De Boer dropped Barlow back
Matt De Boer is only omission for Freo so far ahead of Sunday’s Western Derby. He’s been dropped with Michael Barlow returning from a knee injury. West Coast have made 4 inclusions , Full story and teams below.
After hurting his knee in Round 2 Freo’s Michael Barlow is back for the Western Derby.
He told 6pr a final decision will be made after training tomorrow but if it was up to him he will definitely play.
He is one of 4 inclusions for the dockers. Joining him are Hayden Ballantyne who returns from suspension along with youngster Jack Hannath and defender Alex Silvagni.
Anthony Morabito will have to play at least one more week in the WAFL for Peel
Leadership group member Matt De Boer has been dropped, he is the only casualty after 2 losses in a row.
West Coast have bolsted their defence with the return of Shannon Hurn, Darren Glass and Sam Butler.
Hurn is back after his round 2 knee injury against Melbourne.He has trained in a brace and will get the eagles much needed poise from half back.
Youngster Simon Tunbridge is the other inclusion with rookie Dom Sheed the only omission after starting as the sub against the Blues last week.
Squads of 25 will be trimmed to 22 tomorrow afternoon
Full teams below
In other news Collingwood has selected Marley Williams for tomorrow night’s clash with Carlton at the MCG.
He’ll play his first match of the season, in place of Alex Fasolo. Sam Dwyer replaces Allan Toovey.
The Blues have made one change, with Chris Yarran making way for Andrew Carrazzo.
Meanwhile, the Swans have ruled Lance Franklin out of the clash with the Lions with a knee injury.
Lewis Roberts-Thompson has been dropped, with Sam Reid to return.
WEST COAST EAGLES v FREMANTLE
PS , 2:40pm AWST Sunday, May 4, 2014
WEST COAST
B Jamie Bennell, Darren Glass, Eric Mackenzie
HB Will Schofield, Mitchell Brown, Elliot Yeo
C Jamie Cripps, Matt Priddis, Matt Rosa
HF Mark Hutchings, Josh Kennedy, Brad Sheppard
F Luke Shuey, Nic Naitanui, Jack Darling
FOL Dean Cox, Scott Selwood, Chris Masten
I/C Sharrod Wellingham, Simon Tunbridge, Sam Butler, Shannon Hurn, Jeremy McGovern, Scott Lycett, Andrew Gaff (Three to be omitted)
IN
Simon Tunbridge, Darren Glass, Sam Butler, Shannon Hurn
OUT
Dom Sheed (Omitted)
FREMANTLE
B Zac Dawson, Luke McPharlin, Lee Spurr
HB Danyle Pearce, Michael Johnson, Clancee Pearce
C Paul Duffield, Ryan Crowley, David Mundy
HF Nat Fyfe, Matthew Pavlich, Hayden Ballantyne
F Chris Mayne, Zac Clarke, Lachie Neale
FOL Aaron Sandilands, Tendai Mzungu, Stephen Hill
I/C Cameron Sutcliffe, Alex Silvagni, Nick Suban, Hayden Crozier, Michael Barlow, Tommy Sheridan, Jack Hannath (Three to be omitted)
IN
Alex Silvagni, Hayden Ballantyne, Michael Barlow, Jack Hannath
OUT
Matt de Boer (Omitted)
CARLTON v COLLINGWOOD (MCG) : 7.50pm
Carlton
In: Andrew Carrazzo
Out: Chris Yarran (Hamstring)
Collingwood
In: Sam Dwyer, Marley Williams
Out: Alex Fasolo (Toe), Alan Toovey (Hamstring)
SATURDAY
HAWTHORN V ST.KILDA (MCG) : 1.45pm
Hawthorn
In:Ryan Schoenmakers, Billy Hartung
Out: Will Langford (Back), Jonathan Simpkin (Omitted)
St. Kilda
In: Tom Simpkin, Maverick Weller, Billy Longer, Adam Schneider, Blake Acres
Out: Josh Bruce (Omitted), Eli Templeton (Broken Arm), Tom Hickey (Foot), Sebastian Ross (Omitted), Luke Dunstan (Concussion)
GWS VS PORT ADELAIDE (SPOTLESS STADIUM) : 2:10pm
GWS
In: Toby Greene, Dylan Shiel, Rhys Palmer, Joshua Kelly, Matt Buntine
Out: Zac Williams (Omitted), Josh Hunt (Knee), Lachie Plowman (Omitted), Tom Boyd (Omitted), Tomas Bugg (Omitted)
Port Adelaide
In: Angus Monfries
Out: Sam Gray (Omitted)
ADELAIDE VS MELBOURNE (ADELAIDE OVAL) : 4:40pm
Adelaide
No change
Melbourne
No change
BRISBANE VS SYDNEY (GABBA) : 7:40pm
Brisbane
In: Rohan Bewick
Out: Pearce Hanley (Back)
Sydney
In: Sam Reid, Brandon Jack
Out: Lewis Roberts-Thomson (Omitted), Lance Franklin (Knee)
ESSENDON VS WESTERN BULLDOGS (Etihad Stadium) : 7:40pm
Essendon
In: Brendon Goddard, Heath Hocking
Out: Martin Gleeson (Soreness), Kyle Hardingham (Omitted)
Western Bulldogs
In:Marcus Bontempelli, Jason Johannisen, Dale Morris, Tom Williams
Out: Daniel Giansiracusa (Omitted), Lin Jong (Omitted), Tom Young (Omitted), Tom Campbell (Omitted)
SUNDAY
NORTH MELBOURNE VS GOLD COAST (Etihad Stadium) : 1:10pm
North Melbourne
In: Sam Wright, Ben Jacobs, Scott D. Thompson
Gold Coast
In: Tom Nicholls, Charlie Dixon, Tom Murphy, Harley Bennell, Jeremy Taylor
Out: Jack Hutchins (Omitted), Matthew Warnock (Omitted)
GEELONG VS RICHMOND (MCG) : 3:20pm
Geelong
In: Jed Bews, Dawson Simpson, Steven Motlop
Richmond
In: Aaron Edwards, Orren Stephenson, Matt Thomas, Alex Rance, Ty Vickery, Brett Deledio
Out: Dylan Grimes (Omitted), Matthew Arnot (Omitted), Ben Griffiths (Omitted)