Round 5: The Team

Collingwood v Carlton Friday May 1, 7.50pm MCG 7mate / Fox Footy 7.30pm Weather: Min 7 Max 21 Chance of rain 20%: < 1mm Wind: E 18kph Betting: Collingwood $1.50 Carlton $2.60

B: Alan Toovey, Nathan Brown, Marley Williams
HB: Tom Langdon, Jack Frost, Tyson Goldsack
C: Paul Seedsman, Dane Swan, Jack Crisp
HF: Jamie Elliott, Jesse White, Travis Varcoe
F: Corey Gault, Travis Cloke, Jarryd Blair
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Taylor Adams, Scott Pendlebury
Int: Sam Dwyer, Jackson Ramsay, Patrick Karnezis, Adam Oxley
Emg: Jarrod Witts, Jonathon Marsh, Jordan De Goey

IN: Patrick Karnezis
OUT: Tim Broomhead (illness)

Fast Fact
It's a good thing Dane Swan's been declared fit to play. He averages 28.76 disposals in 21 games against Carlton and has not missed a game against the Navy Blues since round three, 2005.

Collingwood News Collingwood has made just one change ahead of Friday night’s blockbuster against Carlton, but, fortunately, it doesn’t involve Dane Swan. Instead, Patrick Karnezis has been recalled for his second game in the Black and White, replacing Tim Broomhead who will miss with illness. Swan has been named in the centre after passing a fitness test on his injured ankle on Thursday morning. “I was a bit sore after last week’s game it’s all about rehab and managing my body and making sure I was right to go,” Swan told CollingwoodTV’s Team Sheet. “I was trying to do all the right things and tick all the right boxes to prove to the coach that I could play this week and that’s what I’ve done.” Swan has not missed a game between the two arch rivals since April 2005. Karnezis, meanwhile, slots straight back into the senior line up after being squeezed out of the side ahead of the ANZAC Day triumph. The 23-year-old responded well, gathering 29 disposals and taking seven marks in Sunday’s loss to Essendon in the VFL. “Patty K impacted the game really well,” Development Coach Tarkyn Lockyer told Collingwood Media. “He had 29 disposals and was really creative with his ball use and was really solid in the air as well.” Karnezis replaces Broomhead who will miss with illness after featuring prominently in each of the past three senior games. Ruckman Jarrod Witts remains in the frame for a senior return, named as an emergency for the second consecutive week. He is joined by Jordan De Goey and the untried Jonathon Marsh as the men on standby. A total of nine players are absent from Collingwood’s last meeting with Carlton back in round 15 last season. The match will take on even greater significance, for it marks the occasion on which Mick Malthouse will break Jock McHale’s record for the most VFL/ AFL games coached (714). The Magpies have not lost to the Blues since 2012.