2017 Round 12: The Team

2017 AFL Round 12 COLLINGWOOD v MELBOURNE Time & Place: Monday June 12, 3:20pm EST MCG TV: 7mate / Fox Footy 3:00pm EST Weather: Min 7 Max 15 Chance of rain 30%: < 1mm Wind: WSW 7kph Betting: Collingwood $2.45 Melbourne $1.56

B: Jeremy Howe, Lynden Dunn, Brayden Maynard

HB: Josh Smith, Tom Langdon, Matthew Scharenberg

C: Steele Sidebottom, Scott Pendlebury, Tom Phillips

HF: Jordan De Goey, Alex Fasolo, Will Hoskin-Elliott

F: Callum Brown, Darcy Moore, Tim Broomhead

Foll: Brodie Grundy, Taylor Adams, Adam Treloar

Int (from): James Aish, Chris Mayne, Levi Greenwood, Jack Crisp, Jackson Ramsay, Ben Crocker, Mason Cox

IN: Alex Fasolo, Tom Langdon, James Aish, Chris Mayne, Callum Brown, Mason Cox
OUT: Daniel Wells (calf), Jamie Elliott (ankle), Tyson Goldsack (shoulder)

NEW: Callum Brown (19, Eastern U18)

Collingwood News Debutants, comeback kings and a bevy of injuries headline the changes to the Collingwood team that will take on Melbourne this Monday. Teenager Callum Brown has been named to make his senior AFL debut, while Tom Langdon will play his first senior game since round six, 2016. Alex Fasolo returns after sitting out last week's trip to Perth, while James Aish is back in the mix after recovering from a fractured cheekbone only a fortnight ago. Ex-Docker Chris Mayne is also a chance to play his first match since round three after several weeks of consistent form in the VFL. Tall utility Mason Cox rounds out the six potential inclusions. As confirmed by General Manager of Football Geoff Walsh in Collingwood Media's Blackmores Injury Update, Jamie Elliott (ankle), Tyson Goldsack (shoulder) and Daniel Wells (calf) will all miss Monday's match. Like father, like son Callum Brown has had Collingwood in his blood from the moment he was born on 27 April 1998. At the time, his father, Gavin, was nursing an injured Achilles, and the Magpies, the team Gavin captained, had beaten the Bombers on ANZAC Day two days prior. Like his father, Callum is a product of Marcellin College, and is a graduate of the Eastern Rangers in the TAC Cup. He represented Vic Metro at last year's National Under 18 Championships. "He's as clean below his knees as I've seen – he's very much Caleb Daniel like as well in terms of how he doesn't waste his possessions," Eastern's talent manager Len Villani told Inside Football last November. "The one thing he is, he is just super competitive, super determined, very driven and just a beautiful, natural footballer." His pre-season was stymied by glandular fever, but after six VFL games, Brown is averaging 22.5 disposals, 4.3 tackles and 4.3 clearances. He collected a combined 60 disposals in his past two games, and flew to Perth as the travelling emergency last Sunday. Welcome back Langers Debuting in the opening round of the 2014 season, Tom Langdon played 41 of a possible 44 games in his first two years as a Magpie. He has since played just six of the 33 that have followed, and none since 1 May last year. Langdon, who will turn 23 on Friday, has endured a wretched run with knee and ankle injuries, but has averaged a whopping 27 disposals in his three VFL games since returning. Importantly, he is averaging 5.7 marks per game, including 2.7 intercepts. He won 20 disposals and had seven rebounds from half back during Collingwood's win over Sandringham at Victoria Park last Sunday.