Essendon has made four changes to theirteam to tackle Carlton in Saturday afternoon’s blockbuster at the MCG.
Injured stars David Zaharakis, BrentStanton and Patrick Ryder all make their return to the side along with defenderCale Hooker.
Travis Colyer (omitted), Mark Baguley(omitted), Nathan Lovett-Murray (omitted) and Scott Gumbleton (soreness) will missSaturday’s crucial clash.
Reigning best and fairest winner Zaharakis willmake his return from a quad injury, which has seen him miss the last 10 weeksof football.
Ryder has not played since round 15 afterhe suffered a calf strain while Stanton returns after two weeks on thesidelines with soreness.
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