{"id":506911,"date":"2026-02-27T05:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506911\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:40:12","slug":"melbourne-demons-vs-richmond-tigers-aami-community-series-live-scores-updates-blog-stats-video-stream-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506911\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Demons vs Richmond Tigers, AAMI Community Series live scores, updates, blog, stats, video, stream, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne and Richmond clash in Ballarat in the sides\u2019 final tune-up before the season proper. <\/p>\n

The Tigers welcome back veteran stars Nathan Broad and Tom Lynch, but Nick Vlastuin and Noah Balta remain absent, while Taj Hotton exits after his hip injury. <\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Demons welcome back star skipper Max Gawn but will be without Brody Mihocek after his concussion against North Melbourne, as well as Jake Melksham.<\/p>\n

Watch Melbourne vs. Richmond from 4.00pm AEDT live and exclusive on Fox Footy, via Foxtel on channel 504 and streaming on Kayo Sports. <\/p>\n

MELBOURNE SELECTED SIDE<\/p>\n

B: B.Howes 22 J.Lever 8 D.Turner 10<\/p>\n

HB: X.Lindsay 5 C.Salem 3 C.Jiath 14<\/p>\n

C: H.Langford 4 J.Steele 9 T.Sparrow 32<\/p>\n

HF: E.Langdon 15 L.Kentfield 44 K.Chandler 37<\/p>\n

F: K.Pickett 36 J.van Rooyen 2 B.Fritsch 31<\/p>\n

Foll: M.Gawn – C 11 C.Windsor 6 T.Rivers 24<\/p>\n

I\/C: H.Petty 35 T.McDonald 25 K.Tholstrup 12 L.Pickett 33 H.Sharp 30 B.Laurie 16 X.Taylor 19 T.Matthews 20 <\/p>\n

Emg: J.Melksham 18 J.Adams 26 M.Heath 27 R.Mentha 39<\/p>\n

Missing: Steven May, Jake Melksham, Jack Viney, Brody Mihocek, Jake Bowey, Tom Campbell, Shane McAdam, Jai Culley<\/p>\n

RICHMOND SELECTED SIDE<\/p>\n

B: N.Broad 35 B.Miller 12 J.Gibcus 18<\/p>\n

HB: J.Trezise 36 S.Grlj 24 J.Short 15<\/p>\n

C: T.Sonsie 40 S.Lalor 4 K.McAuliffe 28<\/p>\n

HF: S.Campbell 44 M.Rioli 17 S.Green 48<\/p>\n

F: R.Mansell 7 T.Lynch 19 H.Armstrong 34<\/p>\n

Foll: T.Nankervis – C 25 T.Taranto 14 J.Ross 5<\/p>\n

I\/C: T.Brown 30 H.Ralphsmith 13 J.Hopper 2 S.Cumming 22 C.Gray 50 S.Banks 6 L.Trainor 11 L.Fawcett 43 <\/p>\n

Emg: P.Retschko 33 K.Smith 49 J.Alger 29 Z.Peucker 26<\/p>\n

Missing: Nick Vlastuin, Dion Prestia, Noah Balta, Samson Ryan, Judson Clarke, Jonty Faull, Taj Hotton<\/p>\n

Follow Dees-Tigers via Foxfooty.com.au\u2019s live blog below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne and Richmond clash in Ballarat in the sides\u2019 final tune-up before the season proper. The Tigers welcome…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[24777,638,64,63,689,55,639,49927,17988,254488,2105,3231,25865,36895,25040,12092,254489,12097,647,7804,17985,69003,677,126359,672,254490,248318,242777,85,8018,77676,12120,120523,660],"class_list":{"0":"post-506911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-aami-community","9":"tag-afl","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","13":"tag-australian-football-league","14":"tag-australianfootballleague","15":"tag-ballarat","16":"tag-dion-prestia","17":"tag-final-tune-up","18":"tag-getty-images-inc","19":"tag-jack-jovanovski","20":"tag-jack-viney","21":"tag-jai-culley","22":"tag-jake-bowey","23":"tag-jake-melksham","24":"tag-lions-set-tone","25":"tag-max-gawn","26":"tag-melbourne","27":"tag-melbourne-demons","28":"tag-nick-vlastuin","29":"tag-noah-balta","30":"tag-oceania","31":"tag-practice-match","32":"tag-richmond-tigers","33":"tag-sam-naismith","34":"tag-samson-ryan","35":"tag-shane-mcadam","36":"tag-sports","37":"tag-steven-may","38":"tag-tom-campbell","39":"tag-tom-lynch","40":"tag-veteran-stars","41":"tag-victoria"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506911","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=506911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}