Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has confirmed that Daniel Wells will play his first game for 2018 against Geelong on Sunday, while he has also given the strongest indication yet that captain Scott Pendlebury is struggling to be ready for the clash.
Wells last played for the Pies in round 20, 2017 and has bided his time in the VFL the past few weeks in a bid to regain fitness from an Achilles injury that interrupted his pre-season.
Daniel Wells will play against Geelong.
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Buckley named Wells on an extended bench on Thursday night and on Friday told reporters the 33-year-old would play against Geelong.
Skipper Pendlebury injured his ankle in the Pies' round-seven win over Geelong. He has been named in the side and Collingwood will give him right up to game-day to be fit, however he did not train on Friday.
"He [Pendlebury] has to be under some doubt given that he didn't train today but we will run him all the way to the line," Buckley said. "Pendles has been moving on it and he has an understanding of where it's at so we are giving him another couple of days, it wasn't ready to go today."
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Anthony Colangelo is a sports and breaking news reporter at The Age
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