CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\nCarlton’s midfield will be back to full strength with both captain Abbie McKay\u00a0and vice-captain Mimi Hill\u00a0returning from respective soft tissue injuries for the trip out west. Keeley Skepper and Siofra O’Connell\u00a0have both been omitted to make way.<\/p>\n
Adelaide has lost dynamic winger Niamh Kelly to concussion for this week’s must-win game against Fremantle, which will close the 2025 NAB AFLW season. Should the Crows lose, they could miss finals for the first time since 2020.<\/p>\n
Chelsea Randall\u00a0is in the frame for her first game since round five as she has battled concussion. Jess Allan, Stevie-Lee Thompson, Kayleigh Cronin\u00a0and Amy Boyle-Carr\u00a0have also been added to Adelaide’s extended squad for Sunday.<\/p>\n
Minor premier North Melbourne has chosen to rest veteran Kate Shierlaw, and give Vikki Wall\u00a0a week to recover from an ankle injury picked up in last week’s win over St Kilda.<\/p>\n
Emma Kearney\u00a0and Jenna Bruton\u00a0will return from being managed last week, in time for captain Jasmine Garner’s 100th game. It will be the first time the Roos and Hawks face off in the AFLW when they meet on Friday evening, with a chance of meeting for a second time in next week’s qualifying final.<\/p>\n
Handy winger Taylah Gatt\u00a0will also make her return from an ankle injury, having last played in the club’s round five win over Brisbane, with last week’s debutant Ella Slocombe\u00a0making way.<\/p>\n
The Hawks have opted not to bring Jess Vukic\u00a0back from concussion protocols, named as an emergency despite Lucy Wales’ absence. The club has made no changes to its team as it prepares to face the Roos, with replacement signing Nat Exon\u00a0keeping her place in the side.<\/p>\n
Retiring Geelong captain Meghan McDonald\u00a0will play one final game as the Cats’ season comes to an end, as will fellow retiree Kate Darby\u00a0despite picking up an injury in last week’s win over the Bulldogs. Shelley Scott\u00a0was unfortunately not able to overcome a calf injury to run out one last time.<\/p>\n
Sydney will be helped by the return of reigning best and fairest winner Sofia Hurley\u00a0from a quad injury, as Cynthia Hamilton comes out with ankle and knee injuries suffered early in last week’s win over West Coast. As confirmed by Sydney earlier in the week, co-captain Chloe Molloy\u00a0will miss the remainder of the season with a back injury.<\/p>\n
Chloe Adams\u00a0has overcome a broken nose to make the trip to Coffs Harbour to face Sydney in Essendon’s season finale. Replacement signing Brooke Sheridan\u00a0has earned her debut in the face of a fresh injury to defender Brooke Brown.<\/p>\n
Lauren Bella has earned a reprieve for Gold Coast’s battle for the No.1 draft pick against Richmond after Tayla Gregory\u00a0injured her knee last week.<\/p>\n
For Richmond, Shelby Knoll\u00a0will make her long-awaited debut in her third year on the list. Hailing from Castlemaine, Knoll has worked through an ACL injury to earn her shot, and can play as a key forward who supports in the ruck.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v North Melbourne at Kinetic Stadium, 7.15pm AEDT<\/p>\n
HAWTHORN<\/p>\n
In: Nil
Out: Nil<\/p>\n
NORTH MELBOURNE<\/p>\n
In: J.Bruton, T.Gatt, E.Kearney
Out: K.Shierlaw (managed), V.Wall (managed), E.Slocombe (omitted)<\/p>\n
West Coast v Carlton at Sullivan Logistics Stadium, 6.15pm AWST<\/p>\n
WEST COAST<\/p>\n
In: A.Bushby, E.Roberts, S.Lakay, B.Smith
Out: M.Western (injured), J.Rentsch (suspension), L.Boyd (omitted), A.Johnson (omitted<\/p>\n
CARLTON<\/p>\n
In: M.Hill, A.McKay
Out: K.Skepper (omitted), S.O’Connell (omitted)<\/p>\n
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1<\/p>\n
Greater Western Sydney v Port Adelaide at Henson Park, 1.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY<\/p>\n
In: C.Ransom
Out: V.Saad (omitted)<\/p>\n
PORT ADELAIDE<\/p>\n
In: J.Teakle
Out: C.Gaunt (omitted)<\/p>\n
Richmond v Gold Coast at Ikon Park, 3.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
RICHMOND<\/p>\n
In: S.Knoll
Out: L.Beatty (omitted)<\/p>\n
GOLD COAST<\/p>\n
In: L.Bella, K.Bischa
Out: W.Randell (omitted), T.Gregory (injured)<\/p>\n
Sydney v Essendon at C.ex Coffs International Stadium, 5.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
SYDNEY<\/p>\n
In: S.Hurley
Out: C.Hamilton (injured)<\/p>\n
ESSENDON<\/p>\n
In: B.Sheridan
Out: B.Brown (injured)<\/p>\n
Geelong v Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium, 7.15pm AEDT<\/p>\n
GEELONG<\/p>\n
In: Nil
Out: Nil<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE<\/p>\n
In: D.Taylor, G.Gall
Out: J.Rigoni (omitted), M.O’Hehir (injured)<\/p>\n
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2<\/p>\n
Collingwood v Brisbane at Victoria Park, 1.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
COLLINGWOOD<\/p>\n
In: G.Clark, M.Atkinson, C.Taylor, E.James
\u00a0
Out: A.Schutte (concussion)<\/p>\n
BRISBANE<\/p>\n
In: R.Crozier, E.Hampson, S.Peters
Out:\u00a0Nil<\/p>\n
St Kilda v Western Bulldogs at RSEA Park, 3.05pm AEDT<\/p>\n
ST KILDA<\/p>\n
In: L.Hung, C.Simpson, N.Plane\u00a0
Out:\u00a0Nil<\/p>\n
WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n
In: K.Weston-Turner, N.Ferres, K.Hardingham, A.McKee
Out: R.Wilcox (injured)<\/p>\n
Adelaide v Fremantle at Norwood Oval, 4.35pm ACDT<\/p>\n
ADELAIDE<\/p>\n
In: C.Randall, J.Allan, K.Cronin, A.Boyle-Carr, S.Thompson
Out: N.Kelly (injured), B.Smith (omitted)<\/p>\n
FREMANTLE<\/p>\n
In: A.Mulholland, H.Ifould, E.Parker
Out:\u00a0Nil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ella Roberts, Mimi Hill and Kate Shierlaw. Pictures: AFL Photos ELLA Roberts is back for West Coast, North…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85,83],"class_list":["post-250762","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\/250762","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=250762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}