Jordie McKenzie, Ricky Petterd and Max Gawn, who played against Carlton last round, have also been named on the seven-man bench.

As expected, defender James Strauss will miss the rest of the season, after suffering a nasty broken leg against the Blues last round.

But the Demons have lost midfielder Jordan Gysberts, who is out with a scaphoid injury.

Forward Matthew Bate has been left out of the side.

McDonald, who has impressed as a key defender in the VFL this year, was selected at No.53 in last year’s NAB AFL Draft.

He was recruited from Edenhope-Apsley/North Ballarat U18s.

Jamar missed last round with a foot injury, while Sylvia had a run with Casey in the VFL.

Melbourne
B: Luke Tapscott, James Frawley, Clint Bartram
HB: Colin Garland, Jared Rivers, Joel Macdonald
C: Jack Trengove, Lynden Dunn, Aaron Davey
HF: Brad Green, Jeremy Howe, Tom Scully
F: Colin Sylvia, Mark Jamar, Jack Watts
FOLL: Stef Martin, Brent Moloney, Nathan Jones
I/C (from): Cale Morton, Jordie McKenzie, Ricky Petterd, Max Gawn, Tom McDonald, Sam Blease, Daniel Nicholson
IN: Mark Jamar, Colin Sylvia, Cale Morton, Sam Blease, Tom McDonald, Daniel Nicholson
OUT: James Strauss (leg), Jordan Gysberts (scaphoid), Matthew Bate
NEW: Tom McDonald (Edenhope-Apsley/North Ballarat U18s)

West Coast Eagles
B: Shannon Hurn, Eric Mackenzie, Will Schofield
HB: Ashley Smith, Mitch Brown, Scott Selwood
C: Bradley Ebert, Matthew Priddis, Andrew Embley
HF: Mark Nicoski, Josh Kennedy, Andrew Gaff
F: Mark LeCras, Quinten Lynch, Nic Naitanui
FOLL: Dean Cox, Daniel Kerr, Adam Selwood
I/C (from): Chris Masten, Luke Shuey, Patrick McGinnity, Bradd Dalziell, Brad Sheppard, Ashton Hams, Jack Darling
IN: Eric Mackenzie, Josh Kennedy, Bradd Dalziell, Brad Sheppard, Ashton Hams
OUT: Darren Glass (Soreness), Matthew Rosa (Knee)