Collingwood has brought back the big guns for Saturday's AFL match of the round against unbeaten Hawthorn at the MCG with skipper Scott Burns and key forward Anthony Rocca named following injury.
And St Kilda has resurrected the career of veteran spearhead Fraser Gehrig, who returns for the Saints' clash against Richmond at Telstra Dome on Saturday night.
Burns, who will become only the 11th Collingwood player to reach 250 games on Saturday, returns after missing three games with a calf injury.
And Rocca is back after being a late withdrawal from last week's Anzac Day mauling of Essendon with an ankle injury.
The return of the Pies' two most experienced players - who between them have played 462 matches - means Collingwood will be at virtually full strength for a match expected to draw more than 70,000 fans.
The confident Hawks made no change.
Gehrig, 32, who has spent the past two weeks on the outer returns on the strength of his recent record against Richmond - having kicked 20 goals in his past three games against the Tigers, although he has managed just seven from three appearances this season.
The Saints also regained Michael Gardiner and Adam Schneider following calf and hamstring injuries as Michael Rix, Leigh Fisher and James Blake were dropped.
Richmond made no change meaning a fourth consecutive week in the VFL for dual best and fairest winner Joel Bowden.
Brisbane suffered a major blow losing Travis Johnstone to a hamstring injury for Saturday's daunting trip to unbeaten reigning premier Geelong.
But injury-plagued forward Mitch Clark comes in for his first game of the season and just his 11th since debuting in round one, 2006.
The Cats made no change.
Sydney dropped Nick Davis again after he managed just nine disposals and one goal in his return game during last week's draw against the Kangaroos at Telstra Dome.
The Swans also lost Luke Ablett to a calf injury for Sunday's SCG match against the Bulldogs with veteran big man Peter Everitt, who is yet to play this season, named on a seven man bench.
The Bulldogs added Wayde Skipper, Stephen Tiller and Callan Ward to the 22 that thrashed West Coast last week.
The Eagles made four changes following that defeat - their fifth in six games - for Friday night's home clash against Carlton after losing Adam Hunter and Shannon Hurn to injury and Daniel Kerr to suspension while Brent Staker was dropped.
In come Jaymie Graham, Jamie McNamra, Mark