As the kids prepare to take over the MCG, Craig McRae has named the starting 23 for Saturday’s Round 18 clash against Fremantle.
Brayden Maynard, Dan McStay, and Steele Sidebottom are all included in the starting 22.
Tom Mitchell will start as the substitute.
Will Hoskin-Elliott (injured) and Darcy Cameron (injured) will miss the clash due to injury, while Trent Bianco has been omitted.
McStay will play his first senior game since requiring finger tendon surgery following an incident against St Kilda in Round Five.
Sidebottom returns for the first time since injuring his knee in his 300th game in Round 11, while Maynard is set to play his first game since the Round 16 clash against Gold Coast.
Finlay Macrae, Jack Ginnivan, and Harvey Harrison will be the three emergencies for Saturday’s clash.
AFL Round 18
Collingwood v Fremantle
Saturday 15 July
MCG, Wurundjeri
1.45pm
IN: Maynard, McStay, Sidebottom
OUT: Cameron (Injured), Hoskin-Elliott (Injured), Bianco (Omitted)
| COLLINGWOOD v FREMANTLE | |||
| B | Jeremy Howe | Darcy Moore | Isaac Quaynor |
| HB | Brayden Maynard | Nathan Murphy | John Noble |
| C | Steele Sidebottom | Scott Pendlebury | Josh Daicos |
| HF | Bobby Hill | Mason Cox | Patrick Lipinski |
| F | Jamie Elliott | Dan McStay | Taylor Adams |
| R | Billy Frampton | Jordan De Goey | Nick Daicos |
| INT | Jack Crisp | Beau McCreery | Oleg Markov |
| Ash Johnson | |||
| SUB | Tom Mitchell | ||
| EMG | Finlay Macrae | Jack Ginnivan | Harvey Harrison |
