AFL News & Fantasy Notes 5/9

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AFL Week 1 Finals Team Changes

PORT ADELAIDE

Late Changes: –

Sub: Narkle
(Sub last game: Francis Evans)

Key players missing: Kane Farrell, Dan Houston, Dante Visentini, Jeremy Finlayson, Sam Powell-Pepper, Todd Marshall, Josh Sinn. 

Injury List: Port Adelaide

AFLRATINGS Fantasy Notes: Charlie Dixon returns this week and should provide ruck support, Kane Farrell is unavailable due to a hamstring injury while Dan Houston remains unavailable due to suspension. Darcy Byrne-Jones has the flexibility to play half-back while senior coach Ken Hinkley hasn’t ruled Connor Rozee out of spending time in the same role. Jed McEntee was used to target Tom Stewart last time these two teams played back in Round 9 at GMHBA Stadium. The Power have conceded an average of 62.4pts from their last 9 games (Season Ave: 76.2, Rank 3), the Power have conceded an average of 9.2 marks inside D50 this season (Rank 1). 

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GEELONG

Late Changes: Out: Stewart In: Mullin

Sub: Tuohy
(Sub last game: Jed Bews)

Key players missing: Gary Rohan, Oisin Mullin, Sam DeKoning, Tom Hawkins, Cam Guthrie, Toby Conway, Mark O’Connor. 

Injury List: Geelong

AFLRATINGS Fantasy Notes: No change for the Cats on Thursday night, Tom Stewart was removed from the final H&A game with a hamstring issue while Lawson Humphries was removed with a calf issue. Senior coach Chris Scott has stated both are available for this game. Scott decided to place a tag on Jason Horne-Francis following a hot start to the game the last time these two teams played at GMHBA Stadium in Round 9. The Cats have conceded an average of 49.8 inside 50s from their last 5 games (Season Ave AGA: 52.5), they averaged 13.3 marks inside F50 during the H&A season (Rank 2). 


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