Carlton has confirmed it is going to take two debutants into Thursday night time’s blockbuster AFL season opener in opposition to Richmond, bleeding draftees Lachie Cowan and Ollie Hollands.
The duo had been advised they might play in spherical 1 in entrance of their teammates on Monday, with each impressing in Carlton’s pre-season video games in opposition to Collingwood and Sydney.
Hollands, the youthful brother of Gold Coast’s Elijah, was recruited with choose 11 in final yr’s draft and has been used on a wing over the pre-season, whereas Cowan was taken at choose 30 and has made a right away influence throughout halfback within the absence of the injured Zac Williams.
Cowan, who like Hollands was a childhood Carlton supporter, was strongly wanted by the Blues within the draft, with a future second spherical choose offloaded to safe the long-kicking Tasmanian.
The announcement of the duo’s debuts means mature-age recruit Alex Cincotta might have to attend longer for his first AFL sport after a formidable month since he was recruited from the Blues’ VFL facet as a PSP choice.
It comes as Carlton prolonged Lewis Younger’s contract for 3 extra years on Monday, following the extension of former captain Sam Docherty’s deal till the tip of 2025.
