Essendon has made two changes to its side ahead of the Bombers’ massive clash with Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.

Dashing defender Conor McKenna is back in the team after missing last week’s narrow victory over Gold Coast due to his brother’s wedding, while exciting forward Orazio Fantasia will return from a hip injury.

Versatile defender Ben McNiece and athletic forward Jayden Laverde have been omitted.

The first bounce is set for 1:45pm.

FINAL TEAM
B – Mason Redman, Cale Hooker, Martin Gleeson
HB – Aaron Francis, Patrick Ambrose, David Zaharakis
C – Orazio Fantasia, Zach Merrett, Kyle Langford
HF – Darcy Parish, Mitch Brown, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
F – Will Snelling, Shaun McKernan, Andrew McGrath
R – Zac Clarke, Dylan Shiel, Dylan Clarke
Interchange – Conor McKenna, Matt Guelfi, Jake Stringer, Adam Saad
Emergencies – Michael Hartley, David Myers, Brayden Ham, Jayden Laverde

IN – McKenna, Fantasia
OUT – McNiece (omitted), Laverde (omitted)