Collingwood has named key forward Chris Dawes in its team for Friday night's preliminary final against the Sydney Swans at ANZ Stadium, but Alan Didak has been left out after failing to overcome his calf problem.

Ben Sinclair, who last played in the Magpies' qualifying final loss to Hawthorn, has replaced Didak in the Magpies' line-up.
Didak was subbed out at three-quarter time of Collingwood's win over West Coast last Saturday night at the MCG.

The calf soreness then resulted in the 29-year-old missing Wednesday's main training session, and he wasn't part of the Magpies' squad that flew to Sydney on Thursday afternoon.

Dawes suffered a right knee injury early in the last quarter of the victory over the Eagles.

He looked severely restricted by the injury early in the week, but proved his fitness with a strong performance at training on Wednesday.

If Dawes is a late withdrawal, he is likely to be replaced by youngster Jackson Paine, who has been named as an emergency, along with Martin Clarke and Paul Seedsman.

Read all the Sydney Swans team news ahead of tomorrow night's Preliminary Final against Collingwood

Collingwood

B C.Tarrant, H.O’Brien,    N.Brown
HB B.Johnson, B.Reid, T.Goldsack
C S.Wellingham,    D.Swan,    A.Toovey
HF S.Pendlebury, C.Dawes, H.Shaw
F D.Thomas, T.Cloke, J.Elliot
Foll D.Jolly, S.Sidebottom, D.Beams
I/C A.Fasolo, A.Krakouer, J.Blair, B.Sinclair
Emg M.Clarke, J.Paine, P.Seedsman

In: Ben Sinclair
Out: Alan Didak (calf)