Essendon has named three inclusions to face St Kilda for round 14's Friday night fixture at Marvel Stadium.

Deputy vice-captain Andrew McGrath, mid-season draftee Massimo D'Ambrosio and utility Brayden Ham have all been selected, with Darcy Parish (injured), Tom Cutler (omitted), Zach Reid (omitted), Alec Waterman (medi sub) being the outs for the Dons.

McGrath returns to the starting 22 after overcoming an adductor strain which kept him out of last week's match with the Blues.

After being selected with pick No.3 in this year's NAB AFL Mid-season Rookie Draft, D'Ambrosio will make his AFL debut after amassing 33 disposals in the Bombers VFL victory over Carlton Reserves. 

Playing his seventh game for the season will be Ham, who makes his way back into the side.

Parish was unable to recover from a corked calf sustained in the first quarter last week and will miss this week.

Reid, Cutler and Waterman have all been omitted from the side.

See Essendon's round 14 team below.

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ESSENDON'S RD 14 TEAM

Backs: Jake Kelly, Jordan Ridley, Jayden Laverde
Half-backs: Mason Redman, Dyson Heppell, Nick Hind
Centreline: Nic Martin, Zach Merrett, Andrew McGrath
Half-forwards: Archie Perkins, Matt Guelfi, Massimo D'Ambrosio
Forwards: Jake Stringer, Peter Wright, Harrison Jones
Followers: Sam Draper, Dylan Shiel, Sam Durham
Bench: Brayden Ham, Jye Caldwell, Ben Hobbs, Andrew Phillips,
Emergencies: James Stewart, Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Alec Waterman, Tom Cutler

In: Andrew McGrath, Brayden Ham, Massimo D'Ambrosio

Out: Darcy Parish (injured), Tom Cutler (omitted), Zach Reid (omitted), Alec Waterman (medi sub)

Last week's medical sub: Alec Waterman (used)