FORGOTTEN Magpie Josh Fraser is in for his 200th game, Ben Cousins is fit for his farewell and Fremantle settles on 10 changes in round 22's major selection stories.

After announcing he would retire at season's end, Cousins strained his hamstring during the 21-point loss to St Kilda, throwing doubt over his fitness for his last game.

However, Cousins has been named in a forward pocket for Sunday's clash against Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium.

Fremantle coach Mark Harvey was unrepentant after he left seven players at home with 'soreness' for last week’s Launceston match which ended as a 116-point massacre and all seven come straight back in to face Carlton on Friday night.

Matthew Pavlich heads that group which also includes Adam McPhee, Roger Hayden, David Mundy, Stephen Hill, Anthony Morabito and Nat Fyfe.

Aaron Sandilands returns from a three-week foot injury, Chris Mayne is in for his first game since round 11 and Paul Hasleby, who was a late withdrawal with a knee injury last week, round out the inclusions.

Tim Ruffles was the replacement for Hasleby but he suffered a knee injury and departs, while Kepler Bradley, Rhys Palmer, Clancee Pearce, Clayton Hinkley, Ryan Murphy, Justin Bollenhagen, Steven Dodd, Byron Schammer and Zac Clarke have all been dropped.

Carlton has brought back Aaron Joseph and Shaun Hampson after the pair recovered from ankle injuries while Chris Yarran earns a recall from the VFL.

Andrew Walker, Sam Jacobs and Richard Hadley have been omitted.

Fraser comes into the Collingwood side to face the Hawks for his first game since round 12 after Leigh Brown failed to beat a one-match ban at the tribunal.

Alan Didak is out with a shoulder injury and John Anthony has been dropped with Ben Reid and John McCarthy replacing them.

Luke Hodge (knee) and Grant Birchall (hamstring) are out for Hawthorn with Rhan Hooper and Clinton Young recovering from injury to take their spots.

St Kilda has brought in Lenny Hayes, Clint Jones, Zac Dawson and Michael Gardiner for Saturday’s clash with Adelaide.

The quartet replaces the injured Adam Schneider with Sean Dempster, Nick Heyne and Adam Pattison dropped.

There's just the one change for the Crows who will honour retiring foursome Andrew McLeod, Simon Goodwin, Brett Burton and Trent Hentschel with a lap of honour after the match at AAMI Stadium.

Will Young is out with a long-term shoulder injury and is replaced by speedy winger Brodie Martin.

As expected, the Western Bulldogs have lost three big guns for Saturday night's clash with Essendon at Etihad Stadium.

Skipper Brad Johnson (ankle) is out while Brownlow Medallist Adam Cooney and crucial defender Dale Morris will miss the remainder of the year.

Rodney Eade has opted to replace the trio with youngsters Dylan Addison, Andrejs Everitt and Jordan Roughead. Shaun Higgins, who has battled a thyroid complaint in recent months, is a notable emergency.

Essendon will also be without its captain, with Jobe Watson finally succumbing to an ankle injury. Mark McVeigh (knee) is also out, while Jay Neagle and Michael Quinn have been dumped.

Travis Colyer and Sam Lonergan are back, while Patrick Ryder and Jason Winderlich have overcome injury and will play the final match of the Bombers' season.

Geelong has brought back four regular starters from its 2010 line-up despite losing two key players at the AFL tribunal earlier in the week.

Captain Cameron Ling, Brad Ottens, Andrew Mackie and Tom Lonergan all return for Saturday's clash with West Coast at Skilled Stadium.

James Podsiadly and Josh Hunt will miss through suspension, while impressive youngsters Taylor Hunt and Daniel Menzel have been squeezed out.

The Eagles go in unchanged.

North Melbourne's Corey Jones announced his retirement on Thursday and comes in for a final game against Melbourne in the twilight fixture at the MCG.

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