{"id":831105,"date":"2026-07-29T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/831105\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:09:11","slug":"afl-teams-round-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/831105\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Teams Round 21 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geelong has made a major call on captain Patrick Dangerfield while another star is still missing for its top-six decider against Collingwood.<\/p>\n

See the sides for Round 21 below!<\/p>\n

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The Cats have managed Dangerfield off a six-day break, choosing to bring crafty forward Jack Martin into the side, with Sam De Koning still missing after being a late out (illness) from the side that beat Melbourne last week.<\/p>\n

Dangerfield looked sore but played out the game with coach Chris Scott saying the club hadn\u2019t made up its mind heading into Tuesday\u2019s training session, in which the 36-year-old appeared.<\/p>\n

De Koning\u2019s absence will mean the Cats again rely on Mitch Edwards and Mark Blicavs as their main ruck duo.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Magpies have made just one change with Brayden Maynard expected to miss the next month after surgery on the muscles around his knee and hamstring.<\/p>\n

Lachie Schultz is surprisingly back to replace Maynard, less than three weeks after suffering a syndesmosis injury.<\/p>\n

As floated by coach Craig McRae, Jordan De Goey has been named despite a viral illness but is no certainty to play, while Darcy Cameron holds his spot despite being sore off a short break and travel.<\/p>\n

The rest of the Round 21 teams will be announced Thursday 6:20pm.<\/p>\n

Hawthorn’s crazy 2027 possible team | 03:52<\/p>\n

AFL ROUND 21 TEAMS AND FIXTURE (All times AEST)<\/p>\n

COLLINGWOOD v GEELONG<\/p>\n

Thursday July 30, 7:30pm at the MCG<\/p>\n

MAGPIES<\/p>\n

B: B.Frampton, J.Howe, H.Perryman<\/p>\n

HB: D.Houston, J.Daicos, I.Quaynor<\/p>\n

C: J.Crisp, E.Allan, P.Lipinski<\/p>\n

HF: L.Schultz, N.Long, B.McCreery<\/p>\n

F: A.Anderson, D.McStay, T.Membrey<\/p>\n

FOLL: D.Cameron, N.Daicos – C, J.De Goey<\/p>\n

I\/C: S.Pendlebury, S.Sidebottom, C.West, H.Harrison, L.Puncher<\/p>\n

EMG: S.Swadling, L.Sullivan, M.Podhajski<\/p>\n

IN: L.Schultz<\/p>\n

OUT: B.Maynard (injured)<\/p>\n

CATS<\/p>\n

B: T.Stewart – C, C.O\u2019Sullivan, M.O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n

HB: Z.Guthrie, J.Henry, T.Bruhn<\/p>\n

C: O.Dempsey, B.Smith, M.Blicavs<\/p>\n

HF: G.Miers, O.Henry, B.Close<\/p>\n

F: S.Mannagh, S.Neale, J.Polkinghorne<\/p>\n

FOLL: M.Edwards, T.Atkins, O.Mullin<\/p>\n

I\/C: J.Clark, L.Humphries, J.Worpel, J.Martin, O.Wiltshire<\/p>\n

EMG: J.Bowes, S.De Koning, M.Knevitt<\/p>\n

IN: J.Martin<\/p>\n

OUT: P.Dangerfield (managed)<\/p>\n

FREMANTLE v WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n

Friday July 31, 8:10pm at Optus Stadium<\/p>\n

DOCKERS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

BULLDOGS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

ST KILDA v SYDNEY SWANS<\/p>\n

Saturday August 1, 1:05pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n

SAINTS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

SWANS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

HAWTHORN v NORTH MELBOURNE<\/p>\n

Saturday August 1, 1:35pm at UTAS Stadium<\/p>\n

HAWKS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

KANGAROOS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

PORT ADELAIDE v GWS GIANTS<\/p>\n

Saturday August 1, 6:35pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n

POWER<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

GIANTS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

CARLTON v BRISBANE LIONS<\/p>\n

Saturday August 1, 7:40pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n

BLUES<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

LIONS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

RICHMOND v WEST COAST EAGLES<\/p>\n

Sunday August 2, 1:10pm at the MCG<\/p>\n

TIGERS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

EAGLES<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

GOLD COAST SUNS v MELBOURNE<\/p>\n

Sunday August 2, 3:15pm at People First Stadium<\/p>\n

SUNS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

DEMONS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

ESSENDON v ADELAIDE CROWS<\/p>\n

Sunday August 2, 4:40pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n

BOMBERS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n

CROWS<\/p>\n

TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geelong has made a major call on captain Patrick Dangerfield while another star is still missing for its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-831105","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\/831105","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=831105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}