Richmond and Essendon have finalised their lineups for the match at MCG.

Jake Aarts (Tigers) and Tex Wanganeen (Bombers) are the medical subs for tonight's clash.

 2022-05-21T09:30:00Z 
Richmond WON BY 32 POINTS
MCG
RICH   
80
FT
48
   ESS
    #AFLTigersDons
MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   
IN Jack Ross, Jake Aarts, Josh Gibcus, Robbie Tarrant
OUTBigoa Nyuon (Omitted), Jack Graham (Injured), Marlion Pickett (Suspension), Noah Balta (Injured)
IN Devon Smith, Tex Wanganeen
OUTJordan Ridley (HS Protocol), Jye Caldwell (Injured)
FB 18 Josh Gibcus 6 Robbie Tarrant 2 Dylan Grimes
FF 45 Alec Waterman 20 Peter Wright 5 Devon Smith
HB 17 Daniel Rioli 1 Nick Vlastuin 3 Liam Baker
HF 22 Sam Durham 10 Aaron Francis 8 Ben Hobbs
C 10 Shane Edwards 15 Jayden Short 33 Kamdyn McIntosh
C 37 Nic Martin 7 Zach Merrett 35 Matt Guelfi
HF 17 Maurice Rioli 23 Kane Lambert 10 Shai Bolton
HB 21 Dyson Heppell 27 Mason Redman 19 Nick Hind
FF 19 Tom J. Lynch 4 Dustin Martin 8 Jack Riewoldt
FB 25 Jayden Laverde 31 Zach Reid 29 Jake Kelly
FOLLOWERS
25 Toby Nankervis
3 Dion Prestia
9 Trent Cotchin
INTERCHANGE
5 Jack Ross
11 Jason Castagna
13 Ivan Soldo
35 Nathan Broad
16 Jake Aarts
FOLLOWERS
2 Sam Draper
3 Darcy Parish
1 Andrew McGrath
INTERCHANGE
9 Dylan Shiel
12 Tom Cutler
16 Archie Perkins
24 Nick Bryan
40 Tex Wanganeen

Richmond
INJ. Ross, J. Aarts, J. Gibcus, R. Tarrant
OUTB. Nyuon, J. Graham, M. Pickett, N. Balta
B J. Gibcus, R. Tarrant, D. Grimes
HB D. Rioli, N. Vlastuin, L. Baker
C S. Edwards, J. Short, K. McIntosh
HF M. Rioli, K. Lambert, S. Bolton
F T. Lynch, D. Martin, J. Riewoldt
FOL T. Nankervis, D. Prestia, T. Cotchin
I/C J. Ross, J. Castagna, I. Soldo, N. Broad, J. Aarts

Essendon
IND. Smith, T. Wanganeen
OUTJ. Ridley, J. Caldwell
B J. Laverde, Z. Reid, J. Kelly
HB D. Heppell, M. Redman, N. Hind
C N. Martin, Z. Merrett, M. Guelfi
HF S. Durham, A. Francis, B. Hobbs
F A. Waterman, P. Wright, D. Smith
FOL S. Draper, D. Parish, A. McGrath
I/C D. Shiel, T. Cutler, A. Perkins, N. Bryan, T. Wanganeen

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