Dustin Fletcher and Mark Bolton have added height and experience to the Bombers backline this week. The pair returns to the side after one week on the sidelines. Brent Stanton is the third inclusion in the team that will take on West Coast tomorrow night at Subiaco.

James Hird (ribs) and Scott Lucas (hamstring) have both come out of the side that defeated Richmond last week by 78-points. Mark Alvey is the other omission, who has been sidelined with a bout of the flu.

In his 100^th game Adam Ramanauskas has been named in the centre alongside Dean Solomon and Joe Misiti.

The team traveled to Perth last night in preparation for the match. The squad had a light training session this morning at the beach and will spend time at Subiaco this afternoon walking around the ground.

Essendon team:
B: McVeigh, Fletcher, Richards
HB: Welsh, Bolton, Bradley
C: Solomon, Misiti, Ramanauskas
HF: J.Johnson, McPhee, Haynes
F: Murphy, Lloyd, Lovett-Murray
R: Allan, M.Johnson, Peverill
Int: Hille, Stanton, Dyson, Bullen
Emerg: Alvey, Mercuri, Winderlich

In: Bolton, Fletcher, Stanton
Out: Hird (ribs), Lucas (hamstring), Alvey (flu)