Essendon have replaced 575 games of AFL experience with little more than a handful as Jay Neagle, Tom Bellchambers & Bachar Houli come into the Bomber side to play reigning AFL Premier Hawthorn at Jihad Stadium on Friday night in place of veterans Dustin Fletcher and Scott Lucas and the injured Leroy Jetta.

ESSENDON
B: Cale Hooker, Tayte Pears, Henry Slattery
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Adam McPhee, David Myers
C: Ricky Dyson, Brent Stanton, Angus Monfries
HF: Jason Winderlich, Matthew Lloyd, Sam Lonergan
F: Bachar Houli, Jay Neagle, Alwyn Davey
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Jobe Watson, Andrew Lovett
Int: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Heath Hocking, David Zaharakis, Tom Bellchambers
Emg: Jay Nash, Tom Williams, Tyson Slattery

In: Neagle, Bellchambers, Houli
Out: Dustin Fletcher (leg), Scott Lucas, Leroy Jetta (knee)

HAWTHORN
B: Michael Osborne, Thomas Murphy, Grant Birchall
HB: Stuart Dew, Luke Hodge, Beau Dowler
C: Travis Tuck, Sam Mitchell, Jordan Lewis
HF: Garry Moss, Lance Franklin, Cyril Rioli
F: Campbell Brown, Jarryd Roughead, Mark Williams
Foll: Simon Taylor, Brad Sewell, Chance Bateman
Int: Robert Campbell, Ben McGlynn, Cameron Stokes, Brendan Whitecross
Emg: Josh Kennedy, Jarryd Morton, Brent Renouf

In: Birchall, McGlynn, Stokes
Out: Brent Guerra (back), Jarryd Morton, Brent Renouf