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    AFL 2022: Team Line-Ups

    Round 11 Team Line-Ups

    JUST IN | The Sunday teams have dropped!
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    AFL News

    ANOTHER Magpie called up for AFL debut as Trent Bianco gets named to face Cats

    Collingwood has confirmed its SEVENTH debutant for 2021! ⚪️⚫️
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    Saints youngster Oscar Clavarino to make long-awaited AFL debut 1283 days after being drafted

    He's FINALLY in 🙌
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    AFL 2022 Trade News & Rumours

    Locked in: Western Bulldogs skipper Marcus Bontempelli signs four-year extension

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    AFL trade news: Carlton named as ‘ideal’ landing spot for Hawks star Tom Mitchell

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    AFL 2022: Injuries & Suspensions

    Fremantle skipper Nat Fyfe has scans for ongoing foot injury

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    2021-05-28T09:50:00ZMarvel Stadium
    Bulldogs
    Melbourne
    MATCH CENTRE
    IN Louis Butler, Patrick Lipinski, Riley Garcia, Tim English
    OUTAdam Treloar (Injured), Anthony Scott (Managed), Lewis Young (Medi-Sub), Mitch Hannan (Injured)
    IN Christian Salem
    OUTNeville Jetta (Omitted)
    FB 39 Jason Johannisen 42 Alex Keath 9 Hayden Crozier
    FF 31 Bayley Fritsch 26 Sam Weideman 30 Alex Neal-Bullen
    HB 34 Bailey Williams 21 Zaine Cordy 35 Caleb Daniel
    HF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 25 Tom McDonald 9 Charlie Spargo
    C 31 Bailey Dale 21 Tom Liberatore 30 Lachlan McNeil
    C 10 Angus Brayshaw 5 Christian Petracca 15 Ed Langdon
    HF 12 Lachie Hunter 17 Josh Bruce 3 Cody Weightman
    HB 3 Christian Salem 35 Harrison Petty 5 Jayden Hunt
    FF 44 Tim English 33 Aaron Naughton 4 Marcus Bontempelli
    FB 14 Michael Hibberd 1 Steven May 8 Jake Lever
    FOLLOWERS
    41 Jordon Sweet
    11 Jack Macrae
    6 Bailey Smith
    INTERCHANGE
    15 Taylor Duryea
    1 Patrick Lipinski
    37 Roarke Smith
    38 Riley Garcia
    EMERGENCIES
    18 Louis Butler
    FOLLOWERS
    11 Max Gawn
    13 Clayton Oliver
    4 James Harmes
    INTERCHANGE
    9 Luke Jackson
    18 Jake Melksham
    23 James Jordon
    24 Trent Rivers
    EMERGENCIES
    32 Tom Sparrow

    Bulldogs
    INL. Butler, P. Lipinski, R. Garcia, T. English
    OUTA. Treloar, A. Scott, L. Young, M. Hannan
    B J. Johannisen, A. Keath, H. Crozier
    HB B. Williams, Z. Cordy, C. Daniel
    C B. Dale, T. Liberatore, L. McNeil
    HF L. Hunter, J. Bruce, C. Weightman
    F T. English, A. Naughton, M. Bontempelli
    FOL J. Sweet, J. Macrae, B. Smith
    I/C T. Duryea, P. Lipinski, R. Smith, R. Garcia
    EMG L. Butler

    Melbourne
    INC. Salem
    OUTN. Jetta
    B M. Hibberd, S. May, J. Lever
    HB C. Salem, H. Petty, J. Hunt
    C A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
    HF K. Pickett, T. McDonald, C. Spargo
    F B. Fritsch, S. Weideman, A. Neal-Bullen
    FOL M. Gawn, C. Oliver, J. Harmes
    I/C L. Jackson, J. Melksham, J. Jordon, T. Rivers
    EMG T. Sparrow
    2021-05-29T03:45:00ZMCG
    Collingwood
    Geelong
    MATCH CENTRE
    IN Brayden Sier, Finlay Macrae, Jack Madgen, Trent Bianco
    OUTBeau McCreery (Injured), Josh Thomas (Injured), Taylor Adams (Injured), Tyler Brown (Injured)
    IN Jordan Clark, Max Holmes, Rhys Stanley
    OUTCameron Guthrie (Injured), Mark Blicavs (Injured), Mitch Duncan (Injured)
    FB 16 Chris Mayne 23 Jordan Roughead 4 Brayden Maynard
    FF 40 Luke Dahlhaus 26 Tom Hawkins 23 Gary Rohan
    HB 3 Isaac Quaynor 30 Darcy Moore 9 John Noble
    HF 3 Brandan Parfitt 5 Jeremy Cameron 30 Tom Atkins
    C 28 Nathan Murphy 7 Josh Daicos 24 Caleb Poulter
    C 7 Isaac Smith 19 Quinton Narkle 27 Sam Menegola
    HF 32 W. Hoskin-Elliott 14 Darcy Cameron 10 Scott Pendlebury
    HB 2 Zach Tuohy 44 Tom Stewart 8 Jake Kolodjashnij
    FF 2 Jordan De Goey 41 Brody Mihocek 44 Jack Madgen
    FB 25 Lachie Henderson 9 Max Holmes 38 Jack Henry
    FOLLOWERS
    6 Brodie Grundy
    22 Steele Sidebottom
    25 Jack Crisp
    INTERCHANGE
    8 Trent Bianco
    12 Tom Wilson
    17 Callum L. Brown
    36 Brayden Sier
    EMERGENCIES
    18 Finlay Macrae
    FOLLOWERS
    17 Esava Ratugolea
    4 Shaun Higgins
    14 Joel Selwood
    INTERCHANGE
    1 Rhys Stanley
    24 Jed Bews
    39 Zach Guthrie
    45 Bradley Close
    EMERGENCIES
    6 Jordan Clark

    Collingwood
    INB. Sier, F. Macrae, J. Madgen, T. Bianco
    OUTB. McCreery, J. Thomas, T. Adams, T. Brown
    B C. Mayne, J. Roughead, B. Maynard
    HB I. Quaynor, D. Moore, J. Noble
    C N. Murphy, J. Daicos, C. Poulter
    HF W. Hoskin-Elliott, D. Cameron, S. Pendlebury
    F J. De Goey, B. Mihocek, J. Madgen
    FOL B. Grundy, S. Sidebottom, J. Crisp
    I/C T. Bianco, T. Wilson, C. Brown, B. Sier
    EMG F. Macrae

    Geelong
    INJ. Clark, M. Holmes, R. Stanley
    OUTC. Guthrie, M. Blicavs, M. Duncan
    B L. Henderson, M. Holmes, J. Henry
    HB Z. Tuohy, T. Stewart, J. Kolodjashnij
    C I. Smith, Q. Narkle, S. Menegola
    HF B. Parfitt, J. Cameron, T. Atkins
    F L. Dahlhaus, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
    FOL E. Ratugolea, S. Higgins, J. Selwood
    I/C R. Stanley, J. Bews, Z. Guthrie, B. Close
    EMG J. Clark
    2021-05-29T04:10:00ZGabba
    Brisbane
    GWS
    MATCH CENTRE
    IN No change
    IN Callum M Brown
    OUTSam Taylor (Injured)
    FB 2 Deven Robertson 31 Harris Andrews 37 Brandon Starcevich
    FF 30 Matthew Flynn 28 Zach Sproule 27 H. Himmelberg
    HB 10 Daniel Rich 24 Marcus Adams 14 Grant Birchall
    HF 23 Bobby Hill 11 Jeremy Finlayson 38 Daniel Lloyd
    C 15 Dayne Zorko 33 Zac Bailey 6 Hugh McCluggage
    C 22 Josh Kelly 8 Callan Ward 6 Lachie Whitfield
    HF 4 Callum Ah Chee 3 Joe Daniher 11 Lincoln McCarthy
    HB 21 Matt Buntine 13 Isaac Cumming 7 Lachie Ash
    FF 11 Daniel McStay 30 Eric Hipwood 23 Charlie Cameron
    FB 44 Jack Buckley 19 Nick Haynes 50 Sam J. Reid
    FOLLOWERS
    46 Oscar McInerney
    17 Jarryd Lyons
    5 Mitch Robinson
    INTERCHANGE
    18 Keidean Coleman
    20 Jaxon Prior
    36 Rhys Mathieson
    14 James Madden
    EMERGENCIES
    13 Thomas Berry
    FOLLOWERS
    41 Shane Mumford
    14 Tim Taranto
    22 Jacob Hopper
    INTERCHANGE
    39 Connor Idun
    26 Jake Riccardi
    12 Tom Green
    33 Xavier O'Halloran
    EMERGENCIES
    46 Callum M Brown

    Brisbane
    B D. Robertson, H. Andrews, B. Starcevich
    HB D. Rich, M. Adams, G. Birchall
    C D. Zorko, Z. Bailey, H. McCluggage
    HF C. Ah Chee, J. Daniher, L. McCarthy
    F D. McStay, E. Hipwood, C. Cameron
    FOL O. McInerney, J. Lyons, M. Robinson
    I/C K. Coleman, J. Prior, R. Mathieson, J. Madden
    EMG T. Berry

    GWS
    INC. Brown
    OUTS. Taylor
    B J. Buckley, N. Haynes, S. Reid
    HB M. Buntine, I. Cumming, L. Ash
    C J. Kelly, C. Ward, L. Whitfield
    HF B. Hill, J. Finlayson, D. Lloyd
    F M. Flynn, Z. Sproule, H. Himmelberg
    FOL S. Mumford, T. Taranto, J. Hopper
    I/C C. Idun, J. Riccardi, T. Green, X. O'Halloran
    EMG C. Brown
    2021-05-29T06:35:00ZMarvel Stadium
    St Kilda
    North Melbourne
    MATCH CENTRE
    IN Luke Dunstan, Mason Wood, Nicholas Coffield, Oscar Clavarino
    OUTHunter Clark (Injured), Jack Bytel (Omitted), James Frawley (Injured), Shaun McKernan (Injured)
    IN No change
    FB 44 Callum Wilkie 20 Dougal Howard 29 Jimmy Webster
    FF 44 Cameron Zurhaar 20 Nick Larkey 1 Jack Mahony
    HB 14 Jarryn Geary 38 Oscar Clavarino 35 Jack Sinclair
    HF 8 Bailey Scott 6 Taylor Garner 24 Tom Powell
    C 15 Jack Billings 32 Mason Wood 8 Bradley Hill
    C 43 Trent Dumont 10 Ben Cunnington 17 Lachie Young
    HF 16 Dan Butler 6 Sebastian Ross 22 Jack Higgins
    HB 43 Aaron Hall 19 Josh Walker 28 Kayne Turner
    FF 1 Nicholas Coffield 12 Max King 28 Tim Membrey
    FB 7 Jack Ziebell 23 Ben McKay 18 Shaun Atley
    FOLLOWERS
    18 Paddy Ryder
    9 Jack Steele
    27 Luke Dunstan
    INTERCHANGE
    5 Brad Crouch
    26 Josh Battle
    13 Ryan Byrnes
    34 Thomas Highmore
    EMERGENCIES
    13 Jack Lonie
    FOLLOWERS
    22 Todd Goldstein
    26 Tarryn Thomas
    12 Jy Simpkin
    INTERCHANGE
    5 Curtis Taylor
    9 L. Davies-Uniacke
    31 Connor Menadue
    38 Tom Campbell
    EMERGENCIES
    35 Charlie Lazzaro

    St Kilda
    INL. Dunstan, M. Wood, N. Coffield, O. Clavarino
    OUTH. Clark, J. Bytel, J. Frawley, S. McKernan
    B C. Wilkie, D. Howard, J. Webster
    HB J. Geary, O. Clavarino, J. Sinclair
    C J. Billings, M. Wood, B. Hill
    HF D. Butler, S. Ross, J. Higgins
    F N. Coffield, M. King, T. Membrey
    FOL P. Ryder, J. Steele, L. Dunstan
    I/C B. Crouch, J. Battle, R. Byrnes, T. Highmore
    EMG J. Lonie

    North Melbourne
    B J. Ziebell, B. McKay, S. Atley
    HB A. Hall, J. Walker, K. Turner
    C T. Dumont, B. Cunnington, L. Young
    HF B. Scott, T. Garner, T. Powell
    F C. Zurhaar, N. Larkey, J. Mahony
    FOL T. Goldstein, T. Thomas, J. Simpkin
    I/C C. Taylor, L. Davies-Uniacke, C. Menadue, T. Campbell
    EMG C. Lazzaro
    2021-05-29T09:40:00ZSCG
    Gold Coast
    Hawthorn
    MATCH CENTRE
    IN Jy Farrar
    OUTCaleb Graham (Omitted)
    IN Liam Shiels, Shaun Burgoyne, Tim O'Brien
    OUTJaeger O'Meara (Injured), Kyle Hartigan (Injured), Oliver Hanrahan (Omitted)
    FB 27 Wil Powell 25 Sam Collins 23 Sean Lemmens
    FF 7 Ned Reeves 2 Mitchell Lewis 23 Jacob Koschitzke
    HB 13 Jack Lukosius 10 Charlie Ballard 50 Jy Farrar
    HF 5 James Worpel 22 Luke Breust 20 Chad Wingard
    C 4 Brandon Ellis 18 Hugh Greenwood 2 Rory Atkins
    C 22 Tim O'Brien 13 Dylan Moore 14 Jack Scrimshaw
    HF 24 David Swallow 29 Chris Burgess 7 Nick Holman
    HB 30 Damon Greaves 21 Tom Phillips 26 Liam Shiels
    FF 22 Izak Rankine 34 Ben King 6 Alex Sexton
    FB 15 Blake Hardwick 8 Sam Frost 4 Jarman Impey
    FOLLOWERS
    32 Zac Smith
    14 Lachie Weller
    11 Touk Miller
    INTERCHANGE
    15 Noah Anderson
    17 Oleg Markov
    26 Sam Flanders
    41 Malcolm Rosas
    EMERGENCIES
    19 Josh Corbett
    FOLLOWERS
    7 Ben McEvoy
    6 Tom Mitchell
    9 Shaun Burgoyne
    INTERCHANGE
    15 Daniel Howe
    24 James Cousins
    9 Changkuoth Jiath
    35 Josh Morris
    EMERGENCIES
    1 Harry Morrison

    Gold Coast
    INJ. Farrar
    OUTC. Graham
    B W. Powell, S. Collins, S. Lemmens
    HB J. Lukosius, C. Ballard, J. Farrar
    C B. Ellis, H. Greenwood, R. Atkins
    HF D. Swallow, C. Burgess, N. Holman
    F I. Rankine, B. King, A. Sexton
    FOL Z. Smith, L. Weller, T. Miller
    I/C N. Anderson, O. Markov, S. Flanders, M. Rosas
    EMG J. Corbett

    Hawthorn
    INL. Shiels, S. Burgoyne, T. O'Brien
    OUTJ. O'Meara, K. Hartigan, O. Hanrahan
    B B. Hardwick, S. Frost, J. Impey
    HB D. Greaves, T. Phillips, L. Shiels
    C T. O'Brien, D. Moore, J. Scrimshaw
    HF J. Worpel, L. Breust, C. Wingard
    F N. Reeves, M. Lewis, J. Koschitzke
    FOL B. McEvoy, T. Mitchell, S. Burgoyne
    I/C D. Howe, J. Cousins, C. Jiath, J. Morris
    EMG H. Morrison
    2021-05-29T09:40:00ZOptus Stadium
    West Coast
    Essendon
    MATCH CENTRE
    IN Elliot Yeo
    OUTHarry Edwards (Omitted)
    IN B. Zerk-Thatcher, Jake Stringer
    OUTAaron Francis (Illness), Peter Wright (Injured)
    FB 25 Shannon Hurn 37 Thomas Barrass 5 Brad Sheppard
    FF 23 Harrison Jones 26 Cale Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
    HB 32 Bailey J. Williams 35 Josh Rotham 30 Jackson Nelson
    HF 16 Archie Perkins 25 Jake Stringer 11 Will Snelling
    C 3 Andrew Gaff 8 Jack Redden 15 Jamie Cripps
    C 4 Kyle Langford 7 Zach Merrett 13 Nikolas Cox
    HF 21 Jack Petruccelle 27 Jack Darling 4 Dom Sheed
    HB 21 Dyson Heppell 17 James Stewart 19 Nick Hind
    FF 12 Oscar Allen 17 Josh J. Kennedy 1 Liam Ryan
    FB 15 Jayden Laverde 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 14 Jordan Ridley
    FOLLOWERS
    9 Nic Naitanui
    6 Elliot Yeo
    11 Tim Kelly
    INTERCHANGE
    31 Jarrod Brander
    28 Thomas Cole
    31 Jamaine Jones
    41 Brendon Ah Chee
    EMERGENCIES
    2 Jake Waterman
    FOLLOWERS
    34 Andrew Phillips
    3 Darcy Parish
    11 David Zaharakis
    INTERCHANGE
    1 Andrew McGrath
    27 Mason Redman
    35 Matt Guelfi
    45 Alec Waterman
    EMERGENCIES
    33 Brayden Ham

    West Coast
    INE. Yeo
    OUTH. Edwards
    B S. Hurn, T. Barrass, B. Sheppard
    HB B. Williams, J. Rotham, J. Nelson
    C A. Gaff, J. Redden, J. Cripps
    HF J. Petruccelle, J. Darling, D. Sheed
    F O. Allen, J. Kennedy, L. Ryan
    FOL N. Naitanui, E. Yeo, T. Kelly
    I/C J. Brander, T. Cole, J. Jones, B. Ah Chee
    EMG J. Waterman

    Essendon
    INB. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Stringer
    OUTA. Francis, P. Wright
    B J. Laverde, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Ridley
    HB D. Heppell, J. Stewart, N. Hind
    C K. Langford, Z. Merrett, N. Cox
    HF A. Perkins, J. Stringer, W. Snelling
    F H. Jones, C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
    FOL A. Phillips, D. Parish, D. Zaharakis
    I/C A. McGrath, M. Redman, M. Guelfi, A. Waterman
    EMG B. Ham
    2021-05-30T04:10:00ZGIANTS Stadium
    Richmond
    Adelaide
    MATCH CENTRE
    IN C. Coleman-Jones, Dion Prestia, Josh Caddy, Mabior Chol, Shai Bolton, Trent Cotchin
    OUTDavid Astbury (Injured), Jack Ross (Omitted), Marlion Pickett (Suspension), Patrick Naish (Injured), Tom J. Lynch (Injured), Will Martyn (Medi-Sub)
    IN William Hamill
    OUTRonin O'Connor (Medi-Sub)
    FB 1 Nick Vlastuin 2 Dylan Grimes 21 Noah Balta
    FF 31 James Rowe 7 Riley Thilthorpe 32 Darcy Fogarty
    HB 15 Jayden Short 35 Nathan Broad 14 Bachar Houli
    HF 25 Ned McHenry 13 Taylor Walker 23 Shane McAdam
    C 33 Kamdyn McIntosh 9 Trent Cotchin 22 Josh Caddy
    C 38 Lachlan Sholl 2 Ben Keays 11 Paul Seedsman
    HF 16 Jake Aarts 29 Shai Bolton 34 Jack Graham
    HB 33 Brodie Smith 29 Jake Kelly 16 Luke Brown
    FF 21 C. Coleman-Jones 4 Dustin Martin 8 Jack Riewoldt
    FB 39 Tom Doedee 41 Jordon Butts 28 Nick Murray
    FOLLOWERS
    25 Toby Nankervis
    7 Liam Baker
    3 Dion Prestia
    INTERCHANGE
    11 Jason Castagna
    26 R. Collier-Dawkins
    1 Mabior Chol
    13 Hugo Ralphsmith
    EMERGENCIES
    17 Daniel Rioli
    FOLLOWERS
    43 Reilly O'Brien
    29 Rory Laird
    9 Rory Sloane
    INTERCHANGE
    1 Chayce Jones
    14 David Mackay
    21 Sam Berry
    26 Harry Schoenberg
    EMERGENCIES
    17 William Hamill

    Richmond
    INC. Coleman-Jones, D. Prestia, J. Caddy, M. Chol, S. Bolton, T. Cotchin
    OUTD. Astbury, J. Ross, M. Pickett, P. Naish, T. Lynch, W. Martyn
    B N. Vlastuin, D. Grimes, N. Balta
    HB J. Short, N. Broad, B. Houli
    C K. McIntosh, T. Cotchin, J. Caddy
    HF J. Aarts, S. Bolton, J. Graham
    F C. Coleman-Jones, D. Martin, J. Riewoldt
    FOL T. Nankervis, L. Baker, D. Prestia
    I/C J. Castagna, R. Collier-Dawkins, M. Chol, H. Ralphsmith
    EMG D. Rioli

    Adelaide
    INW. Hamill
    OUTR. O'Connor
    B T. Doedee, J. Butts, N. Murray
    HB B. Smith, J. Kelly, L. Brown
    C L. Sholl, B. Keays, P. Seedsman
    HF N. McHenry, T. Walker, S. McAdam
    F J. Rowe, R. Thilthorpe, D. Fogarty
    FOL R. O'Brien, R. Laird, R. Sloane
    I/C C. Jones, D. Mackay, S. Berry, H. Schoenberg
    EMG W. Hamill
    2021-05-30T05:20:00ZSCG
    Sydney
    Carlton
    MATCH CENTRE
    IN Callum Sinclair, Justin McInerney, Kaiden Brand, Lewis Taylor
    OUTNick Blakey (Omitted), Robbie Fox (Injured), Ryan Clarke (Medi-Sub), Tom Hickey (Injured)
    IN Jack Martin, Levi Casboult
    OUTJosh Honey (Medi-Sub), Lachie Plowman (Suspension)
    FB 44 Jake Lloyd 24 Dane Rampe 7 Harry Cunningham
    FF 19 Eddie Betts 12 Tom De Koning 1 Jack Silvagni
    HB 12 Jordan Dawson 30 Tom McCartin 29 George Hewett
    HF 21 Jack Martin 10 Harry McKay 40 Michael Gibbons
    C 8 James Rowbottom 13 Oliver Florent 27 Justin McInerney
    C 15 Sam Docherty 9 Patrick Cripps 46 Matthew Cottrell
    HF 9 Will Hayward 5 Isaac Heeney 15 Sam Wicks
    HB 42 Adam Saad 23 Jacob Weitering 6 Zac Williams
    FF 11 Tom Papley 23 Lance Franklin 2 Hayden McLean
    FB 13 Liam Stocker 19 Liam Jones 24 Nic Newman
    FOLLOWERS
    18 Callum Sinclair
    12 Josh P. Kennedy
    14 Callum Mills
    INTERCHANGE
    1 Chad Warner
    2 Kaiden Brand
    3 Dylan Stephens
    26 Luke Parker
    EMERGENCIES
    28 Lewis Taylor
    FOLLOWERS
    27 Marc Pittonet
    18 Sam Walsh
    35 Ed Curnow
    INTERCHANGE
    8 Lachie Fogarty
    30 Levi Casboult
    43 Will Setterfield
    44 Matthew Owies
    EMERGENCIES
    3 Marc Murphy

    Sydney
    INC. Sinclair, J. McInerney, K. Brand, L. Taylor
    OUTN. Blakey, R. Fox, R. Clarke, T. Hickey