MELBOURNE has added Jasmine Grierson to its side for Sunday’s clash against Fremantle at Fremantle Oval at 3.35pm (WST).
Forward Alyssa Mifsud, who returned from injury last round and replaced youngster Maddy Guerin, has been omitted. She joins Harriet Cordner as an emergency.
Grierson missed through injury last week, when she was withdrawn in the lead-up to round two.
She has been named on the bench, along with Brooke Patterson, Emma Humphries, Lauren Pearce and Lily Mithen.
This will be the first of two consecutive interstate trips for Melbourne, with the Demons set to head to the Northern Territory afterwards, where it will play Collingwood in Alice Springs on Saturday, February 24.
The Demons have opened their season with victories over GWS Giants and Adelaide Crows, both at Casey Fields.
The red and blue will then return to Casey Fields, where it will host the Brisbane Lions in round five.
Its final two home and away matches are against Carlton (Ikon Park) and the Western Bulldogs (VU Whitten Oval).
Melbourne will be aiming to make it three in a row, while Fremantle has won one of its two encounters.
Karen Paxman, Elise O’Dea and Daisy Pearce have been among Melbourne’s best performers so far this year.
Ainslie Kemp (knee) and Sarah Lampard (hamstring) remain on the sidelines.
Melbourne team: round three
B: Meg Downie, Laura Duryea, Katherine Smith
HB: Ashleigh Guest, Bianca Jakobsson, Elise O’Dea
C: Melissa Hickey
HF: Kate Hore, Shelley Scott, Cat Phillips
F: Richelle Cranston, Tegan Cunningham, Aliesha Newman
Foll: Erin Hoare, Karen Paxman, Daisy Pearce
I/C: Jasmine Grierson, Brooke Patterson, Emma Humphries, Lauren Pearce, Lily Mithen
Emg: Cordner, Mifsud
In: Grierson
Out: Mifsud
Not playing: Ainslie Kemp (knee), Sarah Lampard (hamstring), Maddy Guerin, Maddie Shevlin, Anna Teague, Claudia Whitfort, Eden Zanker
