Round 16: The Team

Round 16 Collingwood v West Coast Saturday July 18, 4:35pm Etihad Fox Footy 4:30pm Weather: Min 6 Max 13 Chance of rain 10%: < 1mm Wind: SSE 16kph Betting: Collingwood $2.15 West Coast $1.70

B: Tom Langdon, Nathan Brown, Marley Williams
HB: Alan Toovey, Jack Frost, Travis Varcoe
C: Adam Oxley, Dane Swan, Steele Sidebottom
HF: Ben Kennedy, Jesse White, Alex Fasolo
F: Jarryd Blair, Travis Cloke, Brodie Grundy
Foll: Jarrod Witts, Levi Greenwood, Scott Pendlebury
Int: Jack Crisp, Brayden Maynard, Jordan De Goey, Paul Seedsman
Emg: Sam Dwyer, Matthew Scharenberg, Darcy Moore

IN: Levi Greenwood, Ben Kennedy, Paul Seedsman, Marley Williams
OUT: Taylor Adams (suspended), Tim Broomhead (shoulder), Jamie Elliott (back), Darcy Moore (omitted)

Fast Fact
The Magpies have beaten the Eagles in four of their six meetings at the Docklands Stadium, with an average winning margin of 54 points.

Collingwood News Finally, 117 days on, Levi Greenwood is ready for senior football. The ball magnet crossed from North Melbourne during last October’s trade period but his record stands at just two NAB Challenge and three VFL games for season 2015. His year struck a sizeable speed bump when he fractured his tibia during the final match of the NAB Challenge against the Western Bulldogs on 21 March. At last, after gathering match fitness in the VFL, the 26-year-old is ready for action at senior level. Greenwood joins Marley Williams, Ben Kennedy and Paul Seedsman in the senior 22. They replace the injured Jamie Elliott (back), Tim Broomhead (shoulder), Taylor Adams (suspended) and Darcy Moore (omitted). Elliott missed Thursday’s main training session with what Director of Football Neil Balme described as a “stress reaction”. “It’s a stress reaction. It’s not too bad but he will certainly miss this week (and) maybe another one,” Balme told Collingwood Media’s Team Sheet. “He will be able to assess it during the next week to see how bad it is. We are not that concerned about it but he will certainly miss one.” Adams will miss the next fortnight after being suspended for kneeing Port Adelaide’s Justin Westhoff while Broomhead will sit out up to six weeks with a cracked shoulder. Williams slots straight back into the senior outfit after missing the trip to Adelaide due to a family bereavement, and while the story of Seedsman’s season is well known, the return of Kennedy will be of particular interest to VFL watchers. After seven games in the state league, the 21-year-old is averaging 27.1 disposals, 7.0 clearances and 4.4 tackles. He collected 20 disposals and laid 13 tackles in the heavy loss to Footscray last week, a fine effort considering he had flown to Adelaide as an emergency only days earlier. Moore, Sam Dwyer and Matthew Scharenberg are the three emergencies for Saturday evening.