{"id":550843,"date":"2026-03-19T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/550843\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:52:14","slug":"round-2-team-dees-set-for-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/550843\/","title":{"rendered":"Round 2 Team | Dees set for the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Team Update\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Melbourne has named its Round 2 team\n            <\/p>\n<p>INS &#8211; <br \/>OUTS &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>MELBOURNE has opted to run with the same line-up in Round 2 that saw it take out a season-opening win against St Kilda last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Dees will face the Dockers on Saturday night at Optus Stadium as they look to keep their winning start alive in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/membership.melbournefc.com.au\/?utm_source=mfc_website&amp;utm_medium=navigation&amp;utm_campaign=membership22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BECOME A MEMBER &gt;&gt;&gt; Join the Dees <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senior coach Steven King has backed in the same final 23 as Round 1, telling media on Thursday morning that he was excited by the trip west.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally good teams win on the road and that\u2019s our challenge this week,\u201d King said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see opportunity in the game\u2026starting well on the road is really important, so we\u2019ll look to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle is coming off a 10-point loss to Geelong and will no doubt be looking for redemption on its home deck, setting the scene for an exciting battle in Perth.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey Laurie, Tom McDonald and Max Heath have been named on the emergency list.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full team below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team Update Melbourne has named its Round 2 team INS &#8211; OUTS &#8211; MELBOURNE has opted to run&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85,83],"class_list":["post-550843","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\/550843","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=550843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}