THE LAST TIME THEY MET

This game was one of our turning points last season. We were good enough to win had we kept our composure and thought our way through the Cats’ negative tactics (and had Adam Tomlinson’s shot from 50 been a metre closer to target). The 4 points would have come in handy at the end of the year.

THE TEAMS

MELBOURNE

FB Trent Rivers, Steven May, Christian Salem
HB Joel Smith, Jake Lever, James Harmes
C Ed Langdon, Clayton Oliver, Adam Tomlinson
HF Mitch Hannan, Jake Melksham, Aaron vandenBerg
FF Bayley Fritsch, Jayden Hunt, Tom McDonald
FOL Max Gawn, Christian Petracca, Jack Viney
I/C Angus Brayshaw, Michael Hibberd, Jay Lockhart, Kysaiah Pickett
EM Luke Jackson, Neville Jetta, Nathan Jones, Alex Neal-Bullen

IN Mitch Hannan, Michael Hibberd, Jay Lockhart, Kysaiah Pickett, Aaron vandenBerg

OUT Harley Bennell (managed), Luke Jackson (omitted), Neville Jetta  (omitted), Nathan Jones  (omitted), Alex Neal-Bullen (omitted)

GEELONG 

FB Jake Kolodjashnij, Mark Blicavs, Jack Henry
HB Mark O'Connor, Tom Stewart, Jed Bews
C Sam Menegola, Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood
HF Tom Atkins, Gary Rohan, Mitch Duncan
FF Esava Ratugolea, Tom Hawkins, Gryan Miers
FOL Darcy Fort, Gary Ablett, Cameron Guthrie
IC Luke Dahlhaus, Brandan Parfitt, Jack Steven, Zach Tuohy
EM Jordan Clark, Lachie Henderson, Quinton Narkle, James Parsons

IN Darcy Fort, Jake Kolodjashnij, Brandan Parfitt

OUT Quinton Narkle (omitted), Rhys Stanley (injured), Harry Taylor (managed)