Collingwood have regained key players Darren Jolly and Andrew Krakouer among five changes for Friday night’s crunch AFL match against St Kilda.

Saints small forward Stephen Milne also returns from his one-game suspension.

This will be Krakouer’s first senior game of the season, while a rib injury has sidelined Jolly since round two.

The injury-plagued Magpies named Ben Kennedy and Jarrod Witts for their senior debuts and also recalled Josh Thomas.

They lost defender Alan Toovey for the rest of the season with a knee reconstruction and ruckman Ben Hudson has leg soreness.

Collingwood also reacted to the Anzac Day loss to Essendon by dropping Jordan Russell, Alex Fasolo and Ben Sinclair.

The Saints lost Tom Lee with an Achilles injury and omitted Trent Dennis-Lane, with Arryn Siposs the other inclusion for the Etihad Stadium match.

Hawthorn regained midfielder Brad Sewell from a hamstring injury for Saturday’s away game against Adelaide, who recalled Jason Porplyzia among three changes.

Geelong stars Tom Hawkins and Paul Chapman are set to return from injury for Saturday night’s game at the MCG against Richmond.

Essendon lost in-form defender Jake Carlisle (foot) and midfielder Dyson Heppell (groin) for Saturday’s Etihad Stadium match against Greater Western Sydney.

Jason Winderlich was rested and Travis Colyer is out of the side.

They regained Nick Kommer from suspension and also included Leroy Jetta, Tayte Pears and Jake Melksham.

The Giants made a massive seven changes, losing Setanta O’hAilpin (calf), Phil Davis (back) and Lachie Whitfield (soreness) while naming Aidan Corr for his AFL debut.