- Key forward returns for Dockers
- Tendai Mzungu on the outer again
- Important small forward back for Pies
FREMANTLE will receive a forwardline boost in Thursday night's clash against Collingwood at Domain Stadium, with Chris Mayne returning after a bout of gastro.
Mayne had been in handy touch for the Dockers, averaging 13 possessions and a goal a game but was struck down with illness ahead of round 11.
The Dockers had their bye last weekend.
Match preview: Fremantle v Collingwood
Teammate Matt de Boer also returns for his first game since round six after a sizzling performance for Peel Thunder in the WAFL before the bye.
The 25-year-old collected 33 disposals and laid seven tackles.
Matt Taberner and Tendai Mzungu have both been omitted.
Mzungu, who played 23 of 25 games last year, has been on the outer this season, managing just two appearances.
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The Magpies have made just one change, with Ben Kennedy making way for Jarryd Blair.
Blair played the first 10 games of the 2015 season before injuring his ankle in the Pies' Queen's Birthday win over Melbourne at the MCG.
With Brodie Grundy missing again with his neck injury, Jarrod Witts will carry the ruck load against star Docker Aaron Sandilands.
The fourth-placed Magpies will get a better idea of where they sit in their first match of the season against one of the League's heavyweights.
Thursday, June 25
Fremantle v Collingwood, Domain Stadium, 6.10pm AWST
Fremantle
In: C.Mayne, M.de Boer
Out: T.Mzungu, M.Taberner
Collingwood
In: J.Blair
Out: B.Kennedy
