James Aish, Jarryd Blair, Jamie Elliott and Alex Fasolo will return to action in Saturday’s VFL game against Essendon at Windy Hill.

Aish has been sidelined by a knee injury for the best part of two months, while Blair and Elliott return after overcoming hamstring injuries.

Alex Fasolo is also back after recovering from an ankle problem.

Ben Crocker and Josh Daicos will add more class to the VFL side after being omitted from the AFL team. 

Essendon v Collingwood
VFL Round 16
Saturday, July 21
Windy Hill, 11am

Collingwood
B: Tyler Brown, Jack Madgen, Josh Smith
HB: Matt Smith, Marty Hore, Adam Oxley
C: James Aish, Callum Brown, Alex Fasolo
HF: Ben Crocker, Sam McLarty, Josh Daicos
F: Jack Hellier, Nathan Murphy, Jamie Elliott
R: Max Lynch, Alex Woodward, Jarryd Blair
Int: Sean Hetherington, Lachlan Tardrew, Stephen Tahana, Andrew Gallucci, Jackson Starcevich, Michael Chippendale, Callan Wellings, Elliot Le Grice, Jack Blair
23^rd player: Tom Jok