by bulldogproud » Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:20 pm
Unfortunately, a number of injuries have hit the club once again with the following players out this week: Daniel Menzel, Goodrem, Ben Kelly and Stephenson. This severely depletes an area we were already down on: height. Although we have named 8 on the bench, Brown, Fort, Gillard and Rigney are also named in the Ressies. As such, our bench comes down to a choice of: Butcher, Dew, East and Darcy Pisani.
Disappointed to see Fraser Fort dropped to the Ressies; as said before, we are already down on height so I can't understand the decision.
Good to see our two recent Victorian acquisitions (Wild and Toner) making their first appearance, along with Trav Schiller and Robinson return via the Ressies.
CENTRAL
Central District coach Jeff Andrews has been forced into wholesale changes for the clash with West at Adelaide Oval.
No less than five adjustments will be made to the 22 which lost to Sturt in Round 1, with star pair Daniel Menzel and Trent Goodrem succumbing to ankle injuries.
Ben Kelly (calf) and Murray Stephenson (heel) also couldn’t be considered while Frazer O’Gorman was relegated to the Reserves.
Assistant coach John Butcher is the most surprising of the nine possible inclusions, with the former Power forward named on the extended interchange along with former Redleg Darcy Pisani.
Star midfielder Travis Schiller will make his comeback from a foot fracture in the Reserves.
F: Olsson, Falkenberg, Hoskin
HF: Durdin, Patterson, Presbury
C: Lange, J. Schiller, Carnelly
HB: Hanna, Montgomerie, Habel
B: Haydon, Llewellyn, Jenner
R: Marsh, Boyd, T. Menzel
INT: Brown, Butcher, Dew, East, Fort, Gillard, D. Pisani, Rigney
IN: Brown, Butcher, Falkenberg, Gillard, Haydon, Montgomerie, Patterson, D. Pisani, Rigney
OUT: D. Menzel (ankle), Goodrem (ankle), B. Kelly (calf), Stephenson (heel), O’Gorman
Reserves
Barreau, Brown, Burton, Cannizzaro, Fort, J. Furnell, Gillard, J. Kelly, Kennedy, Madden, Milne, O’Brien, O’Gorman, F. Pisani, Rigney, Robinson, T. Schiller, Shaw, Thompson, Toner, Weaver, Wild
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