Hi Everyone,
Teams are out for Round 15 and back to normal now, no more bye rounds!
Geelong v Western Bulldogs
The Cats regain two premiership players in Harry Taylor and Guthrie this week.
Taylor's flexibility to play Forward or Back will be a handful for the Dogs this week.
Geelong have also handed a debut to Quinton Narkle who was pick 60 in the 2016 Draft.
Gregson, McCarthy and Zach Guthrie go out.
The Dogs will be thrilled to regain the services of Sucklings left boot off that half back line.
Suckling is important in setting up the play off the Dogs half back line so is a big inclusion.
The Western Bulldogs also have a debutante of their own in Brad Lynch who was taken by them in the 2015 Rookie Draft.
Out goes Honeychurch and Daniel who is injured.
Carlton v Port Adelaide
The Blues regain skipper Marc Murphy this week in a huge boost for their Midfield.
The speedy Pickett is also back along with Phillips, Casboult and Graham
Carlton have dropped O'Shea and O'Brien.
Kreuzer and Plowman are out injured while Daisy Thomas is suspended.
Port have made the 2 changes this week with Hombsch returning to replace the injured Tom Jonas.
Darcy Byrne-Jones has surprisingly been dropped and a debut for ex Demon Jack Trengrove.
Adelaide v West Coast
Finally some troops returning for the Crows.
In comes Sloane, Laird and Brown who are all back from injury.
Young gun Fogarty is back in the side along with Curtly Hampton.
Otten, Betts, Gibson are injured while Atkins and Wilson have been dropped.
The Eagles have lost another Forward this week to injury in Lecras.
Nelson has been dropped with young Ainsworth coming in along with ex Port player Ah Chee.
Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood
One skipper goes out (Lynch) and another comes back in (May).
Huge loss for the Suns with news Lynch will miss the rest of the season with that troublesome knee injury that kept him out earlier in the year. Has he played his last game for the Suns?
Key Defender Rory Thompson is also back in the side along with Ruckman Crossley and a debut for Will Powell who was the bolter of the 2017 Draft, taken at Pick 19.
Leslie, Day and Ah Chee are all out injured.
Two changes for the Pies.
Treloar is out with that severe hamstring injury.
Greenwood is also out injured with a Crocker back along with a debut for Brayden Sier who was pick 32 in the 2016 Draft.
GWS Giants v Hawthorn
Just the one change for the Giants courtesy of the heavy suspension to Cameron for that sickening hit on Harris Andrews.
Rory Lobb is back early from injury and will be a good replacement up Forward.
The Hawks lose Burgoyne to another hamstring injury and big Ceglar is back in the side.
Melbourne v St Kilda
The Demons really need a win after back to back losses and have reacted savagely by dropping the much loved Bernie Vince.
Tim Smith has also been omitted and in comes tall Forward Weideman along with a debut for Harrison Petty who was taken with the Demons 2nd Round pick at the 2017 Draft.
The Saints are fresh off the bye and a their 2nd win of the season the week before so spirits will be high.
They regain skipper Geary and have handed a Recruit to Irish rookie lister Darragh Joyce.
Always exciting to see what the Irish bring to the table when playing our great game.
Out goes Defenders Webster and Logan Austin.
Fremantle v Brisbane Lions
The Dockers regain two important players this week in Key Defender Alex Pearce plus star Forward/Midfielder Walters.
Out goes Connor Blakely who is injured while Nyhuis has been dropped.
The Lions are desperately seeking win number 2 for the year but their job has been made harder with Andrews out indefinitely after that brutal hit from Cameron.
McStay returns and will fill the Key Defensive role.
Hard nut Mitch Robinson is also back from injury while Barrett will play his first game of the season.
Out goes Mayes & Bailey who have been omitted.
Essendon v North Melbourne
Two changes for the Bombers this week with speedster Colyer back along with handy utility Ambrose.
Green is omitted and exciting youngster Mason Redman is out injured.
Two changes also for the Kangaroos with tagger Jacobs back from injury along with on baller Ryan Clarke.
Ahern has been dropped while Hartung is out with an injured hamstring.
I hope ins and outs have been good to you all and best of luck in your matches this weekend.
