The nay sayers said it couldn’t be done but Ross Lyon laughed in their faces and has indeed managed to find 22 players to run out onto the ground on Sunday afternoon. While many questions whether or not most of Essendon’s 22 should be allowed to take to any sporting field at all, it was Fremantle who were under the spotlight this week with the sudden loss of Fyfe, Barlow, Walters, Ibbotson and Chris Mayne… as well as a bunch of players who don’t meet the due diligence test or whatever it says at the top of Chris Bond’s spreadsheet. On top of that, Zac Dawson is back into the team. It’s not all bad news though. Clancee Pearce is back with Colin Sylvia set to make his purple debut. Josh Simpson is in the mix too, along with Matt Taberner and Zac Clarke. In contrast to Fremantle, the Bombers are looking pretty healthy and have just chucked a few names onto the end of last week’s team to fill out the form correctly. They can’t afford the fine.
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Josh Simpson Clancee Pearce
Matt Taberner Tommy Sheridan Jack Hannath
Martin Gleeson Travis Colyer
Jake Melksham Leroy Jetta Kyle Hardingham