A total of five Blues will pull on the navy guernsey for the first time tomorrow night in the Round 1 blockbuster against Richmond at the MCG.

Recent No.1 draft pick Jacob Weitering, Jed Lamb, Matthew Wright, Andrew Phillips and Sam Kerridge will all make their debut for Carlton in Thursday night’s season opener.

Captain Marc Murphy will lead his side after overcoming recent injury concerns, while Bryce Gibbs has also been named in the club’s 22.

Clem Smith, Charlie Curnow and Mark Whiley have all been named as emergencies.


Here's Carlton's team to take on Richmond:

Backs23. Jacob Weitering40. Michael Jamison42. Zach Tuohy
Half-backs4. Bryce Gibbs17. Sam Rowe33. Andrejs Everitt
Centreline15. Sam Docherty35. Ed Curnow6. Kade Simpson
Half-forwards13. Jed Lamb41. Levi Casboult9. Patrick Cripps
Forwards1. Andrew Walker8. Matthew Kreuzer11. Sam Kerridge
Followers34. Andrew Phillips46. Matthew Wright3. Marc Murphy (C)
Interchange7. Dylan Buckley12. Blaine Boekhorst32. Nick Graham
 43. Simon White  
Emergencies30. Charlie Curnow25. Clem Smith24. Mark Whiley

Click here to see Richmond's team