Essendon has locked in its team for a first VFL Semi Final appearance since 2018.

Tom Edwards is back from injury to bolster the forward line and add to a stacked group of AFL-listed players in the lineup.

Saturday's clash with the Devils is the first ever head-to-head meeting between the two Clubs.

It gets up and running from 11:05am AEST from North Hobart Oval - tune in live on 7Plus/7mate.

ESSENDON
B: J. Artemis (34), H. Jones (23), J. Nguyen (42)
HB: C. Bourke (39), Z. Johnson (40), S. El-Hawli (41)
C: M. Kondogiannis (29), H. El Achkar (33), A. Clarke (36)
HF: R. Unwin (38), J. Gresham (11), T. Edwards (45)
F: N. Cox (13), L. McMahon (48), M. Guelfi (35)
R: V. Visentini (17), W. Setterfield (12), E. Tsatas (5)
INT: D. Kalpakis (52), T. Kitchell (67), X. O'Neill (55), J. Hately (50), T. Sellers (75)
23rd Player: T. Kitchell (67)
EMG: J. Eckersley (58), C. Nyko (65), B. Dowling (73), S. McKay (51), J. Binns (74)

IN: T. Edwards
OUT: B. Dowling (omitted)