The opening pre-season practice matches ahead of the 2024 AFL season are here, with all 18 clubs set to take part in various match simulation sessions between Sunday, February 18 and Saturday, February 24.
Teams will be announced across the next week in the build-up to each game, with Melbourne and Richmond opening proceedings at Casey Fields with a seven-period hitout.
Other practice matches will be formatted alternatively, with details on each game and the players set to feature to be disclosed in due course.
Below we will provide each club's team lists for the first week of the pre-season schedule as they are revealed.
*Teams will be announced at 5:00pm AEDT the day prior to each match.ย
Melbourne vs Richmond
Sunday, February 18, 10:00am AEDT
Casey Fields
Format: Seven periods of match simulation
Melbourne
May, van Rooyen, Salem, McVee, Petracca, Windsor, Viney, Lever, Gawn, Oliver, Billings, Langdon, Laurie, Bowey, Schache, Tomlinson, Jefferson, Howes, Rivers, Adams, Hore, Verrall, Neal-Bullen, Fritsch, Sparrow, Pickett, Chandler, Sestan, Tholstrup, K. Brown, Farris-White
*VFL-listed players not yet named
Richmond
1ย Nick Vlastuin
5ย Jack Ross
10ย Maurice Rioli
11ย Judson Clarke
13ย Hugo Ralphsmith
15ย Jayden Short
17ย Daniel Rioli
18ย Josh Gibcus
20ย Jacob Koschitzke
21ย Noah Balta
22ย Jacob Hopper
24ย Sam Naismith
26 Matt Coulthard
27ย Thomson Dow
28ย Kane McAuliffe
29ย Shai Bolton
30ย Tom Brown
31ย Rhyan Mansell
32ย Samson Ryan
33ย Kamdyn McIntosh
34ย Jack Graham
35ย Nathan Broad
36ย James Trezise
38ย Noah Cumberland
39ย Oliver Hayes-Brown
40ย Tyler Sonsie
41ย Sam Banks
44ย Seth Campbell
45ย Tylar Young
46ย Ben Miller
48ย Steely Green
49ย Kaleb Smith
50ย Marlion Pickett
19ย Mykelti Lefau (SSP train on)
33ย Mitch Schofield (SSP train on)
VFL players:
52ย Mohammed Yassine
53ย Joel Garner
54ย Chad Harris
55ย Lachlan Street
56ย Harry White
57ย Mutaz El Nour
58ย Cam Olden
59ย Nick Girolami
60ย Sam Frangalas
61ย Tom Brindley
62ย Nick Guiney
66ย Luke Teal
67ย Liam George
70ย Will Bravo
71ย Archie May
76ย Tom McCarthy
*Numbers are subject to change throughout the duration of the match simulation
