The teams are officially in for the Round 5 clash between St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium on Thursday night.
Both teams enter this clash at 2-3 after teasing starts to the campaign. The winner will leave this game feeling good about their campaign, while the pressure will no doubt he heaped onto the loser.
For the Saints, Zak Jones comes in for the injured Max King, while the Dogs are without Jamarra Ugle-Hagan for personal reasons as Riley Garcia and James Harmes also come into the side replacing the concussed Tom Liberatore and omitted Oskar Baker.
The Dogs also continued to overlook Caleb Daniel who is listed in the emergencies.
SEN Sportsday’s Brad Johnson and Gerard Healy reacted to the teams being released on Wednesday night and discussed the use of Bailey Dale who was named in the 23 after coming on as the sub last week.
Johnson: “Dale will stay in. Whether he starts a sub again or whether they maybe have Garcia or Harmes start in that role and Dale gets a crack at it, we'll wait.
Healy: “You can't make him two games in a row.
“Otherwise, you're saying to him, you're going to the seconds.”
Johnson: “Well, that's right. So, it basically, is a huge game for him, isn't it?
“If he just gets a full crack at it and doesn't succeed, then the reality is that the following week, he will be in the seconds. You're not going to go back to sub again. I think Harmes or Garcia can play that role anyway.
“Garcia has been in good form (in the VFL), so it’s a bit of an awkward one because you've got a player who's had 36 (disposals) a couple of times in the twos.
“Do you bring him in and start him a sub, or do you bring him in and start him and give him a crack?
“I would personally lean towards bringing a player like that to give him first crack at it, because he's in fine form.
“You don't want to then bring him on after half-time or at the end of the third quarter, I wouldn't have thought.”
Check out the teams for Thursday’s clash below – teams now name five on the bench with the sub to be revealed pre-match.
St Kilda
IN: Zak Jones
OUT: Max King (Injured)
B: Josh Battle, Zaine Cordy, Callum Wilkie
HB: Liam Stocker, Jack Sinclair, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
C: Ryan Byrnes, Seb Ross, Bradley Hill
HF: Jack Higgins, Cooper Sharman, Mitch Owens
F: Darcy Wilson, Anthony Caminiti, Tim Membrey
FOLL: Rowan Marshall, Jack Steele, Marcus Windhager
I/C: Zak Jones, Dan Butler, Mattaes Phillipou, Hugo Garcia, Riley Bonner
Emerg: Jack Hayes, Dougal Howard, Angus Hastie
Western Bulldogs
IN: Rory Lobb, Riley Garcia, James Harmes
OUT: Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (Personal Reason), Tom Liberatore (Injured), Oskar Baker (Omitted)
B: Ed Richards, Liam Jones, James O’Donnell
HB: Taylor Duryea, Buku Khamis, Jason Johannisen
C: Bailey Williams, Adam Treloar, Harvey Gallagher
HF: Laitham Vandermeer, Aaron Naughton, Rhylee West
F: Sam Darcy, Rory Lobb, Cody Weightman
FOLL: Tim English, Marcus Bontempelli, Jack Macrae
I/C: Lachlan Bramble, Bailey Dale, Riley Garcia, James Harmes, Ryley Sanders
Emerg: Caleb Daniel, Arthur Jones, Caleb Poulter
The bounce for Thursday’s game is set for 7:30 pm (AEDT).
