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Geelong welcome back captain Patrick Dangerfield as they head north to take on Sydney at the SCG. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:50pm (AEST).
The Cats are coming into this match-up on the back off a great win against Melbourne, despite having lost superstar Jeremy Cameron partway through the game.
The Cats, who have been found floundering at multiple points so far this season, will hope to use last week as a turning point for the rest of this season. They have had some terrible injury luck so far, but when healthy have shown flashes of the Geelong team that were near-on unbelievable the latter half of last year.
Sydney will enter this game on a high after being the first team in over a decade to break the 200-point barrier in recording a whopping win over West Coast.
Regardless of the opposition faced, a 171-point win is always going to give any side a huge confidence boost, and the percentage jump it gave the Swans has also pushed them back into finals contention.
Round 6 between these two teams saw the Swans go down in a gut-punching 93 point loss that went much the same as last year’s grand final.
The Cats have made two forced changes, with Jeremy Cameron coming out of the side due to concussion and Mark O’Connor also making way due to an adductor issue.
Dangerfield has healed up from internal injuries sustained in Round 14, while Esava Ratugolea will also be back in for the Cats after the hamstring issue that interrupted his so far spectacular season as a defender.
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Sydney lose young gun Chad Warner to a calf injury and have also omitted Ryan Clarke, with Will Hayward coming into the 22.
Game Information
Venue: SCG First bounce:7:50pm (AEST) TV: Channel 7, Fox Footy Streaming:Kayo Sports Betting: Swans $2.00, Cats $1.81 – odds via PlayUp
Teams
Sydney
B: A. Francis, D. Rampe (c), H. Cunningham
HB: J. Lloyd, N. Blakey, O. Florent
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C: E. Gulden, J. Rowbottom, J. McInerney
HF: C. Mills (c), L. McDonald, T. Papley
F: H. McLean, J. Amartey, I. Heeney
R: T. Hickey, L. Parker (c), A. Sheldrick
I/C: W. Hayward, B. Campbell, R. Fox, L. Melican
EMG: R. Clarke, T. McCartin, Co. Warner, L. McAndrew
IN: Fox (R15 sub), Hayward.
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OUT: Clarke, Ch Warner.
Geelong
B: Z. Guthrie, S. De Koning, J. Bews
HB: T. Stewart, E. Ratugolea J. Henry
C: M. Duncan, P. Dangerfield, I. Smith
HF: O. Henry, G. Rohan, T. Stengle
F: T. Atkins, T. Hawkins, B. Close
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R: R. Stanley, M. Blicavs, T. Bruhn
I/C: Z. Tuohy, J. Kolodjashnij, M. Holmes, G. Miers
