{"id":11922,"date":"2025-07-21T22:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11922\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:53:09","slug":"afl-round-20-2025-team-news-selection-whispers-injuries-news-predictions-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11922\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Round 20, 2025 – Team news, selection, whispers, injuries, news, predictions, scores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Round 20 of the AFL<\/a> season gets underway Thursday night with a clash between Hawthorn and Carlton at the MCG, before a Friday night double-header with the Bombers taking on the Bulldogs, and the Giants and Swans going head-to-head in the Sydney Derby.<\/p>\n

Keep up to date with all of the fixtures, games, team news, tips, odds, results, reaction, and video as they come to hand.<\/p>\n

THURSDAY, JULY 24<\/p>\n

MCG, 7:30pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: Hawthorn midfielder Will Day is on track to make his return from a foot injury on Thursday night in what is a huge boost for Sam Mitchell’s side. For the Blues, Harry McKay continues to edge closer but is not yet a guarantee starter this week.<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Hawks by 20 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Hawks $1.17, Blues $5.00<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, JULY 25<\/p>\n

Marvel Stadium, 7:20pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: Nate Caddy (soreness) could return for the Bombers this week. For the Dogs, Laitham Vandermeer was subbed out with an ankle injury at three-quarter time last week and could miss, while Taylor Duryea (28 disposals and 11 marks), Nick Coffield (27 and 12), and Buku Khamis (four goals) all impressed in the VFL.<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Bulldogs by 35 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Bombers $11.00, Dogs $1.04<\/p>\n

Engie Stadium, 7:50pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: The Giants are expected to regain star trio Josh Kelly (hip), Jesse Hogan (foot), and Sam Taylor (toe) for Friday night’s derby.<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Giants by 8 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Giants $1.56, Swans $2.50<\/p>\n

SATURDAY, JULY 26<\/p>\n

People First Stadium, 1:20pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: Suns half-back Dan Rioli will undergo scans on a lower leg injury he suffered against the Crows but is unlikely to suit up, while Zac Bailey should return from suspension.<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Lions by 4 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Suns $2.35, Lions $1.60<\/p>\n

Optus Stadium, 4:15pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: Fremantle captain missed last week’s win over Collingwood with ‘awareness’ in his shin, with the Dockers likely to continue taking a cautious approach.<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Dockers by 40 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Dockers $1.05, Eagles $10.00<\/p>\n

Marvel Stadium, 7:35pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: North Melbourne’s ruck stocks will be stretched even further with luckless Callum Coleman-Jones suffering a calf injury against the Swans, but George Wardlaw picked up 29 disposals in the VFL and is expected to return to the AFL.<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Cats by 38 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Roos $8.00, Cats $1.08<\/p>\n

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Adelaide Oval, 8:10pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: Port skipper Connor Rozee didn’t quite get up last week with a hand injury but is likely to regain his spot in the side for this week’s clash against the Crows.<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Crows by 21 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Crows $1.18, Power $4.75<\/p>\n

SUNDAY, JULY 27<\/p>\n

MCG, 2:10pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: Collingwood will be expecting to regain Bobby Hill (personal) and Billy Frampton (calf), but the Tigers will be without Seth Campbell after entering concussion protocols.<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Magpies by 27 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Tigers $9.00, Pies $1.06<\/p>\n

Marvel Stadium, 3:15pm [AEST]<\/a><\/p>\n

Team news: TBC<\/p>\n

ESPN tip: Saints by 5 points<\/p>\n

Pointsbet<\/a> odds: Saints $2.05, Dees $1.77<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Round 20 of the AFL season gets underway Thursday night with a clash between Hawthorn and Carlton at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-11922","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\/11922","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=11922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}