{"id":582582,"date":"2026-04-03T09:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582582\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:25:10","slug":"suns-forward-boost-veteran-demon-returns-dogs-add-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582582\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns&#8217; forward boost, veteran Demon returns, Dogs add speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The teams for Sunday&#8217;s round four matches are in\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                L-R: Jed Walter, Jake Melksham, Arthur Jones. Pictures: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>GOLD Coast has named tall forward Jed Walter for his first match of the season, with reigning Brownlow medallist Matt Rowell also set to make his return from a finger injury in the Suns&#8217; match against Melbourne on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>While new Sun Christian Petracca\u00a0will miss the match-up against his former side due to a hamstring injury,\u00a0Jake Melksham\u00a0has received the senior call-up for the first time this year as the Demons look to shore up their tall targets in 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>Daniel Turner also returns after sitting out last week with a hand injury, replacing Changkuoth Jiath\u00a0(calf) and\u00a0Paddy Cross\u00a0(thumb).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Small forward\u00a0Lachie Gulbin joins\u00a0Walter\u00a0and\u00a0Rowell\u00a0in the Suns\u2019 inclusions, with\u00a0Alex Davies\u00a0omitted and\u00a0Bailey Humphrey\u00a0still missing through suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Bulldogs have opted to go small in their forward line for Sunday night&#8217;s clash against Essendon, with\u00a0Arty Jones\u00a0and\u00a0James Dolan\u00a0recalled to replace the injured Tom Liberatore\u00a0and omitted\u00a0Cooper Hynes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being named on Essendon\u2019s extended bench on Thursday, Nik Cox has not received the nod to play his first match since round 22, 2024, with forward\u00a0Tom Edwards\u00a0instead rewarded for his five-goal showing in the VFL last week. Edwards replaces\u00a0Nate Caddy, who will miss through concussion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The teams for the Easter Monday clash between Hawthorn and Geelong will be released at 5pm AEST on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SUNDAY, APRIL 5<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne v Gold Coast at the MCG, 3.15pm AEST<\/p>\n<p>MELBOURNE<\/p>\n<p>In: D.Turner, J.Melksham<br \/>Out: C.Jiath (calf), P.Cross (thumb)<\/p>\n<p>GOLD COAST<\/p>\n<p>In: M.Rowell, J.Walter, L.Gulbin<br \/>Out: B.Humphrey (suspension), C.Petracca (hamstring), A.Davies (omitted)<\/p>\n<p>Western Bulldogs v Essendon at Marvel Stadium, 7.20pm AEST<\/p>\n<p>WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n<p>In: J.Dolan, A.Jones<br \/>Out: T.Liberatore (hamstring), C.Hynes (omitted)<\/p>\n<p>ESSENDON<\/p>\n<p>In: T.Edwards<br \/>Out: N.Caddy (concussion)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The teams for Sunday&#8217;s round four matches are in L-R: Jed Walter, Jake Melksham, Arthur Jones. Pictures: AFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-582582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-text","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582582","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=582582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}