Essendon v St.Kilda - Marvel Stadium, Saturday 5th March, 7:10PM AEDT

[st.byron]

B: Callum Wilkie Josh Battle Ben Paton

HB: Dan McKenzie Dougal Howard Jack Sinclair

C: Hunter Clark Jade Gresham Bradley Hill

HF: Dan Butler Tim Membrey Jack Higgins

F: Max King Jack Billings Jack Hayes

R: Rowan Marshall Jack Steele Seb Ross

INT: Jimmy Webster Ryan Byrnes Mason Wood Brad Crouch Marcus Windhager Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera Mitchito Owens Cooper Sharman

EMERG: Darragh Joyce Ben Long Tom Campbell Dean Kent

So Hayes is going to ruck with Marshall?

Most likely. But then practice games are there to try people out.


Say Marshall 80%, King 5% (up forward), Hayes 15%

It will apart from Hayes performance in the ruck to see how he goes around the ground and up forward which will be the bulk of his game.

Yes indeed. I hope he can hold his own in the ruck. Will be a big bonus if we have a chop out ruckman who has a significant on other areas. Blake Mk II.

[SuperDuper]

Can anyone update on Jack Bytel?

Not even in emergencies. Not mentioned in official review of VFL game from last week.

[Impatient Sainter]

Can anyone update on Jack Bytel?

Not even in emergencies. Not mentioned in official review of VFL game from last week.

Tony74 mentioned earlier in the week that he had a calf strain.

Still no Hannebery???

[samuraisaint]

Hopefully Jones, Ryder and Hannebery can play Round 1.

Still two weeks until the big dance.

[tony74]

No.No,No

[Impatient Sainter]

I'm glad to see Hayes given a chance to show what he can do. It wil also be great to see our 3 new draft picks given a taste to see how they go.

I know some don't rate Jones, but I think he is our most dynamic midfielder and he will be missed. It will be a big test for our mids to match Essendons contested game.

[st.byron]

No.No,No

What's the go with Paddy Tony? Are we gonna see him?

[WellardSaint]

Final bench might be Webster, Crouch, Sharman, Wood.
Can't see the others getting in

[amusingname]

Final bench might be Webster, Crouch, Sharman, Wood.
Can't see the others getting in

Isn’t it still larger benches for preseason games, so that bench is the final bench?

[samuraisaint]

No.No,No

No Jones, Paddy or Hannebery in Round 1?

Why not?

[Impatient Sainter]

No.No,No

What an unmitigated disaster the Hannebrey recruitment has been. I understand the club had to take some risks to upgrade their list, but they would have been much better off spending his salary on development, recruiting or even the Sandringham list.

[cwrcyn]

Won't have to worry about it for too much longer.

[WellardSaint]

No.No,No

No Jones, Paddy or Hannebery in Round 1?

Why not?

A few wks ago, club said Ryder's Achilles isn't 100% so they're watching his workload.

Zac Jones, this morning- Club says he's been given mental health leave. No timeframe

[saynta]

Can anyone update on Jack Bytel?

Not even in emergencies. Not mentioned in official review of VFL game from last week.

calf injury according to our insider

[The Fireman]

Yeah tony how is paddy coming along

[shanegrambeau]

How is Marshall traveling? Foot thing.

[Toy Saint]

My Foxtel isn't working, may I ask for updates?

[Wayne42]

Saints 5-1-31
Bombers 1-3-9

3 minutes left in 1st quarter

[The_Dud]

My Foxtel isn't working, may I ask for updates?

Yeah mine is the same. Have the same AFLW game on 2 channels and a holding screen on the channel we’re meant to be on

[Wayne42]

Quarter Time
Saints...... 5-1-31
Bombers... 2-4-16

[Saints58]

anyone have a link to the game please

[Toy Saint]

My Foxtel isn't working, may I ask for updates?

Yeah mine is the same. Have the same AFLW game on 2 channels and a holding screen on the channel we’re meant to be on

Same here, this sucks. I'm not interested in AFLW.

Is the game on the radio?

[perfectionist]

This game's over. Still no backline.

[Devilhead]

King being full on molested everytime he goes near it ......and getting nothing

[Devilhead]

Nice snap by Wood .....back to 2 goals