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June 16, 2006
Fremantle Vs. Geelong
WHERE & WHEN: Subiaco Oval, 2:10pm (AWST), Saturday, June 17
TV & RADIO: Fox Footy (Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane), Channel 10 (Perth), K-Rock, 3AW, ABC, Triple M
HEAD TO HEAD: Fremantle 6, Geelong 11
LAST TIME: Fremantle 14.7 (91) bt Geelong 11.16 (82), Skilled Stadium, Round 10, 2005.
TAB Sportsbet: Fremantle: $1.45, Geelong: $2.25
FREMANTLE
B: Parker, Haddrill, Dodd
HB: M.Carr, Mundy, Schammer
C: Black, J.Carr, Headland
HF: Peake, Pavlich, Farmer
F: Johnson, McPharlin, Medhurst
FOLL: Sandilands, Hasleby, Cook
I/C: Crowley, Duffield, McManus, Walker
EMG: Campbell, Hayden, Webster
IN: Cook, Crowley, Haddrill
OUT: Gilmore (knee), Grover (shoulder), Polak (groin)
GEELONG
B: Wojcinski, Scarlett, J.Hunt
HB: Callan, Mooney, Egan
C: Enright, Bartel, Mackie
HF: G.Ablett, Milburn, Kelly
F: Ottens, N.Ablett, Chapman
FOLL: King, Corey, Ling
I/C: Stokes, Byrnes, Tenace, Spencer
EMG: Blake, Lonergan, Batchelor
IN: King, Tenace
OUT: S.Johnson (knee), Blake
The Cats have named skipper Steven King and Kane Tenace as inclusions for Saturday's clash with the Dockers at Subiaco – King to return from a calf injury and Tenace from the VFL after recovering from a knee complaint.Steve Johnson has been ruled out with a knee injury that will keep him sidelined for up to a month while Mark Blake has been dropped.
Starting on the interchange bench for the Cats are Mathew Stokes, Shannon Byrnes, Matthew Spencer and Tenace while Mark Blake, Tom Lonergan and Nick Batchelor have been named as emergencies.
The Dockers have been forced to make three changes to their side.
Graham Polak (groin), Antoni Grover (shoulder) and Daniel Gilmore (knee) were all injured in the club's clash with the Bulldogs last weekend and have been ruled out.
Coming into the side are defender Robert Haddrill, Ryan Crowley and midfielder Troy Cook.
Haddrill will make his long-awaited return after battling ankle and hamstring problems and will play his first game this year while Crowley has recovered from the fractured cheekbone he sustained earlier in the season.
Crowley has been named to start on the bench along with Paul Duffield, Shaun McManus and James Walker, while Adam Campbell, Roger Hayden and Luke Webster have been named as emergencies.
Prediction: Fremantle by 30 points
Posted by Sammy D at June 16, 2006 08:57 PM