Geelong Cats V Greater Western Sydney Giants; AFL 2021 round 21 match preview and team lists

Geelong Cats v Greater Western Sydney Giants, AFL 2021 round 21 match preview and team lists, GMHBA Stadium, Friday 6 August 2021 19:50 AEST
Ben Jensen QUINTON NARKLE is out once more from Geelong’s side to play GWS at home on Friday after being dropped, along with the managed Isaac Smith, replaced by Max Holmes. Narkle is named as an emergency so is a chance to play as a substitute like he did last round. For the Giants well they’ve had at least six changes, naming six inclusions and seven outs – two managed and five injured.

The VFL Women’s side were due to play in the grand final against Collingwood on Sunday but the Daniel Andrews Government has denied the VFL permission to play due to Victoria’s sixth Coronavirus/Covid19 lockdown. An odd move arguably relegating  the women’s game to second class status, although the state may argue the VFL men’s games are also banned.

AFL ROUND 21 2021
GEELONG CATS V GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY GIANTS
FRIDAY 6 AUGUST, 19:50 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 11 points
Oscar – Giants 7 points
Cassie – Giants 23 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Max Holmes
OUT: Smith (managed), Narkle (omitted)
B: Henry, Blicavs, Kreuger
HB: Stewart, Z.Guthrie, Kolodjashnij
C: Holmes, C.Guthrie, Tuohy
HF: Dahlhaus, Ratugolea, Higgins
F: Dangerfield, Hawkins, Rohan
FOLL: Stanley, Selwood, Parfitt
INT: Bews, Clark, Menegola, Close
EMER: Smith, Evans, Narkle, Constable

GWS GIANTS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Stein, de Boer, Sproule, Riccardi, Briggs, Brown
OUT: Davis, Lloyd, Hopper, Green, Reid (all injured), Hogan, Mumford (both managed)
B: Stein, Taylor, Cumming
HB: Perryman, Haynes, Ash
C: O’Halloran, de Boer, Whitfield
HF: Daniels, Himmelberg, Greene
F: Sproule, Riccardi, Taranto
FOLL: Briggs, Ward, Kelly
INT: Bruhn, Brown, Peatling, Idun
EMER: Shipley, Wehr, Angwin, Buntine

UMPIRES
FIELD Matt Stevic, Robert O’Gorman, Robert Findlay EM: Cameron Dore
BOUNDARY Damien Main, Patrick Cran, Ian Burrows, James Scully
GOAL Jesse Baird, Daniel Wilson EM: David Rodan