{"id":221475,"date":"2025-10-18T00:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/221475\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T00:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:32:08","slug":"dees-aim-to-bounce-back-as-swans-visit-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/221475\/","title":{"rendered":"Dees aim to bounce back as Swans visit. Follow LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Follow all the action from Saturday&#8217;s round 10 games\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Follow it LIVE: Melbourne v Sydney from 1.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n<p>MELBOURNE hosts Sydney in a crucial clash to open a huge Saturday in round 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Demons (7-2) fell to Fremantle in a thriller last week to slip back to 7-2 and onto third spot on the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>DEMONS v SWANS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/aflw\/matches\/7941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow it LIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Swans, meanwhile, recorded a much-needed win over Carlton to improve to 5-4, sitting level on points with eighth-placed West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first time the two sides have met in the AFLW. Stoppage is going to be all-important in this one, it was where the Swans got control last week, and it is where the Demons typically dominate.<\/p>\n<p>The Swans have been dealt a huge blow and will be without star forward Chloe Molloy, who has been replaced by Giselle Davies.<\/p>\n<p>The Dees have made three changes with Shelley Heath, Sarah Lampard and Saraid Taylor coming in for Georgia Gall, Gabrielle Colvin and Denby Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>North Melbourne is set to face a test when it hosts fifth-placed Adelaide at Arden Street Oval.<\/p>\n<p>The Kangaroos are on a remarkable 21-match winning streak, sitting clear unbeaten atop the ladder and as favourites to go back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p>KANGAROOS v CROWS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/aflw\/matches\/7942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow it LIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perennial contenders, the Crows are 6-3 after bouncing back with a good win over West Coast last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Roos have lost Mia King to injury, and recalled Amy Gavin Mangan, while Stevie-Lee Thompson and Brooke Smith come in for Christina Leuzzi and Amy Boyle-Carr for the Crows.<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle kept its slim finals chances alive with an upset win against Melbourne last week and takes on Greater Western Sydney on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>After back-to-back losses, the Dockers beat the Demons to improve their record to 4-5.<\/p>\n<p>GIANTS v DOCKERS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/aflw\/matches\/7944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow it LIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Giants, meanwhile, are in 15th spot and have lost their past three games.<\/p>\n<p>This is going to be the definition of an outside v inside game &#8211; GWS is at its best when streaming down the ground, using its runners and handball game while\u00a0Fremantle is more focused on contest and kicking to gain territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dockers will be without Aine Tighe, who has been replaced by Poppy Stockwell, while Alicia Eva is back for the Giants, replacing Aliesha Newman.<\/p>\n<p>In a huge clash on Saturday night, Carlton hosts St Kilda at Ikon Park.<\/p>\n<p>It is a battle between two top-eight sides with 6-3 records, with a victory set to put them in a strong position to seal a finals berth.<\/p>\n<p>BLUES v SAINTS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/aflw\/matches\/7956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow it LIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the Blues were well beaten by Sydney last week, the Saints are riding a five-match winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides are separated on the ladder by just two per cent, and Carlton is desperate to return to finals, while St Kilda wants to taste post-season action for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlton has regained Maddison Torpey and Madeleine Guerin, replacing omitted pair Aisling Reidy and Mia Austin, while the Saints have recalled Darcy Guttridge in place of the injured Charlotte Simpson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow all the action from Saturday&#8217;s round 10 games Follow it LIVE: Melbourne v Sydney from 1.05pm AEDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-221475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221475","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=221475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}