Team (Squad) for Round 14 2021 V Hawks

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ESSENDON’S ROUND 14 SQUAD:

Backs: Jayden Laverde, Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Jordan Ridley
Half-backs: Mason Redman, James Stewart. Dyson Heppell (C)
Centre: Kyle Langford, Zach Merrett, Tom Cutler
Half-forwards: Archie Perkins, Harrison Jones, Devon Smith
Forwards: Jake Stringer, Cale Hooker, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Followers: Sam Draper, Darcy Parish, Brayden Ham
Interchange from: Nick Hind, Nik Cox, Matt Guelfi, Ned Cahill, Andrew Phillips, Zach Reid, Sam Durham, Peter Wright

Sammy & Dev back, BZT gets another crack, and Cutz named on the Wing!!

That’ll rustle the haters. lol

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Pity Francis isn’t feeling it this week, overall not bad, hopefully Draper can handle the solo ruck gig.

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Squad selection: Round 14

See the Bombers’ 26-man squad for Sunday’s clash with Hawthorn at UTAS Stadium.

Jun 2, 2021, 8:46pm

Essendon has named eight inclusions to a 26-man squad for Sunday’s clash with Hawthorn at UTAS Stadium.

Sam Draper (ruck), Devon Smith (half-forward), Tom Cutler (wing) and Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (full-back) have been named in senior coach Ben Rutten’s starting 18, while fellow inclusions Sam Durham , Peter Wright , Ned Cahill and Zach Reid are on an eight-man interchange that will be trimmed to four.

MATCH PREVIEW: HAWKS v BOMBERS

The Bombers have lost Andrew McGrath (knee), David Zaharakis (hamstring) and Alec Waterman (calf) to injury, while Aaron Francis (managed) is taking time away from the club until next week with the club’s full support.

Patrick Ambrose , who came on as a medical substitute against Richmond, has been omitted.

Should he be named in Essendon’s final team on Friday, Durham will become the club’s seventh AFL debutant this season.

Selected in the mid-season draft just two weeks ago , the former Richmond VFL midfielder has hit the ground running in his new colours.

The return of Draper will also be a welcome sight for Bombers fans, with the emerging ruckman starting the season strongly before succumbing to a syndesmosis injury against Port Adelaide in round two.

The Bombers will name their 22-man team at 5pm AEST on Friday, with Sunday’s game to mark the club’s first in Tasmania for premiership points since round 17, 1992 .

ESSENDON’S ROUND 14 SQUAD:

Backs: Jayden Laverde, Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Jordan Ridley
Half-backs: Mason Redman, James Stewart. Dyson Heppell (C)
Centre: Kyle Langford, Zach Merrett, Tom Cutler
Half-forwards: Archie Perkins, Harrison Jones, Devon Smith
Forwards: Jake Stringer, Cale Hooker, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Followers: Sam Draper, Darcy Parish, Brayden Ham
Interchange from: Nick Hind, Nik Cox, Matt Guelfi, Ned Cahill, Andrew Phillips, Zach Reid, Sam Durham, Peter Wright

In: Smith, Draper, Cutler, Zerk-Thatcher, Durham, Wright, Cahill, Reid

Out: McGrath (knee), Zaharakis (hamstring), Francis (personal reasons), Waterman (calf), Ambrose (omitted)

Last game’s sub: Ambrose (used)

Milestone: Redman - 50 AFL games

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Out: Zaharakis :partying_face: :heart_eyes: :star_struck: :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: :heart:

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Needs more Chungus

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Im wrapped for zach reid to be honest.

Glandular fever can ■■■■ you for a year or two sometimes. Lucky they nipped it in the bud early.

I’m keen to see more of him! Iv heard some people say he could be haris Andrews 2.0.

Excited for the game blitz, go dons!

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Celebrating a Hamstring injury. Srsly? :no_mouth:

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You will see i removed the hamstring in brackets because I was not celebrating the injury.
I am celebrating him not being in the team full stop :slight_smile:

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Reading that team I think it will be either Wright (if deemed fit) or Phillips - and Cahill the sub. No way Draper plays his first game back with only a chop out from Cox.

All jokes aside on Cutler but we actually need him to play. The cupboard is bare of midfielders at the moment!

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And it may just be for this game. Unless Cutler has a solid game.

Zaka is expected back next week. Snelling a possibility too. With Shiel soon after that.

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Especially when the replacement is Cutler!

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GO Tommy!! :smiley:

Hope he makes fools of the knockers, takes his chance and delivers multiple lace out bullets to our FWD’s.

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So based on the starting 18, plus my own guesses, the changes are (guesses in italics):

Out In Reason
Zaka Cutler I wouldn’t have…
Mcgrath Smith most like for like
Francis Zerk like for like
Waterman Wright Guessing, but with Ambrose out makes sense
Phillips Draper I’m assuming they keep the same shape
Ambrose Medical sub I assume from his total exclusion that they realise they went too tall. I’d say one of Cahill or Durham will be sub. Maybe Reid.

I’m assuming Cox, Hind and Guelfi are certainties.

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You’re more of a Cutler kinda person, right?

WTF.

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You forgot Smith

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This are the changes i’d make

OUT: McGrath, Zaka, Francis, Ambrose, Waterman, Phillips
IN: Smith, Durham, Reid, Wright, Draper, Cahill (Sub)
Emergencies: Zerk, Cutler, Phillips

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I did too. Edited now.

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Think your on the money.
not sure they would make Reid sub.
He may be a left field in, incase Wright not right to play.

or maybe Reid is already gone past zerk and zerk is the emergency.

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What’s that about?

EDIT: never mind, just went and read the Francis thread

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Zerk is named on the field, so I don’t think he can be dropped from the team except for fitness reasons. I thought it was only the bench which could change.

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