Footscray has submitted its team of 23 for Saturday afternoon’s clash against Southport at VU Whitten Oval.

Nine AFL-listed players have been named, with off-season additions Joel Garner and Angus Bade set to play their first games of the season.

Bade has been named the 23^rd player.

Hayden Crozier, Rhylee West, Buku Khamis, Jordon Sweet also feature in the line-up, having also been named as AFL emergencies for the round six clash against Adelaide in Ballarat.

One of the four will be confirmed as the AFL medical substitute at 12.45pm AEST tomorrow.

Gate 4 at VU Whitten Oval will be the only entry point, with the first bounce at 7.35pm.

Tickets will be available for purchase at the door, however can also be pre-purchased here.

The match will be live-streamed via afl.com.au and the Official AFL app, with quarter-by-quarter score updates available via @FootscrayVFL on Twitter. 

All the essential game-day information can be found in our VFL match-day hub.

VFL TEAM – ROUND 5

Footscray v Southport
Saturday 23 April, 7.35pm (previously 3.05pm)
VU Whitten Oval

B: Buku Khamis, Nathan Drummond, Charlie Cormack
HB: Hayden Crozier, Luke Cleary, Bailey Van de Heuvel
C: Arthur Jones, Joel Garner, Louis Butler
HF: Rhylee West, Ewan Macpherson, Cody Raak
F: Josh Chatfield, Will Lewis, Josh Kellett
R: Jordon Sweet, Charlie Parker, Dan Orgill
Int: Angus Bade, Jarrod Gilbee, Chance Doultree, Austin Hodge, Luke Goater
Emer: Cooper Craig-Peters, Nayef Hamad, Hugo Bromell, Jamieson Ballantyne, Charlie MacIsaac, Kai Stretton, Spencer Anderson.

*Gate 4 will be the only entry point. Please note VU Whitten Oval does not allow dogs in on gamedays.