GWS Giants v Geelong Cats; AFL 2020 round 1 match preview and team lists

GWS Giants v Geelong Cats; AFL 2020 round 1 match preview and team lists, Giants Stadium, Saturday 21 March 2020 7:40PM
Ben Jensen, 19 March 2020 Amidst global uncertainty with COVID-19/Coronavirus Geelong’s season kicks off this Saturday night against the GWS Giants in Sydney. There game will be played behind ‘closed doors’ with slightly shortened quarters (16 minutes instead of the usual 20) in a seventeen round season.

It’s only round one but already the ruck merry-go-round is in action with regular ruckman Rhys Stanley missing out to Darcy Fort while new recruit forward Josh Jenkins like Stanley, Brandan Parfitt and Sam Simpson is an emergency. Zac Guthrie on a wing and Quinton Narkle named on the ball is about the only major change from typical team lineups in 2019.

AFL 2020 – ROUND 1
GWS GIANTS V GEELONG CATS
SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2020, 7:40 AEST
GIANTS STADIUM

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 31 points
Oscar – Giants 1 point
Cassie – Giants 6 goals

GEELONG CATS TEAM
IN: N/A
OUT: N/A
B: Harry Taylor, Mark Blicavs, Jack Henry
HB: Mark O’Connor, Tom Stewart, Zach Tuohy
C: Sam Menegola, Joel Selwood, Zachary Guthrie
HF: Luke Dahlhaus, Gryan Miers, Tom Atkins
F: Gary Rohan, Tom Hawkins, Esava Ratugolea
FOLL: Darcy Fort, Patrick Dangerfield, Quinton Narkle
INT: Gary Ablett, Jordan Clark, Mitch Duncan, Cameron Guthrie
EMER: Rhys Stanley, Brandan Parfitt, Joshua Jenkins, Sam Simpson

GWS GIANTS TEAM
IN: N/A
OUT: N/A
B: Aidan Corr, Sam Taylor, Nick Haynes
HB: Harry Perryman, Phil Davis, Isaac Cumming
C: Daniel Lloyd, Stephen Coniglio, Lachie Whitfield
HF: Zac Langdon, Jeremy Cameron, Matt de Boer
F: Brent Daniels, Jeremy Finlayson, Harry Himmelberg
FOLL: Sam Jacobs, Josh Kelly, Jacob Hopper
INT: Heath Shaw, Adam Kennedy, Toby Greene, Tom Green
EMER: Jackson Hately, Sam Reid, Shane Mumford, Lachie Ash

UMPIRES
FIELD: Jacob Mollison, Nick Foot, Justin Power EM: Nicholas McGinness
BOUNDARY: Michael Baker, Daniel Field-Read, Michael Barlow, Michael Saunders
GOAL: Angue McKenzie-Wills, Brodie Kenny-Bell EM: Alex Chisholm