BIG SHOES TO FILL: Scott Lycett has been called up to replace Nic Naitanui in Saturday's derby. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: PerthNow
JAMIE Cripps will make his Eagles debut in Saturday night's derby clash with Fremantle, while the Dockers will be without ruckman Zac Clarke.
Cripps, 20, has been named on West Coast's bench for the Patersons Stadium clash, with the WA product set to play his first game in blue and gold in the fiery derby atmosphere.
Cripps played 16 games in two seasons at St Kilda before joining the Eagles over summer.
SEE THE FULL TEAMS BELOW
As expected, both sides will be missing first-choice ruckmen for the Round 1 match-up, with Fremantle's Zac Clarke unable to prove his fitness after snapping his plantaris tendon at training this week and Nic Naitanui unavailable as he recovers from a groin injury.
Kepler Bradley and Scott Lycett will deputise in the ruck for their respective teams on Saturday.
Fremantle resisted the temptation to blood rookie ruckman Jack Hannath, with the 21-year-old named as an emergency.
Lycett has played just three AFL games since his debut in 2011.
Danyle Pearce will play his first game for the Dockers after crossing from Port Adelaide and impressing during the NAB Cup, bolstering a midfield division that includes the likes of Nat Fyfe, David Mundy and Michael Barlow.
West Coast veteran Andrew Embley has also been named on a wing after proving his fitness following a minor hamstring strain earlier this month.
Fremantle will be seeking its second-straight derby victory after cruising to a 65-point win in Round 19 last year - a day where Matthew Pavlich booted eight goals.
But the Dockers still trail 21-15 in the all-time derby ledger, and have lost all three derbies held in Round 1.
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TEAMS:
Fremantle -
B: K Bradley, Z Dawson, M Johnson
HB: P Duffield, L McPharlin, N Suban
C: D Pearce, M Barlow, C Pearce
HF: R Crowley, M Pavlich, N Fyfe
F: H Ballantyne, C Mayne, M Walters
R: J Griffin, D Mundy, S Hill
IC: M De Boer, T Mzungu, L Spurr, C Sutcliffe
EMG: J Crichton, J Hannath, L Neale
West Coast -
B: W Schofield, D Glass, A Smith
HB: S Hurn, E Mackenzie, B Waters
C: A Gaff, S Selwood, A Embley
HF: J Hill, J Darling, C Masten
F: S Lycett, J Kennedy, M LeCras
R: D Cox, M Priddis, L Shuey
IC: A Selwood, A Hams, J Cripps, B Sheppard
EMG: J Brennan, M Brown, B Dalziell
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