Good news for the Bombers today with 2003 National Rising Star nominees Ted Richards and Marc Bullen both re-signing with the club. The pair agreed to new two-year deals that will secure their services to at least the end of 2005. Fellow 2000 draftee Sam Hunt also re-signed with the club this week for a one year period. The three signings this week completes the re-signing period for Essendon.

In other news, ruckman Simon O'Keefe was the latest player to be delisted by the club. The former Murray Bushrangers player was drafted in the 2001 National Draft with Andrew Welsh, Joel Reynolds and Shane Harvey.

Current Essendon list:
Mark Johnson
Mark Mercuri
Aaron Henneman
Jobe Watson
James Hird
Sean Wellman
Dean Solomon
Jason Winderlich
Adam Ramanauskas
Mark McVeigh
Damien Peverill
Andrew Welsh
Damian Cupido
Jason Johnson
Darren Walsh
Matthew Lloyd
David Hille
Ted Richards
Tristan Cartledge
Mark Bolton
Joe Misiti
Scott Lucas
Jason Laycock
Joel Reynolds
Sam Hunt
Dustin Fletcher
Adam McPhee
Marc Bullen
Ben Haynes
Courtney Johns
Dean Rioli
Matthew Allan
Justin Murphy
Mark Alvey

De-listed: Shane Harvey, Rob Forster-Knight, James Davies, Jordan Bannister, Simon O'Keefe.
Traded: Cory McGrath, Danny Jacobs.
Retired: Steven Alessio, Paul Barnard.
Rookie delistings: Ken Hall, Scott Howard, Toby McGrath, Adrian Wilson.

The 2003 National Draft is being held on Saturday, November 22nd and at this stage Essendon has four selections - number 6, 13, 28 and 44.

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