{"id":36996,"date":"2025-08-01T08:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/36996\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:18:08","slug":"key-roos-return-power-tall-to-debut-saints-go-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/36996\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Roos return, Power tall to debut, Saints go big"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The teams are in round 21&#8217;s Sunday games\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                George Wardlaw, Jack Whitlock, Max Heath. Pictures: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>NORTH Melbourne has brought in tough midfielder\u00a0George Wardlaw\u00a0and key forward\u00a0Nick Larkey, tall forward\u00a0Jack Whitlock\u00a0will debut for Port Adelaide and St Kilda has recalled young ruck\u00a0Max Heath\u00a0among two changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wardlaw will be a replacement for injured North skipper\u00a0Jy Simpkin\u00a0against St Kilda at Marvel Stadium, while Larkey will be joined by\u00a0Cooper Harvey\u00a0in attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; KEEP SCROLLING TO SEE THE FULL TEAMS OR\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/matches\/team-lineups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heath will share the ruck duties with Rowan Marshall as the Saints look to stretch the Roos for big-man depth.\u00a0Hugo Garcia\u00a0also comes in, while\u00a0Arie Schoenmaker\u00a0and\u00a0Lance Collard\u00a0have been dropped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whitlock, whose twin brother Matt made his senior debut for North Melbourne in round four, gets his chance against the unchanged Cats at GMHBA Stadium.\u00a0Mani Liddy\u00a0and\u00a0Will Lorenz\u00a0also come in but Port&#8217;s depth will be tested with\u00a0Miles Bergman\u00a0(shoulder) and\u00a0Jack Lukosius\u00a0(calf) among the outs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And in Sunday&#8217;s final game, the Dockers will go in unchanged against a Carlton side missing senior stars\u00a0Charlie Curnow\u00a0and\u00a0Adam Cerra, who are both out with knee problems, and the retired\u00a0Sam Docherty.\u00a0Lewis Young,\u00a0Francis Evans\u00a0and Flynn Young are the ins for the trip west.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SUNDAY, AUGUST 3<\/p>\n<p>St Kilda v North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, 1.40pm AEST<\/p>\n<p>ST KILDA<\/p>\n<p>In: H.Garcia, M.Heath<br \/>Out: A.Schoenmaker (omitted), L.Collard (omitted)<\/p>\n<p>R20 sub:\u00a0Hugh Boxshall<\/p>\n<p>NORTH MELBOURNE<\/p>\n<p>In: N.Larkey, G.Wardlaw, C.Harvey<br \/>Out: J.Simpkin (knee), F.Maley (omitted), W.Dawson (omitted)<\/p>\n<p>R20 sub:\u00a0Robert Hansen jnr<\/p>\n<p>Geelong v Port Adelaide at GMHBA Stadium, 3.15pm AEST<\/p>\n<p>GEELONG<\/p>\n<p>In: Nil<br \/>Out: Nil<\/p>\n<p>R20 sub:\u00a0Lawson Humphries<\/p>\n<p>PORT ADELAIDE<\/p>\n<p>In: J.Whitlock, M.Liddy, W.Lorenz<br \/>Out: M.Bergman (shoulder), J.Lukosius (calf), L.Evans (illness)<\/p>\n<p>R20 sub:\u00a0Hugh Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle v Carlton at Optus Stadium, 3.10pm AWST<\/p>\n<p>FREMANTLE<\/p>\n<p>In: Nil<br \/>Out: Nil<\/p>\n<p>R20 sub:\u00a0Neil Erasmus<\/p>\n<p>CARLTON<\/p>\n<p>In: F.Young, L.Young, F.Evans<br \/>Out: S.Docherty (retired), C.Curnow (knee), A.Cerra (knee)<\/p>\n<p>R20 sub:\u00a0Cooper Lord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The teams are in round 21&#8217;s Sunday games George Wardlaw, Jack Whitlock, Max Heath. 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