Pride is on the line this Friday night when Essendon battle Geelong at The Dome after an embarrassing loss last week. The Bombers have made four changes to its line up for the big clash with veteran players Jason Johnson and Scott Camporeale returning to the side. Joel Reynolds and Courtenay Dempsey also return to the seniors after a week with the Bendigo Bombers.

Kepler Bradley (ankle) and Jobe Watson (corked knee) will miss the game due to injury, while Henry Slattery (suspended) and Ricky Dyson (omitted) are the other changes.

The Essendon side to play Geelong is:

Backs: Heffernan Fletcher  Welsh
Half Backs: Nash McPhee Lovett Murray
Centres: Winderlich Johnson Bolton
Half Forwards: Stanton Lucas Solomon
Forwards: Hille Johns Reynolds
Rucks: Laycock McVeigh Johnson
Bench: Monfries Dempsey Peverill Camporeale
Emergencies: Dyson Jolley Lee

Ins: Johnson Camporeale Reynolds Dempsey
Outs:Bradley (ankle) Watson (corked knee) Dyson (omitted) Slattery (suspended)


The Bendigo Bombers play the Box Hill Hawks on Monday at the Box Hill City Oval, kicking off at 2pm.

The Bendigo squad is:

Backs: Dyson Lucy Vigus
Half Backs: Neagle Lee Firma
Centres: Doering Jolley Hocking
Half Forwards: Bowe O'Keefe Blumfield
Forwards: Beasy Pendlebury Rosa
Rucks: Cartledge Lonergan Carter
Bench: D Biggs Matthews Bowles West S Richardson Marsh Connaughton Childs