WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n Zach Merrett and Mason Redman are the notable returning soldiers for the Bombers, who couldn\u2019t find room for either Jade Gresham or Matt Guelfi. <\/p>\n As for the Saints, Jack Silvagni misses after his concussion against Gold Coast, while Hunter Clark and Dan Butler are among those overlooked. <\/p>\n Watch the Saints and Bombers from 3.00pm AEDT live and exclusive on Fox Footy, via Foxtel on channel 504 and streaming on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n Follow St Kilda vs. Essendon in Foxfooty.com.au\u2019s live blog below!<\/p>\n ST KILDA SELECTED SIDE<\/p>\n B: L.Stocker 14 C.Wilkie – C 44 A.Caminiti 47<\/p>\n HB: A.Tauru 26 N.Wanganeen-Milera 7 R.Byrnes 13<\/p>\n C: M.Windhager 2 H.Boxshall 38 D.Wilson 22<\/p>\n HF: M.Phillipou 25 M.Owens 10 M.Hall 40<\/p>\n F: C.Sharman 43 J.Higgins 1 R.Marshall 19<\/p>\n Foll: T.De Koning 21 S.Flanders 9 J.Sinclair 35<\/p>\n I\/C: J.Macrae 6 B.Hill 8 I.Keeler 17 J.Carroll 18 L.Ryan 31 M.Wood 32 H.Garcia 34 C.Banfield 36 <\/p>\n Emg: H.Clark 11 D.Butler 16 D.Howard 20 A.Dodson 30 <\/p>\n Missing: Dan Butler, Dougal Howard, Jack Silvagni, Hunter Clark, Max King, Liam Henry<\/p>\n ESSENDON SELECTED SIDE<\/p>\n B: A.McGrath – C 1 Z.Reid 31 B.McKay 32<\/p>\n HB: M.Redman 27 Z.Johnson 40 J.Nguyen 42<\/p>\n C: J.Prior 25 Z.Merrett 7 B.Fiorini 8<\/p>\n HF: A.Perkins 16 P.Wright 20 D.Parish 3<\/p>\n F: A.May 26 N.Caddy 30 K.Langford 4<\/p>\n Foll: L.Blakiston 46 J.Caldwell 6 S.Durham 22<\/p>\n I\/C: J.Farrow 2 D.Sharp 15 A.Roberts 21 X.Duursma 28 M.Kondogiannis 29 H.El Achkar 33 A.Clarke 36 S.El-Hawli 41 <\/p>\n Emg: E.Tsatas 5 J.Gresham 11 V.Visentini 17 M.Guelfi 35 <\/p>\n Missing: Jade Gresham, Matt Guelfi, Jordan Ridley, Nic Martin, Nik Cox, Nick Bryan, Isaac Kako<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Kilda and Essendon face off in Ballarat in the clubs\u2019 final tune-up before the start of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-509078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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