Hayden Skipworth has been named to make his return to senior football this week against Geelong on Sunday.

Skipworth and Mark McVeigh will form the replacements for the injured Courtenay Dempsey who will miss with an ankle, and Nathan Lovett-Murray who is out of the team due to suspension.

The Essendon side is:

B: H.Slattery Pears Houli

HB: Stanton McPhee Hooker

C: Dyson Hocking Zaharakis

HF: Monfries Neagle Lovett

F: Davey Lloyd Lonergan

R: Ryder Watson Winderlich

INT: Bellchambers Skipworth Jetta McVeigh

EMG: Lucas Myers Nash