Essendon has named its VFL side to take on North Melbourne at the NEC Hangar on Saturday.
AFL-listed Dons Jordan Ridley and Tom Edwards headline six changes to the side this week - Edwards set for his first game since round three of last year after recovering from his ACL injury.
Archie May was named in this week's team but has since been elevated to the AFL lineup due to Dyson Sharp's late withdrawal.*
One of the Dons' seven emergencies will come into the side on gameday.
See the full team below. The Dons' second VFL match of the season kicks off from 12:35pm AEDT on Saturday.
| ESSENDON VFL TEAM V. NMFC | |||
| B | A. May (26)* | K. Gerreyn (19) | J. Ridley (14) |
| HB | X. O'Neill (55) | C. Nyko (65) | J. Nguyen (42) |
| C | J. Binns (74) | J. Hately (50) | N.Cox (13) |
| HF | R. Unwin (38) | H. El Achkar (33) | T. Edwards (45) |
| F | M. Guelfi (35) | L. McMahon (48) | H. Jones (23) |
| R | L. Monteath (71) | E. Tsatas (5) | S. Robey (9) |
| INT | S. McKay (51) | T. Kitchell (67) | K. Ferronato (80) |
| T. Sellers (75) | W. Bella (77) | ||
| 23rd Player | T. Kitchell (67) | ||
| EMG | S. Clough (56) | D. Uerata (59) | C. Naish (81) |
| R. Brodie (60) | N. Scott (57) | J. Eckersley (58) | |
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K. Gallagher (69) |
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| IN | J. Ridley | T. Edwards | H. El Achkar |
| J. Nguyen | A. May | L. Monteath | |
| OUT | D. Akuei | J. Farrow (AFL) | S. El-Hawli (AFL) |
| A. Day-Wicks (AFL) | N. Scott | V. Visentini (Injured) | |
