Gold Coast v Essendon

Metricon Stadium

Round 1

Saturday March 26th

Essendon has named ten new players for its opening match of the season against the Suns.

Darcy Parish, Mitch Brown and Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti will play their first AFL games while Matthew Leuenberger and Craig Bird have been selected after joining the Club during last year’s trade and free agency period.

Five (Matt Dea, Jonathan Simpkin, Mathew Stokes, James Kelly and Ryan Crowley) of the ten latest recruits will also play their first games for the Club.

B: Matt Dea, Mitch Brown, James Gwilt

HB: Mark Baguley, Patrick Ambrose, Marty Gleeson

C: Brendon Goddard, David Zaharakis, Jonathan Simpkin

HF: Jackson Merrett, Shaun McKernan, Kyle Langford

F: Mathew Stokes, Joe Daniher, Adam Cooney

R:Matthew Leuenberger, Ryan Crowley, Zach Merrett

I: Craig Bird, Darcy Parish, James Kelly, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti

E: Sam Michael, Sam Grimley, Nick Kommer