Essendon have named Jobe Watson, Mark McVeigh and Michael Hurley for the Bombers important clash against Sydney at the SCG on Saturday afternoon.

The trio replace Nathan Lovett-Murray (omitted), Angus Monfries (hamstring) and Hayden Skipworth (patella)

ESSENDON
B: Henry Slattery, Tayte Pears, Heath Hocking
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Michael Hurley, Dustin Fletcher
C: Brent Prismall, Ricky Dyson, Andrew Lovett
HF: Brent Stanton, Scott Lucas, Jason Winderlich
F: Adam McPhee, Matthew Lloyd, Alwyn Davey
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Andrew Welsh, Jobe Watson
Int: Sam Lonergan, Mark McVeigh, Kyle Reimers, Cale Hooker, ,
Emg: Bachar Houli, Nathan Lovett-Murray, David Myers

In: Hurley, McVeigh, Watson
Out: Lovett-Murray (omitted), Monfries(hamstring), Skipworth (patella)

SYDNEY
B: Paul Bevan, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Craig Bolton
HB: Rhyce Shaw, Ted Richards, Jared Crouch
C: Nick Smith, Brett Kirk, Martin Mattner
HF: Jarrad McVeigh, Ryan O’Keefe, Craig Bird
F: Heath Grundy, Michael O’Loughlin, Adam Goodes
Foll: Darren Jolly, Kieren Jack, Jude Bolton
Int: Luke Ablett, Ed Barlow, Nick Malceski, Patrick Veszpremi
Emg: Ryan Brabazon, Mike Pyke, Jesse White

In: Ablett
Out: Brabazon