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MELBOURNE has named Christian Salem for his long-awaited return in Sunday's match with Gold Coast, while Essendon and Adelaide have made a combined 11 changes for their clash at Marvel Stadium.
Salem returns for just his sixth game of the season – and first since Gather Round – after recovering from a fractured foot as one of three changes for the Demons, with speedster Caleb Windsor and Changkuoth Jiath also in after missing last week's loss to Geelong.
Kade Chandler (hand) and Latrelle Pickett (concussion) are out through injury, while Lukas Cooke has been dropped.
The Suns have recalled Jake Rogers and Ethan Read while managing young gun Zeke Uwland and axing Caleb Lewis for the match, which will be the first time Christian Petracca faces his former side after missing the round four clash with a hamstring injury.
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Gold Coast’s beyond-desperate bid to snap a horror nine-game losing streak doesn’t get any easier on Sunday afternoon, facing the ‘3:15pm experts’ in Melbourne at People First Stadium.
The Suns (7-12, 94.8%) have made two changes for the clash, while premiership Dee Christian Petracca will take on his former side for the first time since changing clubs last October.
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As for the travelling Demons (12-7, 107.8%), they welcome back a trio of regulars in Changkuoth Jiath, Christian Salem and Caleb Windsor — though lose an injured Kade Chandler.
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