{"id":580645,"date":"2026-04-02T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/580645\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:51:11","slug":"trio-called-up-for-swans-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/580645\/","title":{"rendered":"Trio called up for Swans battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Three Eagles will play their first games for 2026 after being named to face Sydney\n            <\/p>\n<p>Tall defender Sandy Brock and small forwards Malakai Champion and Matt Owies have been called up for their first AFL appearances this season at Optus Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>West Coast have made three changes from the team which notched back-to-back wins over Port Adelaide, with star veteran Elliot Yeo (adductor), midfield recruit Deven Robertson (suspension) and forward Jacob Newton (foot) unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>Brock provides extra support for Reuben Ginbey and Tylar Young tackling Sydney\u2019s tall forward setup, led by gun recruit Charlie Curnow.<\/p>\n<p>Champion will add to his two appearances from rounds 17 and 18 last year, while Owies resumes after playing 16 matches in blue and gold in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah Hewett, Tom Cole and Bailey Williams have been named as emergencies for the 4.35pm clash.<\/p>\n<p>Back at home for their second Optus appearance this season, the Eagles are aiming for three-straight wins for the first time since rounds 7-9 in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s match will be broadcast live nationally on Fox Footy and Kayo, and will be delayed on 7mate and 7-plus in WA (6pm) and New South Wales (8.30pm). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports 3 (channel 503) and Kayo will provide Hindi commentary as part of the Cultural Heritage Series match highlighting the Eagles\u2019 connection with Indian culture and community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three Eagles will play their first games for 2026 after being named to face Sydney Tall defender Sandy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-580645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580645","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=580645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}