Collingwood has made two changes to the team that will take on Richmond at the MCG on Thursday night.

James Aish returns after he was a late withdrawal ahead of the season opener against the Western Bulldogs, while Tim Broomhead will play his first senior game in 10 months.

They replace Travis Varcoe, suspended for a week by the Match Review Panel, and Mason Cox, who has been omitted.

Cox remains in the frame to play as an emergency, alongside Melbourne recruit Lynden Dunn and the uncapped Josh Daicos.



Sweeping us off our feet
Tim Broomhead is back on the MCG at long last.

That must be how he feels after a frustrating run with an assortment of injuries in recent times.

He last appeared against Carlton in May last year, leaving the field after injuring his back. He returned for a handful of VFL games before he was warehoused with a sore shoulder.

Broomhead originally aggrevated his shoulder against Port Adelaide in round 15, 2015. The timing was particularly poor, for he had received an AFL Rising Star nomination only a month earlier.

Originally drafted with pick No. 20 in the 2012 National Draft, he broke through for his first senior game midway through 2014 and impressed with a series of classy efforts during the back half of the year.

Can lightning strike twice?
James Aish was unlucky to miss last week’s loss to the Bulldogs, succumbing to illness at the eleventh hour.

But he may enjoy the chance to face Richmond again.

It was when the two sides last met that Aish polled his first Brownlow Medal vote. He received it for his two goals and 18 disposals in a loss in round 20 last year.

Richmond v Collingwood
Round 2 2017
Thursday 30 March
MCG, 7.20pm

Collingwood
B: Jeremy Howe, Henry Schade, Jackson Ramsay
HB: Josh Smith, Ben Reid, Brayden Maynard
C: Steele Sidebottom, Scott Pendlebury, Jack Crisp
HF: Jarryd Blair, Jesse White, Tim Broomhead
F: Alex Fasolo, Darcy Moore, Chris Mayne
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Adam Treloar, Taylor Adams
Int: Tyson Goldsack, James Aish, Tom Phillips, Will Hoskin-Elliott
Emg: Lynden Dunn, Josh Daicos, Mason Cox

IN: James Aish, Tim Broomhead
OUT: Travis Varcoe (suspended), Mason Cox (omitted)