Pies lose quartet for Dockers clash
28/08/2008 7:27 PM
for Saturday night's home game against Brisbane, which made six changes - reflecting last week's disappointing fade-out loss against Carlton which ended the Lions' finals chances.
The Kangaroos bought in star forward Aaron Edwards for his first game since he broke his leg in Round 6 against Sydney while Port bought back Robbie Gray for the injured Troy Chaplin.
Geelong, aiming to become only the second side after Essendon in 2000 to win 21 of 22 matches in a home and away season, bought back Mathew Stokes and Ryan Gamble for the suspended Max Rooke and Shannon Byrnes for Saturday's home game against West Coast.
The Eagles regained star goalsneak Mark LeCras from a groin injury.
Injury-hit Essendon lost two more key players for its clash against St Kilda in Adam McPhee (ankle) and Andrew Welsh (hamstring) while the Saints have so far named an unchanged side.
And Richmond and Melbourne have both bought back veteran players to play their last games on Sunday at the MCG in Tigers' wingman Greg Tivendale and Melbourne key forward and former Tiger Ben Holland while Jeff White and Adem Yze will also play their last games for the Demons.