by Dutchy » Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:03 pm
WEST
West Adelaide will welcome back a string of McDonald’s SA Under-18 stars when it hosts Glenelg at City Mazda Stadium on Saturday.
Under-18 All-Australians Aaron Francis and Will Snelling, together with Hugh Haysman and Jack Agostino, have been named in the Bloods’ 23-man squad.
Goalsneak Aaron Fielke will return from a minor calf ailment while mature-age utility Ben Klemke could make his league debut after being named at centre-half forward.
Klemke (193cm and 92kg) previously played at national Under-18 level with NSW/ACT before playing in the NEAFL with Queanbeyan en route to being captain-coach for Wodonga last year.
Ruckman Ryan Willits is unavailable due to concussion while Travis Tuck accepted a one-match ban from the SANFL Incident Review Panel for striking Eagle Scott Lewis last Saturday.
Lachlan Jennings and Nick Homburg were sent back to the Reserves.
League
F: Green, Hardy, Fielke
HF: Stevens, Klemke, Anderson
C: Snelling, Schmidt, Beech
HB: Caire, Hartlett, Wasley-Black
B: Francis, Keough, Hill
R: Middleton, Schiller, Silverlock
INT: Porplyzia, Haysman, Agostino, Favretto, Newell
IN: Snelling, Fielke, Agostino, Klemke, Francis, Haysman
OUT: Tuck (suspension), Willits (concussion), Jennings, Homburg
Reserves
Ezard, Hopton, Milne, Nelson, Homburg, Munn, Jennings, Schott, Dijksman, Thunig, Holiday, Johnson, J. Evans, Bonner, Cua, Stevens, Westhoff, Cameron, Burgess, Dodds-Watson, Hampton.
Under-18
Ferraro, Cornish, L. Evans, Stevens, Karpany, R. Hocking, Toohey, Nisbett, Taheny, Inglis, Brown, Hayball, Albanese, O’Driscoll, Noonan, Pillion, Rodman, Butterworth, Vick, Wagner, T. Hocking, Maroney, J. Noble, M. Noble, Beard, Gregurke.
GLENELG
Glenelg could unleash key defender Jed Redden against West at City Mazda Stadium on Saturday.
The younger brother of Brisbane Lions star Jack Redden, Jed is a well-built backman who measures in at 196cm and 90kg.
Redden, named on the extended interchange bench, has been joined in the Tigers’ 23-man squad by Chris Curran, Darcy Bailey, Josh Trembath and Bryce Woolard.
Star midfielder Sam Lonergan will miss two-match after accepting his penalty from the SANFL IRP on Tuesday while promising key backman Michael Galley will miss the rest of the season with a serious shoulder injury.
Hayden Jolly has been sent back to the Reserves, where vice-captain Craig Pitt will resume from knee surgery against the Bloods.
League
F: Nason, Alleway, Woodall
HF: McNeil, Carter, Milera
C: Rioli, Johansen, Nicholson
HB: Bradley, Agnew, Howard
B: Curran, Scott, Hender
R: McGinty, Snook, Joseph
INT: Merrett, Trembath, Woolard, Bailey, Redden
IN: Curran, Trembath, Bailey, Woolard, Redden
OUT: Lonergan (suspended), Galley (shoulder), Jolly
Reserves
Allen, Chalmers, Earl, Edwards, Hayes, Hill, Hinge, Jolly, Kangur, Koster, Laba, McCarthy, McIntyre, Miller, C. Pitt, Proud, Redman, Scharenberg, Stafford.
Under-18
Yates, Donkersley, Trembath, Carthy, Evans, S. Kennedy, Boyle, Whaley, Nitschke, Satala, Hosie, Bonnici, Lowe, Barreau, Merrett, Dukalskis, McLeod, Williams, Crichton, Mackie, McCreery, Wehl, Buchanan, Neal-Bullen, Brown.