Big bad Bazza is back
24/07/2008 7:19 PM
withdrawal against Richmond last week with an ankle injury while in-form tagger Andrew Welsh (concussion) and Angus Monfries (ankle) were also picked despite being injured last week.
But promising forward Jay Neagle has been ruled out for the rest of the year with an ankle injury.
North Melbourne did not pick veteran spearhead Nathan Thompson - dropped for the first time since joining the club in 2005 last week - for Sunday's MCG clash against Melbourne despite the 2006 best-and-fairest runner-up booting six goals in the reserves.
The last-placed Demons lost Paul Wheatley to a calf injury but regained dual best-and-fairest winner James McDonald, who has missed the past three games with a groin injury, while Nathan Carroll and Jeff White were also included in the 25-man squad.
And the Western Bulldogs named promising big man Tom Williams - who has played just six games this year and has been out since Round 13 with a shoulder injury - in its starting 18 for Sunday's clash against Carlton, which has so far named an unchanged line-up.