GWV Rebels will give eight players their first taste of TAC Cup Girls under-18 football on Saturday.
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The Rebels have selected the newcomers to face Eastern Rangers in the opening round at Beaconsfield
Stephanie Glover (Horsham), Nyakoat Dojiok (Lake Wendouree), Renee Saulitis (Ararat), Isabella Simmons (Ararat), Alice Astbury (Ararat), Chloe Leonard (Ballarat), Kayetian Harris (Horsham) and Isabella Robson (Redan) will debut.
Emergencies Georgia Pidgeon (Ballarat) and Isabella Rustman (Ballarat) are also yet to play at this level.
New skipper Lauren Butler goes into the match as one of the most experienced, being one of four players in the line-up to have played all five games last season.
Ella Bibby, Alyssia Humphries and Sophie Van De Heuvel also fit into this category.
GWV REBELS LINE-UP
(at Holm Park, Saturday, 12.45pm)
B: Stephanie Glover*, Lauren Sykes, Sophie Molan
HB: Tara Jasper, Nyakoat Dojiok*, Katie McAloon
C: Renee Saulitis*, Ella Bibby, Hannah Simpson
HF: Georgia Clarke, Isabella Simmons*, Ella Wood
F: Alice Astbury*, Aylssa Humphries, Chloe Leonard*
R: Kayetian Harris*, Sophie Van De Heuvel, Lauren Butler
INTER: Nekaela Butler, Denver Henson, Ally McAuliffe, Isabella Robson*
EMERG: Georgia Pidgeon*, Isabella Rustman*
*First games
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Bendigo v Western
Gippsland v Oakleigh
Murray v Calder