Collingwood has named an unchanged team for Friday night’s massive Preliminary Final clash with Richmond at the MCG.

The only alteration to the 26-man squad that was named for the semi-final against Greater Western Sydney is the addition of Jarryd Blair to the list of emergencies.

Blair has taken the place of Josh Daicos. 

Pies coach Nathan Buckley had hinted during his Wednesday press conference that his team would be unchanged after confirming that neither Darcy Moore nor Ben Reid would be selected.

Brayden Sier, who has been under an injury cloud, was named on the bench.

Of more interest are the changes since the Pies last played the Tigers back in round 19.

Collingwood went down by 28 points that day but was without Adam Treloar, Jordan De Goey and Tyson Goldsack.

That day the Pies also lost Jeremy Howe to concussion during the first quarter, while Matt Scharenberg suffered a season-ending knee injury and Brody Mihocek was affected by an ankle injury in the second half.

So, the full list of changes from Collingwood’s most recent match against Richmond goes like this:

IN: Adam Treloar, Jordan De Goey, Tyson Goldsack, James Aish, Brayden Sier
OUT: Callum Brown, Josh Daicos, Matt Scharenberg, Darcy Moore, Sam Murray

Could it be third time lucky for the Pies against the Tigers in 2018?

We’ll find out on Friday night.

Richmond v Collingwood
AFL First Preliminary Final
Friday, September 21
MCG, 7.50pm

Collingwood
B: Brayden Maynard, Tom Langdon, Jack Crisp
HB: Jeremy Howe, Tyson Goldsack, Travis Varcoe
C: Adam Treloar, Scott Pendlebury, Tom Phillips
HF: Will Hoskin-Elliott, Brody Mihocek, Jordan De Goey
F: Josh Thomas, Mason Cox, Jaidyn Stephenson
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Taylor Adams, Steele Sidebottom
Int: Brayden Sier, James Aish, Chris Mayne, Levi Greenwood
Emg: Jarryd Blair, Callum Brown, Jack Madgen, Ben Reid

NO CHANGE