{"id":578294,"date":"2026-04-01T10:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/578294\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:05:11","slug":"afl-teams-round-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/578294\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Teams Round 4 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four key players have been forced out of the Easter Thursday blockbuster with Brisbane and Collingwood to open a much-anticipated Round 4.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies are without captain Darcy Moore (knee\/hamstring) and club great Scott Pendlebury (Achilles), while the Lions have lost defensive pair Darcy Gardiner (shoulder) and Noah Answerth (concussion).<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Craig McRae has called on 28-year-old midfielder Lachie Sullivan and third-gamer Will Hayes to bolster his side for the now-traditional clash.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Brisbane adds Darragh Joyce and James Tunstill to the line-up that downed St Kilda for their first win of the season last week.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the Round 4 Teams will be announced Thursday 6:20pm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-2026-round-4-team-tips-predicted-sides-and-squads-ins-and-outs-team-changes-injuries-latest-team-news\/news-story\/7e0bf311d13a110cbe5e5ba820a5f54f\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Get the latest intel on the rest of the weekend\u2019s games in Team Tips.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crows welcome back BIG trio | 02:56<\/p>\n<p>ROUND 4 TEAMS AND FIXTURE (All times AEDT\/AEST from Sunday)<\/p>\n<p>BRISBANE LIONS v COLLINGWOOD<\/p>\n<p>Thursday April 2, 7:30pm at the Gabba<\/p>\n<p>LIONS<\/p>\n<p>B: K.Coleman, D.Joyce, R.Lester<\/p>\n<p>HB: D.Wilmot, J.Fletcher, D.Zorko<\/p>\n<p>C: B.Reville, W.Ashcroft, J.Berry<\/p>\n<p>HF: C.Cameron, O.Allen, L.Ashcroft<\/p>\n<p>F: S.Draper, C.Rayner, T.Gallop<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: D.Fort, J.Dunkley &#8211; C, L.Neale<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: K.Lohmann, L.McCarthy, L.Morris, J.Tunstill, Z.Bailey<\/p>\n<p>EMG: Z.Zakostelsky, S.Brain, R.Torrent<\/p>\n<p>In: &#8211; D.Joyce, J.Tunstill<\/p>\n<p>Out: &#8211; D.Gardiner (Injured), N.Answerth (Injured)<\/p>\n<p>MAGPIES<\/p>\n<p>B: B.Frampton, J.Howe, B.Maynard<\/p>\n<p>HB: D.Houston, J.Daicos, H.Perryman<\/p>\n<p>C: J.Crisp, N.Daicos &#8211; C, S.Sidebottom<\/p>\n<p>HF: L.Schultz, J.De Goey, B.McCreery<\/p>\n<p>F: J.Elliott, T.Membrey, D.McStay<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: O.Steene, N.Long, P.Lipinski<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: I.Quaynor, D.Cameron, L.Sullivan, W.Hayes, R.Steele<\/p>\n<p>EMG: E.Allan, J.Buller, A.Anderson<\/p>\n<p>In: &#8211; L.Sullivan, W.Hayes<\/p>\n<p>Out: &#8211; D.Moore (Injured), S.Pendlebury (Injured)<\/p>\n<p>NORTH MELBOURNE v CARLTON<\/p>\n<p>Friday April 3, 3:15pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>KANGAROOS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>BLUES<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>ADELAIDE CROWS v FREMANTLE<\/p>\n<p>Friday April 3, 7:15pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>CROWS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>DOCKERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>RICHMOND v PORT ADELAIDE<\/p>\n<p>Saturday April 4, 4:15pm at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>TIGERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>POWER<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>WEST COAST EAGLES v SYDNEY SWANS<\/p>\n<p>Saturday April 4, 7:35pm at Optus Stadium<\/p>\n<p>EAGLES<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>SWANS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>MELBOURNE v GOLD COAST SUNS<\/p>\n<p>Sunday April 5, 3:15pm at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>DEMONS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>SUNS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>WESTERN BULLDOGS v ESSENDON<\/p>\n<p>Sunday April 5, 7:20pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>BULLDOGS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>BOMBERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>HAWTHORN v GEELONG<\/p>\n<p>Sunday April 5, 3:15pm at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>HAWKS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>CATS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four key players have been forced out of the Easter Thursday blockbuster with Brisbane and Collingwood to open&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-578294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578294","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=578294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}