ESSENDON’S Dustin Fletcher and Andrew Welsh make welcome returns from broken legs, that have seen them out since round six and the pre-season respectively, as the Bombers prepare to battle the Dees on Friday night. 

Jason Winderlich is also back to bolster the line-up after a back strain with Bachar Houli out with a virus and Jay Neagle and David Zaharakis dropped.

Neagle and Zaharakis are emergencies along with Tyson Slattery.

Melbourne has made six changes to the side that disappointed in the Queen's Birthday clash against the Magpies.

Excitement machine Liam Jurrah gets his first AFL game while Clint Bartram, Jamie Bennell, Neville Jetta, Stefan Martin and Brad Miller have all earned recalls.

Out of the side defeated by Collingwood go skipper James McDonald (knee), Matthew Warnock (virus), Mark Jamar (quad), Nathan Jones (virus), Daniel Bell (omitted) and Addam Maric (omitted).

Maric is named on the emergency list with Lynden Dunn and Ricky Petterd.

The Sydney Swans have dropped Amon Buchanan and Nick Malceski while Craig Bolton is out of Saturday night's encounter with the Pies with a knee injury.

Ed Barlow, Nick Smith and Kris Thornton have all been added to the side with Luke Ablett, Matt O'Dwyer and Mike Pyke the emergencies.

Collingwood has stuck with the same team that defeated the Demons despite Paul Medhurst proving his fitness to take his place on the emergency list along with Cameron Wood and Tyson Goldsack.

Fremantle regains experienced duo Antoni Grover and Luke McPharlin for Sunday's clash with the Cats. Tim Ruffles and Clayton Hinkley have been added to a seven-man bench while Josh Head has been omitted.

Joel Corey and Harry Taylor go straight into the starting 18 for Geelong while Max Rooke, David Johnson and Simon Hogan appear on an extended bench and must await Friday night's final selection.

Tom Lonergan and Nathan Djerrkura have been dropped from the side that defeated West Coast last time out.