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Goodes named, Kouta out
6:34:48 PM Fri 21 May, 2004
Sportal
Sydney ruckman Adam Goodes has made a miracle recovery from a knee injury and has been named in the Swans? final team to play Hawthorn at the SCG on Sunday.
And the Hawks resisted the temptation to bring back out-of-form spearhead Nathan Thompson, who instead will play for Box Hill in the VFL.
Goodes looked set to miss up to two months when he became the latest ruckman to injure his posterior cruciate ligament by clashing knees with an opposing ruckman at a bounce-down last week.
But he has made a fantastic recovery with Sydney coach Paul Roos declaring the reigning Brownlow Medalist a certain starter on Friday.
The availability of Goodes is a huge boost for a struggling Sydney, which has lost its past four matches.
The Swans made three changes with Luke Ablett, Jarrad McVeigh and Rowan Warfe coming in for Nick Davis (thigh) and omitted pair Aaron Rogers and Heath James.
The Hawks named an unchanged side, following their first win since round one last week, meaning there was no place for Thompson.
He was only named as an emergency, with the Hawks instead naming Rayden Tallis, John Barker, Nick Ries and Matthew Ball on their finalised interchange bench.
Anthony Koutoufides will miss again for Carlton after being left out of the Blues' line-up for Sunday's game against the Western Bulldogs.
When Thursday's extended squad was trimmed to 22 on Friday, Koutoufides' name was missing, though there were two changes from last week with David Clarke and Barnaby French coming in for Stephen Kenna and Digby Morrell, both of whom were dropped.
Morrell has been named as an emergency along with Daniel Harford with one place to be filled.
Koutoufides, still troubled by hamstring soreness, didn't sound hopeful about his selection prospects after giving the harder, more physical contesting work a miss a training on Friday.
?I?m not too bad. I?m going to speak to the medical staff now and see what they say,? Koutoufides said after the session.
Coach Denis Pagan said: ?If you were a punter I?d say he wouldn?t play but I can?t guarantee it. He thinks he?s over the worst of it, let?s just keep our fingers crossed. He?s terribly frustrated with it.
?You?ve just got to be very careful and that?s what we?re doing. We?re not playing games by naming him and not picking him.?
The Bulldogs have made six changes with Simon Garlick, Steven Koops, Jordan McMahon, Will Minson, Adam Morgan and Wayde Skipper coming in for Matthew Croft, Kieran McGuinness, Peter Street, Scott Bassett, Adam Cooney and Lindsay Gilbee, all of whom were omitted.
Minson, picked up by the Dogs from Norwood at No 20 at the 2002 National AFL Draft, will be making his AFL debut.
West Coast Eagle Daniel Chick will play his first senior game in five weeks when his club meets St Kilda at Telstra Dome on Sunday after being included in the final 22.
Chick has recovered from a complicated thigh complaint and was been named on the interchange bench in one of two changes to West Coast?s line-up.
Chad Morrison has also been named on the bench after missing the past two games. The pair comes in for retired champion Glen Jakovich and the injured Adam Hunter (hamstring).
The Saints, attempting to score a ninth consecutive victory, have made just one change to their side.
Skipper Lenny Hayes comes in after serving a two match suspension for striking. He replaces Robert Harvey who is sidelined by a calf complaint.
The senior debut of Raphael Clarke has been postponed for another time after he was cut from St Kilda?s extended interchange bench on Friday.
He is an emergency for the game with Leigh Montagna and Allan Murray.
SYDNEY v HAWTHORN
Sunday, 1:10pm, SCG
SYDNEY
B: Crouch, Bolton, Bevan
HB: Barry, Saddington, Kennelly
C: Maxfield, Williams, Mathews
HF: O?Keefe, Hall, Goodes
F: Buchanan, O?Loughlin, Fosdike
FOLL: Ball, Kirk, J.Bolton
I/C: Ablett, McVeigh, Warfe, Nicks
EM: Doyle, James, Powell
IN: Ablett, McVeigh, Warfe
OUT: Davis (thigh), Rogers, James
HAWTHORN
B: Bateman, Graham, Smith
HB: Lonie, Croad, Beaumont
C: Crawford, Vandenberg, Osborne
HF: Ladson, Jacobs, Kane
F: Brown, Everitt, Williams
FOLL: Campbell, Lekkas, Mitchell
I/C: Tallis, Ries, Barker, Ball
EM: Cox, Thompson, Picioane
No change -
CARLTON v WESTERN BULLDOGS
Sunday, 2:10pm, Optus Oval
CARLTON
B: Bowyer, Thornton, Teague
HB: Houlihan, Whitnall, Lappin
C: Walker, Johnson, Prendergast
HF: Scotland, Deluca, Camporeale
F: Fisher, Fevola, Hulme
FOLL: French, Bannister, Stevens
I/C: Clarke, Davies, Norman, Wiggins
EM: Harford, Morrell
IN: Clarke, French
OUT: Kenna, Morrell
WESTERN BULLDOGS
B: Koops, Harrison, Robbins
HB: Smith, Grant, Boyd
C: Eagleton, West, Hargrave
HF: Giansiracusa, Rawlings, Bowden
F: Morgan, Minson, Johnson
FOLL: Darcy, Hahn, R.Murphy
I/C: Faulkner, Garlick, McMahon, Skipper
EM::Bassett, Cooney, Gilbee
IN: Garlick, Koops, McMahon, Minson, Morgan, Skipper
OUT: Croft, McGuinness, Street, Cooney, Bassett, Gilbee
NEW: Will Minson (19, Norwood)
ST KILDA v WEST COAST
Sunday, 2:10pm, Telstra Dome
ST KILDA
B: Baker, Penny, Hudghton
HB: Jones, Maguire, L.Fisher
C: Ball, Thompson, Dal Santo
HF: Guerra, Hamill, Riewoldt
F: Milne, Gehrig, Koschitzke
FOLL: Knobel, Hayes, Powell
I/C: Goddard, Schwarze, Blake, X.Clarke
EM: R.Clarke, Murray, Montagna
IN: Hayes
OUT: Harvey (calf)
WEST COAST
B: Wirrpunda, Glass, Braun
HB: Nicoski, Lynch, Selwood
C: Embley, Judd, Chambers
HF: Cousins, Gaspar, Staker
F: Matera, McDougall, Sampi
FOLL: Cox, Kerr, Fletcher
I/C: Humm, Chick, Morrison, B.Jones
EM: Seaby, Waters, Collica
IN: Morrison, Chick
OUT: Jakovich (retired), Hunter (hamstring)
6:34:48 PM Fri 21 May, 2004
Sportal
Sydney ruckman Adam Goodes has made a miracle recovery from a knee injury and has been named in the Swans? final team to play Hawthorn at the SCG on Sunday.
And the Hawks resisted the temptation to bring back out-of-form spearhead Nathan Thompson, who instead will play for Box Hill in the VFL.
Goodes looked set to miss up to two months when he became the latest ruckman to injure his posterior cruciate ligament by clashing knees with an opposing ruckman at a bounce-down last week.
But he has made a fantastic recovery with Sydney coach Paul Roos declaring the reigning Brownlow Medalist a certain starter on Friday.
The availability of Goodes is a huge boost for a struggling Sydney, which has lost its past four matches.
The Swans made three changes with Luke Ablett, Jarrad McVeigh and Rowan Warfe coming in for Nick Davis (thigh) and omitted pair Aaron Rogers and Heath James.
The Hawks named an unchanged side, following their first win since round one last week, meaning there was no place for Thompson.
He was only named as an emergency, with the Hawks instead naming Rayden Tallis, John Barker, Nick Ries and Matthew Ball on their finalised interchange bench.
Anthony Koutoufides will miss again for Carlton after being left out of the Blues' line-up for Sunday's game against the Western Bulldogs.
When Thursday's extended squad was trimmed to 22 on Friday, Koutoufides' name was missing, though there were two changes from last week with David Clarke and Barnaby French coming in for Stephen Kenna and Digby Morrell, both of whom were dropped.
Morrell has been named as an emergency along with Daniel Harford with one place to be filled.
Koutoufides, still troubled by hamstring soreness, didn't sound hopeful about his selection prospects after giving the harder, more physical contesting work a miss a training on Friday.
?I?m not too bad. I?m going to speak to the medical staff now and see what they say,? Koutoufides said after the session.
Coach Denis Pagan said: ?If you were a punter I?d say he wouldn?t play but I can?t guarantee it. He thinks he?s over the worst of it, let?s just keep our fingers crossed. He?s terribly frustrated with it.
?You?ve just got to be very careful and that?s what we?re doing. We?re not playing games by naming him and not picking him.?
The Bulldogs have made six changes with Simon Garlick, Steven Koops, Jordan McMahon, Will Minson, Adam Morgan and Wayde Skipper coming in for Matthew Croft, Kieran McGuinness, Peter Street, Scott Bassett, Adam Cooney and Lindsay Gilbee, all of whom were omitted.
Minson, picked up by the Dogs from Norwood at No 20 at the 2002 National AFL Draft, will be making his AFL debut.
West Coast Eagle Daniel Chick will play his first senior game in five weeks when his club meets St Kilda at Telstra Dome on Sunday after being included in the final 22.
Chick has recovered from a complicated thigh complaint and was been named on the interchange bench in one of two changes to West Coast?s line-up.
Chad Morrison has also been named on the bench after missing the past two games. The pair comes in for retired champion Glen Jakovich and the injured Adam Hunter (hamstring).
The Saints, attempting to score a ninth consecutive victory, have made just one change to their side.
Skipper Lenny Hayes comes in after serving a two match suspension for striking. He replaces Robert Harvey who is sidelined by a calf complaint.
The senior debut of Raphael Clarke has been postponed for another time after he was cut from St Kilda?s extended interchange bench on Friday.
He is an emergency for the game with Leigh Montagna and Allan Murray.
SYDNEY v HAWTHORN
Sunday, 1:10pm, SCG
SYDNEY
B: Crouch, Bolton, Bevan
HB: Barry, Saddington, Kennelly
C: Maxfield, Williams, Mathews
HF: O?Keefe, Hall, Goodes
F: Buchanan, O?Loughlin, Fosdike
FOLL: Ball, Kirk, J.Bolton
I/C: Ablett, McVeigh, Warfe, Nicks
EM: Doyle, James, Powell
IN: Ablett, McVeigh, Warfe
OUT: Davis (thigh), Rogers, James
HAWTHORN
B: Bateman, Graham, Smith
HB: Lonie, Croad, Beaumont
C: Crawford, Vandenberg, Osborne
HF: Ladson, Jacobs, Kane
F: Brown, Everitt, Williams
FOLL: Campbell, Lekkas, Mitchell
I/C: Tallis, Ries, Barker, Ball
EM: Cox, Thompson, Picioane
No change -
CARLTON v WESTERN BULLDOGS
Sunday, 2:10pm, Optus Oval
CARLTON
B: Bowyer, Thornton, Teague
HB: Houlihan, Whitnall, Lappin
C: Walker, Johnson, Prendergast
HF: Scotland, Deluca, Camporeale
F: Fisher, Fevola, Hulme
FOLL: French, Bannister, Stevens
I/C: Clarke, Davies, Norman, Wiggins
EM: Harford, Morrell
IN: Clarke, French
OUT: Kenna, Morrell
WESTERN BULLDOGS
B: Koops, Harrison, Robbins
HB: Smith, Grant, Boyd
C: Eagleton, West, Hargrave
HF: Giansiracusa, Rawlings, Bowden
F: Morgan, Minson, Johnson
FOLL: Darcy, Hahn, R.Murphy
I/C: Faulkner, Garlick, McMahon, Skipper
EM::Bassett, Cooney, Gilbee
IN: Garlick, Koops, McMahon, Minson, Morgan, Skipper
OUT: Croft, McGuinness, Street, Cooney, Bassett, Gilbee
NEW: Will Minson (19, Norwood)
ST KILDA v WEST COAST
Sunday, 2:10pm, Telstra Dome
ST KILDA
B: Baker, Penny, Hudghton
HB: Jones, Maguire, L.Fisher
C: Ball, Thompson, Dal Santo
HF: Guerra, Hamill, Riewoldt
F: Milne, Gehrig, Koschitzke
FOLL: Knobel, Hayes, Powell
I/C: Goddard, Schwarze, Blake, X.Clarke
EM: R.Clarke, Murray, Montagna
IN: Hayes
OUT: Harvey (calf)
WEST COAST
B: Wirrpunda, Glass, Braun
HB: Nicoski, Lynch, Selwood
C: Embley, Judd, Chambers
HF: Cousins, Gaspar, Staker
F: Matera, McDougall, Sampi
FOLL: Cox, Kerr, Fletcher
I/C: Humm, Chick, Morrison, B.Jones
EM: Seaby, Waters, Collica
IN: Morrison, Chick
OUT: Jakovich (retired), Hunter (hamstring)
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