NORWOOD
Norwood midfielder Mat Suckling will miss Friday night’s blockbuster against Glenelg with hamstring tightness.
Suckling’s return is unknown at this stage as he will undergo further examination from club medicos in the next 48 hours.
Speedy wingman Anthony Wilson returns from his hamstring strain for the 7.40pm bounce at Coopers Stadium while Ed Smart, Matthew Nunn and Alex Forster are all a chance to play their first IGA League match of the year.
Solid midfielder Peter Bampton is the only certain exclusion as he has been sent back to the Reserves.
Ruckman Sam Baulderstone will play his 50th IGA League match since arriving from the Mount Compass Football Club.
League
F: Persinos, Ferreira, Dawe
HF: Donohue, Johnston, Smart
C: Cachia, Panos, Fuller
HB: Roocke, Georgiou, Wilson
B: Bode, Levicki, Jefferies
R: Baulderstone, Kirwan, Webber
INT: Pascoe, M. Nunn, Denmead, A. Forster, Bartlett
IN: Wilson, Smart, M. Nunn, A. Forster
OUT: Suckling (hamstring), Bampton
Reserves
Peter, Giannini, Richards, Villis, T. Forster, Baldasso, Chippendale, Derham, Mitchell, Olsson, Cross, Bampton, Hupfield, Carter, Pitman, Viney, Auciello, Llewellyn, Miller. EMG – Ladhams, Zeni, Mozuras.
Under-18
Ariek, Astbury, Ball, Bielby, Blades, Breden, Carroll, Coles, DiStefano, Fahlbusch-Moore, George, Gerloff, Giro, Hewson, Hillcoat, Iannucci, Ladhams, Maxwell, North, Nunn, Nurton, Pedro, Pippett, Pisani, Siviour, Smith, Stewart, Zeni.
GLENELG
Former Sturt forward Ziggy Vitkunas could play his first IGA League match for Glenelg against Norwood at Coopers Stadium on Friday night.
Vitkunas, who kicked 77 goals for Mount Compass in the Great Southern Football League last year, played 11 League matches for the Double Blues between 2011 and 2014.
The 25-year-old – who measures in at 189cm and 90kg - has been named on the Tigers’ five-man extended interchange bench along with fellow inclusion Brad Merrett.
Former Crow James Sellar returns to the Bays’ back six after being a late withdrawal for the win against West in Round 2 due to a groin strain.
Former St Kilda forward Terry Milera has been sidelined by a groin ailment suffered against the Bloods on April 3.
League
F: Rioli, Alleway, Kirkby
HF: Sawford, Scott, Koster
C: Johansen, Snook, Joseph
HB: O’Keeffe, Agnew, Curran
B: Montgomery, Sellar, Howard
R: McGinty, Reinbrecht, Bradley
INT: Vitkunas, Nicholson, Proud, McFarlane, B. Merrett
IN: Sellar, B. Merrett, Vitkunas
OUT: Milera (groin)
Reserves
Chalmers, Christopher, Earl, Edwards, Galley, Godden, Haarsma, Hampton, Hill, Hosie, J. Pitt, Kenny, M. Merrett, McIntyre, Nason, Raikiwasa, Redden, Scharenberg, Sumner, Woodall, Woolard.
Under-18
Bonnici, J. Boyle, Buchanan, Cox, Dukalskis, Edwards, Evans, Fogarty, Hinge, McCabe, McCarthy, McCreery, McKay, Mackie, Martini, May, Milera, Morgan, Neal-Bullen, Pink, Plenty, Satala, Trembath, Walker, Yates.