Essendon has announced its final team to take on Collingwood this Sunday at the MCG.

Tayte Pears, Elliott Kavanagh, Shaun Edwards and Kyle Langford come in to the side.

Shaun Edwards will start as the substitute. 

The club loses Paul Chapman through retirement, Courtenay Dempsey through suspension and Nick O'Brien and Michael Hibberd through injury.

Essendon vs. Collingwood

Round 23, MCG

Sunday September 6

 

Backline:

Fantasia, Carlisle, Baguley, Stanton, Hurley, Melksham

Centre:

Hocking, Heppell, Zaharakis

Forwards:

J.Merrett, Laverde, Howlett, McKenna, Daniher, Hooker

Followers:

McKernan, Langford, Goddard

Interchange:

Kavanagh, Edwards, Gleeson, Pears

SUB:

Shaun Edwards 

IN:

Pears, Kavanagh, Edwards, Langford

OUT:

Chapman (retired), Dempsey (suspended), Hibberd (knee) and O'Brien (hamstring).