Geelong Cats v Essendon Bombers; AFL 2023 round 18 match preview and team lists

Geelong Cats v Essendon Bombers, AFL 2023 round 18, match preview and team lists
Ben Jensen PREMIERSHIP players Jeremy Cameron, Jake Kolodjashnij and Isaac Smith will all return for the Cats tonight in their GMHBA Stadium clash with the Bombers, in place of managed pair Zach Tuohy and Esava Ratugolea and omitted Irishman Oisin Mullin. Essendon has made just he one change recalling Nick Bryan, retaining last week’s substitute and losing suspended Andrew Phillips and injured Dylan Shiel.

AFL 2023 ROUND EIGHTEEN
GEELONG CATS V ESSENDON BOMBERS
SATURDAY 15 JULY 2023, 19:25 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 29 points
Oscar – Cats 32 points
Evie – Cats 58 points
Cassie – Cats 16 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Jake Kolodjashnij, Isaac Smith, Jeremy Cameron
OUT: Esava Ratugolea, Zach Tuohy (both managed), Oison Mullin (omitted), Ollie Dempsey (substitute)

B: J Kolodjashnij, S De Koning, J Henry
HB: Z Guthrie, T Stewart, J Bowes
C: M Duncan, M Blicavs, I Smith
HF: G Miers, J Cameron, T Stengle
F: O Henry, T Hawkins, B Close
FOLL: R Stanley, P Dangerfield – C, T Atkins
INT: M O‘Connor, M Holmes, T Bruhn, G Rohan
EMER: Z Tuohy, O Mullin, O Dempsey, E Ratugolea

ESSENDON BOMBERS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: N Bryan
OUT: A Phillips (Suspension), D Shiel (Injured)

B: A McGrath, B Zerk-Thatcher, J Laverde
HB: M Redman, J Ridley, D Heppell
C: N Martin, Z Merrett – C, S Durham
HF: K Langford, S Weideman, B Hobbs
F: M Guelfi, P Wright, J Stringer
FOLL: N Bryan, D Parish, A Perkins
INT: J Caldwell, W Snelling, J Kelly, J Menzie
EMER: N Cox, N Hind, A Davey Jnr, P Voss

UMPIRES
FIELD Chris Donlon, Robert O’Gorman, Alex Whetton, Nathan Toner
BOUNDARY Patrick Dineen, Mitchell Le Fevre, Shane Thiele, Simon Blight
GOAL Stephen Williams, Sam Walsh EMER: Chelsea Roffey