jamie Bennell C: Nathan Jones, Brent Moloney, Luke Tapscott HF: Rohan Bail, Colin Sylvia, Liam Jurrah F: Jack Watts, Brad Green, Addam Maric FOLL: Mark Jamar, Lynden Dunn, Aaron Davey I/C: Neville Jetta, Stef Martin, Ricky Petterd, Jack Trengove Emg: Jake Spencer, James Strauss, Matthew Warnock New: Luke Tapscott (North Adelaide, SA)
Sydney Swans B: Paul Bevan, Ted Richards, Martin Mattner HB: Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Andrejs Everitt C: Daniel Hannebery, Kieren Jack, Nicholas Smith HF: Lewis Jetta, Adam Goodes, Ben McGlynn F: Ryan O’Keefe, Sam Reid, Jesse White FOLL: Shane Mumford, Josh Kennedy, Jarrad McVeigh I/C: Jude Bolton, Mark Seaby, Gary Rohan, Byron Sumner Emg: Brett Meredith, Craig Bird, Jed Lamb New: Byron Sumner (Woodville-West Torrens, SA), Andrejs Everitt (Western Bulldogs)