In line with Anzac Day, six Swans players retrace the steps of Australian diggers on Channel Seven's Today Tonight this evening. His grandfather, Wally Morass, fought at Kokoda during World War II as a teenager. West Coast has never lost to Richmond at Subiaco and the team enjoyed a strong dominance over the Tigers during the early 1990s when they won 10 games in a row. While the Eagles received no injuries during their four-goal win over the Dockers in last week's derby, defenders David Antonowicz and Greg Harding were injured in a Westar Rules match on the weekend. Antonowicz received a knee injury playing for East Perth while Harding received a fractured cheekbone playing for the opposing team, Claremont.
West Coast has one of the league's larger injury lists just a month into the premiership season.
After his debut in 1994, Brad Johnson plays his 150th game this week for the Dogs in what shapes as a bumper clash with the league-leading Hawks. Promoted to a leadership role as deputy vice-captain for the 2001 season, Johnson is only 24 and, barring injury, could play 300 games before his career is over. The only other Bulldogs to reach that milestone are Doug Hawkins and Ted Whitten.