Gold Coast co-captain Jarrod Witts will be a part of a raft of senior stars watching from the sidelines when the Suns face Geelong in Darwin on Thursday night time.
Witts has been rested together with Nick Holman, gun ahead Jed Walter and fellow academy draft choose Jake Rogers as David Swallow and Brayden Fiorini return for the Suns.
Ned Moyle will lead the ruck division in Witts’ absence towards younger Cats Toby Conway and Shannon Neale, who will change Tom Hawkins (managed) and Jeremy Cameron (concussion).
Veteran Cat Mitch Duncan has additionally been rested, whereas Rhys Stanley has been listed as managed after he was tactically subbed out earlier than halftime in Geelong’s loss to Port Adelaide on Friday night time.
Jack Bowes and Tanner Bruhn will each return to bolster Geelong’s midfield after lacking the Energy conflict, whereas final week’s sub Oisin Mullin has held his spot within the 23.
There was no room within the Geelong facet for Zach Tuohy after he was “managed” the week prior, with the Irishman named within the emergencies alongside Mitch Knevitt and Connor O’Sullivan.
Inaugural Solar Sam Day will change Walter up ahead, with the top-10 choose on standby together with Rogers and Holman within the emergencies.
Spherical 10 groups: Gold Coast vs. Geelong, TIO Stadium, Thursday 7pm
GOLD COAST
B S Collins, C Ballard, J Jeffrey
HB S Flanders, M Rowell, M Andrew
C B Fiorini, T Miller (c), S Clohesy
HF B Humphrey, T Berry, L Johnston
F B Lengthy, B King, J Lukosius
FOL N Moyle, N Anderson, D Swallow
I/C A Davies, B Ainsworth, A Sexton, B Uwland, S Day
EMG N Holman, J Rogers, J Walter
IN Fiorini, Moyle, Day, Swallow
OUT Rogers (managed), Walter (managed), Witts (managed), Holman (managed)
GEELONG
B J Henry, S De Koning, J Kolodjashnij
HB Z Guthrie, T Stewart (c), M Holmes
C O Dempsey, B Parfitt, M Blicavs
HF B Shut, G Rohan, G Miers
F T Stengle, S Neale, O Henry
FOL T Conway, C Guthrie, J Bowes
I/C M O’Connor, T Bruhn, T Atkins, J Clark, O Mullin
EMG Z Tuohy, M Knevitt, C O’Sullivan
IN Neale, Conway, Bowes, Bruhn
OUT Cameron (concussion), Hawkins (managed), Stanley (managed), Duncan (managed)
