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Collingwood has named another debutant and a returning premiership star among five inclusions for Saturday night’s clash with Brisbane at the MCG.
19-year-old New South Welshman Tom Young will become the fifth Collingwood player to make his AFL debut in 2011, following Alex Fasolo (round 12), Luke Rounds (round 15), Lachlan Keeffe (round 16) and Ben Sinclair (round 19).
2010 flag hero and reliable defender Alan Toovey also comes into the side after missing four weeks with a finger injury, with Simon Buckley, Keeffe and Sinclair rounding out the inclusions.
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Keeffe, a 204-centimere key position player from Queensland, appeared in four senior matches from rounds 16-19, while quick midfielder Sinclair impressed when he came on as a substitute in his only AFL game.
Captain Nick Maxwell is set to miss around four weeks after undergoing surgery on a fractured thumb sustained in last Friday night’s win over St Kilda, while midfielder Sharrod Wellingham is out with a groin injury and defender Ben Johnson will miss with soreness. Youngster Luke Rounds has been omitted.
Leon Davis, who was originally named in the 22 on Thursday, has been ruled out of the match with leg soreness. Simon Buckley returns to the side after missing last week to replace Davis.
The emergencies are Rounds, Cameron Wood and John McCarthy. McCarthy was named as an emergency on Friday after Davis was ruled out.
Debutant Young is a 191-centimetre utility who is a success story of the New South Wales scholarship program.
He comes from Bowral, about an hour and a half south of Sydney, and played his junior football for the Wollondilly Football Club and Sydney University.
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Chris Dawes will spend another week on the sidelines as he recovers from a knuckle injury, and won't play at any level. The key forward last played in round 15. Heath Shaw’s league-imposed eight-week suspension continues.
Meanwhile Brisbane has just made one change with Daniel Rich (59 games/ 32 goals) returning to the side for James Hawksley (27/ 3).
Collingwood and Brisbane are yet to meet in season 2011. The Magpies sit first on the ladder with 18 wins, one loss and a percentage of 182.79, while the Lions are 15th and coming off their fourth win of the season - a 62-point triumph over Gold Coast.
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AFL ROUND 22
Collingwood v Brisbane
Saturday 20 August 2011
MCG, 7:10pm
COLLINGWOOD
B: Simon Buckley, Ben Reid, Harry O'Brien
HB: Alan Toovey, Chris Tarrant, Tyson Goldsack
C: Dane Swan, Dale Thomas, Alan Didak
HF: Jarryd Blair, Lachlan Keeffe, Andrew Krakouer
F: Steele Sidebottom, Travis Cloke, Leigh Brown
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury (c), Luke Ball
Int: Ben Sinclair, Dayne Beams, Tom Young, Alex Fasolo
Emg: Cameron Wood, Luke Rounds, John McCarthy
In: Tom Young, Ben Sinclair, Alan Toovey, Lachlan Keeffe
Out: Nick Maxwell (thumb), Sharrod Wellingham (groin), Ben Johnson (soreness), *Leon Davis (leg soreness) Luke Rounds (omitted)
New: Tom Young (19 years old; 191cm, 91 kg; recruited from Bowral in NSW; junior clubs Wollondilly FC & Sydney Uni; former NSW scholarship holder)
*Davis was a late withdraw from the named 22 on Thursday and has been replaced by Buckley. McCarthy is named as an emergency.
BRISBANE LIONS
B: Ashley McGrath, Matt Maguire, Cheynee Stiller
HB: Pearce Hanley, Niall McKeever, Jed Adcock
C: Tom Rockliff, Andrew Raines, Daniel Rich
HF: James Polkinghorne, Brent Staker, Sam Sheldon
F: Todd Banfield, Mitchell Clark, Aaron Cornelius
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, Simon Black, Jack Redden
Int: Josh Drummond, Luke Power, Mitchell Golby, Patrick Karnezis
Emg: James Hawksley, Bryce Retzlaff, Rohan Bewick
In: Daniel Rich
Out: James Hawksley
