Richmond Tigers v Geelong Cats; AFL 2021 round 8 match preview and team lists

Richmond Tigers v Geelong Cats, AFL 2021 round 8 match preview and team lists, MCG, Friday 7 May 2021 19:50 AEDT
Ben Jensen DUSTIN MARTIN is back for Richmond after a week off with concussion and a trip to New Zealand to see banned dad Shane Martin, along with fellow premiership player Nick Vlastuin, but lost skipper Trent Cotchin and Dylan Grimes to injury. The Cats have recalled Shaun Higgins, Zac Guthrie and Sam Simpson in place of omitted pair Jordan Clark and Quinton Narkle while Gryan Miers will miss with a factured fibula (just don’t call it a broken leg).

In the VFL the women, after giving the Western Bulldogs an absolute belting last week, play the Bombers at home again on Saturday while this evening the men beat the Northern Bullants in their match at Marvel Stadium.

AFL ROUND 8 2021
RICHMOND TIGERS V GEELONG CATS
FRIDAY 7 MAY 2021, 19:50 AEDT
MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND (MCG)

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 3 points
Oscar – Tigers 34 points
Cassie – Tigers 23 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: S Higgins, S Simpson, Z Guthrie
OUT: J Clark, Q Narkle (both omitted), G Miers (fractured fibula)
B: L Henderson, M Blicavs, J Henry
HB: T Atkins, T Stewart, J Bews
C: I Smith, C Guthrie, S Menegola
HF: L Dahlhaus, J Cameron, S Higgins
F: G Rohan, T Hawkins, B Parfitt
FOLL: R Stanley, M Duncan, J Selwood
INT: B Close, S Simpson, Z Guthrie, Z Tuohy
EMER: E Ratugolea, Q Narkle, J Clark, M Holmess

RICHMOND TIGERS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: N Vlastuin, D Martin
OUT: D Grimes, T Cotchin (both injured), P Naish (omitted)
B: D Astbury, N Balta, N Broad
HB: J Short, N Vlastuin, B Houli
C: K McIntosh, D Martin, J Ross
HF: D Rioli, L Baker, J Aarts
F: T Lynch, S Bolton, J Riewoldt
FOLL: T Nankervis, M Pickett, S Edwards
INT: R Mansell, R Collier-Dawkins, J Castagna, J Graham
EMER: P Naish, W Martyn, C Coleman-Jones, H Ralphsmith

UMPIRES
FIELD Leigh Haussen, Andrew Stephens, Nathan Williamson EM: Nathan Toner
BOUNDARY Josh Furman, Michael Marantelli, Ben MacDonald, Sam Stagg
GOAL Matthew Dervan, Chelsea Roffey EM: David Rodan

VFL MEN’S ROUND 4 2021
GEELONG CATS V NORTHERN BULLANTS
THURSDAY 6 MAY 2021, 19:10 AEDT
MARVEL STADIUM (I KNOW)

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
B: Stefan Okunbor, Aaron Black, Jackson Thurlow
HB: Nick Stevens, Sam De Koning, Zach Guthrie
C: Jordan Clark, Max Holmes, Charlie Constable
HF: Ben Jarvis, Esava Ratugolea, Sam Simpson
F: Rhys Stanley, Josh Jenkins, Jackson McLachlan
FOLL: Darcy Fort, Quinton Narkle, Darcy Lang
INT: Jye Chalcraft, Luke Smith, Liam Herbert, James Gow, Oliver Tate, Trent McMullan, Jordan Johnston, Marcus Herbert, Zach Walter, Benjamin Worme, Oscar Brownless, Cameron Taheny

VFL WOMEN’S ROUND 9 2021
GEELONG CATS V ESSENDON BOMBERS
SATURDAY 8 MAY 2021, 13:00 AEDT
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY, GEELONG