ESSENDON has regained Jobe Watson for Sunday's twilightblockbuster against Collingwood at the MCG.
The Bombers' skipper is the headline inclusion for round 19,but a number of other star players are also back, with Patrick Dangerfield returningto Adelaide's side, Jimmy Bartel back for Geelong and Rhyce Shaw included inthe Sydney Swans' team for the first time since round two.
Watson, who has missed three games after breaking his collarbone against Port Adelaide in round 15, is among five players brought into Essendon's 25-man squad. The others are Scott Gumbleton, Kyle Hardingham, Nick O'Brien and Dustin Fletcher.
Michael Hurley has been sidelined by an ankle injury, whilethe Bombers have dropped youngster Joe Daniher.
Collingwood has added Luke Ball, Quinten Lynch and PaulSeedsman to the team that beat Greater Western Sydney last weekend.
North Melbourne has made two changes for Friday night'sclash with Geelong at Etihad Stadium.
Luke Delaney and Ben Jacobs have replaced Nathan Grima(back) and Andrew Swallow (Achilles).
Geelong has lost James Podsiadly to suspension and DawsonSimpson to a knee injury and has dropped luckless utility Mitch Brown andyoungster George Horlin-Smith.
The Cats have bolstered their line-up by bringing in Bartel,Josh Hunt, Trent West and Mark Blicavs.
Greater Western Sydney will take a settled line-up intoSaturday's home game against Melbourne at Skoda Stadium, with Stephen Coniglioand Lachie Whitfield replacing Sam Darley (omitted) and Will Hoskin-Elliott(concussion).
The Demons, who lost to North Melbourne by 122 points lastweekend, have made three changes, with Dean Terlich, Colin Garland and JakeSpencer replacing James Frawley (hamstring), Chris Dawes (calf) and Sam Blease(omitted).
Hawthorn has regained star midfielder Shaun Burgoyne forSaturday's big clash with Richmond at the MCG.
Burgoyne has replaced Jonathan Simpkin (omitted).
The Tigers have called up big men Luke McGuane, OrrenStephenson and David Astbury. They have lost Ricky Petterd (groin), Ty Vickery(concussion) and Matt Arnot (back) to injuries.
Both West Coast and Gold Coast have made a host of changesfor their twilight match at Patersons Stadium on Saturday.
The Eagles have replaced Mitch Brown (omitted), Chris Masten(ankle) and Cale Morton (omitted) with Darren Glass, Brad Sheppard and AndrewEmbley.
The Suns have regained Rory Thompson, Dion Prestia, DavidSwallow and Daniel Gorringe.
They have lost Tom Nicholls to a knee injury and havedropped Jared Brennan, Mav Weller and Jacob Gilbee.
Carlton is taking an unchanged team into its match againstFremantle at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.
The Dockers have made just one change, with HaydenBallantyne replacing Cameron Sutcliffe (omitted).
Pearce Hanley has made a miracle recovery from hand surgeryand is back in the Brisbane Lions team for Saturday night's clash with St Kildaat the Gabba.
Jesse O'Brien and Ryan Harwood are the Lions' other ins,while they have dropped Ash McGrath and Jack Crisp and have lost Brent Moloneyto "soreness".
The Saints have replaced James Gwilt (knee) and Tom Hickey(omitted) with Dylan Roberton and Sam Dunell.
Veteran midfielder Daniel Cross, who has not played in theAFL since round eight, is in the Western Bulldogs' squad to play the SydneySwans at Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Mark Austin, Christian Howard, Tom Campbell and JakeStringer are also in the Dogs' squad.
Matthew Boyd (calf) and Liam Jones (ankle) are out injured.
The Swans are yet to make an omission, but they have broughtin Shaw, Mitch Morton and Shane Biggs.
Dangerfield, who hasn't played since suffering a shoulder injury against Collingwood in round 16, is the headline inclusion in the teams for Sunday's Showdown between Adelaide and Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
The Crows have also brought in Ben Rutten, Jared Petrenko,Lewis Johnston, Mitch Grigg and Sam Kerridge.
They have dropped Richard Tambling and have lost Rory Sloane(eye) and Josh Jenkins (ankle) to injuries.
Port has brought Cameron Hitchcock, Nathan Blee and CampbellHeath into its extended squad.
All the ins and outs for the round:
