Collingwood star Bobby Hill withdrawn due to ‘personal reasons' for clash against West Coast
Collingwood have been forced into a late change for Saturday night's clash against West Coast with Bobby Hill withdrawn.
The Magpies said Hill was out for personal reasons, with emergency Oleg Markov coming in as the replacement and starting as the substitute.
It's the second time this year the Norm Smith medallist has been withdrawn on the day of a game.
Last month, Hill and Scott Pendlebury were late outs before the clash against North Melbourne.
In that instance, the Pies were allowed to bring in a player from outside the emergency list due to the 'exceptional circumstances'. Coincidentally, Markov was the player brought in.
The move raised eyebrows, given they already had two other emergencies that were not used.
The Pies later clarified Hill was out because of a family matter, but didn't elaborate.
Collingwood can move 10 points clear on top of the ladder with a win over last-placed West Coast.
Charlie West will make his debut for the Pies after a string of strong performances in the VFL.
Teammate Pat Lipinski used West as a prime example of the talent they have ready to go in the VFL.
West kicked six goals, including the match-winner, against Sandringham last weekend to force his way into the senior line-up.
'That's the beauty, we have such a strong list,'' Lipinski said.
'We have a lot of great young players in the VFL who haven't even debuted yet, who are going to do great things.''
Then there are senior players Brayden Maynard and Jordan De Goey who are coming back from injury, with Billy Frampton (calf) and Beau McCreery the latest casualties. All four are premiership players.
The Magpies have a Saturday night game at Marvel Stadium for the second week in a row and will start strong favourites against the
West Coast will give key forward Jobe Shanahan his senior debut, while Brady Hough returns.
Hough could be given the tagging job on Nick Daicos, which is a role in the headlines given the Magpie star's duel last week with St Kilda's Marcus Windhager.
Lipinski spoke of the need for himself and the other Collingwood midfielders to make sure whoever tags Daicos feels some pressure back the other way.
'It's super-important. He's obviously the best player in the league and gets tagged every week,' Lipinski said.
'We know teams are going to throw it up against us.
'Every time someone went past Windhager, he felt Collingwood going at him.
'Nick handled it really well and he dominated. He won that match-up, which was nice.'
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