Among the senior players named for the Round 1 match are Nathan Foley, Ben Lennon, Jake Batchelor and Anthony Miles.
Lennon continues his return from a pre-season knee injury, impressing in his recent matches at VFL level.
Missing from the line-up this weekend are tall forward Liam McBean, Aaron Edwards and Chris Knights, who are recovering from a minor injuries suffered in last week’s VFL practice match.
Richmond is encouraging its fans to attend the VFL Tigers’ first match against Footscray at Whitten Oval, before the two AFL teams clash at Etihad Stadium in the afternoon. Entry to Whitten Oval is via gold coin donation.
Round 1 VFL match:
Footscray v Richmond
10:30am, Saturday, April 5
Whitten Oval, Footscray
Parking locally: Parking is strictly limited at Victoria University Whitten Oval. If you use the on-street parking in the surrounding streets, please see street signs for relevant restrictions
Train: West Footscray Station, walk down Hocking Street to access Whitten Oval
Trains to Etihad Stadium: there are a number of trains that will leave from West Footscray Station and get you to Southern Cross in time for the start of Richmond’s AFL game:
11.47 arriving at 12.09
12.07 arriving at 12.29
13.07 arriving at 13.27
Round 1 Richmond VFL team:
11 Jake Batchelor
22 Todd Banfield
26 Anthony Miles
32 Brad Helbig
33 Kamdyn McIntosh
35 Ben Lennon
36 Matt McDonough
41 Nathan Foley
42 Sam Lloyd
43 Todd Elton
44 Matthew Arnot
45 Brett O'Hanlon
48 Ben Darrou
51 Nathan Batsanis
53 Ed Barlow
54 James Wall
55 Ryan Bathie
58 Mitch Keddell
60 Ross Young
61 Ben Waite
62 Pat Contin
64 Alroy Gilligan
66 Gerard Gleeson
67 Luke Conca
73 Jack Townley
