SOME big names have recovered from injury this week with Shane Crawford, Daniel Bradshaw, Justin Koschitzke and Trent Croad all back to boost their respective teams, while Nick Dal Santo and Stephen Milne are out of Ross Lyon’s dog house.

On the flip side Jeff Farmer is in Mark Harvey’s bad books and Mark Williams has lost patience with Brendon Lade.

Hawthorn has recalled two big guns for Friday night’s clash with the West Coast Eagles at the MCG.

The Hawks’ bid to return to the winner’s list has been boosted by the returns of veteran Crawford and key defender Croad.

Crawford has overcome a knee problem while Croad has shaken a hip complaint, the pair coming back into the line-up for omitted pair Tim Boyle and Travis Tuck.

After being belted by 135 points on home turf, West Coast has made five changes as it prepares to tackle the Hawks on the rebound.

Veterans Chad Fletcher and Michael Braun have both been axed while David Wirrpanda (back), Sam Butler (groin) and Brett Jones (knee) are all compulsory changes.

Into the side comes Steven Armstrong, elevated-rookie Ryan Davis, Jaymie Graham, Jamie McNamara and the versatile Brent Staker.

St Kilda duo Dal Santo and Milne’s taste of VFL football was a brief one, with the pair immediately recalled to tackle North Melbourne at Carrara on Saturday night.

Koschitzke is the third inclusion as the Saints boosted their big-man stocks for the crucial round 14 clash.

However, it wasn’t all-good news for Ross Lyon’s men, with star midfielder Lenny Hayes ruled out with a hamstring strain. He is only expected to miss one week.

Young big man Ben McEvoy and Jarryn Geary have both been omitted from the St Kilda side.

North Melbourne has made just one change to the side that rolled the Hawks with Ed Lower replaced by Sam Power.

Lade is among the high-profile omissions as Port Adelaide made seven changes to its team ahead of Saturday night’s clash with the Western Bulldogs at Darwin’s TIO Stadium.

Coach Mark Williams had forecast a host of changes following his team’s devastating loss to Richmond last week and was forced to make five through injury and suspension, while All-Australian Lade and veteran Michael Wilson were both dropped.

The Power has been further decimated as some of their biggest-name players are set to miss the game, with Travis Boak (groin), Peter Burgoyne (hamstring), Chad Cornes (calf) and Steven Salopek (achilles) all injured, while Matt Thomas will miss through suspension.

Into the 22 comes Greg Bentley, Fabian Deluca, Nathan Lonie, Paul Stewart, Adam Thomson and tall forwards Justin Westhoff and Damon White.

The Western Bulldogs, flying in second place on the ladder, have made two changes to the side that overcame a 23-point deficit against Collingwood last week.

Stephen Tiller and Josh Hill return to the senior side, replacing the injured Tom Williams (shoulder) while youngster Callan Ward has been omitted.

Richmond skipper Kane Johnson returns to the team to face the Blues on Saturday after spending three weeks sidelined with a knee injury. He is joined by key backman Will Thursfield who has shaken off a hamstring complaint sustained against Adelaide in round 11.

Unfortunately for the Tigers, they lose another big defender in Luke McGuane to the hamstring curse while Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls has been omitted.

Jake King, Daniel Connors and Jay Schulz are the emergencies.

Carlton has made just the one change with forward Jake Edwards coming in for young defender Dennis Armfield who will miss at least a fortnight with a broken finger.

Joe Anderson, Jason Saddington and Mark Austin are the emergencies.

Fremantle coach Mark Harvey has maintained his hard-line stance and dumped forward Jeff Farmer from the squad to face the Bombers at Subiaco on Sunday.

Farmer, who turned 31 during the week, incurred the wrath of his coach when he missed a compulsory recovery session after the loss to St Kilda and will play in the WAFL as will teammate Heath Black who also missed a training session later in the week.

Michael Johnson badly rolled his ankle last week and will not play. Coming into the extended squad are Steven Dodd, Clayton Hinkley, Josh Head, Scott Thornton and Andrew Browne.

Essendon’s Henry Slattery will not make the journey after suffering a cheekbone injury in a heavy collision with Blues’ spearhead Brendan Fevola.

He is the only omission from the side that defeated Carlton while Damien Peverill, Ricky Dyson, Mal Michael and Jarrod Atkinson have been included on a seven-man bench.

Melbourne will blood another young player this week against the Brisbane Lions with Stefan Martin, the third pick overall in last year’s pre-season draft, to make his AFL debut on Sunday.

Martin, 21, is a 198 cm basketball convert who the Dees hope can develop into a marking forward.

Also included are Nathan Carroll, Cale Morton, Shane Valenti and Simon Buckley while James McDonald (groin) and James Frawley (omitted) depart the team defeated by the Sydney Swans.

The Brisbane Lions have named Daniel Bradshaw, Travis Johnstone, Justin Sherman and elevated rookie Scott Clouston in their expanded squad.

Young forward Lachlan Henderson drops out of the side that notched a win over Adelaide last week.