A squad of 29 players will travel to Sydney ahead of the club’s second NAB Challenge game against Greater Western Sydney.

Brendon Goddard, Joe Daniher and David Zaharakis are all the big names set for their first hit-out of 2015, while Adam Cooney and James Gwilt will don the red and black for the first time on-field.

Paul Chapman, Aaron Heppell, Jake Long and Anthony Tipungwuti have all been omitted from the weekend’s squad.

The 29-man squad will be cut to 26 with the final team and substitutes to be named prior to the game on Friday. There will be six players on the bench and two starting substitutes with unlimited interchanges during the match.

Essendon v GWS
Friday 13 March at 7.10pm
Spotless Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park

NAB Challenge Squad – Round 2

6. Joe Daniher
7. Zach Merrett
9. Brendon Goddard
10. Nick O’Brien
11. David Zaharakis
13. Adam Cooney
14. Jason Ashby
19. Shaun Edwards
20. Jackson Merrett
27. Jonathan Giles
28. Elliott Kavanagh
29. Patrick Ambrose
30. Kyle Langford
35. Marty Gleeson
36. Lauchlan Dalgleish
42. James Gwilt
44. Shaun McKernan
45. Conor McKenna
46. Orazio Fantasia
47. Marcus Marigliani
50. James Polkinghorne
54. Josh Freezer
56. Jordan Schroder
72. Clinton Jones
73. Mitch Brown
74. Mitch Clisby
75. Jared Petrenko
76, James Magner
77. Sam Michael