Veteran Bomber Andrew Welsh will play his 150th game this weekend when the Bombers clash with Collingwood in the ANZAC Day clash.
 
Welsh has fought back from a shocking leg injury in 2009 and his milestone heads Essendon's involvement in AFL Weekly News. 
 
 
PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)

Round Five

Friday April 23

Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Crows at Etihad Stadium, 7.40pm

Saturday April 24

Sydney Swans v West Coast at the SCG, 2.15pm; Curtain Raiser – Sydney Swans Reserves v Ainslie, 10.50am

Melbourne v Brisbane Lions at the MCG, 7.10pm

Port Adelaide v St Kilda at AAMI Stadium, 7.15pm – Curtain Raiser – ADF v ACES, 5.35pm

Sunday April 25

Collingwood v Essendon at the MCG, 2.40pm

Hawthorn v North Melbourne at Aurora Stadium, 5.40pm

Fremantle v Richmond at Subiaco, 6.45pm; Curtain Raiser – Great Southern Under 15s, 4pm

Monday April 26

Carlton v Geelong Cats at the MCG, 2.10pm

 
IMPENDING MILESTONES

Most Career Games – Andrew McLeod, Adelaide Crows. Andrew is due to play his 333rd game this week, since his debut in 1995. This will take him into the leading 15 players in the history of the game, behind Michael Tuck (426 games for Hawthorn), Kevin Bartlett (403 games for Richmond), Robert Harvey (383 games for St Kilda), Simon Madden (378 games for Essendon), Craig Bradley (375 games for Carlton, Bernie Quinlan (366 games for Footscray and Fitzroy), John Blakey (359 games for Fitzroy and North Melbourne), Bruce Doull (356 games for Carlton), Paul Roos (356 games for Fitzroy and the Sydney Swans), Doug Hawkins (350 games for Footscray and Fitzroy), Brad Johnson (350 games for the Western Bulldogs), Chris Grant (341 games for the Western Bulldogs), John Rantall (336 games for South Melbourne, North Melbourne and Fitzroy), David Cloke (333 games for Richmond and Collingwood) and Kevin Murray (333 games for Fitzroy).

Most Consecutive Games from Debut – David Mundy, Fremantle. David is due to play his 113th consecutive match this week since his debut in Round Six, 2005, equal to the fourth-best streak from debut by any player in the game’s history. The best streaks from debut are Jared Crouch (194 games for the Sydney Swans between 1998-2006), John Murphy (158 games for Fitzroy between 1967-74), Dick Taylor (127 games for Melbourne between 1922-29) and Steve Wallis (113 games for Footscray between 1983-87).

150 games – Andrew Welsh, Essendon

100 games – Steven Dodd, Fremantle

100 games – Richard Tambling, Richmond

50 games – Paul Duffield, Fremantle

50 games – Josh Kennedy, West Coast

50 games – Mitch Clark, Brisbane Lions

50 games – Scott Harding, Port Adelaide

50 games – Matt Campbell, North Melbourne

 
TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS

The following players were reported from the weekend’s matches:

Brent Moloney, Melbourne, reported by umpire Scott McLaren for striking Ben Nason, Richmond, during the second quarter of the Round Four match between Melbourne and Richmond, played at the MCG on Sunday April 18, 2010.

LONG-TERM INJURY LIST

The AFL wishes to advise the following recent changes have been made to club lists, under the provision of the long-term injury-list rules:

Adelaide – Upgraded Chris Schmidt from the rookie list as the replacement for Brodie Martin, who was already on the long-term injury list.

Adelaide – Placed Brad Moran on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.

Fremantle – Upgraded Clancee Pearce from the rookie list as the replacement for Scott Thornton, who was already on the long-term injury list.

West Coast – Upgraded Ashton Hams from the rookie list as the replacement for Tim Houlihan, who was already on the long-term injury list.
 
Fan Update: Watch the Essendon squad train for 45mins at 10am Saturday, 24th April at Windy Hill in the lead-up to Sunday's big ANZAC Day blockbuster.
 
There will also be an opportunity to purchase the latest Essendon merchandise, visit the Hall of Fame or sign up as a 2010 member.