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Dean Solomon has fully recovered from a bruised knee and has returned to the Essendon side to take on Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night. Solomon comes in at the expense of big man Tristan Cartledge who has been omitted from the side. Aaron Henneman, Jobe Watson and Angus Monfries have named as emergencies.
The Essendon team is:
Backs: Zantuck, Fletcher Welsh
Half Backs: McVeigh Lucas Bradley
Centres: Peverill J. Johnson Murphy
Half Forwards: Solomon McPhee Rioli
Forwards: Hille Lloyd Lovett
Rucks: Laycock M. Johnson Stanton
Bench: Alvey Lovett-Murray Winderlich Cupido
Emergencies: Henneman Watson Monfries
The Bendigo Bombers have a bye this weekend with the State game being played.
So just how will the Bombers get over the reigning premiers Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night? We can almost hear everyone reading this story saying as one – ‘stop Warren Tredrea’. But that is easier said than done as recent history would suggest.
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