The Teams – Opening Round

Written by Chaos Theory on March 6 2024

Thursday, March 7
Sydney v Melbourne, SCG, 7.20pm AEDT

Friday, March 8
Brisbane v Carlton, Gabba, 6.50pm AEST (7.50pm AEDT)

Saturday, March 9
Gold Coast v Richmond, Heritage Bank Stadium, 3.20pm AEST (4.20pm AEDT)
Greater Western Sydney v Collingwood, Giants Stadium, 7.30pm AEDT

THURSDAY, MARCH 7

Sydney v Melbourne at the SCG, 7.30pm AEDT

SYDNEY

B: L.Melican 43 T.McCartin 30 D.Rampe – C 24
HB:: N.Blakey 22 O.Florent 13 J.Lloyd 44
C: J.McInerney 27 Ch.Warner 1 E.Gulden 21
HF: I.Heeney 5 L.McDonald 6 J.Amartey 36
F: T.Papley 11 H.McLean 2 W.Hayward 9
Foll: B.Grundy 4 J.Jordon 17 J.Rowbottom 8
I/C: B.Campbell 16 M.Roberts 34 H.Cunningham 7 S.Wicks 15 R.Fox 42

Emerg: A.Sheldrick 12 P.Ladhams 19 Co.Warner 37

New faces: James Jordon, Brodie Grundy
Notable absentees: Callum Mills, Luke Parker, Taylor Adams

MELBOURNE

B: B.Howes 22, S.May 1, J.Lever 8
HB: J.McVee 4, A.Tomlinson 20, C.Salem 3
C: E.Langdon 15, C.Petracca 5, T.Rivers 24
HF: J.Viney 7, J.Schache 19, J.van Rooyen 2
F: A.Neal-Bullen 30, B.Fritsch 31, C.Spargo 9
Foll: M.Gawn 11, T.Sparrow 32, C.Oliver 13
I/C: C.Windsor 6, J.Billings 14, B.Laurie 16, J.Bowey 17, K.Chandler 37

Emerg: T.McDonald 25, T.Fullarton 33, T.Woewodin 40

New faces: Caleb Windsor, Jack Billings, Blake Howes
Notable absentees: Lachie Hunter, Shane McAdam, Harrison Petty, Jake Melksham, Kysaiah Pickett

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

Brisbane v Carlton at the Gabba, 6.40pm AEST

BRISBANE

B: B.Starcevich 37 J.Payne 40 R.Lester 35
HB: K.Coleman 18 H.Andrews 31 D.Gardiner 27
C: J.Fletcher 28 Z.Bailey 33 J.Berry 7
HF: C.Cameron 23 E.Hipwood 30 H.McCluggage 6
F: C.Rayner 16 J.Daniher 3 D.Zorko 15
Foll: O.McInerney 46 J.Dunkley 5 L.Neale 9
I/C: K.Lohmann 1 C.Ah Chee 4 L.McCarthy 11 J.Lyons 17 D.Wilmot 44

Emerg: J.Tunstill 29 D.Fort 32 N.Answerth 43

Notable absentees: Conor McKenna, Deven Robertson, Tom Doedee, Will Ashcroft

CARLTON

B: B.Kemp 17 L.Young 33 A.Saad 42
HB: Z.Williams 6 M.McGovern 11 N.Newman 24
C: B.Acres 13 P.Cripps 9 M.Kennedy 7
HF: G.Hewett 29 C.Curnow 30 M.Owies 44
F: O.Fantasia 14 H.McKay 10 D.Cuningham 28
Foll: T.De Koning 12 A.Cerra 5 S.Docherty 15
I/C: J.Boyd 37 O.Hollands 4 M.Cottrell 46 J.Carroll 16 L.Fogarty 8

Emerg: J.Binns 25 A.Cincotta 39 M.Pittonet 27

New faces: Orazio Fantasia
Notable absentees: Sam Walsh, Jacob Weitering, Caleb Marchbank, Jesse Motlop, Jack Martin, Elijah Hollands, Jack Silvagni

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

Gold Coast v Richmond at Heritage Bank Stadium, 3.20pm AEST

GOLD COAST

B: B.Uwland 32 C.Ballard 10 S.Collins 25
HB: C.Budarick 35 A.Sexton 6 W.Powell 27
C: B.Fiorini 8 T.Miller 11 B.Ellis 4
HF: B.Ainsworth 9 B.Humphrey 19 T.Berry 16
F: B.King 34 M.Rosas 41 L.Casboult 30
Foll: J.Witts – C 28 N.Anderson 15 M.Rowell 18
I/C: S.Flanders 3 N.Holman 7 J.Lukosius 13 D.Swallow 24 D.Macpherson 44

Emerg: R.Atkins 2 W.Graham 26 N.Moyle 49

Notable absentees: Lachie Weller, Ben Long, Mac Andrew

RICHMOND

B: D.Grimes 2 T.Young 45 J.Gibcus 18
HB: J.Short – C 15 D.Rioli 17 N.Vlastuin 1
C: K.McIntosh 33 T.Taranto 14 S.Banks 41
HF: M.Rioli 10 L.Baker 7 S.Campbell 44
F: N.Balta 21 S.Bolton 29 J.Koschitzke 20
Foll: S.Naismith 24 J.Hopper 22 D.Prestia 3
I/C: N.Broad 35 T.Dow 27 J.Ross 5 M.Pickett 50 S.Ryan 32

Emerg: T.Brown 30 S.Green 48 N.Cumberland 38

New faces: Seth Campbell, Jacob Koschitzke
Notable absentees: Dustin Martin, Jack Graham, Toby Nankervis, Tom Lynch, Rhyan Mansell

Greater Western Sydney v Collingwood at Engie Stadium, 7.30pm AED

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY

B: H.Himmelberg 27 S.Taylor 15 C.Idun 39
HB: L.Whitfield 6 J.Buckley 44 L.Ash 7
C: X.O’Halloran 33 J.Kelly 22 J.Wehr 10
HF: B.Daniels 16 J.Riccardi 26 T.Bedford 14
F: T.Greene – C 4 J.Hogan 23 C.Brown 46
Foll: K.Briggs 32 S.Coniglio 3 T.Green 12
I/C: C.Ward 8 H.Thomas 28 N.Haynes 19 T.McMullin 31 A.Cadman 5

Emerg: L.Keeffe 25 R.Angwin 9 J.Peatling 20

New faces: Harvey Thomas
Notable absentees: Finn Callaghan, Harry Perryman, Isaac Cumming, Braydon Preuss

COLLINGWOOD

B: B.Maynard 4 D.Moore – C 30 C.Dean 43
HB: S.Pendlebury 10 I.Quaynor 3 N.Daicos 35
C: W.Hoskin-Elliott 32 J.Crisp 25 J.Daicos 7
HF: S.Sidebottom 22 A.Johnson 40 B.Mihocek 41
F: P.Lipinski 1 J.Elliott 5 B.Hill 23
Foll: D.Cameron 14 J.De Goey 2 L.Schultz 8
I/C: J.Noble 9 T.Mitchell 6 B.McCreery 31 O.Markov 37 M.Cox 46

Emerg: B.Frampton 17 F.Macrae 18 H.Harrison 36

New faces: Charlie Dean, Lachie Schultz
Notable absentees: Jeremy Howe, Nathan Murphy, Dan McStay

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16 thoughts on “The Teams – Opening Round”

  1. Rookies

    Debutantes

    Melbourne:
    Caleb Windsor M/F $180,300
    Blake Howes DEF $123,900

    Collingwood:
    Charlie Dean DEF $123,900

    GWS:
    Harvey Thomas M/F $117,300

    Carlton:
    Jaxon Binns MID $123,900

    Richmond:
    Seth Campbell FWD $123,900

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    1. Rookies in Opening Round:

      DEF
      Josh Gibcus
      Charlie Dean
      Bodhi Uwland
      Blake Howes

      MID
      Matt Roberts
      Jacob Wehr
      Thomas Berry

      RUC
      Sam Naismith

      FWD
      Alex Sexton
      Caleb Windsor
      Harvey Thomas
      Bailey Laurie
      Orazio Fantasia
      Seth Campbell
      Josh Schache

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  2. Reminder

    Clubs name a squad of 23 with the sub being named one hour before the game. In previous years anyone of the 22 could start on ground but that 22 was usually locked in, barring a last minute injury. The sub was named from one of the four emergencies listed.

    Now when teams drop on a Thursday we actually won’t know which four of the five players named on the bench will be playing and who will be the sub until one hour before the game.

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    1. Does the sub have to come from a bench player? It can’t be from someone named on the ground?

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      1. It can be this year L & L. Sub named one hour prior to game and can come from any of the 23 named players. Should cause some chaos and anxiety among coaches I reckon.

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        1. Next year’s SCTTL starting team category “Players who can’t be Subs” LOL
          Good luck with that one Jimmy……

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  3. Essendon: Sam Draper, Ben Hobbs and Nate Caddy will play in a VFL practice match on Friday

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  4. Richmond: Sam Naismith locked in to face Gold Coast on Saturday. First AFL game since his 3rd ACL tear in Rd 4, 2020. 1353 days between appearances.

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    1. If you go to the leagues tab on the app it should state on the top right corner of each league when H2H starts. I have H2Hs starting in rounds 1, 2, 3 and 4 for different leagues. So it depends on how the league is set up

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