Essendon and St Kilda are each looking to secure their second victory of the 2024 season at Marvel Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Bombers (1-1, 11th, 97.2%) are rebounding from a tension-filled defeat at the hands of the Swans in Sydney last Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Saints (1-1, 9th, 104.5%) are catapulting from a stirring win over reigning premier Collingwood in Spud’s Game at the MCG last Thursday.
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Essendon included Mason Redman (suspension), Darcy Parish (hamstring) and Jake Kelly (illness) at selection on Thursday night, with Peter Wright (suspension), Elijah Tsatas (omitted) and Alwyn Davey Jnr (omitted).
St Kilda was forced into a trio of changes on Thursday, losing Max King (suspension), Mason Wood (injured) and Liam Henry (injured), making way for Anthony Caminiti, Dan Butler and debutant Angus Hastie.
The Saints nabbed Hastie — who projects as a rebounding defender with intercepting ability — with Pick 33 in last year’s national draft.
This match gets underway at 4:20pm AEDT from Marvel Stadium.
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Essendon has swung a late change, excluding midfielder Will Setterfield (knee soreness) in favour of Harrison Jones.
Today’s starting subs are Nick Hind (Essendon) and Angus Hastie (Saints).
“Will’s out, it’s one of the challenges of naming a team a couple of days before you play,” Brad Scott said pre-game on Setterfield’s last-minute exclusion.
“He had a really minor knee complaint, just a little bit of swelling, he fell on the cricket wicket at the SCG and had a bit of swelling, we expected that swelling to dissipate but it’s not perfect.
“He’s really close, he probably could play but we’ve just got a really strong policy early in the season to play players who are 100%.”
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