{"id":490466,"date":"2026-02-19T16:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/490466\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:12:45","slug":"vfl-side-locked-in-for-bombers-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/490466\/","title":{"rendered":"VFL side locked in for Bombers clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The second VFL practice match of the pre-season is set for Friday afternoon.\n <\/p>\n

Richmond’s VFL side that will face Essendon in Friday’s practice match has been confirmed.<\/p>\n

It’s the second of four<\/a> practices matches the VFL side will take part in this pre-season, with this game at the NEC Hangar to follow the AFL match simulation between the Tigers and Bombers, that begins at 10.30am.<\/p>\n

An exciting line-up has been named for Jack Madgen’s side, which includes some new recruits in Olli Hotton, Leo Connolly, Sam Philp and more, alongside established stars Mutaz El Nour, Harry Scott, Lachlan Street and others.<\/p>\n

AFL listed players Luke Trainor, Zane Peucker, Noah Roberts-Thomson, Patrick Retschko, Liam Fawcett, Oliver Hayes-Brown and Kaleb Smith are also eligible to play in the VFL game, alongside train-on player Marcus Krasnadamskis.<\/p>\n

It’s another chance for the Tigers to get game time under their belts, before the home-and-away season<\/a>\u00a0begins on Saturday, March 21, when Richmond faces last year\u2019s Grand Finalists, Southport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

VFL practice match: Richmond v Essendon
Friday, February 20, 1:05pm
NEC Hangar, Melbourne Airport<\/p>\n

Richmond team:<\/p>\n

#51 Kai Stewart
#52 Mohammed Yassine
#54 Harry Scott
#55 Lachlan Street
#56 Hugh White
#57 Mutaz El Nour
#58 Leo Connolly
#61 Olli Hotton
#64 Sam Philp
#65 Ry Cantwell
#66 Daniel Lowther
#68 Sam Toner
#69 Seth Macdonald
#71 Kai Daniels
#72 Reuben Hanson
#73 Tom Ferguson
#74 Ned Renfree
#75 Zaydyn Lockwood
#78 Aaron Sharkie
#79 Max Lee
#80 Kane Loftus
#81 Sam Phillips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second VFL practice match of the pre-season is set for Friday afternoon. Richmond’s VFL side that will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-490466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}