Richmond and Collingwood will be without a number of stars for their pre-season clash at Wangaratta's Norm Minns Oval next month.
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Eleven players (six Richmond and five Collingwood) will be unavailable on March 1 having been named to play in the AFL's bushfire relief game between Victoria and the All-Stars two days earlier at Marvel Stadium.
The initial limit of three players from each side was recently scrapped after clubs agreed to have more selected by coaches Damien Hardwick (Victoria) and John Longmire (All-Stars), to allow the competition's best to be involved.
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Richmond's Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin, Bachar Houli and Tom Lynch will line up for Victoria, while Jack Riewoldt and Shane Edwards are in the All-Stars side.
Collingwood skipper Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom and Darcy Moore have been named for Victoria, with star ruckman Brodie Grundy and Jeremy Howe to oppose them.
Grand finalists GWS have matched Richmond with the highest representation of six players.
Beau Greenway
Beau Greenway is a journalist at The Border Mail. He likes to tell the stories of great people in our communities. Email: beau.greenway@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Beau Greenway is a journalist at The Border Mail. He likes to tell the stories of great people in our communities. Email: beau.greenway@austcommunitymedia.com.au
