Both the Bombers and Power have selected multiple players in their initial line-ups who haven’t yet played in this year’s NAB Challenge, ahead of Game 14 at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night. However, three players from the current squads will miss out.
Possible inclusions for Essendon are new recruit Paul Chapman (former Cat), along with Dustin Fletcher, Brendon Goddard and skipper Jobe Watson.
Port Adelaide will likely be led by captain Travis Boak in his first game of the year, as Hamish Hartlett, Matthew Lobbe, Jay Schulz and Chad Wingard are among the Power hopefuls.
Here are the teams:
Essendon
1. Michael Hibberd
3. Paul Chapman
4. Jobe Watson
5. Brent Stanton
6. Joe Daniher
7. Leroy Jetta
8. Jason Winderlich
9. Brendon Goddard
11. David Zaharakis
12. Mark Baguley
14. Jason Ashby
16. Tayte Pears
18. Michael Hurley
20. Jackson Merrett
21. Dyson Heppell
22. Jake Carlisle
25. Ariel Steinberg
26. Cale Hooker
27. Zach Merrett
28. Elliott Kavanagh
29. Cory Dell’Olio
30. Paddy Ryder
31. Dustin Fletcher
32. Travis Colyer
34. Kyle Hardingham
35. Martin Gleeson
39. Heath Hocking
40. Ben Howlett
44. Fraser Thurlow
Port Adelaide
1. Travis Boak
4. Brent Renouf
5. Matthew Broadbent
6. Angus Monfries
7. Bradley Ebert
8. Hamish Hartlett
9. Robert Gray
11. John Butcher
13. Cameron O’Shea
14. Paul Stewart
15. Lewis Stevenson
16. Oliver Wines
17. Tom Clurey
18. Kane Cornes
19. Matt White
20. Chad Wingard
21. Jared Polec
23. Matthew Lobbe
24. Jarman Impey
25. Domenic Cassisi
26. Andrew Moore
28. Jay Schulz
29. Jasper Pittard
36. Jack Hombsch
38. Ben Newton
39. Justin Westhoff
40. Aaron Young
42. Tom Jonas
43. Karl Amon
Source:
AFL, ‘NAB Challenge squads: Bombers v Power’, http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-02-23/nab-challenge-squads-bombers-v-power, accessed 24th February 2014
