Reigning premiers Geelong will be looking to avoid an unthinkable 0-3 start to its 2023 campaign as it travels north to take on Gold Coast, which will be celebrating a significant milestone.
The Suns (0-2) will be celebrating veteran on-baller David Swallow, who’ll become the first player to reach the 200-game milestone for the Suns after being taken with Pick 1 in the 2020 draft.
The Cats (0-2) welcome back four-time All-Australian defender Tom Stewart, as well as veteran ruck Jon Ceglar for the clash. But 7 News Melbourne reported both Rhys Stanley and Gary Rohan flew to the Gold Coast on Saturday — despite both being ‘managed’ from the team — then were withdrawn from the VFL curtain-raiser, sparking late change speculation.
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Ultimately, there were no late changes for either side with Rohan (Geelong) and Alex Sexton (Suns) named the subs.
This match gets underway at 2.10pm (AEDT) from Heritage Bank Arena.
Watch it live on Fox Footy (Channel 504) from 2pm.
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