{"id":655577,"date":"2026-05-07T13:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/655577\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:32:11","slug":"dons-swing-six-changes-to-take-on-gws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/655577\/","title":{"rendered":"Dons swing six changes to take on GWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Announcement\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Bombers busy at selection table for interstate clash.\n            <\/p>\n<p>Essendon will welcome back Nick Bryan and Mason Redman among their six inclusions to take on GWS at Engie Stadium this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan&#8217;s return marks a first senior game since his ACL tear in Gather Round last year, while Redman slots into the back six for his first appearance since tearing his meniscus in round two.<\/p>\n<p>The Bombers have also called upon Zak Johnson and Archie Perkins off the back of a consistent few weeks&#8217; worth of performances in the VFL, with Darcy Parish also returning to the midfield mix after being managed last week.<\/p>\n<p>After missing the Brisbane clash due to an MCL injury, Archie May has also been recalled to lead the forward charge alongside Nate Caddy and Peter Wright.<\/p>\n<p>Saad El-Hawli (collarbone) and Jye Caldwell (ankle) will miss due to respective injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Max Kondogiannis, Ben McKay, Jade Gresham and Tom Edwards have all been omitted from the side.<\/p>\n<p>Essendon&#8217;s omissions will all travel to Sydney to feature in the VFL fixture against the GIANTS at Tom Wills Oval on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Announcement Bombers busy at selection table for interstate clash. Essendon will welcome back Nick Bryan and Mason Redman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-655577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655577","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=655577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}