Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans; AFL 2022 Grand Final match preview and team lists

Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans, AFL 2022 Grand Final match preview and team lists
Ben Jensen GEELONG has once more named an unchanged line-up for the 2022 AFL Grand Final, the only ‘omission’ again like the last final with the medical substitute from the preliminary final, Mark O’Connor, left out. The Sydney Swans on the other hand have made a big call dropping Logan McDonald in favour of Hayden McLean, who hasn’t played since round 8. The Cats have named Max Holmes who is under a serious cloud with a hamstring injury and the Swans have also rolled the dice including veteran Sam Reid. Brandan Parfitt seems to be the emergency who would come in for Holmes should he not pass a fitness test; the other emergencies named are ruckman Jonathan Ceglar, likely substitute O’Connor, and midfielder Sam Menegola. The umpires have not been named yet.

AFL 2022 GRAND FINAL
GEELONG CATS V SYDNEY SWANS
SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2022, 14:30 AEST
MCG

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 45 points
Oscar – Swans 28 points
Cassie – Cats 18 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: –
OUT: M O’Connor (Medical sub)

B: J Kolodjashnij, S De Koning, J Bews
HB: M Duncan, T Stewart, J Henry
C: M Blicavs, J Selwood, Z Tuohy
HF: B Close, J Cameron, I Smith
F: T Stengle, T Hawkins, G Rohan
FOLL: R Stanley, P Dangerfield, C Guthrie
INT: Z Guthrie, G Miers, T Atkins, M Holmes
EMER: B Parfitt, M O’Connor, S Menegola, J Ceglar

SYDNEY SWANS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: H McLean
OUT: L McDonald (omitted), B Campbell (sub)

B: O Florent, T McCartin, D Rampe
HB: N Blakey, P McCartin, J Lloyd
C: C Mills, C Warner, J McInerney
HF: I Heeney, S Reid, W Hayward
F: T Papley, L Franklin, E Gulden
FOLL: T Hickey, J Rowbottom, L Parker
INT: R Fox, D Stephens, R Clarke, H McLean
EMER: B Campbell, H Cunningham, L McDonald, W Gould

UMPIRES
FIELD Matt Stevic, Brendan Hosking, Simon Meredith EMER: Hayden Gavine
BOUNDARY Michael Marantelli, Christopher Gordon, Matthew Konetschka, Ben Macdonald EM: Matt Tomkins
GOAL Matthew Dervan, Sam Walsh EMER: Dylan Benwell