Pendlebury leads Collingwood's four inclusions for Afl Teams Round 11 2026
Collingwood added four players for Scott Pendlebury’s record-breaking match against Waalitj-Marawar on Saturday, the headline move in afl teams round 11 2026. Darcy Moore, Pat Lipinski and Tim Darcy Cameron all completed concussion recoveries, giving the Magpies a stronger hand for a game carrying one of the club’s biggest individual milestones.
Pendlebury's Collingwood returns
Oscar Steene, Jack Buller, Wil Parker and Angus Anderson came out of the side to make room for the inclusions. Pendlebury will captain Collingwood in the match, and the selection mix gives the club four experienced additions for a team sheet built around his milestone game.
The changes also sit inside a broader round of late moves across the league. Clubs used injuries, concussion returns, omissions and managed players to reshape their Round 11 sides, with several teams making direct swaps before Saturday and Friday night fixtures.
Essendon's four changes
Essendon made four changes for Dreamtime at the 'G. Ben McKay earned a recall, while Jade Gresham, Matt Guelfi and Tom Edwards also came back in for Friday night.
Nik Cox, Will Setterfield and Jayden Nguyen were dropped, and Peter Wright was sidelined by a knee injury. That left Essendon with a reshaped back end of selection ahead of one of the club’s most visible games of the round.
Fremantle and Richmond moves
Fremantle lost Caleb Serong to a calf injury that could keep him out for 2-3 weeks, and Corey Wagner replaced him in the side. Richmond named a full squad of 26 players for its clash with Essendon, with Mykelti Lefau returning after being managed against St Kilda and Jasper Alger coming in for Liam Fawcett.
Campbell Gray came out with a hamstring injury. For Richmond, the balance shifted again with Jack Hutchinson’s injury opening the door for Bo Allan at Waalitj-Marawar, while Jack Williams kept his spot and Cooper Duff-Tytler missed a recall after being rested against the Giants.
Elsewhere, St Kilda brought back Mason Wood after Jack Higgins underwent minor knee surgery on Wednesday, Gold Coast regained Ben Long and Sam Clohesy after Lachie Weller and Will Graham exited with a hamstring injury and concussion, and Sydney made two changes for the trip to Kardinia Park. Geelong stayed unchanged for its Saturday twilight match with Sydney, while North Melbourne made one change after its heavy loss to Adelaide and recalled Riley Hardeman for Tom Blamires.
For Collingwood, the four inclusions are the sharpest selection point in the round because they land in the same game as Pendlebury’s record-breaking appearance. The Magpies get Moore, Lipinski and Darcy Cameron back in time for Saturday, and the team sheet now carries both the milestone and the clearest sign that the club expects to be close to full strength for it.
