{"id":593118,"date":"2026-04-08T09:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/593118\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:21:11","slug":"afl-teams-round-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/593118\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Teams Round 5 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under-fire Carlton coach Michael Voss has made a bombshell selection call, dropping his reigning club champion for the blockbuster Gather Round opener.<\/p>\n<p>But 1-3 Adelaide have also swung the axe with three omissions, among a total of seven changes across the two sides.<\/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>Last year\u2019s best and fairest winner George Hewett is omitted for the Blues, one of three major outs alongside star defender Jacob Weitering (concussion) and suspended recruit Will Hayward.<\/p>\n<p>The Hewett move is a likely attempt to add pace to a Carlton side too focused on contested footy, though it remains to be seen whether it\u2019ll work, with the versatile Zac Williams, depth defender Nick Haynes and ruck Hudson O\u2019Keeffe brought in.<\/p>\n<p>The Crows are bolstered by the returns of Rory Laird, Isaac Cumming, Mitch Hinge and Luke Nankervis.<\/p>\n<p>Ruckman Reilly O\u2019Brien, brought in to try and counter Fremantle\u2019s big ruck pair last week, loses his place along with Chayce Jones and Hugh Bond, while Luke Pedlar misses through concussion.<\/p>\n<p>The teams for the rest of Round 5\u2019s games will be announced Thursday 6:20pm.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest selection intel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-2026-round-5-team-tips-predicted-sides-and-squads-ins-and-outs-team-changes-injuries-latest-team-news\/news-story\/0f9871b8a1ea3c6bc9b19eadef60dde7\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">check out Team Tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ROUND 5 aka GATHER ROUND TEAMS AND FIXTURE (All times AEST)<\/p>\n<p>ADELAIDE CROWS v CARLTON<\/p>\n<p>Thursday April 9, 7:40pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>CROWS<\/p>\n<p>B: J.Borlase, N.Murray, M.Michalanney<\/p>\n<p>HB: R.Laird, J.Worrell, W.Milera<\/p>\n<p>C: I.Cumming, J.Dawson &#8211; C, B.Cook<\/p>\n<p>HF: B.Keays, T.Walker, Z.Taylor<\/p>\n<p>F: A.Neal-Bullen, R.Thilthorpe, I.Rankine<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: L.McAndrew, S.Berry, J.Peatling<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: M.Hinge, J.Soligo, L.Nankervis, J.Rachele, F.Maley<\/p>\n<p>EMG: H.Bond, T.Murray, B.Dowling<\/p>\n<p>In: &#8211; R.Laird, I.Cumming, M.Hinge, L.Nankervis<\/p>\n<p>Out: &#8211; H.Bond (Omitted), L.Pedlar (Injured), R.O\u2019Brien (Omitted), C.Jones (Omitted)<\/p>\n<p>BLUES<\/p>\n<p>B: J.Boyd, L.Young, O.Florent<\/p>\n<p>HB: L.Cowan, N.Haynes, N.Newman<\/p>\n<p>C: O.Hollands, P.Cripps &#8211; C, M.Carroll<\/p>\n<p>HF: F.Evans, M.McGovern, B.Ainsworth<\/p>\n<p>F: E.Hollands, H.McKay, B.Kemp<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: M.Pittonet, J.Smith, S.Walsh<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: W.Derksen, A.Cerra, Z.Williams, T.Byrne, H.O\u2019Keeffe<\/p>\n<p>EMG: F.Young, G.Hewett, B.Acres<\/p>\n<p>In: &#8211; N.Haynes, Z.Williams, H.O\u2019Keeffe<\/p>\n<p>Out: &#8211; J.Weitering (Injured), G.Hewett (Omitted), W.Hayward (Suspension)<\/p>\n<p>COLLINGWOOD v FREMANTLE<\/p>\n<p>Friday April 10, 7:40pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>MAGPIES<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>DOCKERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>NORTH MELBOURNE v BRISBANE LIONS<\/p>\n<p>Saturday April 11, 12:35pm at Barossa Park<\/p>\n<p>KANGAROOS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>LIONS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>ESSENDON v MELBOURNE<\/p>\n<p>Saturday April 11, 1:15pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>BOMBERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>DEMONS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY SWANS v GOLD COAST SUNS<\/p>\n<p>Saturday April 11, 4:15pm at Norwood Oval<\/p>\n<p>SWANS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>SUNS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>HAWTHORN v WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n<p>Saturday April 11, 7:35pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>HAWKS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>BULLDOGS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>GEELONG v WEST COAST EAGLES<\/p>\n<p>Sunday April 12, 12:30pm at Norwood Oval<\/p>\n<p>CATS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>EAGLES<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>GWS GIANTS v RICHMOND<\/p>\n<p>Sunday April 12, 3:15pm at Barossa Park<\/p>\n<p>GIANTS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>TIGERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>PORT ADELAIDE v ST KILDA<\/p>\n<p>Sunday April 12, 7:15pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>POWER<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>SAINTS<\/p>\n<p>TBA Thursday evening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under-fire Carlton coach Michael Voss has made a bombshell selection call, dropping his reigning club champion for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-593118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593118","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=593118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}