The Bombers’ were forced to make several changes with Mark McVeigh and Mark Johnson both re-injuring hamstrings last week. The good news is that the side has regained talented youngster Andrew Welsh and the two-week suspension against Matthew Lloyd has been over-turned, so the star forward is available to play.
Ted Richards gets another opportunity to prove himself and former rookie Nathan Lovett-Murray also gets another chance at senior level. Mark Alvey and Jason Winderlich have been left out of the side.
ESSENDON TEAM:
B: Welsh, Fletcher, Henneman
HB: Mercuri, Lucas, McPhee
C: Solomon, Rioli, Dyson
HF: Richards, Bolton, Hird
F: Ramanauskas, Lloyd, Reynolds
R: Hille, Peverill, Murphy
Inter: Allan, Misiti, Bullen, Lovett-Murray
Emer: Alvey, Stanton, Bradley
In – Welsh, Dyson, Lovett-Murray, Richards
Out – Alvey (omitted), McVeigh (inj), M. Johnson (inj), Winderlich (omitted)
