Not content with a winning formula, the Essendon selectors have made two changes to the side that defeated Collingwood on Anzac Day. And surprisingly Ted Richards was one of the players omitted from the team. Richards – who in the opinion of many did well against the Magpies - joins Ricky Dyson in the Bendigo Bombers’ side while Kepler Bradley and Joel Reynolds return to the senior side.

The Essendon team is:

Backs: McVeigh Bradley Zantuck
Half Backs: Hird Fletcher Welsh
Centres: Peverill J. Johnson Lovett
Half Forwards: Lucas Henneman McPhee
Forwards: Bolton Lloyd Reynolds
Rucks: Laycock M. Johnson Bullen
Bench: Rioli Haynes Solomon Murphy
Emergencies: Richards Lovett-Murray Winderlich

In: Bradley, Reynolds
Out: Richards, Dyson (omitted)