LATE CHANGE FINAL TEAMS: Melbourne vs Richmond – Round 18, 2026

Melbourne and Richmond have finalised their lineups for the match at MCG. Melbourne has made a late change with utility Harrison Petty (hamstring) being replaced by Jake Melksham.

MCG

MELB   

111

FT

65

   RICH

    #AFLDeesTigers

MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   

IN Jake Melksham, Aidan Johnson OUT Bayley Fritsch (Injured), Harrison Petty (Injured)

IN Dion Prestia, Sam Grlj, Zane Peucker OUT Jack Ross (Injured), Jayden Short (Injured), Steely Green (Omitted)

FB 17 Jake Bowey 8 Jake Lever 14 Changkuoth Jiath FF 21 Noah Balta 19 Tom J. Lynch 7 Rhyan Mansell HB 24 Trent Rivers 10 Daniel Turner 15 Ed Langdon HF 44 Seth Campbell 3 Dion Prestia 29 Jasper Alger C 12 Koltyn Tholstrup 32 Tom Sparrow 30 Harry Sharp C 33 Patrick Retschko 14 Tim Taranto 13 Hugo Ralphsmith HF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 37 Kade Chandler 18 Jake Melksham HB 30 Tom Brown 1 Nick Vlastuin 6 Sam Banks FF 21 Matthew Jefferson 2 Jacob van Rooyen 6 Caleb Windsor FB 35 Nathan Broad 12 Ben Miller 41 Kye Annand

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
9	Jack Steele
4	Harvey Langford

INTERCHANGE
42	Aidan Johnson
16	Bailey Laurie
33	Latrelle Pickett
22	Blake Howes
47	Joel Fitzgerald

EMERGENCIES
25	Tom McDonald
41	Paddy Cross
35	Harrison Petty

FOLLOWERS
25	Toby Nankervis
22	Sam Cumming
10	Taj Hotton

INTERCHANGE
36	James Trezise
24	Sam Grlj
28	Kane McAuliffe
26	Zane Peucker
42	Mykelti Lefau

EMERGENCIES
45	Tom Burton
32	Samson Ryan
48	Steely Green

Melbourne
IN	J. Melksham, A. Johnson
OUT	B. Fritsch, H. Petty
B J. Bowey, J. Lever, C. Jiath HB T. Rivers, D. Turner, E. Langdon C K. Tholstrup, T. Sparrow, H. Sharp HF K. Pickett, K. Chandler, J. Melksham F M. Jefferson, J. van Rooyen, C. Windsor FOL M. Gawn, J. Steele, H. Langford I/C A. Johnson, B. Laurie, L. Pickett, B. Howes, J. Fitzgerald EMG T. McDonald, P. Cross, H. Petty
Richmond
IN	D. Prestia, S. Grlj, Z. Peucker
OUT	J. Ross, J. Short, S. Green
B N. Broad, B. Miller, K. Annand HB T. Brown, N. Vlastuin, S. Banks C P. Retschko, T. Taranto, H. Ralphsmith HF S. Campbell, D. Prestia, J. Alger F N. Balta, T. Lynch, R. Mansell FOL T. Nankervis, S. Cumming, T. Hotton I/C J. Trezise, S. Grlj, K. McAuliffe, Z. Peucker, M. Lefau EMG T. Burton, S. Ryan, S. Green