The wait is finally over.

After a long, hot summer, Collingwood has named its home and away team for the 2016 season.

It contains 21 names we’ve seen before and one we’ve been hanging out to watch in the Black and White.

After a VFL practice match and a NAB Challenge teaser, Adam Treloar will debut for Collingwood against Sydney at the SCG.

The 23-year-old has been named in the centre in his first game for a new club.

Playing for Collingwood may be foreign, but taking the field in Sydney certainly isn’t for the hard-running and highly skilful Treloar.

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After growing up in Melbourne, Treloar quickly made a name for himself as a young star for the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

He returns to his home state determined to achieve even more success for Collingwood.

Nathan Buckley’s 22-man team is stacked with midfielders.

Treloar will join Scott Pendlebury, Taylor Adams, Steele Sidebottom and Levi Greenwood behind the ball, while Jordan De Goey, Dane Swan, Jack Crisp, Jarryd Blair and Brent Macaffer all have the capacity to play in the midfield.

The story of Macaffer is an inspiring one.

Similar to Treloar, the 28-year-old played his last AFL game in New South Wales. But unlike Treloar, it ended in misery and took place over a year ago.

Macaffer has been on the road to recovery from a knee reconstruction since August 2014.

He played five games in the VFL last season and has displayed enough form in the NAB Challenge to cement his place in Collingwood’s starting 22.

Macaffer is invigorated, a newly appointed leader and ready to add x-factor and versatility against the Swans.

Another man who has spent his fair share of time with the VFL Magpies is tall forward Corey Gault.

Gault began the pre-season in rehab and on the rookie list.

After three games and eight goals in the NAB Challenge, he adds another avenue to goal in a Magpies’ side who was the second highest scoring team in the pre-season.

Gault has played four games for Collingwood, yet has never ventured outside the MCG in an AFL game.

Collingwood’s sole Sydneysider Jarrod Witts will also be Collingwood’s sole ruckman on Saturday night.

Brodie Grundy is in line to add to a host of fellow AFL-listed players to play in a VFL practice match against Coburg at the Holden Centre on Saturday afternoon.

Hours later, Witts will enlist in the help of 200cm Darcy Moore to take on Sydney’s Callum Sinclair and Kurt Tippett at the SCG.

It’s been 16 years since the Magpies last won at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

With a young, emerging group ready for action, Nathan Buckley hopes this could be the year to break the long-held drought.

Sydney v Collingwood
Saturday 26 March, 7.25pm
SCG, Sydney

Collingwood
B: Jackson Ramsay, Nathan Brown, Tom Langdon
HB: Ben Sinclair, Jack Frost, Marley Williams
C: Steele Sidebottom, Adam Treloar, Levi Greenwood
HF: Dane Swan, Darcy Moore, Jordan De Goey
F: Alex Fasolo, Travis Cloke, Corey Gault
Foll: Jarrod Witts, Scott Pendlebury, Taylor Adams
Int: Brent Macaffer, Jarryd Blair, Jack Crisp, Brayden Maynard
Emg: Brodie Grundy, Alan Toovey, Adam Oxley

NEW: Adam Treloar (23, Greater Western Sydney)

Sydney
B: Nick Smith, Heath Grundy, Dane Rampe
HB: Jeremy Laidler, Michael Talia, Zak Jones
C: Dan Hannebery, Tom Mitchell, Callum Mills
HF: Isaac Heeney, Lance Franklin, Tom Papley
F: Dean Towers, Kurt Tippett, Luke Parker
Foll: Callum Sinclair, Josh Kennedy, Kieren Jack
Int: Harry Cunningham, George Hewett, Jake Lloyd, Daniel Robinson
Emg: Jack Hiscox, Toby Nankervis, James Rose

NEW: George Hewett (20, North Adelaide), Callum Mills (18, North Shore), Tom Papley (19, Gippsland U18), Callum Sinclair (26, West Coast), Michael Talia (23, Western Bulldogs)