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The beginning of season 2003 is just over 48 hours away and an AFL club is a very exciting place to be right at the moment. Players are fit and ready to fire. All the training and planning is over – it is now time to put everything into action. The first test for Essendon Football Club this season will be a daunting one – Brisbane at the Gabba. It doesn’t get much tougher.
Damian Cupido and Adam McPhee will make their debuts for the Bombers against Brisbane at the Gabba this weekend – that was the major news from the selection table this afternoon. In other news, Dean Solomon will play his game for Essendon since the 2001 Grand Final. David Hille has been named in the first ruck with Steven Alessio joining Joel Reynolds, Andrew Welsh and Jordan Bannister on the bench.
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