AFL 2020 Round 3: The Team

2020 AFL Round 3 COLLINGWOOD v ST KILDA Time & Place: Saturday June 20, 4:35pm AEST MCG TV: Fox Footy Weather: Min 11 Max 16 Chance of rain: 80% 1-5mm Wind: N 13kph Betting: Collingwood  $1.45 St Kilda $2.75

B: Jack Crisp, Jordan Roughead, Jeremy Howe

HB: Brayden Maynard, Darcy Moore, John Noble

C: Josh Daicos, Scott Pendlebury, Will Hoskin-Elliott

HF: Jaidyn Stephenson, Brody Mihocek, Callum Brown

F: Jordan De Goey, Darcy Cameron, Jamie Elliott

Foll: Brodie Grundy, Taylor Adams, Steele Sidebottom

Int: Chris Mayne, Rupert Wills, Tyler Brown, Tom Phillips

Emerg: Jack Madgen, Josh Thomas, Mason Cox, Brayden Sier

In: Jaidyn Stephenson, Rupert Wills

Out: Josh Thomas, Jack Madgen (omitted)

Collingwood News Collingwood has made two changes ahead of the round three clash against St Kilda at the MCG on Saturday. Jaidyn Stephenson will make his long-awaited return to the senior side after missing the opening two rounds of the season. Coach Nathan Buckley credited the electric forward's value to the team in a press conference on Thursday. "He's (Stephenson) definitely in our best mix when he's up and about and I think he's ready to go," Buckley said. Unlucky to not feature yet this season, Rupert Wills will provide depth to the midfield with his work around the contest and physical strength. "Rupe's done extremely well, his last month's been really strong. He was probably a little bit stiff to miss round one and was one of the players who came back in really good order off the isolation period,” Buckley said. Brayden Maynard is set to play game 100 on Saturday, with the senior coach applauding his discipline since being drafted to the club in 2014. "He's a great young man. You don't come in as a finished product and you've got to find different ways as you go along and I've been so impressed with his capacity to improve himself gradually and consistently as he's gone along his 100 games,” Buckley said. "His teammates love him, we love his physicality, sometimes his elite skill gets overlooked, he's legitimately tough and he just loves playing for his teammates. He's one of the boys the rest of the group just loves to get around."