Essendon have added Nathan Lovett-Murray, Hayden Skipworth and Angus Monfries to the first named squad to play Richmond at the MCG this Sunday afternoon in AFL Round 17.

Monfries returns after missing a fortnight with a hamstring injury, but no players have been omitted from the team that lost to the Bulldogs last week (as yet).

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

In: Lovett-Murray, Monfries, Skipworth

RICHMOND
B: Jake King, Will Thursfield, Chris Newman
HB: Dean Polo , Luke McGuane, Matthew White
C: Shane Edwards, Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio
HF: Robin Nahas, Jack Riewoldt, Jayden Post
F: Nathan Brown, Mitch Morton, Ben Cousins
Foll: Tyrone Vickery, Daniel Jackson, Richard Tambling
Int (from): Adam Pattison, Alex Rance, Jordan McMahon, Jarrod Silvester, Adam Thomson, Mark Coughlan, Tom Hislop

In: Ben Cousins, Trent Cotchin, Adam Pattison, Nathan Brown, Adam Thomson.
Out: Shane Tuck, Angus Graham.