{"id":772001,"date":"2026-07-01T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772001\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:00:13","slug":"afl-teams-round-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772001\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Teams Round 17 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geelong remains without a star forward for its blockbuster Thursday night clash with the Lions, who are still counting the cost of their poor run with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>See the sides for Round 17 below!<\/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?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" 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\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Cats regain superstars Tom Stewart (concussion) and Bailey Smith (illness) as expected for the Round 17 opener, taking the places of Jack Bowes and George Stevens respectively in a much stronger line-up.<\/p>\n<p>However Gryan Miers is only named as an emergency, with the forward playing through an ACL injury, meaning Oli Wiltshire holds his spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions are unchanged from the side that smashed Sydney last time out with Dayne Zorko (quad), Hugh McCluggage (calf) and Tom Doedee (calf) all still a week away.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the Round 17 teams will be announced 6:20pm Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>AFL ROUND 17 TEAMS AND FIXTURE (All times AEST)<\/p>\n<p>GEELONG v BRISBANE LIONS<\/p>\n<p>Thursday July 2, 7:30pm at GMHBA Stadium<\/p>\n<p>CATS<\/p>\n<p>B: C.O\u2019Sullivan, J.Henry, O.Mullin<\/p>\n<p>HB: J.Kolodjashnij, T.Stewart, M.O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n<p>C: O.Dempsey, B.Smith, M.Blicavs<\/p>\n<p>HF: P.Dangerfield &#8211; C, J.Cameron, O.Wiltshire<\/p>\n<p>F: O.Henry, S.Neale, J.Martin<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: M.Edwards, M.Holmes, T.Atkins<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: Z.Guthrie, S.De Koning, T.Bruhn, L.Humphries, S.Mannagh<\/p>\n<p>EMG: J.Bowes, G.Miers, G.Stevens<\/p>\n<p>In: &#8211; T.Stewart, B.Smith<\/p>\n<p>Out: &#8211; G.Stevens (Omitted), J.Bowes (Omitted)<\/p>\n<p>LIONS<\/p>\n<p>B: N.Answerth, H.Andrews &#8211; C, D.Gardiner<\/p>\n<p>HB: D.Wilmot, T.Gallop, B.Reville<\/p>\n<p>C: J.Berry, W.Ashcroft, Z.Bailey<\/p>\n<p>HF: C.Cameron, L.Morris, L.Ashcroft<\/p>\n<p>F: S.Draper, C.Rayner, K.Lohmann<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: D.Fort, J.Dunkley, L.Neale<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: J.Fletcher, C.McKenna, J.Tunstill, E.Hipwood, R.Lester<\/p>\n<p>EMG: S.Marshall, H.Smith, S.Brain<\/p>\n<p>No changes<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY SWANS v WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n<p>Friday July 3, 7:40pm at the SCG<\/p>\n<p>SWANS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>BULLDOGS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>WEST COAST EAGLES v ADELAIDE CROWS<\/p>\n<p>Friday July 3, 8:10pm at Optus Stadium<\/p>\n<p>EAGLES<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>CROWS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>HAWTHORN v MELBOURNE<\/p>\n<p>Saturday July 4, 1:15pm at UTAS Stadium<\/p>\n<p>HAWKS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>DEMONS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>GWS GIANTS v FREMANTLE<\/p>\n<p>Saturday July 4, 1:35pm at Manuka Oval<\/p>\n<p>GIANTS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>DOCKERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>GOLD COAST SUNS v COLLINGWOOD<\/p>\n<p>Saturday July 4, 4:15pm at People First Stadium<\/p>\n<p>SUNS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>MAGPIES<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>RICHMOND v CARLTON<\/p>\n<p>Saturday July 4, 7:35pm at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>TIGERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>BLUES<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>ESSENDON v ST KILDA<\/p>\n<p>Sunday July 5, 3:15pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>BOMBERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>SAINTS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>PORT ADELAIDE v NORTH MELBOURNE<\/p>\n<p>Sunday July 5, 4:40pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>POWER<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>KANGAROOS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geelong remains without a star forward for its blockbuster Thursday night clash with the Lions, who are still&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-772001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772001","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=772001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}