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Savage selectors
Essendon selectors have included seven new names in the squad of 25 named to take on Hawthorn at the MCG this Sunday, dumping four from the team that went down to Carlton. Matthew Lloyd, Jason Laycock and Dean Rioli are the three big inclusions along with recently promoted rookie Andrew Lovett who looks set to make his AFL debut. Damian Cupido the most notable casualty.
Essendon selectors have included seven new names in the squad of 25 named to take on Hawthorn at the MCG this Sunday, dumping four from the team that went down to Carlton. Matthew Lloyd, Jason Laycock and Dean Rioli are the three big inclusions along with recently promoted rookie Andrew Lovett who looks set to make his AFL debut. Damian Cupido the most notable casualty.
Other inclusions for the Bombers are Ted Richards, Brent Stanton and Marc Bullen. Joining Cupido in the VFL match against Box Hill this Saturday will be Jason Winderlich, Mark Alvey and Nathan Lovett-Murray.
The team is:
Backs: McVeigh Fletcher Zantuck Half Backs: Ramanauskas Lucas Welsh Centres: Bullen Peverill Stanton Half Forwards: Bolton Bradley McPhee Forwards: Henneman Lloyd M. Johnson Rucks: Laycock Hird Murphy Bench (from): Jason Johnson, Solomon, Monfries, Rioli, Lovett, Richards, Cartledge
Can a team that's beaten its opposition in nine consecutive matches be classified as rivals? This week the Snowdon Stand explores whether the intense and bitter rivaly that existed during the 1980's between Essendon and Hawthorn still exists. ""The match should be a highlight...but until the Hawks beat their run of defeats, the rivalry will not truly be revived."" Click here for more.
