St Kilda Saints v Geelong Cats; AFL 2023 round 23 match preview and team lists

St Kilda Saints v Geelong Cats, AFL 2023 round 23, match preview and team lists
Ben Jensen TOM HAWKINS is back for Geelong’s ‘do or die’ clash with St Kilda tonight at Marvel Stadium, the eleventh placed Cats needing to topple the fifth placed Saints in order to keep their finals hopes alive. Joining Hawkins as in inclusion is Jed Bews. Gary Rohan and Rhys Stanley are out injured while last week’s substitute Brandan Parfitt was left out again. The Saints go in with an unchanged line-up.

Geelong has St Kilda and Western Bulldogs to finish off the season, and aside from winning both matches need other results to go their way. The Cats could still finish as high as sixth. But if Essendon pull off a win against Collingwood next Friday night, which would likely see the Brisbane Lions finish on top, and the Cats could miss out.

AFL 2023 ROUND TWENTY THREE
ST KILDA SAINTS V GEELONG CATS
SATURDAY 19 AUGUST 2023, 19:25 AEST
MARVEL STADIUM

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 19 points
Oscar – Saints 29 points
Evie – Cats 13 points
Cassie – Saints 17 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Tom Hawkins, Jed Bews
OUT: Gary Rohan (hamstring), Rhys Stanley (hip/adductor), Brandan Parfitt (substitute)

B: T Stewart, S De Koning, J Kolodjashnij
HB: Z Guthrie, E Ratugolea, M Duncan
C: M Holmes, T Bruhn, I Smith
HF: B Close, J Cameron, M O’Connor
F: T Stengle, T Hawkins, G Miers
FOLL: S Neale, P Dangerfield – C, T Atkins
INTC: J Bews, Z Tuohy, J Bowes, O Henry
EMER: B Parfitt, T Conway, O Mullin, S Menegola

ST KILDA SAINTS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: –
OUT: Hunter Clark (Sub)

B: J Battle, C Wilkie, J Webster
HB: Z Cordy, J Sinclair, N Wanganeen-Milera
C: M Windhager, S Ross, M Wood
HF: J Gresham, B Hill, M Owens
F: M King, T Membrey, J Higgins
FOLL: R Marshall, J Steele – C, B Crouch
INT: L Stocker, D Butler, M Phillipou, C Sharman
EMER: N Coffield, H Clark, R Byrnes, J Billings

UMPIRES
FIELD Jamie Broadbent Nathan Williamson, Craig Fleer, Jacob Mollison
BOUNDARY Lachlan Rayner, Adam Coote, Sam Stagg, Matthew Tomkins
GOAL Dylan Benwell, Stephen Williams EMER: Sam Walsh