The Lions have allocated 2016 guernsey numbers to those players who joined the Club via the National Draft and Rookie Draft.

Josh Schache will carry on the No. 23 after his late father Laurence who played for the Brisbane Bears between 1991-92.

Josh was only five when his father collapsed and died in 2002 of a rare heart condition, aged just 34.

“It’s very special. I’m very humbled to get the number,” he said.

Schache received his jumper from Senior Coach Justin Leppitsch alongside fellow draftees this morning.

Eric Hipwood will wear the No. 30 for the Lions, Ben Keays will pull on the No. 1, Rhys Mathieson will wear the No. 36, Sam Skinner will don the No. 41 and Reuben William will take on No. 47.

Super selfie.. Great to have all our new draftees here training hard. @steeletallon @josh_schache @samskinner24 @reub__en @benkeays @eric.hipwood @rhys.mathieson A photo posted by Justin Leppitsch (@jleppitsch) on Dec 1, 2015 at 5:13pm PST

2016 Player Jumper Numbers

1 Ben Keays

2 Ryan Harwood

3 Allen Christensen

4 Ryan Bastinac

5 Mitch Robinson

6 Joshua Green

7 Tom Bell

8 Rohan Bewick

9 Dayne Beams

10 Daniel Rich

11 Pearce Hanley

12 Stefan Martin

13 Trent West

14 Josh Walker

15 Dayne Zorko

16 Jarrad Jansen

17 Claye Beams

18 Nick Robertson

19 Josh Clayton

20 Josh Watts

21 Dan Merrett

22 Marco Paparone

23 Joshua Schache

24 Liam Dawson

25 Dan McStay

26 Tom Cutler

27 Darcy Gardiner

28 Lewis Taylor

29 Jaden McGrath

30 Eric Hipwood

31 Harris Andrews

32 Sam Mayes

33 Michael Close

34 Jonathan Freeman

35 Ryan Lester

36 Rhys Mathieson

37 Cian Hanley (R)

38 Tom Rockliff

39 Jackson Paine (R)

40 Matthew Hammelmann (R)

41 Sam Skinner

42 Justin Clarke

43 Josh McGuinness

44 Archie Smith (R)

45 Hugh Beasley (R)

46 Billy Evans (R)

47 Reuben William (R)