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Essendon will welcome back their banned stars with a blockbuster clash against Hawthorn in round one of the 2017 AFL season.The Bombers and Hawks will face off on a Saturday night at the MCG in one of three primetime games at the home of football in the opening round.Traditional heavyweights Carlton and Richmond will kick off the season at the MCG on Thursday March 23, while Collingwood will host reigning premiers the Western Bulldogs on the Friday night.It will be the first opportunity for the likes of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell, Cale Hooker and Michael Hurley to line up for Essendon after being handed 12-month suspensions by the Court of Arbitration for Sport over doping offences.Its going to be a massive crowd and an important night for our football club, Bombers chief executive Xavier Campbell told the Essendon website.This really is another step in our comeback as a football club and an important milestone for our players and fans as we look to move on from the issues of the past.The Bombers have 10 banned players who will press their case for selection in round one, while another six - including Port Adelaides Paddy Ryder and Angus Monfries - have joined other teams.Hawthorn will line up for the first time without star veterans Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis, who have been traded to West Coast and Melbourne respectively.Star recruit Jaeger OMeara is likely to play for the Hawks in his first AFL game since late-2014, alongside former Sydney onballer Tom Mitchell.The Swans will host Port Adelaide at the SCG on Saturday afternoon, West Coast travel to Etihad Stadium to take on North Melbourne and Brisbanes Chris Fagan will make his coaching debut against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.Adelaide will take on preliminary finalists Greater Western Sydney in a Sunday afternoon clash at Adelaide Oval, while St Kilda face Melbourne at Etihad Stadium and Fremantle host Geelong.The AFL will release the full 2017 fixture on Thursday.THE AFLS 2017 ROUND ONE FIXTURETHURSDAY MARCH 23Carlton v Richmond, MCGFRIDAY MARCH 24Collingwood v Western Bulldogs, MCGSATURDAY MARCH 25Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide, SCGNorth Melbourne v West Coast, Etihad StadiumGold Coast v Brisbane Lions, Metricon StadiumEssendon v Hawthorn, MCGSUNDAY MARCH 26Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney, Adelaide OvalSt Kilda v Melbourne, Etihad StadiumFremantle v Geelong, Domain Stadium Nike Air Max Motion Nz . 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The latest UK-based apprentice to travel to Victoria for a summer riding stint will hit the city arena in Melbourne for the first time when he rides at Sandown.English apprentice Patrick Paddy Pilley started a three-month loan with Flemington trainer Nigel Blackiston a couple of weeks ago and has already registered a winner at Geelong aboard Surge Ahead for trainer Vincent Malady.The 19-year-old will ride the Blackiston-trained Sonsee Array and Amortise on Wednesday.Pilley rode both horses in their most recent starts while on Sunday he was aboard the Blackiston-trained Amarela who finished fourth in the Listed Kilmore Cup.The trainer said he could not have asked for more from that ride.Hes ridden a winner, a couple of placings and if you watch his ride in the Kilmore Cup on my mare, it was a fantastic run, Blackiston said.From the outside barrier, to get home and run fourth it was a beautiful ride.Hes a very good horseman, typical of those European styles the way hes been taught.Hes a very capable young man and claims two kilos in the country and in the metropolitan area.Oisin Murphy had a successful summer stint in Melbourne with trainer Danny OBrien in 2013/14.Murphy, now the retained rider in Britain for Qatar Racing, rode a feature race winner for Blackiiston during that time aboard Outback Joe in the Bagot Handicap on New Years day.dddddddddddd.Blackiston said a recommendation from Murphy led to Pilleys stint with his stable.Kieran Shoemark is another who has had summer stints in Melbourne, while last summer Tom Marquand made his mark when he spent a few weeks with the Lindsay Park team.Pilley had his first Australian ride on six-year-old Amortise who finished sixth in a benchmark 64 (1400m) at Bendigo on November 9 at his first start for 12 months.Amortise steps to 1800m in the Polytrack Handicap while three-year-old filly Sonsee Array chases a maiden win in the Moorookyle Park Stud Plate (1800m) after making ground when fourth in a 1600m maiden at Moe last start.Blackiston also has Itchikoo Park in that race.I thought it was a nice run from Amortise first-up and he can take good benefit from that but he will improve more with another run under his belt, Blackiston said.Sonsee Array, I thought her run was excellent the other day on an unsuitable sort of track at Moe. She got around the turns and finished off strongly.I think the extra distance will suit her down to the ground. ' ' '