Adelaide has been forced to rest midfielder Brent Reilly from Friday night’s game against the Western Bulldogs at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium.

Reilly, who had played every game this season, has bone bruising on a knee and did not train with the main group this morning.

James Sellar is also out of last week’s 22 and Ricky Henderson and Chris Schmidt have been recalled.

Adelaide flew to Melbourne this afternoon.

The team is:

B: Johncock, Rutten, L. Thompson
HB: Doughty, Otten, Symes
C: Jaensch, Dangerfield, van Berlo
HF: Knights, Henderson, Sloane
F: Gunston, Tippett, Wright
R: Jacobs, S. Thompson, Douglas
Int: McKernan, Petrenko, Schmidt, Vince
Emerg: Maric, Riley, Tambling

In: Henderson, Schmidt
Out: Reilly (knee), Sellar

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