Two changes have been finalised ahead of Richmond's Gather Round clash against GWS on Sunday.
Excitingly, as confirmed on Thursday, ruckman Oliver Hayes-Brown will make his highly-anticipated debut, and is joined by Noah Balta, who returns to the side following hamstring tightness.
Hayes-Brown, who stands at 208cm tall, has been with the Club for three seasons, joining as a Category B rookie after leaving behind his basketball career. He will become Richmond's tallest ever player to play a senior game.
The 25-year-old has been promising at VFL level, namely nabbing 10 clearances, 23 disposals and 19 hitouts against St Kilda last weekend.
Balta returns to the side after passing hamstring testing that saw him miss last week's clash against Port Adelaide.
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While Balta has been a key pillar in defence to start the season, coach Adem Yze discussed the positional versatility the premiership star provides during his press conference on Thursday.
"We did (move Balta forward) a little bit last year and we thought that did disrupt his season a little bit," Yze said.
"Those thoughts will be discussed...whether we do throw (Balta) around. We have done that a bit with Campbell Gray to try and settle Noah in our back end. We will look at those things."
The pair replace Samson Ryan (suspension) and Kane McAuliffe (omitted).
The backline will be made up of Nick Vlastuin, Ben Miller, Balta, Nathan Broad, Jayden Short and Sam Grlj.
Sam Banks, Dion Prestia and Tyler Sonsie make up the centreline. Hayes-Brown takes the spot in the ruck, alongside followers Tim Taranto and Sam Lalor.
Seth Campbell, Jack Ross, Steely Green, Jonty Faull, Liam Fawcett and Mykelti Lefau make up the forward line.
The final interchange is made up of Tom Brown, Luke Trainor, Maurice Rioli, Gray and Jacob Hopper.
The emergencies are McAuliffe, Patrick Retschko and Zane Peucker.
Richmond takes on GWS this Sunday from 3.15pm (AEST), 2.45pm local time, in the Barossa Valley as part of the AFL’s Gather Round.
