UPDATE: Friday 5pm

Collingwood has named its first unchanged team of the 2016 season.

Each of the 22 men who played a role in the team’s four-goal win over Geelong will return to the MCG to take on the Western Bulldogs.

Defenders Ben Sinclair and Jonathon Marsh join ruckman Jarrod Witts as the three emergencies.

It is the first time Collingwood has named an unchanged team since round 15 last season.

It marks a continuity the Magpies have not been afforded during the early rounds of the season. The club has used 37 players this season, the second most of any in the competition.

Collingwood v Western Bulldogs
Sunday 29 May
MCG
3:20pm

Collingwood
B: Alan Toovey, Jack Frost, Jeremy Howe
HB: Taylor Adams, Ben Reid, Josh Smith
C: Travis Varcoe, Adam Treloar, Steele Sidebottom
HF: Jordan De Goey, Darcy Moore, Jesse White
F: Alex Fasolo, Mason Cox, Jarryd Blair
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Scott Pendlebury, Jack Crisp
Int: Levi Greenwood, Brayden Maynard, Ben Crocker, Adam Oxley
Emg: Ben Sinclair, Jonathon Marsh, Jarrod Witts

No change

EARLIER: Thursday, 6.20pm

The current formula is a winning formula according to Collingwood’s match committee.

Nathan Buckley is likely to take the same line-up into Sunday’s clash with the Western Bulldogs as last week’s 24-point victory over Geelong.

Three players have been added to the Magpies squad to allow for a Sunday game, yet no one who played last weekend has been left out.

It’s mean that after two consecutive wins, round 10 may be the first time this season Collingwood will play with an unchanged line-up.

“For the first time in a fair while there’s no change,” director of football Neil Balme told Collingwood Media’s ‘Team Sheet’.

“We’re getting into a better position. We’ve got a much healthier list. We’ve got a lot more blokes available.”

Football’s service to the greater community will be on display on Sunday as the clash against the Bulldogs recognises not only Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round, but also the 17th annual Robert Rose Cup.

The Dogs are in current possession of the cup supporting those with spinal cord trauma after beating the Magpies by 18 points in round 17 last year.

The Pies will have a chance to reverse fortunes on Sunday in a game which will also celebrate the 50th games of Brodie Grundy and Jack Crisp.

Both men enter the game in strong form.

Grundy had 20 disposals, 13 hit-outs and two goals against the powerful Geelong ruck combination of Zac Smith, Rhys Stanley and Mark Blicavs, while Crisp finished with 24 possessions after 13 in the first term alone.

Despite impressive performances in the VFL last Saturday, a number of Magpies pushing selection will this weekend remain on the sidelines.

A VFL bye means the likes of Travis Cloke, Marley Willams and Tyson Goldsack will not see any game time.

Collingwood v Western Bulldogs
Sunday 29 May
MCG
3:20pm

Collingwood

B: Alan Toovey, Jack Frost, Jeremy Howe
HB: Taylor Adams, Ben Reid, Josh Smith
C: Travis Varcoe, Adam Treloar, Steele Sidebottom
HF: Jordan De Goey, Darcy Moore, Jesse White
F: Alex Fasolo, Mason Cox, Jarryd Blair
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Scott Pendlebury, Jack Crisp
Int (from): Jarrod Witts, Jonathon Marsh, Levi Greenwood, Ben Sinclair, Brayden Maynard, Ben Crocker, Adam Oxley

IN: Jarrod Witts, Jonathon Marsh, Ben Sinclair

Western Bulldogs
B: Matthew Boyd, Fletcher Roberts, Dale Morris
HB: Shane Biggs, Marcus Adams, Easton Wood
C: Lachie Hunter, Tom Liberatore, Tory Dickson
HF: Liam Picken, Jake Stringer, Toby McLean
F: Tom Campbell, Jack Redpath, Luke Dahlhaus
Foll: Jordan Roughead, Jack Macrae, Marcus Bontempelli
Int (from): Matthew Suckling, Mitch Wallis, Will Minson, Josh Dunkley, Bailey Williams, Caleb Daniel, Jed Adcock

IN: Matthew Boyd, Marcus Adams, Jack Redpath, Matthew Suckling, Will Minson, Josh Dunkley
OUT: Kieran Collins (omit), Koby Stevens (inj), Lin Jong (susp)