Port Adelaide has reacted savagely to its poor start to the AFL season, dropping five players for Saturday night's Showdown against Adelaide.
Veteran Kane Cornes and Danyle Pearce lead the axings, which also include Daniel Stewart, Jason Davenport and newcomer Jarrad Irons.
The Power have brought in Steven Salopek, Brett Ebert, Jacob Surgan, Cameron Hitchcock and Michael Pettigrew.
The Crows made two changes, naming Luke Thompson for his AFL debut and recalling Myke Cook for Phil Davis (shoulder) and Scott Stevens (illness).
Two-time premiership ruckman Darren Jolly is out of Collingwood's side for the Friday night game against Richmond because of illness.
Meanwhile, Richmond promoted former Melbourne tall utility Brad Miller for his first Tigers game and also recalled key defender Will Thursfield to bolster its defence against the Magpies.
The Tigers dropped Mitch Morton and Daniel Connors has a leg injury.
In the same week the Suns lost Campbell Brown to suspension, Gold Coast also dropped fellow uncontracted signing Nathan Krakouer for Sunday's Gabba game against Melbourne.
The Suns left out Harvey Bennell as well, but they regained veteran ruckman Josh Fraser and also brought four potential first gamers into the squad - Matt Shaw, Luke Russell, Hayden Jolly and Jack Hutchins.
Hawthorn welcomed back Sam Mitchell and Sam Rioli for Saturday's Launceston game against West Coast, losing Ben Stratton to a season-ending knee injury and leaving out Michael Osborne.
The Eagles brought back Brad Dalziell for Patrick McGinnity.
Essendon dropped Alwyn Davey in favour of Brent Prismall for Saturday's clash with old enemy Carlton, which recalled Lachie Henderson and Simon White at the expense of Brad Thornton and Matthew Watson.
Tom Hawkins has a back injury, forcing him out of Geelong's team for the Saturday night game against Sydney.
Mitch Duncan will also miss the trip because of soreness and the Cats left out Allen Christensen.
They recalled Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie and David Wojcinski, while Sydney is unchanged
The Dockers added Garrick Ibbotson, Jay van Berlo and Jesse Chrichton to their extended interchange bench for their home match against North Melbourne, while the Roos included Cameron Pedersen, Daniel Pratt and Ben Warren to their squad of 25.
Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands, who suffered eye damage last week when accidentally poked by Adelaide's Richard Tambling, will train closer to game day and is expected to play.
- AAP
First posted April 14, 2011 18:32:00
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