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Heeney, who wasn\u2019t named on the club\u2019s midweek injury report, won\u2019t play due to a calf concern, nor will Corey Warner and Joel Hamling (both omitted). <\/p>\n
In come Will Edwards and Billy Cootee for their AFL debuts, while veteran Dane Rampe returns to the side after being managed against the Giants. <\/p>\n
Cootee, a mature-aged third-round draftee, has impressed with his early VFL form, headlined by a three-goal outing last weekend. <\/p>\n
Edwards, a 22-year-old key-position prospect and Swans Academy graduate, finally debuts in what is his fourth year on the Swans\u2019 list since arriving as a Category B rookie. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Luke Beveridge has swung five changes from the side that lost in Geelong last Friday, with injury carnage decimating the club. <\/p>\n
Bontempelli was under a cloud due to a right knee hyperextension, but has gotten up to play the Swans, while Rory Lobb (hamstring) failed to prove his fitness, and Jordan Croft was omitted. <\/p>\n
Sam Darcy (ACL), James O\u2019Donnell (hamstring) and Tom Liberatore (concussion) had already been ruled out.<\/p>\n
Debutant Lachlan Smith headlines the Dogs\u2019 inclusions, with Adam Treloar also coming into Beveridge\u2019s side for the first time this year. <\/p>\n
Ryan Gardner and Jedd Busslinger come in as defensive reinforcements, while youngster Josh Dolan has also earned a recall. <\/p>\n
ROUND 7 TEAMS AND FIXTURE (All times AEST)<\/p>\n
WESTERN BULLDOGS vs. SYDNEY SWANS<\/p>\n
Thursday April 23, 7:30pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n
BULLDOGS<\/p>\n
B: M.Sellwood, B.Khamis, R.Gardner<\/p>\n
HB: L.Jaques, J.Busslinger, B.Dale<\/p>\n
C: O.Baker, M.Bontempelli (c), B.Williams<\/p>\n
HF: R.Sanders, W.Lewis, A.Treloar<\/p>\n
F: J.Freijah, A.Naughton, R.West<\/p>\n
R: L.Smith, M.Kennedy, E.Richards<\/p>\n
I\/C: C.Hynes, L.Emmett, J.Dolan, L.Bramble, S.Davidson<\/p>\n
EMG: L.Vandermeer, L.McNeil, J.Croft<\/p>\n
In: – R.Gardner, J.Busslinger, A.Treloar, L.Smith, J.Dolan<\/p>\n
Out: – R.Lobb (Injured), J.O\u2019Donnell (Injured), S.Darcy (Injured), J.Croft (Omitted), T.Liberatore (Injured)<\/p>\n
SWANS<\/p>\n
B: W.Edwards, T.McCartin, D.Rampe<\/p>\n
HB: C.Mills (c), N.Blakey, R.Bice<\/p>\n
C: J.Serong, J.Rowbottom, M.Roberts<\/p>\n
HF: L.McDonald, Ch.Warner, T.Papley<\/p>\n
F: J.Amartey, C.Curnow, M.Rosas<\/p>\n
R: B.Grundy, J.Jordan, J.McInerney<\/p>\n
I\/C: S.Wicks, A.Sheldrick, J.Lloyd, B.Cootee, H.Cunningham<\/p>\n
EMG: H.McLean, Co.Warner, P.Ladhams<\/p>\n
In: W.Edwards, D.Rampe, B.Cootee<\/p>\n
Out: I.Heeney (Injured), J.Hamling (Omitted), Co.Warner (Omitted)<\/p>\n
The remainder of the Round 7 teams will be announced on Thursday at 6:20pm AEST. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney superstar Isaac Heeney will miss the club\u2019s Thursday night blockbuster against the Western Bulldogs due to injury.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[36664,638,64,63,689,55,639,27713,13658,193553,3487,3231,25887,69388,241333,247392,663,301938,677,301937,32658,12105,30179,85,269243,7200,14445,19065,660,698],"class_list":{"0":"post-623266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-adam-treloar","9":"tag-afl","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","13":"tag-australian-football-league","14":"tag-australianfootballleague","15":"tag-dane-rampe","16":"tag-geelong","17":"tag-injury-carnage","18":"tag-isaac-heeney","19":"tag-jack-jovanovski","20":"tag-joel-hamling","21":"tag-jordan-croft","22":"tag-josh-dolan","23":"tag-lachlan-smith","24":"tag-luke-beveridge","25":"tag-midweek-injury-report","26":"tag-oceania","27":"tag-right-knee-hyperextension","28":"tag-ryan-gardner","29":"tag-sam-darcy","30":"tag-selection-news","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-sydney-superstar","33":"tag-sydney-swans","34":"tag-team-changes","35":"tag-tom-liberatore","36":"tag-victoria","37":"tag-western-bulldogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623266","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=623266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}