\n Team Update\n <\/p>\n
\n Melbourne has made three changes to face the Suns.\n <\/p>\n
IN – Salem, Windsor, Jiath
OUT – Chandler (hand), L. Pickett (concussion), Cooke (omitted)<\/p>\n
SPEED and silk are on the cards for Sunday on the Gold Coast as Melbourne recalls Caleb Windsor, Changkuoth Jiath and Christian Salem.<\/p>\n
Windsor and Jiath will be bringing an abundance of run to People First Stadium, both returning from a week on the sidelines with groin soreness and a lower leg tendon issue respectively.<\/p>\n
>> FULL TEAM LISTED BELOW<\/p>\n
The silk in Salem has spent a longer period away from AFL football, last appearing in Round 5 when he fractured his foot against the Bombers in Adelaide.<\/p>\n
Salem has spent the last three weeks returning to full fitness for the Casey Demons, where he has played predominantly as a forward.<\/p>\n
The trio come into the side in place of Kade Chandler (hand), Latrelle Pickett (concussion) and Lukas Cooke (omitted).<\/p>\n
Jake Melksham, Max Heath and Xavier Taylor have been named as emergencies.<\/p>\n
The matchup shapes to be the first time Christian Petracca will face his former side after missing the Round 4 clash with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n
Melbourne sits just inside the top six, leading the seventh-placed Western Bulldogs by percentage only, making each of the four remaining Demons regular season matches critical results.<\/p>\n
The Demons also currently hold Gold Coast\u2019s first round selection in the upcoming National Draft, giving the match extra importance.<\/p>\n
The first siren will sound at 3:15pm AEST at People First Stadium on the Gold Coast, while Queensland-based Demon fans can see the players in action during Saturday\u2019s captain\u2019s run from 3:30pm.<\/p>\n
Fans can enter Gate 6 from 3:15pm for the training run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team Update Melbourne has made three changes to face the Suns. IN – Salem, Windsor, JiathOUT – Chandler…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-835218","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\/835218","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=835218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}