Essendon and Gold Coast have finalised their lineups for the match at Marvel Stadium.

Lloyd Johnston (managed) has been replaced by Sean Lemmens in the Suns side.

 2024-08-10T09:30:00Z 
Gold Coast WON BY 1 POINTS
Marvel Stadium
ESS   
86
FT
87
   GC
    #AFLDonsSuns
MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   
IN Ben Hobbs
OUTXavier Duursma (Injured)
IN Connor Budarick, Alex Davies, Jed Walter, Sean Lemmens, Jake Rogers
OUTJack Lukosius (Omitted), Malcolm Rosas (Omitted), Brayden Fiorini (Omitted), Joel Jeffrey (Omitted), Lloyd Johnston (Managed)
FB 29 Jake Kelly 32 Ben McKay 25 Jayden Laverde
FF 22 Ben Long 28 Jarrod Witts 34 Ben King
HB 37 Nic Martin 27 Mason Redman 1 Andrew McGrath
HF 19 Connor Budarick 7 Nick Holman 19 Bailey Humphrey
C 13 Nikolas Cox 3 Darcy Parish 24 Nick Bryan
C 26 Will Graham 15 Noah Anderson 33 Sam Clohesy
HF 20 Jake Stringer 29 Jye Menzie 22 Sam Durham
HB 6 Alex Sexton 14 Lachie Weller 27 Wil Powell
FF 4 Kyle Langford 23 Harrison Jones 11 Jade Gresham
FB 25 Sam Collins 6 Bodhi Uwland 10 Charlie Ballard
FOLLOWERS
2 Sam Draper
6 Jye Caldwell
7 Zach Merrett
SUB
8 Ben Hobbs
INTERCHANGE
9 Dylan Shiel
30 Nate Caddy
33 Alwyn Davey Jnr
21 Archie Roberts
FOLLOWERS
1 Mac Andrew
9 Sam Flanders
18 Matthew Rowell
SUB
24 David Swallow
INTERCHANGE
5 Alex Davies
4 Jed Walter
23 Sean Lemmens
29 Jake Rogers

Essendon
INB. Hobbs
OUTX. Duursma
B J. Kelly, B. McKay, J. Laverde
HB N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath
C N. Cox, D. Parish, N. Bryan
HF J. Stringer, J. Menzie, S. Durham
F K. Langford, H. Jones, J. Gresham
FOL S. Draper, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett
SUB B. Hobbs
I/C D. Shiel, N. Caddy, A. Davey Jnr, A. Roberts

Gold Coast
INC. Budarick, A. Davies, J. Walter, S. Lemmens, J. Rogers
OUTJ. Lukosius, M. Rosas, B. Fiorini, J. Jeffrey, L. Johnston
B S. Collins, B. Uwland, C. Ballard
HB A. Sexton, L. Weller, W. Powell
C W. Graham, N. Anderson, S. Clohesy
HF C. Budarick, N. Holman, B. Humphrey
F B. Long, J. Witts, B. King
FOL M. Andrew, S. Flanders, M. Rowell
SUB D. Swallow
I/C A. Davies, J. Walter, S. Lemmens, J. Rogers

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