Ben Long will return to the senior side ahead of St Kilda's match with Melbourne on Saturday night.

The 21-year-old missed last week's game to travel to Darwin and spend time with family following the passing of his grandfather and St Mary's legend, Jack Long Sr.

Long has been selected in favour of Matthew Parker, who has been listed as an emergency.

Josh Battle, Bailey Rice and Darragh Joyce join Parker on the emergencies list, with Battle likely to line up for Sandringham in what will be his first game back from a knee injury.

Experienced midfielder Dan Hannebery continues to build his fitness after completing a full training week but wasn’t considered for selection against the Demons. 

Despite overcoming recent soreness, the decision has been made to continue with a block of high-intensity training prior to returning to play.

Jack Steven, meanwhile, will play his second game for the Zebras this Sunday at Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval. 

St Kilda will host Melbourne at Marvel Stadium this Saturday at 7:25pm.

IN: Long
OUT: Parker (omitted)