{"id":742258,"date":"2026-06-17T11:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742258\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:43:18","slug":"afl-teams-2026-round-15-mid-season-bye-4-dt-talk-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742258\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Teams 2026: Round 15 (Mid-season Bye 4) \u2013 DT TALK 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shags-Teams.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Quick Links<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"#game1\">Game 1: Freo vs Cats<\/a> |<br \/><a href=\"#game2\">Game 2: Suns vs Hawks<\/a> |<br \/><a href=\"#game3\">Game 3: Crows vs Dees<\/a> |<br \/><a href=\"#game4\">Game 4: Giants vs Blues<\/a> |<br \/><a href=\"#game5\">Game 5: Pies vs Power<\/a> |<br \/><a href=\"#game6\">Game 6: Tigers vs Roos<\/a> |<br \/><a href=\"#game7\">Game 7: Saints vs Dogs<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201c`<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday \u2013 Early news<\/p>\n<p>Round 15 is here, with the final week of the mid-season byes seeing Brisbane, Essendon, Sydney, and West Coast having a rest. Early News: The big news straight away is that Bailey Smith is out with illness for tomorrow night\u2019s clash. Archie Roberts is set for an extended stint on the sidelines with a shoulder injury and is expected to undergo surgery, making him look like a must-trade. Izak Rankine should finally be good to go this week if you\u2019re looking for a forward option. Caleb Serong is officially back for Fremantle, but there is still no sign of Tom Stewart for Geelong.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Midseason.png\" alt=\"AFL Fantasy Midseason 2026\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Important times to remember<\/p>\n<p>Thursday game teamsheets ~6:20pm AEDT Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Friday\/Sat\/Sun game teamsheets ~6:20pm AEDT Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Sunday extended bench selection ~5:00pm AEDT Friday<\/p>\n<p>GAME 1: Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows<br \/>\nThursday June 18 \u2013 AEST: 7:30pm Marvel Stadium, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/location\/australia\/victoria\/central\/bvic_pt042-melbourne#7-days#sevenDayForecast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne \ud83c\udf26\ud83c\udf2c\ud83c\udf19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notes: Wet and windy conditions are forecast, with a very high chance of showers and strengthening northerly winds of 25-40 km\/h. Conditions could impact kicking and ball movement, particularly early in the game. Bailey Smith, who has been listed as ill and will miss this week before Geelong\u2019s bye next round. There will be plenty of discussion around whether coaches should hold or fold.Caleb Serong is officially back for Fremantle this week, while there is still no sign of Tom Stewart, who remains sidelined under HIA protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle<br \/>\nGeelong Cats<\/p>\n<p>INS<br \/>\nB. Cox, M. Johnson, C. Serong<br \/>\nJ. Bowes<\/p>\n<p>OUTS<br \/>\nO. McDonald (Omitted), C. Wagner (Omitted), J. O\u2019Meara (Omitted)<br \/>\nB. Smith (Illness)<\/p>\n<p>**CLICK HERE** Show \/ Hide Full Teams \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Backs<br \/>\nB. Cox, A. Pearce \u2013 C, H. Chapman<\/p>\n<p>Half Backs<br \/>\nJ. Clark, L. Ryan, J. McVee<\/p>\n<p>Centre<br \/>\nN. Erasmus, A. Brayshaw, M. Johnson<\/p>\n<p>Half Forwards<br \/>\nS. Bolton, M. Frederick, S. Switkowski<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<br \/>\nP. Voss, J. Amiss, J. Treacy<\/p>\n<p>Followers<br \/>\nL. Jackson, C. Serong, H. Young<\/p>\n<p>Interchange<br \/>\nK. Worner, M. Reid, N. O\u2019Driscoll, I. Dudley, M. Cox<\/p>\n<p>Emergencies<br \/>\nC. Wagner, J. O\u2019Meara, O. McDonald<\/p>\n<p>Backs<br \/>\nC. O\u2019Sullivan, J. Henry, O. Mullin<\/p>\n<p>Half Backs<br \/>\nJ. Kolodjashnij, Z. Guthrie, M. O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n<p>Centre<br \/>\nJ. Bowes, T. Bruhn, M. Blicavs<\/p>\n<p>Half Forwards<br \/>\nO. Dempsey, J. Cameron, O. Wiltshire<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<br \/>\nS. Mannagh, S. Neale, J. Martin<\/p>\n<p>Followers<br \/>\nM. Edwards, M. Holmes, T. Atkins<\/p>\n<p>Interchange<br \/>\nL. Humphries, S. De Koning, G. Stevens, P. Dangerfield \u2013 C, O. Henry<\/p>\n<p>Emergencies<br \/>\nJ. Clark, J. Bews, R. Stanley<\/p>\n<p>\u201c`<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-del=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-Profile.jpg\" class=\"avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-60 photo \" height=\"60\" width=\"60\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A windy cold day in 2015, I was bored, sick with the flu, and decided to start a blog about Teamsheets. I was immediately recruited by Warnie and somehow am now a DTTALK author. &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nNOTE; Im Back in 2022! woooo&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nTwitter @shagbags2023&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n~REMEMBER: Friends don&#8217;t let friends DT TEAMS become ghost ships.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dttalklogo_2026-1.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick Links Game 1: Freo vs Cats |Game 2: Suns vs Hawks |Game 3: Crows vs Dees |Game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-742258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742258","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=742258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}