Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows; AFL 2023 round 8 match preview and team lists

Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows, AFL 2023 round 8, match preview and team lists
Ben Jensen SAM DE KONING will miss at least the next few games after undergoing surgery on Wednesday for a facial fracture suffered in Sunday’s win over Essendon. Joining him missing with injury this round are Gary Rohan (hamstring) and Jack Bowes (calf). In better news premiership utility Zach Tuohy is back and ‘spare’ ruckman Jonathan Ceglar gets another chance.

The Cats play the Crows on Saturday at GMHBA Stadium, with retiring players from 2022 set to do laps of honour around 1:30pm. In the VFL women plays Collingwood at home (Deakin University) Saturday morning kicking off at 10:30 while the VFL men play Southport on Sunday at GMHBA.

AFL 2023 ROUND EIGHT
GEELONG CATS V ADELAIDE CROWS
SATURDAY 6 MAY 2023, 14:10 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 26 points
Oscar – Cats 38 points
Cassie – Cats 41 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Zach Tuohy, Jonathan Ceglar
OUT: Jack Bowes (calf), Gary Rohan (hamstring), Sam De Koning (facial fracture)

B: M O’Connor, E Ratugolea, Z Guthrie
HB: J Kolodjashnij, T Stewart, Z Tuohy
C: I Smith, M Blicavs, M Duncan
HF: O Henry, J Cameron, T Bruhn
F: G Miers, T Hawkins, B Close
FOLL: J Ceglar, M Holmes, P Dangerfield – C
INT: J Bews, T Atkins, M Knevitt, S Simpson
EMER: B Parfitt, O Dempsey, O Mullin, C Whyte

ADELAIDE CROWS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: –
OUT: Harry Schoenberg (last round’s sub)

B: T Doedee, N Murray, M Michalanney
HB: B Smith, J Butts, M Hinge
C: J Soligo, J Dawson – C, R Sloane
HF: I Rankine, C Jones, J Rachele
F: T Walker, D Fogarty, R Thilthorpe
FOLL: R O’Brien, R Laird, B Keays
INT: L Murphy, L Pedlar, L Sholl, W Milera
EMER: E Himmelberg, P Parnell, M Crouch, N McHenry

UMPIRES
FIELD Chris Donlon, Curtis Deboy, Andrew Stephens, Nathan Williamson
BOUNDARY Josh Mather, Patrick Cran, Joshua Furman, Matthew Tomkins
GOAL Matthew Maclure, Sam Walsh EMER: Luke Edwards