Essendon has made one forced change to its side ahead of Thursday night’s match against Greater Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium.
Versatile defender Martin Gleeson will make his long-awaited return to the senior side for his first game since the team’s 2017 elimination final against Sydney.
The experienced Bomber replaces young Don Matt Guelfi, who has been unable to recover from a heavy knock suffered against West Coast last Thursday.
The first bounce is set for 7:20pm.
FINAL TEAM
B – Patrick Ambrose, Mitch Brown, Martin Gleeson
HB – Conor McKenna, Cale Hooker, Adam Saad
C – Orazio Fantasia, Zach Merrett, Darcy Parish
HF – David Zaharakis, Jayden Laverde, Josh Begley
F – Kyle Langford, Shaun McKernan, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
R – Tom Bellchambers, Dylan Shiel, Dyson Heppell
Interchange – Michael Hurley, Mason Redman, Dylan Clarke, Andrew McGrath
Emergencies – Aaron Francis, Mark Baguley, Zac Clarke, David Myers
IN – Gleeson
OUT – Guelfi (soreness)
