Richmond has recalled four Tiger cubs for Sunday's clash with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium.
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Emerging key forward Jacob Bauer will come in for his first AFL game of the season.
The athletic 22-year-old has building nicely at VFL level, booting six goals in the past three rounds, after he was hampered by injury the first half of the season.
Also returning to the line-up are inside midfielder Thomson Dow and forward/ruck Samson Ryan, who were both omitted from last week's team.
Rounding out the inclusions is young defender Kaleb Smith, who is back for his fourth AFL match after he missed Round 21 due to personal reasons
Out of the Round 22 team is Dustin Martin, after the legendary Tiger announced his AFL retirement on Tuesday.
Also being replaced in the side are Tom Brown and Steely Green, who both suffered ankle injuries last Saturday against North Melbourne, and Liam Baker, who suffered a concussion at training on Thursday morning and will now miss the next two games.
Richmond midfielder Liam Baker unfortunately suffered a concussion during this morning’s main training session.
— Richmond FC 🐯 (@Richmond_FC) August 8, 2024
Baker will now enter the 12-day concussion protocols and be unavailable for selection for the next two games. pic.twitter.com/MuAtqldm67
Star midfielder and 2023 Jack Dyer Medallist Tim Taranto will play his 150th AFL game on Sunday.
The clash with the Saints kicks off at 3:20pm and will be broadcast live on Channel 7 and Fox Footy.
Senior coach Adem Yze said the Tigers had a focus of "finishing off the season strongly no matter what".
"Whether we've got guys retiring or we've got injuries...That's just going to give us opportunity for new players to come into our side and do our club proud," Yze said.
"(St Kilda is) a strong contest team, we understand the way they want to move the ball.
"We'll be expecting their best and we can't wait to get out there.
"We've got an opportunity to go and play a good brand of footy under the roof."
