CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\nIn other round six team news, Christian Petracca\u00a0is back for Gold Coast after missing two matches with a hamstring injury, joined by Bailey Humphrey\u00a0who has served a two-match suspension.<\/p>\n
Jack Gunston\u00a0has been left out by Hawthorn following two games in six days and Adelaide skipper Jordan\u00a0Dawson\u00a0will miss his match against St Kilda following a family tragedy.<\/p>\n
In the second of Friday night’s double-header, Sydney has rested veteran Dane Rampe, with Leek Aleer\u00a0back for a Greater Western Sydney team again decimated by injury.<\/p>\n
The Giants have decided to manage Brent Daniels\u00a0as he continues to build following a long injury layoff, while Aaron Cadman\u00a0and Stephen Coniglio\u00a0are both in concussion protocols.<\/p>\n
Damien Hardwick has made four changes to the Suns team beaten two weeks in succession, with Jake Rogers\u00a0joining Petracca\u00a0and Humphrey\u00a0among the inclusions.<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide has recalled young ruckman Dante Visentini for Saturday’s match against the Hawks, giving Josh Carr’s team a one-two punch alongside Jordon Sweet.<\/p>\n
Dawson is one of four outs for the Crows who have regained Jordon Butts\u00a0and Luke\u00a0Pedlar\u00a0from concussion.<\/p>\n
In Sunday’s games, Brisbane has named Noah Answerth\u00a0to replace Dayne Zorko\u00a0(calf), with the rugged defender back following two weeks on the sideline following a heavy head knock against St Kilda.<\/p>\n
Elliot Yeo has been named by West Coast for Sunday’s Western Derby, with Fremantle naming Hayden Young\u00a0and including Mason Cox\u00a0on its extended bench.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, APRIL 17<\/p>\n
Geelong v Western Bulldogs at GMHBA Stadium, 7.20pm AEST<\/p>\n
GEELONG<\/p>\n
In: M.Blicavs, P.Dangerfield, J.Martin
Out: M.O’Connor (suspension), G.Miers (knee), B.Close (managed)<\/p>\n
WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n
In: L.Jaques, T.Liberatore, W.Lewis
Out: C.Budarick (hamstring), H.Gallagher (adductor), J.Dolan (omitted)<\/p>\n
Sydney v Greater Western Sydney at the SCG, 7.50pm AEST<\/p>\n
SYDNEY<\/p>\n
In: A.Sheldrick
Out: D.Rampe (managed)<\/p>\n
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY<\/p>\n
In: H.Rowston, T.McMullin, L.Aleer
Out: B.Daniels (managed), A.Cadman (concussion), S.Coniglio (concussion)<\/p>\n
SATURDAY, APRIL 18<\/p>\n
Gold Coast v Essendon at People First Stadium, 1.15pm AEST<\/p>\n
GOLD COAST<\/p>\n
In: C.Petracca, B.Humphrey, J.Rogers, O.Adams
Out: S.Clohesy (omitted), L.Gulbin (omitted), N.Anderson (illness), A.Davies (omitted)<\/p>\n
ESSENDON<\/p>\n
In: S.El-Hawli
Out: J.Prior (managed)<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium, 4.15pm AEST<\/p>\n
HAWTHORN<\/p>\n
In: W.McCabe, C.Dear
Out: M.Chol (hamstring), J.Gunston (corked calf)\u00a0<\/p>\n
PORT ADELAIDE<\/p>\n
In: C.Moraes, D.Visentini
Out: J.Lukosius (groin), J.Watkins (omitted)<\/p>\n
Adelaide v St Kilda at Adelaide Oval, 7.05pm ACST<\/p>\n
ADELAIDE<\/p>\n
In: J.Butts, H.Bond, C.Edwards, L.Pedlar
Out: J.Borlase (omitted), J.Dawson (personal reason), J.Soligo (ankle), M.Hinge (hamstring)<\/p>\n
ST KILDA<\/p>\n
In: L.Stocker
Out: A.Tauru (managed)<\/p>\n
SUNDAY, APRIL 19<\/p>\n
North Melbourne v Richmond at Marvel Stadium, 1.10pm AEST<\/p>\n
NORTH MELBOURNE<\/p>\n
In: L.Dovaston, B.Scott, T.Pink, J.Konstanty
Out: Z.Banch (omitted)<\/p>\n
RICHMOND<\/p>\n
In: H.Ralphsmith, S.Ryan, P.Retschko, K.McAuliffe, Z.Peucker
Out: L.Trainor (omitted), J.Hopper (managed)<\/p>\n
Melbourne v Brisbane at the MCG, 3.15pm AEST<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE<\/p>\n
In: B.Laurie, X.Taylor, M.Jefferson, M.Heath, J.Henderson, L.Kentfield
Out: C.Salem (foot), T.McDonald (omitted), J.Melksham (ankle)<\/p>\n
BRISBANE<\/p>\n
In: N.Answerth, Z.Zakostelsky, J.Tunstill, S.Brain
Out: D.Zorko (calf)<\/p>\n
West Coast v Fremantle at Optus Stadium, 3.10pm AWST<\/p>\n
WEST COAST<\/p>\n
In: E.Yeo, M.Murdock, J.Cripps, R.Maric, M.Flynn
Out: J.Graham (shoulder), D.Robertson (knee)<\/p>\n
FREMANTLE<\/p>\n
In: H.Young, M.Cox, N.O’Driscoll, B.Walker, M.Frederick
Out: J.O’Meara (face), S.Darcy (concussion)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gryan Miers, Ed Richards, Christian Petracca. Pictures: AFL Photos GEELONG has some big guns back to face the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610819,"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-610818","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\/610818","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=610818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}