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

Rory Atkins (Suns) and Martin Gleeson (Bombers) are this afternoon's medical subs.

 2021-08-15T05:20:00Z 
Essendon WON BY 68 POINTS
GMHBA Stadium
GC   
30
FT
98
   ESS
    #AFLSunsDons
MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   
IN Rory Atkins
OUTBrandon Ellis (Injured)
IN Andrew McGrath, Dyson Heppell
OUTA. McDonald-Tipungwuti (Managed), Nikolas Cox (Omitted)
FB 27 Wil Powell 25 Sam Collins 23 Sean Lemmens
FF 20 Jake Stringer 20 Peter Wright 5 Devon Smith
HB 21 Chris Burgess 10 Charlie Ballard 24 David Swallow
HF 11 Will Snelling 10 Aaron Francis 9 Dylan Shiel
C 44 Darcy MacPherson 11 Touk Miller 14 Jeremy Sharp
C 21 Dyson Heppell 7 Zach Merrett 22 Sam Durham
HF 21 Jacob Townsend 12 Jack Lukosius 6 Alex Sexton
HB 35 Matt Guelfi 14 Jordan Ridley 19 Nick Hind
FF 19 Josh Corbett 34 Ben King 9 Ben Ainsworth
FB 15 Jayden Laverde 17 James Stewart 12 Tom Cutler
FOLLOWERS
32 Zac Smith
15 Noah Anderson
12 Jack Bowes
INTERCHANGE
8 Brayden Fiorini
18 Matthew Rowell
40 Joel Jeffrey
50 Jy Farrar
32 Rory Atkins
FOLLOWERS
2 Sam Draper
3 Darcy Parish
37 Dylan Clarke
INTERCHANGE
1 Andrew McGrath
16 Archie Perkins
27 Mason Redman
45 Alec Waterman
8 Martin Gleeson

Gold Coast
INR. Atkins
OUTB. Ellis
B W. Powell, S. Collins, S. Lemmens
HB C. Burgess, C. Ballard, D. Swallow
C D. MacPherson, T. Miller, J. Sharp
HF J. Townsend, J. Lukosius, A. Sexton
F J. Corbett, B. King, B. Ainsworth
FOL Z. Smith, N. Anderson, J. Bowes
I/C B. Fiorini, M. Rowell, J. Jeffrey, J. Farrar, R. Atkins

Essendon
INA. McGrath, D. Heppell
OUTA. McDonald-Tipungwuti, N. Cox
B J. Laverde, J. Stewart, T. Cutler
HB M. Guelfi, J. Ridley, N. Hind
C D. Heppell, Z. Merrett, S. Durham
HF W. Snelling, A. Francis, D. Shiel
F J. Stringer, P. Wright, D. Smith
FOL S. Draper, D. Parish, D. Clarke
I/C A. McGrath, A. Perkins, M. Redman, A. Waterman, M. Gleeson