David Hille is set to make a return after being named in the Essendon side to take on Collingwood at Friday night's NAB Cup Grand Final clash at Etihad Stadium.

Essendon will also be boosted by the return of Dustin Fletcher, who was rested last week against St Kilda.

The Essendon squad is:

Jobe Watson (C)
Brent Stanton
Angus Monfries
Leroy Jetta
Jason Winderlich
Brent Prismall
Mark McVeigh
David Zaharakis
Sam Lonergan
Courtenay Dempsey
Jake Melksham
Michael Hurley
David Hille
Dyson Heppell
Jake Carlisle
David Myers
Cale Hooker
Patrick Ryder
Dustin Fletcher
Travis Colyer
Mark Williams
Kyle Hardingham
Kyle Reimers
Heath Hocking
Ben Howlett
Michael Hibberd
Tom Bellchambers
Stewart Crameri #
Josh Jenkins #

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