Unbeaten Fremantle Dockers to welcome back Hayden Ballantyne WELCOME BACK: Fremantle's Hayden Ballantyne will return for Friday night's clash with Essendon. FREMANTLE coach Ross Lyon said Hayden Ballantyne would be an automatic inclusion for Friday night's showdown with Essendon at Patersons Stadium. Ballantyne missed his side's 28-point win over the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium, serving a one-match ban he received from the Round 1 Western Derby. The unbeaten Dockers will be on national free-to-air television for the first time this year when they host the Bombers and Lyon said Ballantyne would have no trouble breaking back into a winning team. His replacement, Hayden Crozier, was lively with two goals, while Michael Walters kicked three in Fremantle's first win over the Bulldogs in Melbourne since 2004. They were pretty solid. I'm sure we'll find a spot for Hayden Ballantyne though," Lyon said. He's a really strong leader for us and he'll be fresh and he'll be a real handful for the opposition. A host of Dockers were walking gingerly in the rooms after the match, but Lyon expected all would be available for the Essendon match. Clancee Pearce was subbed out with a cork to the calf, while Michael Johnson copped a knock to the knee late in the match. Lyon said Matthew Pavlich's body was in good shape despite the skipper receiving treatment from an electrical stimulation machine on his left calf at quarter-time. Pavlich, who kicked 2.3 from 15 disposals, often received treatment from the machine during games last season as he battled an achilles problem before having calf surgery in the off-season. "I thought he was pretty solid today," Lyon said. It's not perfect. He's just had a split webbing and a glove on, but the rest of him is pretty healthy to be frank. It was another injury that took centre stage yesterday, with goal umpire Courtney Lai tearing his anterior cruciate and medial ligaments in a freak accident on the goal line after a collision with Bulldog Liam Picken. There was a lengthy delay in play before the umpire was eventually carried from the field by medicos from both clubs. The AFL pays the clubs for their medical staff to look after umpires in the event of a serious injury.