Five Essendon young-guns look set to make their first appearance in the red and black this Friday night after being named in the 36-squad to take on the Brisbane Lions and St Kilda at Etihad Stadium.

Dyson Heppell, Alex Browne, Luke Davis, Michael Hibberd and Josh Jenkins will be given their first opportunity to showcase their exciting talent for the Bombers on the main stage.

The full Essendon squad is listed below:

1 Jay Neagle #
2 Ricky Dyson
3 Scott Gumbleton
4 Jobe Watson (C)
5 Brent Stanton
6 Angus Monfries
7 Leroy Jetta
8 Jason Winderlich
9 Brent Prismall
10 Mark McVeigh
11 David Zaharakis
14 Sam Lonergan
15 Courtenay Dempsey
17 Jake Melksham
18 Michael Hurley
20 Henry Slattery
21 Dyson Heppell
22 Jake Carlisle
23 David Myers
24. Alex Browne
26 Cale Hooker
27 Luke Davis
29 Alwyn Davey
30 Patrick Ryder
31 Dustin Fletcher
32 Travis Colyer
33 Mark Williams
34 Kyle Hardingham
39 Heath Hocking
40 Ben Howlett
41 Michael Quinn#
42 Nathan Lovett-Murray
43 Michael Hibberd
44 Tom Bellchambers
45 Stewart Crameri #
46 Josh Jenkins #

# Rookie listed