{"id":757977,"date":"2026-06-24T21:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/757977\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T21:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:45:11","slug":"teams-swans-make-surprise-ruck-call-as-key-duo-return-important-lion-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/757977\/","title":{"rendered":"TEAMS: Swans make surprise ruck call as key duo return, important Lion back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The teams are in for Thursday night&#8217;s clash between Brisbane and Sydney at the Gabba\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Peter Ladhams and Ryan Lester. Pictures: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY has made a surprise ruck call as two guns return, while Brisbane has also received a boost for Thursday night&#8217;s blockbuster.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, Errol Gulden and Tom McCartin are back for the Swans, who are flying at 12-2 in second spot on the ladder.<\/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>But the surprise came in the ruck, with Peter Ladhams named to support Brodie Grundy for the clash at the Gabba.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Roberts, Harry Kyle and Hayden McLean have been dropped.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions have made just one change as important defender Ryan Lester returns in place of the dropped Shadeau Brain.<\/p>\n<p>The return of Gulden is a huge boost for the Swans as the star left-footer makes his comeback from a shoulder injury for his first game since round one.<\/p>\n<p>Having dominated at VFL level, Ladhams is in for just his second AFL game of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane is looking to kickstart its campaign, sitting in eighth with an 8-6 win-loss record.<\/p>\n<p>THURSDAY, JUNE 25<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane v Sydney at the Gabba, 7.30pm AEST<\/p>\n<p>BRISBANE<\/p>\n<p>In: R.Lester<br \/>Out: S.Brain (omitted)<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY<\/p>\n<p>In: T.McCartin, E.Gulden, P.Ladhams<br \/>Out: M.Roberts (omitted), H.Kyle (omitted), H.McLean (omitted)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The teams are in for Thursday night&#8217;s clash between Brisbane and Sydney at the Gabba Peter Ladhams and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-757977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757977","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=757977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}