Dustin Fletcher will return from an ankle injury to replace Jay Neagle (who is out with a fractured ankle) in the only change to the Bombers’ team this week.

Andrew Welsh has recovered from a head knock and Angus Monfries has been named despite also suffering an ankle injury.

 
The Essendon team is:
Backs: Atkinson Fletcher Nash
Half-backs: McPhee Ryder Slattery
Centreline: Reimers Watson Ramanauskas
Half-forwards: Monfries Lloyd Lucas 
Forwards: Jetta Laycock Lonergan  
Followers: Hille Welsh Stanton
Interchange: Michael Lovett-Murray Peverill Dyson

Emergencies: Hooker Magin Williams