Richmond has finalised its team for the trip to AAMI Stadium on Sunday, making five changes to last week’s side.
The Tigers will use their 34th and 35th players of the season so far, with Trent Cotchin and Kayne Pettifer named to wear the club colours for the first time in 2009.
Both have made rapid recoveries from injury in the past few weeks, with Cotchin returning from an Achilles injury and Pettifer battling his way back from a knee reconstruction.
Andrew Raines and Nathan Brown will also add experience to the line-up after being cleared of their injuries, and Mitch Morton returns to the team one week after being omitted.
Richmond made one forced change from last week’s loss to Brisbane, with Alex Rance forced out with a fractured cheekbone.
Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls, Jay Schulz, Jack Riewoldt and Shane Edwards were also left out.
Port Adelaide v Richmond
AAMI Stadium
Sunday May 17
B: Newman, Moore, Raines
HB: White, McGuane, Polo
C: Cotchin, Tuck, Deledio
HF: Tambling, Morton, Brown
F: Simmonds, Bowden, Cousins
Foll: Graham, Jackson, Foley
I/C: Collins, Coughlan, Nahas, Pettifer
Emergencies: Edwards, Riewoldt, Thursfield
In: Brown, Cotchin, Morton, Pettifer, Raines
Out: Rance (Inj), Oakley-Nicholls, Schulz, Riewoldt, Edwards
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