Essendon have announced their squad for tomorrow's unofficial practice match against Richmond, taking place at the NEC Hangar from 10:30am (AEDT).

Zach Merrett will miss tomorrow's hit-out after playing in last week's State of Origin in Perth but will return for next week's match-up against St Kilda.

Archie Perkins and Jordan Ridley are progressing well with training loads and are expected to be available for selection next week.

Mason Redman will miss tomorrow due to family reasons.

Squad:

1. McGrath
2. Farrow
3. Parish
4. Langford
6. Caldwell
8. Fiorini
11. Gresham
15. Sharp
17. Visentini
19. Gerreyn
20. Wright
21. Roberts
22. Durham
25. Prior
26. May
28. Duursma
29. Kondogiannis
30. Caddy
31. Reid
32. McKay
33. El Achkar
35. Guelfi
36. Clarke
38. Unwin
40. Johnson
41. El-Hawli
42. Nguyen
44. Day-Wicks
46. Blakiston
48. McMahon