A squad of 26 players will travel to Morwell on Saturday afternoon ahead of the club’s first NAB Challenge game against St Kilda.
Veteran Paul Chapman will captain the mixed squad, with Nick O’Brien, Jason Ashby, Elliott Kavanagh, Marty Gleeson and Lauchlan Dalgleish all set to line up.
New recruits Jonathon Giles, Shaun McKernan, Conor McKenna, Jake Long and Kyle Langford are all set to Don The Sash for the first time on Saturday afternoon too.
A number of the club’s VFL listed players have also been named in the squad for the regional hit-out including Aaron Heppell, James Polkinghorne, Sam Tagliabue, Josh Freezer and Anthony Tipungwuti.
ESSENDON v ST KILDA
Saturday 7 March at 4.40pm AEDT
Morwell Recreation Reserve
NAB Challenge Squad – Round 1
3. Paul Chapman, 10. Nick O’Brien, 14. Jason Ashby, 19. Shaun Edwards, 20. Jackson Merrett, 28. Jonathon Giles, 27. Elliott Kavanagh, 30. Kyle Langford, 34. Jake Long, 35. Marty Gleeson, 36. Lauchlan Dalgleish, 44. Shaun McKernan, 45. Conor McKenna, 47. Marcus Marigliani, 50. James Polkinghorne, 51. Aaron Heppell, 54. Josh Freezer, 55. Anthony Tipungwuti, 56. Jordan Schroder, 58. Sam Tagliabue, 72. Clint Jones, 73. Mitch Brown, 74. Mitch Clisby, 75. Jared Petrenko, 76. James Magner, 77. Sam Michael
