Essendon has made five changes for this weekend following their bye, with ruckman Sam Draper and best and fairest winner Devon Smith among the ins.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Ned Cahill and Peter Wright also enter the team, while Patrick Ambrose, Andrew McGrath, David Zaharakis, Alec Waterman and Aaron Francis come out.
Francis steps aside for personal reasons, while McGrath went down with a knee injury against Richmond.
Hawthorn meanwhile takes a debutant into the game in Lachlan Bramble, while James Cousins also returns.
James Worpel misses through suspension, Harry Morrison suffered a hamstring injury against the Swans and Josh Morris also comes out.
See the full teams below.
Hawthorn
IN: James Cousins, Lachlan Bramble
OUT: Harry Morrison, James Worpel, Josh Morris
Essendon
IN: Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Devon Smith, Sam Draper, Ned Cahill, Peter Wright
OUT: Patrick Ambrose, Andrew McGrath, David Zaharakis, Alec Waterman, Aaron Francis