CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\nThe Cats have\u00a0Mark Blicavs\u00a0back in their 23 after being managed last round, while\u00a0Tanner Bruhn\u00a0has recovered from a neck injury.<\/p>\n
Ladder leader Fremantle has lost star midfielder\u00a0Hayden Young\u00a0to illness for Friday night’s second match, the Western Derby against the Eagles.<\/p>\n
West Coast has managed veteran\u00a0Jack Graham, with\u00a0Harley Reid\u00a0getting up after he suffered an ankle scare against Brisbane last week.<\/p>\n
In other round 20 team selection news, St Kilda has confirmed\u00a0Max King\u00a0will play his first senior game since late in 2024, naming him in its starting 18 to face North Melbourne on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Tom De Koning\u00a0and\u00a0Dan Butler\u00a0have also been named.<\/p>\n
The Western Bulldogs have named\u00a0Tom Liberatore\u00a0to face Richmond after the tough midfielder was a late scratching from their last-start win over Gold Coast.<\/p>\n
Will Day\u00a0is back into Hawthorn’s midfield to face Essendon after he was rested last week, with\u00a0Ben McKay\u00a0one of four changes for the Bombers coming off their second win of the season.<\/p>\n
The Swans have dropped Angus Sheldrick for Saturday’s Sydney Derby, with the Giants naming Harvey Thomas\u00a0to replace injured skipper Toby Greene.<\/p>\n
Brisbane has included Oscar Allen\u00a0in its extended 26-man squad to face Port Adelaide on Sunday after he came back from a 12-week foot injury through the VFL last week.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, JULY 24<\/p>\n
Melbourne v Geelong at the MCG, 7.40pm AEST<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE<\/p>\n
In: L.Cooke, H.Petty, B.Laurie, T.McDonald, P.Cross
Out: C.Jiath (leg), D.Turner (ribs), J.Melksham (omitted), C.Windsor (groin), M.Heath (omitted)<\/p>\n
GEELONG<\/p>\n
In: M.Blicavs, T.Bruhn
Out: M.Holmes (ankle), O.Henry (managed)<\/p>\n
Fremantle v West Coast at Optus Stadium, 6.10pm AWST<\/p>\n
FREMANTLE<\/p>\n
In: O.McDonald, S.Bolton, C.Wagner\u00a0
Out: B.Cox (managed), J.O’Meara (ankle), H.Young (illness)<\/p>\n
WEST COAST<\/p>\n
In: R.Maric, H.Johnston, S.Brock
Out: L.Baker (suspension), J.Graham (managed), J.Hutchinson (hamstring)<\/p>\n
SATURDAY, JULY 25<\/p>\n
Carlton v Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium, 1.05pm AEST<\/p>\n
CARLTON<\/p>\n
In: M.Pittonet, L.Young
Out: H.McKay (knee), L.Reidy (omitted)<\/p>\n
GOLD COAST<\/p>\n
In: C.Ballard
Out: O.Adams (omitted)<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v Essendon at the MCG, 4.15pm AEST<\/p>\n
HAWTHORN<\/p>\n
In: W.Day
Out: W.McCabe (omitted)<\/p>\n
ESSENDON<\/p>\n
In: B.McKay, L.Blakiston, W.Setterfield, N.Cox
Out: K.Langford (suspension), N.Bryan (soreness), J.Caldwell (managed), X.Duursma (hamstring)<\/p>\n
Greater Western Sydney v Sydney at Engie Stadium, 4.35pm AEST<\/p>\n
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY<\/p>\n
In: H.Thomas\u00a0
Out: T.Greene (quad)<\/p>\n
SYDNEY<\/p>\n
In: H.Kyle, B.Cootee
Out: H.Cunningham (concussion), A.Sheldrick (omitted)<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs v Richmond at Marvel Stadium, 7.40pm AEST<\/p>\n
WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n
In: T.Liberatore
Out: L.McNeil (omitted)<\/p>\n
RICHMOND<\/p>\n
In: J.Ross, L.Trainor, T.Sonsie, Z.Peucker
Out: N.Balta (toe), J.Trezise (omitted), K.McAuliffe (omitted), S.Green (concussion)<\/p>\n
SUNDAY, JULY 26<\/p>\n
Brisbane v Port Adelaide at the Gabba, 1.10pm AEST<\/p>\n
BRISBANE<\/p>\n
In: O.Allen, K.Coleman, C.Curtin
Out:\u00a0Nil<\/p>\n
PORT ADELAIDE<\/p>\n
In: J.Horne-Francis, M.Georgiades, W.Lorenz, J.Watkins, H.Ramm\u00a0
Out: J.Richards (finger), J.Wehr (omitted)<\/p>\n
North Melbourne v St Kilda at Marvel Stadium, 3.15pm AEST<\/p>\n
NORTH MELBOURNE<\/p>\n
In: G.Logue, T.Blamires, J.Konstanty, O.Griffin
Out: L.McDonald (calf)<\/p>\n
ST KILDA<\/p>\n
In: M.King, D.Butler, T.De Koning, A.Hastie, H.Boxshall
Out: A.Caminiti (omitted), L.Henry (omitted)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caleb Windsor, Hayden Young, Ben King. Pictures: AFL Photos MELBOURNE has made five changes for its bumper Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-818929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818929","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=818929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}