The stars will come out to shine at the MCG on Saturday night if Collingwood’s team is any indication as it welcomes back five of its most important players to take on St Kilda.

Darren Jolly, Harry O’Brien, Steele Sidebottom and Dale Thomas will pull on the black and white stripes after a one-week absence while Sharrod Wellingham, who has served his three-match suspension, will also return.

The premiership quintet strengthens the fourth-placed Magpies who have lost the run of Caolan Mooney and Simon Buckley to hamstring injuries while Nathan Brown, Marty Clarke and Cameron Wood have been omitted.

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Brown and Clarke remain in contention for a late call up, joining Luke Rounds as the three emergencies for Saturday night’s clash.

The changes mean that Collingwood will field a much more experienced team than the one that beat Greater Western Sydney by 120-points at Skoda Stadium last Saturday.

Only four players - Ben Sinclair, Tom Young, Jamie Elliott and Paul Seedsman - have played less than 20 senior games, indicating that the Magpies are starting to piece together their most settled line up for the season.

The four players who missed last week’s fixture are known for their durability, as the match was only the second Sidebottom had missed through injury since joining the club in 2009.

Macaffer and Krakouer to return via the VFL.

Jolly had strung 142 consecutive games together before sustaining a knee injury last year, while O’Brien was on the way to achieving a similar feat before his 104-game run was ended late in the 2011 season.

It’s only Thomas who has experienced any issues with injury in recent times, missing five games due to hamstring and ankle complaints. But his record of durability remains a strongpoint, playing in 128 of Collingwood’s 142 matches since the beginning of 2007.

Both sides have much to play for on Saturday night. Collingwood currently sits one game inside the top four and one game adrift of equal top.

For St Kilda, who boasts a strong percentage but only nine wins. A victory could elevate it into the eight, but a loss could see it two games behind the pack.

Collingwood v St Kilda
Saturday 4 August
MCG, 7:40pm

Collingwood
B: Tom Young, Harry O'Brien, Chris Tarrant
HB: Nick Maxwell, Ben Reid, Alan Toovey
C: Sharrod Wellingham, Alex Fasolo, Jarryd Blair
HF: Scott Pendlebury, Chris Dawes, Heath Shaw
F: Dale Thomas, Travis Cloke, Tyson Goldsack
Foll: Darren Jolly, Dane Swan, Dayne Beams
Int: Ben Sinclair, Steele Sidebottom, Jamie Elliott, Paul Seedsman
Emg: Luke Rounds, Marty Clarke, Nathan Brown

IN: Darren Jolly, Harry O'Brien, Steele Sidebottom, Dale Thomas, Sharrod Wellingham
OUT: Simon Buckley (hamstring), Caolan Mooney (hamstring), Nathan Brown, Marty Clarke, Cameron Wood (omitted)

St Kilda
B: Jarryn Geary, James Gwilt, Tom Simpkin
HB: Sean Dempster, Sam Fisher, Sam Gilbert
C: Jason Gram, Lenny Hayes, Brendon Goddard
HF: Ahmed Saad, Nick Riewoldt, David Armitage
F: Stephen Milne, Justin Koschitzke, Beau Wilkes
Foll: Ben McEvoy, Nick Dal Santo, Leigh Montagna
Int: Clint Jones, Jack Steven, Farren Ray, Sam Dunell
Emg: Jamie Cripps, Arryn Siposs, Dean Polo

IN: Farren Ray
OUT: Adam Schneider (leg)