Melbourne’s top two draft picks, Tom Scully and Jack Trengove, have both been rested after their trip to Darwin.
Essendon
FB: Heath Hocking, Dustin Fletcher, Courtenay Dempsey
HB: Mark McVeigh, Tayte Pears, David Myers
C: Leroy Jetta, Jobe Watson, Jason Winderlich
HF: Angus Monfries, Scott Gumbleton, Sam Lonergan
FF: David Hille, Michael Hurley, Alwyn Davey
Fol: Patrick Ryder, Brent Stanton, Ben Howlett
Int: David Zaharakis, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Jarrod Atkinson, Brent Prismall
In: Lovett-Murray
Out: Jake Melksham
Western Bulldogs
FB: Jarrod Harbrow, Brian Lake, Dale Morris
HB: Ryan Hargrave, Tom Williams, Lindsay Gilbee
C: Dylan Addison, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Cross
HF: Brennan Stack, Mitch Hahn, Josh Hill
FF: Jarrad Grant, Barry Hall, Daniel Giansiracusa
Fol: Ben Hudson, Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen
Int: Will Minson, Liam Picken, Jason Akermanis, Shaun Higgins
In: Higgins
Out: Nathan Eagleton
Geelong
FB: Josh Hunt, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie
HB: Corey Enright, Harry Taylor, Darren Milburn
C: James Kelly, Cameron Ling, Jimmy Bartel
HF: Steve Johnson, Cameron Mooney, Travis Varcoe
FF: Mathew Stokes, Tom Hawkins, Gary Ablett jnr
Fol: Mark Blake, Joel Selwood, Paul Chapman
Int: Shannon Byrnes, James Podsiadly, David Wojcinski, Simon Hogan
In: Hogan
Out: Matthew Scarlett
Melbourne
FB: Clint Bartram, Jared Rivers, Colin Garland
HB: Cameron Bruce, Matthew Warnock, James Frawley
C: Brad Green, Jack Grimes, Aaron Davey
HF: Jamie Bennell, Brad Miller, Jordan Gysberts
FF: Nathan Jones, Jack Watts, Neville Jetta
Fol: Mark Jamar, Brent Moloney, Colin Sylvia
Int: Austin Wonaeamirri, Joel Macdonald, James McDonald, Cale Morton
In: Bruce, Warnock, Gysberts
Out: Jordie McKenzie, Tom Scully, Jack Trengove
Port Adelaide
FB: Jacob Surjan, Alipate Carlile, Troy Chaplin
HB: Paul Stewart, Chad Cornes, Steven Salopek
C: Danyle Pearce, Domenic Cassisi, Travis Boak
HF: Matt Thomas, Justin Westhoff, David Rodan
FF: Brett Ebert, Jackson Trengove, Tom Logan
Fol: Dean Brogan, Josh Carr, Kane Cornes
Int: Matthew Broadbent, Cameron Hitchcock, Jay Nash, Daniel Stewart
In: Carr, Broadbent, D. Stewart
Out: Daniel Motlop, Jay Schulz, Jason Davenport
Richmond
FB: Kelvin Moore, Luke McGuane, Chris Newman
HB: Shane Tuck, Brett Deledio, Shane Edwards
C: Richard Tambling, Ben Cousins, Jeromey Webberley
HF: Dustin Martin, Jack Riewoldt, Ben Nason
FF: Robin Nahas, Graham Polak, Matt White
Fol: Angus Graham, Trent Cotchin, Jake King
Int: Mitch Farmer, Benjamin Griffiths, David Astbury, Andrew Collins
In: Polak, Tambling, Collins, Griffiths
Out: Nathan Foley, Will Thursfield, Alex Rance, Tyrone Vickery
St Kilda
FB: James Gwilt, Zac Dawson, Sam Gilbert
HB: Steven Baker, Sam Fisher, Jason Blake
C: Brendon Goddard, Nick Dal Santo, Farren Ray
HF: Raphael Clarke, Rhys Stanley, Adam Schneider
FF: Clinton Jones, Justin Koschitzke, Stephen Milne
Fol: Michael Gardiner, Lenny Hayes, Leigh Montagna
Int: Robert Eddy, Ben McEvoy, Andrew McQualter, Brett Peake
In: Eddy
Out: Nick Heyne
Adelaide
FB: Michael Doughty, Ben Rutten, Scott Stevens
HB: Chris Schmidt, Nathan Bock, Brent Reilly
C: Nathan Van Berlo, Simon Goodwin, David Mackay
HF: Richard Douglas, Taylor Walker, Rory Sloane
FF: Jason Porplyzia, Kurt Tippett, Jared Petrenko
Fol: Ivan Maric, Scott Thompson, Patrick Dangerfield
Int: Jonathon Griffin, Phil Davis, Andrew McLeod, Tony Armstrong
In: Griffin, Armstrong, Sloane
Out: Tyson Edwards, Myke Cook, Jack Gunston
Brisbane
FB: Ashley McGrath, Matt Maguire, James Hawksley
HB: Travis Johnstone, Joel Patfull, Tom Collier
C: Justin Sherman, Simon Black, Tom Rockliff
HF: Todd Banfield, Jonathan Brown, James Polkinghorne
FF: Luke Power, Brendan Fevola, Brent Staker
Fol: Mitchell Clark, Daniel Rich, Michael Rischitelli
Int: Matthew Leuenberger, Amon Buchanan, Sam Sheldon, Jack Redden
In: Johnstone, Sheldon, Collier
Out: Andrew Raines, Jed Adcock, Cheynee Stiller
Collingwood
FB: Heath Shaw, Ben Reid, Ben Johnson
HB: Harry O’Brien, Simon Prestigiacomo, Nick Maxwell
C: Luke Ball, Dane Swan, Alan Toovey
HF: Shane O’Bree, Travis Cloke, Alan Didak
FF: Dayne Beams, Brent Macaffer, John Anthony
Fol: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Dale Thomas
Int: Sharrod Wellingham, Chris Dawes, Steele Sidebottom, Cameron Wood
In: Prestigiacomo, Anthony
Out: Leon Davis, Nathan Brown
Hawthorn
FB: Brent Guerra, Stephen Gilham, Campbell Brown
HB: Grant Birchall, Ben Stratton, Thomas Murphy
C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Clinton Young
HF: Cyril Rioli, Lance Franklin, Michael Osborne
FF: Shaun Burgoyne, Jarryd Roughead, Rhan Hooper
Fol: Brent Renouf, Luke Hodge, Brad Sewell
Int: (from) Xavier Ellis, Beau Muston, Carl Peterson, Ryan Schoenmakers
Liam Shiels, Wayde Skipper, Brendan Whitecross
In: Muston, Schoenmakers, Shiels
Out:
Sydney
FB: Rhyce Shaw, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Nick Smith
HB: Martin Mattner, Heath Grundy, Nick Malceski
C: Daniel Hannebery, Brett Kirk, Lewis Jetta
HF: Ryan O’Keefe, Adam Goodes, Josh P. Kennedy
FF: Gary Rohan, Henry Playfair, Jarrad McVeigh
Fol: Shane Mumford, Jude Bolton, Kieren Jack
Int: (from) Paul Bevan, Trent Dennis-Lane, Campbell Heath, Matt O’Dwyer
Mike Pyke, Ted Richards, Jesse White
In: Richards, White, O’Dwyer, Mumford, Dennis-Lane
Out: Daniel Bradshaw, Tadhg Kennelly
Carlton
FB: Aaron Joseph, Michael Jamison, Joe Anderson
HB: Steven Browne, Lachie Henderson, Jordan Russell
C: Heath Scotland, Andrew Carrazzo, Bryce Gibbs
HF: Marc Murphy, Bret Thornton, Kade Simpson
FF: Jeff Garlett, Setanta O’hAilpin, Eddie Betts
Fol: Matthew Kreuzer, Mitch Robinson, Chris Judd
Int: (from) Marcus Davies, Shaun Grigg, Richard Hadley, Ryan Houlihan
Sam Jacobs, Brock McLean, Andrew Walker
In: Walker, McLean, Hadley, Houlihan, Grigg, Browne, Davies
Out: Chris Johnson, Dennis Armfield, Chris Yarran, Simon White
West Coast
FB: Scott Selwood, Eric MacKenzie, Will Schofield
HB: Beau Waters, Beau Wilkes, Shannon Hurn
C: Matt Rosa, Matt Priddis, Andrew Embley
HF: Brad Sheppard, Josh J. Kennedy, Sam Butler
FF: Ben McKinley, Quinten Lynch, Mark LeCras
Fol: Dean Cox, Adam Selwood, Brad Ebert
Int: (from) Mitchell Brown, Bradd Dalziell, Brett Jones, Patrick McGinnity
Nic Naitanui, Mark Nicoski, Tom Swift
In: B. Jones, Nicoski, Brown, Dalziell
Out: Ashton Hams
Fremantle
FB: Ryan Crowley, Chris Tarrant, Kepler Bradley
HB: Antoni Grover, Adam McPhee, Roger Hayden
C: Garrick Ibbotson, David Mundy, Paul Hasleby
HF: Jay Van Berlo, Matthew Pavlich, Stephen Hill
FF: Nathan Fyfe, Chris Mayne, Hayden Ballantyne
Fol: Aaron Sandilands, Michael Barlow, Paul Duffield
Int: (from) Nick Suban, Rhys Palmer, Anthony Morabito, Matthew de Boer
Byron Schammer, Clancee Pearce, Dylan Roberton
In: Schammer, Pearce, de Boer, Roberton
Out: Alex Silvagni
North Melbourne
FB: Michael Firrito, Scott D. Thompson, Brady Rawlings
HB: Nathan Grima, Lachlan Hansen, Daniel Pratt
C: Jack Ziebell, Ben Cunnington, Ryan Bastinac
HF: Sam Wright, David Hale, Brent Harvey
FF: Nathan O’Keefe, Drew Petrie, Lindsay Thomas
Fol: Hamish McIntosh, Andrew Swallow, Levi Greenwood
Int: (from) Josh Smith, Todd Goldstein, Aaron Edwards, Matt Campbell
Brayden Norris, Leigh Harding, Scott McMahon
In: Hale, Petrie, McIntosh, Norris
Out: Daniel Wells
mervneagle
May 27, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Seems as though teams are pretty keen to rest their kids against the cats. Not a bad call though.
bkuys
May 27, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Time to cash in Trengrove for Armstrong? I’m sure he’ll keep his spot now that the Adelaide elderly sits midfield are finally calling it quits.
Should I get rid of JKT, Bastinac or Trengrove? Will JKT ever get a game again?
Heath Shaw or Sam Fisher to replace Kennelly? Thanks.
mervneagle
May 27, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I’d get rid of JKT. Hawks are desperate and will be playing their best side for the next month rather than trying to put games into kids. Trengove still a gun and capable of big scores.
I’d probably take Sam Fisher over Shaw. Shaw gets tagged. The Saints have a ridiculously easy draw in the next month. The AFL are obviously pretty keen to have the Saints play finals this year, understandable I guess.
Bomber man
May 27, 2010 at 8:20 pm
bkuys- shaw i reckon
i want to get a cheapy for kennelly, any cash cows playing their 3rd game this week worth getting?
rembrandt
May 27, 2010 at 8:36 pm
@mervn…. “The Saints have a ridiculously easy draw in the next month. The AFL are obviously pretty keen to have the Saints play finals this year”
The saints would play these teams no matter what… it’s not the AFL’s choosing that some teams are worse than others at the moment. Most would have expected adelaide to have been top four this year after the way they finished last season, and geelong is hardly a “ridiculously easy” beat – i doubt fremantle at home will be either.
Richoman#1
May 27, 2010 at 8:51 pm
mervneagle you are an absolute tosser mate you have no idea and im not a saints supporter
mervneagle
May 27, 2010 at 8:59 pm
I was just thinking that having the saints up thereabout this year would be good for footy seeing as they’re window is open, if you know what i mean. I thought their draw was pretty easy this year. Am I wrong? If so, I apologise.
Richoman, you are pretty tough saying something like that over the internet. I wish I could talk as tough as you do. It’s such an awesome trait.
mervneagle
May 27, 2010 at 9:08 pm
OK so I just checked out the Saints draw. To bkuys, I should have said they have an easy draw in the next fortnight rather than the next month. In the next 2 weeks they play the only 2 basket cases of the AFL this season; Adelaide and Richmond.
As for the rest of their draw, well, it’s a really easy draw. The teams they play twice? Nth, Coll, Fre, Port, Ess, Adl and Richmond. How many of those teams would have been expected, pre-season, to make the 8? 2 of them, Collingwood and Adelaide. That 2 of the 7 teams they play twice. So, I repeat, they have an extremely easy draw.
Richoman#1
May 27, 2010 at 9:16 pm
ye was a bit harsh thought you were trying to say that the AFL has deliberatlely given St Kilda an easy draw or something which isnt the case but i def see your point that the AFL would want saints in the finals and they do have an easy fortnight
mervneagle
May 27, 2010 at 9:32 pm
AFL’s 2010 draw gives easier seasons to Geelong, Bulldogs and St Kilda; Essendon’s is harder
Mark Stevens From: Herald Sun October 30, 2009 10:30AM
This is a newspaper headline. I rest my case.
It’s not a big deal as it seems to work out over a few years. Very very interesting however that all the ‘big story’ teams (Dogs, nothing since ’63, Saints, nothing since ’66 and Cats, shooting for 3 out of 4) have copped a cosy draw.
I’m not saying it’s right or wrong and I really couldn’t give a toss who gets what draw, but it’s interesting to note.
Interesting to see who thinks it’s a coincidence and who thinks not?
Burty
May 27, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Mervneagle and Richoman, get a room!! And some lube..
HANK
May 27, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Yea what to do JKT,,,he may get 1 or 2 more games for the year,trade for armstrong.
Marcz
May 27, 2010 at 11:18 pm
how about “THE HAMS COOKED” back to the rookie list for Ashton
knights
May 28, 2010 at 12:11 am
Geelong and other good teams like the saints and WB appear to have easier draws because they are better than all the teams they play. A key advantage to Geelong’s draw is that they dont have to play the best side in the competition…
its not really a coincidence that the best teams seem have the best draws
bkuys
May 28, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Thanks for the advice mervneagle and Hank… Even if JKT gets a few more games he’ll be no help… Armstrong and Fisher it is.
Like the title Marcz. Glad I don’t have him!
tallanvor
May 28, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Thats just stupid knights. Say for instance Geelong played these teams twice – Collingwood, St Kilda, Carlton, Doggies, Fremantle, Hawthorn & Sydney .. you wouldnt be calling that the best draw.
And as for good fortnights .. youve got to be kidding me. Every team in the afl will have a ‘good’ fortnight at stage of the season. How the hell was the afl to know that Adelaide would be so bad.
A good draw is pretty much completely dependent on who you play twice. And no its no coincidence, the draw is compromised by the afl
mervneagle
May 28, 2010 at 5:58 pm
I wasn’t saying that the AFL deliberately gave St Kilda an easy fortnight rounds 10 and 11. Not sure where that idea came from. But yes indeed, if the majority of teams you play twice are crapola, then you can consider yourself lucky to have a good draw. Like the Saints do. And that was my point. Bkuys asked for advice on whether to take Heath Shaw or Sam Fisher, and I thought maybe Fisher because the Saints have a favourable draw.
flashi
May 28, 2010 at 7:03 pm
mervneagle 1
i agree with you 100%
t0mm0
May 31, 2010 at 1:09 am
suss that clown resting his case coz he read an article that one geezer wrote!