Carlton v Essendon at Ikon Park, Thursday at 6.40pm AEDT
The AFL JLT practice match series kicks off on Thursday night with a showdown of old rivals at Carlton’s spiritual home.
Carlton’s new additions Mitchell McGovern and Michael Gibbons will run out in navy blue for the first time. Big man Matthew Kreuzer will be missing as he recovers from a knee injury.
Essendon has named star recruit Dylan Shiel on the forward flank and Joe Daniher returns to full forward after a bout of osteitis pubis that saw him miss much of 2018.
CARLTON
B: K.Simpson 6, L.Plowman 20, P.Dow 2
HB: N.Newman 24, C.Polson 29, L.Jones 14
C: S.Petrevski-Seton 5, P.Cripps 9, Z.Fisher 25
HF: C.Curnow 30, M.Lobbe 27, A.Schumacher 19
F: W.Setterfield 43, M.McGovern 11, H.McKay 10
Foll: A.Phillips 34, M.Gibbons 40, E.Curnow 35
I/C: M.Murphy 3, J.Weitering 23, J.Garlett 21, S.Walsh 18, J.Silvagni 1, D.Cuningham 28, D.Thomas 39, L.O’Brien 4
Emerg: T.De Koning 12, L.Casboult 41, H.Goddard 45, M.Kennedy 7
Notable absentees: Sam Docherty, Alex Fasolo, Matthew Kreuzer, Caleb Marchbank, Darcy Lang, Jarrod Pickett, Tom Williamson, Liam Stocker
ESSENDON
B: P.Ambrose 29, M.Hartley 36, J.Long 34
HB: A.Francis 10, M.Hurley 18, A.Saad 42
C: D.Heppell 21, K.Langford 4, Z.Merrett 7
HF: D.Shiel 9, M.Brown 28, D.Zaharakis 11
F: J.Stringer 25, J.Daniher 6, A.McDonald-Tipungwuti 43
Foll: Z.Clarke 20, A.McGrath 1, D.Parish 3
I/C: C.McKenna 45, T.Jok 46, S.McKernan 44, J.Ridley 14, M.Guelfi 35, J.Laverde 15, D.Smith 5, M.Baguley 12
Emerg: J.Stewart 17, S.Draper 38, T.Mynott 39, D.Clarke 37
Notable absentees: Martin Gleeson, Cale Hooker, Tom Bellchambers, Orazio Fantasia, David Myers, Matt Dea
