Kepler Bradley and Brent Stanton will make their AFL debut on Sunday. The two draftees have been named in the Bombers' Round 1 side along with former rookie Nathan Lovett-Murray. Experienced duo Matthew Allan and Justin Murphy will also make their first appearance in the red and black. And Dean Solomon looks set to return after training strongly this morning.

Essendon’s Round 1 team:
B: Welsh, McPhee, Bolton
HB: Rioli, Bradley, Ramanauskas
C: Peverill, Misiti, Hird
HF: Richards, Lucas, Murphy
F: Allan, Lloyd, Winderlich
R: Hille, J.Johnson, Bullen
Inter: Watson, Solomon, Lovett-Murray, Stanton
Emergencies: Alvey, Henneman, Reynolds

The Bombers will travel to Adelaide tomorrow afternoon in preparation for the Round 1 clash against Port Adelaide. The match kicks off at 1.15pm (EST) and you can catch all the action on BomberLand with live scoring and a full match report. Click here for the full match preview