{"id":115252,"date":"2025-09-03T08:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/115252\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:48:10","slug":"afl-teams-week-1-finals-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/115252\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Teams Week 1 Finals 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide is twice boosted for their return to the AFL finals while Collingwood makes two selection gambles heading into Thursday night\u2019s qualifying final.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies have dropped Dan McStay, who missed the 2023 flag through a knee injury before working his way back from an ACL rupture in late 2024. He has played 18 games this year but is replaced by Mason Cox, for just his ninth appearance of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Craig McRae has then opted for Wil Parker, who will play just his ninth AFL game, in defence to replace injured star veteran Jeremy Howe.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of the 2025 Toyota AFL Finals Series before the Grand Final, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=afl&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast the minor premiers will regain Max Michalanney and Luke Pedlar from hamstring injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s top draft pick Sid Draper is omitted along with Billy Dowling for the Crows\u2019 first AFL post-season appearance since the 2017 Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Rachele is expected to return for the Crows\u2019 second final, whether that\u2019s a semi or prelim, and take the place of Izak Rankine who is suspended for three more games due to his use of a homophobic slur in the Crows\u2019 last meeting with Collingwood.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the Week 1 Finals teams will be announced Thursday 6:20pm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The man will play&#8217; Hardwick on Swallow | 02:46<\/p>\n<p>WEEK 1 FINALS TEAMS AND FIXTURE (All times AEST)<\/p>\n<p>[1] ADELAIDE CROWS vs [4] COLLINGWOOD<\/p>\n<p>First Qualifying Final<\/p>\n<p>Thursday September 4, 7:40pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>CROWS<\/p>\n<p>B: J.Worrell, M.Keane, R.Laird<\/p>\n<p>HB: W.Milera, N.Murray, M.Michalanney<\/p>\n<p>C: I.Cumming, J.Dawson, D.Curtin<\/p>\n<p>HF: B.Keays, R.Thilthorpe, A.Neal-Bullen<\/p>\n<p>F: Z.Taylor, T.Walker, D.Fogarty<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: R.O\u2019Brien, S.Berry, J.Soligo<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: B.Smith, L.Pedlar, J.Peatling, M.Hinge, H.Bond<\/p>\n<p>EMG: C.Burgess, J.Butts, B.Dowling<\/p>\n<p>In: M.Michalanney, L.Pedlar<\/p>\n<p>Out: B.Dowling, S.Draper (both omitted)<\/p>\n<p>MAGPIES<\/p>\n<p>B: B.Frampton, D.Moore &#8211; C, B.Maynard<\/p>\n<p>HB: H.Perryman, J.Daicos, W.Parker<\/p>\n<p>C: J.Crisp, N.Long, S.Sidebottom<\/p>\n<p>HF: J.De Goey, T.Membrey, B.McCreery<\/p>\n<p>F: J.Elliott, B.Mihocek, L.Schultz<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: D.Cameron, S.Pendlebury, N.Daicos<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: P.Lipinski, I.Quaynor, D.Houston, R.Steele, M.Cox<\/p>\n<p>EMG: T.Mitchell, D.McStay, E.Allan<\/p>\n<p>In: W.Parker, M.Cox<\/p>\n<p>Out: J.Howe (Injured), D.McStay (Omitted)<\/p>\n<p>[2] GEELONG vs [3] BRISBANE LIONS<\/p>\n<p>Second Qualifying Final<\/p>\n<p>Friday September 5, 7:40pm at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>CATS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>LIONS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>[5] GWS GIANTS vs [8] HAWTHORN<\/p>\n<p>First Elimination Final<\/p>\n<p>Saturday September 6, 3:15pm at ENGIE Stadium<\/p>\n<p>GIANTS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>HAWKS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>[6] FREMANTLE vs [7] GOLD COAST SUNS<\/p>\n<p>Second Elimination Final<\/p>\n<p>Saturday September 6, 7:35pm at Optus Stadium<\/p>\n<p>DOCKERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>SUNS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adelaide is twice boosted for their return to the AFL finals while Collingwood makes two selection gambles heading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-115252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}