Essendon's Conor McKenna will play his first AFL match since being in quarantine when the Bombers take on North Melbourne on the Gold Coast on Saturday night.
but did not play in last week's win over Collingwood as the club took a conservative approach.
McKenna was added to the Bombers' round-six side with Zach Merrett, who returns from suspension, while Jake Stringer and Mason Redman will not feature against the Kangaroos. Collingwood star Jordan De Goey drops out of the side for Friday night's encounter with Hawthorn at Giants Stadium afterThe Magpies also lost Josh Daicos to injury and dropped Tyler Bown, with Atu Bosenavulagi and Will Kelly to debut and Isaac Quaynor to play his first senior match this year.
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