The first game on Easter Saturday is between Essendon Bombers and Port Adelaide Power. The opening bounce will commence at 1:45pm at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. The last time the two teams met Essendon won by seven points in Round 23 last year.
Both teams are coming off narrow wins in Round 1. Essendon beat North Melbourne by just two points whilst Port Adelaide upset Saint Kilda at home winning by four points.
Essendon go into the match as the short priced favourites.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Saturday April 7, 1.45pm
LAST TIME: Essendon 17.18 (120) d Port Adelaide 17.11 (113), round 23, 2011 at Etihad Stadium
Teams:
ESSENDON BOMBERS
- B: Courtenay Dempsey, Tayte Pears, Michael Hibberd
- HB: Kyle Hardingham, Dustin Fletcher, Jake Carlisle
- C: David Myers, Jobe Watson, Jake Melksham
- HF: Stewart Crameri, David Hille, Leroy Jetta
- F: Angus Monfries, Michael Hurley, David Zaharakis
- Foll: Patrick Ryder, Ben Howlett, Brent Stanton
- I/C: Sam Lonergan, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Mark McVeigh, Dyson Heppell
- Emg: Ricky Dyson, Kyle Reimers, Tom Bellchambers
- In: Sam Lonergan, Jake Carlisle
- Out: Heath Hocking, Cale Hooker
PORT ADELAIDE POWER
- B: Jackson Trengove, Alipate Carlile, Jacob Surjan
- HB: Danyle Pearce, Troy Chaplin, Ben Jacobs
- C: Kane Cornes, Domenic Cassisi, John McCarthy
- HF: Travis Boak, Jay Schulz, Hamish Hartlett
- F: Chad Wingard, Daniel Stewart, Justin Westhoff
- Foll: Jarrad Redden, Bradley Ebert, Matt Thomas
- I/C: David Rodan, Paul Stewart, Matthew Broadbent, Cameron O’Shea
- Emg: Mitchell Banner, Simon Phillips, Darren Pfeiffer
- In: Jackson Trengove
- Out: John Butcher
