Skipper Shannon Hurn is in.

That’s the one absolute we know after the West Coast Eagles match committee settled on the combination it plans to take in to battle Carlton at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.

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As to who makes way for the team leader, well, that won’t be revealed until tomorrow.

Coach Adam Simpson and his closest confidantes will sleep on it and make a final call ahead of the team’s journey to Melbourne.

Hurn was named in the starting 18 while the three other inclusions – young ruck-forward Bailey Williams, defender Tom Cole and utility player Mark Hutchings – were all listed on an extended eight-man interchange bench.

No one has yet been omitted.

Simpson and his brains trust will make a decision on whether any of the other three inclusions will also resume in the senior team.

The debate is sure to centre around Hutchings and his possible role. He has primarily functioned as a tagger in the last couple of seasons, but there is more in his kit bag.

He can play through the midfield with a free rein, winning his own football, or he could be deployed at half-forward. The versatile premiership star can fill any number of roles to assist the team.

Williams is pushing hard for his first opportunity at senior level, impressing with his progress with the WAFL Eagles, while Cole is also under consideration for a defensive return.

Carlton have won their last three games under former West Coast assistant coach David Teague, who is the senior caretaker coach of the Blues after they parted ways with Brendon Bolton earlier in the season.