Pending the result of a fitness test tomorrow morning, Dean Rioli will return to the Essendon senior side for the Anzac Day clash with Collingwood. Rioli along with Matthew Lloyd and Justin Blumfield have been included in the Essendon side at the expense of Daniel McAlister, Mark Bolton and Dean Wallis. Danny Jacobs (virus) and Gary Moorcroft (suspension) have been unable to force their way back into the senior side after missing last weekend's match against Sydney. Jacobs and Moorcroft have been named as emergencies for the match along with Mark Bolton.
Backs: Hardwick, Fletcher, Solomon
Half Backs: Wellman, Henneman, M. Johnson
Centres: McVeigh, Caracella, Ramanauskas
Half Forwards: Hird, Lucas, Mercuri
Forwards: Rioli, Lloyd, Long
Barnes, Blumfield, J. Johnson
Bench: Peverill, Alessio, Forster-Knight, Barnard
Emergencies: Jacobs, Bolton, Moorcroft
In: Blumfield, Lloyd, Rioli
Out: McAlister, Bolton, Wallis