{"id":844560,"date":"2026-08-05T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844560\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:44:28","slug":"afl-teams-round-22-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844560\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Teams Round 22 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Melbourne gets a much-needed return for its must-win Thursday night blockbuster with the Western Bulldogs, who have big boosts of their own.<\/p>\n<p>See the sides for Round 22 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 Kangaroos regain hard nut midfielder George Wardlaw, after he missed a month with a hamstring strain, while Riley Hardeman returns for just his fifth game of the year, replacing Josh Goater (managed) and Bailey Scott (omitted).<\/p>\n<p>While their finals hopes are slim, a win would leave them just four points outside the top 10 with two games remaining.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs, who can clinch at least a wildcard berth with victory, regain star forwards Cody Weightman and Aaron Naughton.<\/p>\n<p>Lachie Jaques also returns with Jedd Busslinger, Louis Emmett and Laitham Vandermeer all dropped to make way.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the Round 22 teams will be announced at 6:20pm Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>AFL ROUND 22 TEAMS AND FIXTURE (All times AEST)<\/p>\n<p>WESTERN BULLDOGS v NORTH MELBOURNE<\/p>\n<p>Thursday August 6, 7:30pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>BULLDOGS<\/p>\n<p>B: M.Sellwood, B.Khamis, N.Coffield<\/p>\n<p>HB: L.Bramble, J.O\u2019Donnell, B.Williams<\/p>\n<p>C: J.Freijah, M.Bontempelli &#8211; C, C.Hynes<\/p>\n<p>HF: C.Weightman, R.Lobb, A.Jones<\/p>\n<p>F: J.Dolan, A.Naughton, J.Croft<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: T.English, R.Sanders, E.Richards<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: S.Davidson, L.Jaques, M.Kennedy, T.Liberatore, R.West<\/p>\n<p>EMG: O.Baker, J.Busslinger, H.Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>In: &#8211; C.Weightman, A.Naughton, L.Jaques<\/p>\n<p>Out: &#8211; L.Emmett (Omitted), J.Busslinger (Omitted), L.Vandermeer (Omitted)<\/p>\n<p>KANGAROOS<\/p>\n<p>B: A.Corr, C.Comben, L.Parker<\/p>\n<p>HB: R.Hardeman, C.Daniel, C.McKercher<\/p>\n<p>C: F.O\u2019Sullivan, L.Davies-Uniacke, D.Stephens<\/p>\n<p>HF: C.Spargo, C.Trembath, J.Simpkin<\/p>\n<p>F: C.Zurhaar, N.Larkey &#8211; C, P.Curtis<\/p>\n<p>FOLL: T.Xerri, G.Wardlaw, H.Sheezel<\/p>\n<p>I\/C: W.Dawson, G.Logue, J.Darling, T.Blamires, Z.Banch<\/p>\n<p>EMG: B.Scott, O.Griffin, R.Hansen Jr<\/p>\n<p>In: &#8211; R.Hardeman, G.Wardlaw<\/p>\n<p>Out: &#8211; J.Goater (Managed), B.Scott (Omitted)<\/p>\n<p>BRISBANE LIONS v HAWTHORN<\/p>\n<p>Friday August 7, 7:40pm at the Gabba<\/p>\n<p>LIONS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>HAWKS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>MELBOURNE v FREMANTLE<\/p>\n<p>Saturday August 8, 1:15pm at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>DEMONS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>DOCKERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY SWANS v PORT ADELAIDE<\/p>\n<p>Saturday August 8, 4:15pm at the SCG<\/p>\n<p>SWANS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>POWER<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>GEELONG v ESSENDON<\/p>\n<p>Saturday August 8, 4:35pm at GMHBA Stadium<\/p>\n<p>CATS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>BOMBERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>ADELAIDE CROWS v RICHMOND<\/p>\n<p>Saturday August 8, 7:35pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p>CROWS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>TIGERS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>GWS GIANTS v GOLD COAST SUNS<\/p>\n<p>Sunday August 9, 1:10pm at Manuka Oval<\/p>\n<p>GIANTS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>SUNS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>WEST COAST EAGLES v COLLINGWOOD<\/p>\n<p>Sunday August 9, 4:10pm at Optus Stadium<\/p>\n<p>EAGLES<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>MAGPIES<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>ST KILDA v CARLTON<\/p>\n<p>Sunday August 9, 7:20pm at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>SAINTS<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>BLUES<\/p>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Melbourne gets a much-needed return for its must-win Thursday night blockbuster with the Western Bulldogs, who have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-844560","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\/844560","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=844560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}