Jeromey Webberley is a confirmed starter for Sunday’s trip to play Adelaide on Sunday after the Richmond squad was trimmed to 22 this afternoon.
The 21-year-old from Clarence in Tasmania will become the seventh player to make his AFL debut in a Tigers jumper this season.
In the first six rounds, Richmond has given opportunities at the highest level to Dustin Martin, David Astbury, Matt Dea, Troy Taylor, Ben Nason and Relton Roberts.
A rebounding half-back with exceptional endurance, Webberley finished runner-up in the Tasmanian State Football League best and fairest award in 2009, and was an emergency for last week’s loss to Geelong.
In other selection news, Ben Cousins has withdrawn from the match with back soreness, joining Troy Simmonds, Matt Dea and Nathan Foley as injury outs.
Richmond made a total of six changes to last week’s side, with Luke McGuane and Mitch Morton omitted, while Graham Polak, Trent Cotchin and Dustin Martin head the list of inclusions.
Adelaide v Richmond
Sunday May 6
4.10pm (local time)
AAMI Stadium
B: Moore, Thursfield, Polo
HB: Tuck, Deledio, Newman
C: Edwards, Jackson, Tambling
HF: Martin, Riewoldt, Nason
F: Polak, Rance, Astbury
Foll: Vickery, Cotchin, Collins
Interchange: White, Nahas, Farmer, Webberley
In: Polak, Cotchin, Martin, Webberley, Tambling, White
Out: Foley (inj - leg), Simmonds (inj - knee), Dea (inj - foot), Cousins (inj - back), McGuane, Morton
