Luke Beveridge has made two changes to the side that defeated the Swans in Sydney last weekend, with Koby Stevens to make his return to the senior side for his first game since round six.

Stevens impressed in the VFL on Saturday, gathering 39 possessions, six marks and five marks in tough conditions in Coburg on Saturday afternoon.

Assistant coach Rohan Smith says the Stevens has been missed.

“We [did] miss Koby - his run, his hardness inside and it was great to see him play really well at VFL level.

“To have 39 touches in a bit of a bog heap at Coburg was terrific, so we had no hesitation in bringing him back in.”

Fletcher Roberts comes in for his ninth game of the season in place of the injured Marcus Adams.

“It’s great to see Fletcher back in.

“We gave him a few tasks we wanted him to achieve at VFL level – we just felt like he needed to fine-tune a couple of things.

“He went back and took everything on board that we asked him to do and he was fantastic at VFL level last week.”

Minson, Josh Dunkley and Jed Adcock have been named as emergencies.

Round 16 – Western Bulldogs v Richmond

Saturday 9 July, 7:25pm

Venue: Etihad Stadium

Full back M Boyd F Roberts J Johannisen Half back E Wood D Morris M Suckling Centreline L Hunter M Bontempelli L Picken Half forward C Daniel J Stringer L Jong Full forward T Dickson J Redpath T Liberatore Followers J Roughead J Macrae M Wallis Interchange C Smith L Webb S Biggs K Stevens Emergencies J Dunkley W Minson J Adcock

In: Koby Stevens, Fletcher Roberts

Out: Will Minson (Omitted), Marcus Adams (Foot)