RICHMOND skipper Katie Brennan has fallen short in her bid to be fit for round one.

Brennan had an operation on her foot over the off-season, and was named a test for this weekend but was ultimately not selected in the side to face Geelong.

The Cats will unveil four debutants, with the re-listed Mia Skinner set to play her first game, and Mikayla Bowen (West Coast) and Shelley Scott and Jackie Parry (Melbourne) repping the hoops for the first time.

Brisbane livewire Lily Postlethwaite will play her first AFLW game since rupturing her ACL in round four last year, having returned through the QAFLW a few months ago.

Orlagh Lally, Madi Scanlon, Amy Mulholland and Megan Kauffman will make their AFLW debuts with Fremantle.

Western Bulldogs midfielder Elle Bennetts has recovered from a shoulder knock that ended her practice match early, Gabby Newton will play her first game after a double shoulder reconstruction, while draftees Rylie Wilcox and Heidi Woodley have been named.

Opponent Greater Western Sydney has named winger Madi Brazendale and ruck Cambridge McCormick for their AFLW debuts.

Sunday, August 28

Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney at Ikon Park, 12.10pm AEST

WESTERN BULLDOGS

B: I.Grant 3 K.Lynch 10  
HB: N.Ferres 16 E.Brown 9 S.Hartwig 15
C: I.Pritchard 4 K.Lamb 27 R.Wilcox 37
HF: H.Woodley 19 R.Cranston 30 J.Fitzgerald 23
F:  G.Newton 5 C.Moody 13
Foll: A.Edmonds 33 E.Blackburn - C 2 E.Bennetts 11
I/C: B.Hunt 21 D.Bateman 8 N.Morris-Dalton 25 D.Berry 7 B.Gutknecht 18  

Emerg: E.Snell 1 M.Brown 20 K.Coyne 22

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY

B: T.Hetherington 9 J.Hicks 29  
HB: B.Stack 15 J.Grierson 10 P.Randall 21
C: A.Eva - C 2 C.Dalton 11 E.Pease 33
HF: G.Fowler 26 G.Garnett 17 C.Staunton 13
F:  B.Mowbray 31 H.Zreika 24
Foll: C.McCormick 25 A.Parker 3 T.Mackrill 32
I/C: K.Smith 4 T.Evans 18 A.Dallaway 30 M.Brazendale 23 J.Doyle 5  

Emerg: A.Lister 14 C.Simmons 28 M.Gaffney 22

Brisbane v Fremantle at the Gabba, 2.10pm AEST

BRISBANE

B: P.Monahan 11 S.Campbell 20  
HB: B.Koenen - C 3 N.Grider 10 J.Ellenger 5
C: O.O'Dwyer 9 E.Bates 1 S.Conway 12
HF: C.Hodder 21 D.Davidson 14 R.Svarc 29
F: J.Wardlaw 30 G.Bodey 15
Foll: T.Hickie 2 C.Svarc 25 A.Anderson 18
I/C: L.Pullar 24 L.Postlethwaite 6 T.Smith 31 Z.Farquharson 22 I.Dawes 17  

Emerg: L.Yoshida-Martin 19 D.Heslop 23 S.Webb 4

FREMANTLE

B: J.Low 30 J.Cuthbertson 29  
HB: S.Verrier 5 E.O'Driscoll 3 A.Stannett 4
C: A.Runnalls 22 H.Miller - C 19 P.Seth 18
HF: G.O'Sullivan 9 A.Franklin 14 M.Hyde 28
F: A.Tighe 10 M.Kauffman 25
Foll: M.Strom 21 D.East 8 K.Bowers 2
I/C: A.Mulholland 33 O.Lally 27 M.Scanlon 6 N.Gore 7 R.Roux 17  

Emerg: S.Wielstra 24 T.Stribley 20 B.Webb 26

Geelong v Richmond at GMHBA Stadium, 4.10pm AEST

GEELONG

B: C.Gunjaca 26 A.Johnson 2  
HB: C.Emonson 16 M.McDonald - C 11 G.Rankin 10
C: M.Bowen 1 G.Prespakis 41 N.Morrison 9
HF: R.Kearns 22 J.Parry 5 D.Moloney 4
F: C.Scheer 14 K.Darby 8
Foll: O.Fuller 13 R.Webster 21 A.McDonald 3
I/C: Z.Friswell 20 M.Skinner 25 S.Scott 15 G.Clarke 17 J.Crockett-Grills 6  

Emerg: M.Keryk 45 L.Gardiner 18 K.Scoullar 29

RICHMOND

B: L.Graham 18 R.Miller 15  
HB: S.D'Arcy 12 M.Shevlin 35 E.Sheerin 31
C: S.Hosking - C 7 G.Egan 2 E.McKenzie 22
HF: E.Yassir 27 M.Kiely 13 K.Cox 17
F: C.Wakefield 8 S.Williams 26
Foll: G.Seymour 28 M.Conti 4 T.Lavey 37
I/C: B.Lynch 20 P.Kelly 14 S.Molan 1 K.Dempsey 19 S.Reid 25  

Emerg: K.Jacques 10 M.Macdonald 38 J.Woods 29