CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\nPort Adelaide remains unchanged as it aims to win its first Showdown.<\/p>\n
Ruck duo Lucy Wales\u00a0(appendix) and Jess Vukic (concussion protocols) will be absent from Hawthorn’s meeting with arch-rival Essendon on Saturday. Small forward pair Hayley McLaughlin\u00a0and Kristy Stratton\u00a0have also been dropped from the side.<\/p>\n
Former Brisbane, Carlton, and St Kilda player Nat Exon will come in for the Hawks as a top up player, given the club’s injury challenges. Exon has been playing VFLW for Hawthorn affiliate Box Hill since being delisted by the Saints at the end of last year. Najwa Allen\u00a0also returns from a long-term hamstring injury and Mikayla Williamson\u00a0is also back from her own hamstring concern.<\/p>\n
Blaithin Mackin\u00a0offers Melbourne a boost, after missing the last eight matches with calf and knee injuries. Her fellow countrywoman Sinead Goldrick\u00a0misses with an eye injury, and first-year forward Maggie Mahony has come in for an omitted Lily Johnson.<\/p>\n
Richmond has confirmed its first ever Irish player to take to the field, with Aoibhin Cleary\u00a0(pronounced Aye-veen) to make her AFLW debut on Saturday. Cleary only arrived in Australia in mid-August following the All-Ireland championship game in which she captained her county Meath.<\/p>\n
Reigning Western Bulldogs best and fairest winner Isabelle Pritchard\u00a0has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with a foot injury, with captain De Berry, former No.1 pick Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner, Naomi Ferres, and Analea McKee\u00a0all added to the side’s extended squad to face Geelong on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Important key forward Tara Bohanna\u00a0has been included in Carlton’s extended Sunday squad, hopeful she will make her return from a foot issue. Maddie Torpey\u00a0has been omitted.<\/p>\n
North Melbourne has confirmed that it will debut young gun Ella Slocombe\u00a0in its clash with St Kilda in Tasmania on Sunday. Slocombe was selected with pick No.26 in the 2023 Telstra AFLW draft, and has had to bide her time as part of the Roos’ deep list. Hailing from Western Australia, she can impact both in attack and through the midfield.<\/p>\n
Roos coach Darren Crocker signalled last week that he would consider resting players given the five-day turnaround heading into round 12, coming off travel to Tasmania, so former captain Emma Kearney\u00a0has been ruled out of Sunday’s match.<\/p>\n
The Saints have lost Bec Ott\u00a0to a partially torn achilles, further exacerbating a swollen injury list, but Jaimee Lambert is in line make her return from a calf concern.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24<\/p>\n
Adelaide v Port Adelaide at Norwood Oval, 7.05pm ACDT<\/p>\n
ADELAIDE<\/p>\n
In: C.Gould, R.Martin
Out: J.Allan (omitted), S.Thompson (omitted)<\/p>\n
PORT ADELAIDE<\/p>\n
In: Nil
Out:\u00a0Nil<\/p>\n
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25<\/p>\n
Sydney v West Coast at Henson Park, 1.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
SYDNEY<\/p>\n
In: R.Privitelli
Out: C.Reid (omitted)<\/p>\n
WEST COAST<\/p>\n
In: K.Kavanagh
Out: A.Bushby (calf)<\/p>\n
Essendon v Hawthorn at Windy Hill, 3.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
ESSENDON<\/p>\n
In: M.MacLachlan, A.Gladman
Out: G.Brooker (injured), M.Van Dyke (omitted)<\/p>\n
HAWTHORN<\/p>\n
In: N.Allen, M.Williamson, N.Exon
Out: H.McLaughlin (omitted), J.Vukic (concussion), K.Stratton (omitted)<\/p>\n
Fremantle v Richmond at Fremantle Oval, 2.05pm AWST<\/p>\n
FREMANTLE<\/p>\n
In: Nil
Out:\u00a0Nil<\/p>\n
RICHMOND<\/p>\n
In: M.Shevlin, A.Cleary
Out: E.McKenzie (injured), M.Beruldsen (calf)<\/p>\n
Brisbane v Melbourne at Brighton Homes Arena, 6.15pm AEST<\/p>\n
BRISBANE<\/p>\n
In: C.Hodder
Out: S.Peters (concussion)<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE<\/p>\n
In: B.Mackin, M.Mahony
Out: S.Goldrick (eye), L.Johnson (omitted)<\/p>\n
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs v Geelong at Mars Stadium, 1.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n
In: D.Berry, K.Weston-Turner, N.Ferres, A.McKee
Out: I.Pritchard (injured)<\/p>\n
GEELONG<\/p>\n
In: B.Smith, M.McDonald, B.O’Rourke
Out:\u00a0Nil<\/p>\n
North Melbourne v St Kilda at North Hobart Oval, 1.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
NORTH MELBOURNE<\/p>\n
In: A.Hetherington, C.Mahony, G.Stubs, E.Slocombe
Out: E.Kearney (managed)<\/p>\n
ST KILDA<\/p>\n
In: R.Caris, J.Lambert, N.Barr, L.Hung
Out: R.Ott (Achilles)<\/p>\n
Carlton v Greater Western Sydney at Ikon Park, 3.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
CARLTON<\/p>\n
In: S.O’Connell, T.Bohanna, A.Reidy, M.Austin
Out: M.Torpey (omitted)<\/p>\n
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY<\/p>\n
In: C.Ransom, V.Saad, A.Newman, E.Brown
Out: A.Eva (toe)<\/p>\n
Gold Coast v Collingwood at Bond University, 3.05pm AEST<\/p>\n
GOLD COAST<\/p>\n
In: C.Fitzpatrick, E.Veerhuis, K.Fullerton, T.Gregory
Out: J.Stanton (injured)<\/p>\n
COLLINGWOOD<\/p>\n
In: M.Hyde, S.Karlson, A.Porter, C.Taylor, E.James
Out: K.Hogan (knee), G.Clark (concussion)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"L-R: Courtney Hodder, Emma Kearney, Ellie McKenzie. Pictures: AFL Photos BRISBANE has pulled no punches for Saturday’s power…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85,83],"class_list":["post-235697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235697","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=235697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}