Aaron Sandilands and Lachie Neale will be two important inclusions to Fremantle’s 29-man squad for Saturday's JLT Community Series clash against Collingwood at Rushton Park.
2015 Doig Medallist Sandilands makes his returns from a calf injury, and 2016 Doig Medallist Neale comes in after undergoing three bouts of surgery in the off-season.
After showing promising signs in his 16th pre-season with Fremantle, Sandilands sustained a minor calf strain in late January, but has rehabilitated well to be available for selection.
Neale, who had surgery on his shoulder, wrist and knee in the off-season, trained as part of Fremantle’s rehabilitation group until mid-January with the hope of being ready for round one, and has trained well with few signs of being held back.
Tommy Sheridan and Matt Taberner come out of the Fremantle side that played against West Coast in the JLT Series opener in Geraldton last weekend.
Fremantle will name three emergency players from the squad on match-day.
Full squad
1. Hayden Ballantyne
3. Zac Dawson
4. Sean Darcy
5. Garrick Ibbotson
6. Danyle Pearce
7. Nat Fyfe
8. Nick Suban
9. Bradley Hill
10. Michael Walters
12. Jon Griffin
14. Lachie Weller
15. Ethan Hughes
16. David Mundy
17. Hayden Crozier
18. Darcy Tucker
19. Connor Blakely
21. Joel Hamling
22. Shane Kersten
23. Cam McCarthy
26. Ed Langdon
27. Lachie Neale
31. Aaron Sandilands
32. Stephen Hill
33. Cam Sutcliffe
34. Lee Spurr
35. Michael Apeness
36. Brennan Cox
37. Michael Johnson
40. Sam Collins
Fremantle v Collingwood AFL & AFLW Double Header
Saturday 4 March - Rushton Park, Mandurah
AFL Women's: 10.35am
AFL Men's: 1.40pm
Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com.au
