{"id":15969,"date":"2025-07-23T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15969\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:52:08","slug":"afl-teams-round-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15969\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Teams Round 20, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star Hawthorn midfielder Will Day is locked in to make his long-awaited return in Thursday night\u2019s clash with Carlton. Round 20 teams!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Carlton has received a big attacking boost amid two changes made by coach Michael Voss. <\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Day played in the Hawks\u2019 opening four games of the season but hasn\u2019t appeared since Round 3 after a stress fracture was detected in his foot. <\/p>\n<p>FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. 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=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day returns at the expense of Finn Maginness, whose lacerated kidney will unfortunately cost him the rest of the season. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, key forward Mabior Chol remains absent due to the groin injury that kept him out of last Saturday\u2019s win over Port Adelaide. <\/p>\n<p>Spearhead forward Harry McKay returns to Carlton\u2019s lineup alongside midfielder Blake Acres, who has been recalled by Voss\u2019 match committee after being omitted in Round 18. <\/p>\n<p>McKay, who has recovered from his knee injury, hasn\u2019t played since Round 11. <\/p>\n<p>They come in at the expense of the injured Flynn Young (sprained foot) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-2025-steven-may-set-for-suspension-after-bump-on-francis-evans-carlton-blues-vs-melbourne-demons-concussion-protocols-super-saturday-live-reactions-jack-riewoldt-latest-news\/news-story\/124913cc0920695122f3f01f48524f8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Francis Evans (concussion)<\/a>, with the retiring Sam Docherty set to make his 184th and final AFL appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Teams and squads for the remaining eight matches will be released at 6:20pm AEST on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>ROUND 20 TEAMS AND FIXTURE (All times AEST)<\/p>\n<p>HAWTHORN v CARLTON<\/p>\n<p>Thursday July 24, 7:30pm at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>HAWKS<\/p>\n<p>B: J.Battle, T.Barrass, B.Hardwick<br \/>HB: J.Impey, J.Sicily (c), J.Scrimshaw<\/p>\n<p>C: H.Morrison, J.Worpel, J.Ward, <\/p>\n<p>HF: K.Amon, C.Dear, N.Watson<\/p>\n<p>F: C.Macdonald, M.Lewis, D.Moore<br \/>R: L.Meek, J.Newcombe, W.Day<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: M.D\u2019Ambrosio, C.Nash, J.Ginnivan, J.Gunston, B.Macdonald<br \/>EMG: M.Ramsden, C.Mackenzie, J.Serong<\/p>\n<p>In: W.Day <br \/>Out: F.Maginness (Injured)<\/p>\n<p>BLUES<\/p>\n<p>B: L.Cowan, J.Weitering, N.Haynes<br \/>HB: S.Docherty, H.O\u2019Farrell, O.Hollands<\/p>\n<p>C: B.Acres, P.Cripps (c), M.Carroll<\/p>\n<p>HF: L.Fogarty, C.Curnow, C.Durdin<\/p>\n<p>F: W.White, H.McKay, A.Moir<br \/>R: T.De Koning, G.Hewett, A.Cerra<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: A.Saad, Z.Williams, C.Lord, M.Pittonet, J.Motlop<br \/>EMG: J.Binns, J.Boyd, H.O\u2019Keeffe<\/p>\n<p>In: B.Acres, H.McKay<br \/>Out: F.Evans (Injured), F.Young (Injured)<\/p>\n<p>ESSENDON v WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n<p>Friday July 25, 7:20pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Teams TBC<\/p>\n<p>GWS GIANTS v SYDNEY SWANS<\/p>\n<p>Friday July 25, 7:50pm at ENGIE Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Teams TBC<\/p>\n<p>GOLD COAST SUNS v BRISBANE LIONS<\/p>\n<p>Saturday July 26, 1:20pm at People First Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Teams TBC<\/p>\n<p>FREMANTLE v WEST COAST EAGLES<\/p>\n<p>Saturday July 26, 4:15pm at Optus Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Teams TBC<\/p>\n<p>NORTH MELBOURNE v GEELONG<\/p>\n<p>Saturday July 26, 7:35pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Teams TBC<\/p>\n<p>ADELAIDE CROWS v PORT ADELAIDE<\/p>\n<p>Saturday July 26, 8:10pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>Teams TBC<\/p>\n<p>RICHMOND v COLLINGWOOD<\/p>\n<p>Sunday July 27, 2:10pm at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>Teams TBC<\/p>\n<p>ST KILDA v MELBOURNE<\/p>\n<p>Sunday July 27, 3:15pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Teams TBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Hawthorn midfielder Will Day is locked in to make his long-awaited return in Thursday night\u2019s clash with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-15969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15969","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=15969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}