Essendon’s improvement is about to be put to the ultimate test with a bruising five-week block of fixtures, starting with Melbourne at Adelaide Oval.
The Bombers (3-1, 126.3%) take on the Demons, Collingwood, Geelong, Port Adelaide and Brisbane after a relatively soft draw in the opening four rounds under new coach Brad Scott.
Melbourne (3-1, 149.8%) has been impressive in the past fortnight after a loss to Brisbane, defeating Sydney and West Coast by 50 and 63 points respectively.
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This match gets underway at 4:10pm from Adelaide Oval.
Watch it live on Fox Footy (channel 504) from 4pm.
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