West Coast star Elliot Yeo can have a 3rd crack at getting his 2023 marketing campaign began after being recalled for the Eagles’ conflict with fellow battlers North Melbourne on Sunday.
It comes as key defenders Jeremy McGovern (concussion) and Tom Barrass (shoulder) will each miss for a second consecutive week, leaving the Eagles’ teaching employees with a headache on the best way to quell North Melbourne ahead Nick Larkey.
Yeo, 29, has not performed for the reason that spherical 15 membership document 171-point loss to Sydney due to a hip harm, however is one among 5 inclusions to deal with the Kangaroos at Optus Stadium.
The two-time All-Australian has been restricted to 6 appearances this season due to a wide range of accidents together with an adductor muscle setback in opposition to Geelong in spherical 5. Yeo has featured in simply 33 video games in complete previously 4 seasons since his most up-to-date All-Australian marketing campaign in 2019.
Yeo returns alongside fellow midfielders Luke Edwards and Greg Clark, whereas defender Josh Rotham and ruckman Callum Jamieson have been named on an prolonged bench.
Skipper Luke Shuey is out for no less than two weeks with a hamstring harm, whereas ahead Samo Petrevski-Seton was suspended for 2 weeks after a harmful deal with on Carlton’s Alex Cincotta.
The Eagles’ greatest headache comes within the type of key ahead Larkey, who has booted six targets in every of his previous two video games in opposition to West Coast.
Without McGovern and Barrass final weekend, Adam Simpson selected to start out second-year defender Brady Hough on Charlie Curnow.
The coach was pressured to make a change after Curnow kicked 4 first-quarter targets, with star ahead Oscar Allen shifted into defence earlier than the Blues spearhead completed with 10 targets.
Rhett Bazzo and Rotham are the one key defenders named within the facet, however the former didn’t play on Curnow in an unexplained transfer by the Eagles’ teaching employees.
The Kangaroos have welcomed again co-captain Jy Simpkin from concussion protocols, whereas Hugh Greenwood and Kayne Turner are additionally named within the squad. Veteran Liam Shiels is out with an injured calf.
Subiaco product Robert Hansen Jnr can also be an opportunity to make his debut after being chosen with decide No.2 within the mid-season draft earlier this yr.
Hansen Jnr kicked 4 targets for the Kangaroos’ VFL facet earlier this month to place himself within the body for choice.
Meanwhile, Fremantle have rested second-year midfielder Matt Johnson as wingman James Aish returns for his or her conflict in opposition to reigning premiers Geelong at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday.
Aish is again after lacking the loss to Sydney with a quad harm he sustained at coaching final week, with the wingman the one inclusion within the travelling get together of 24 on Thursday morning.
Johnson has been subbed out in two of the previous three video games and mustered six touches within the 29-point loss to the Swans earlier than being changed by debutant Ethan Stanley on Saturday night time.
Mid-season draftee Stanley impressed with 5 touches in simply 14 per cent recreation time after coming onto the bottom.
Stanley shall be Fremantle’s sub, with different emergencies Tom Emmett and Nathan Wilson not travelling with the facet.
Defender Luke Ryan additionally flew out with the workforce regardless of having an injured proper hand, whereas captain Alex Pearce will proceed to battle by means of a decrease leg harm that has hampered his efficiency in current weeks.
Ryan stated he had it stepped on throughout final week’s loss Sydney at Optus Stadium.
“I’ll be right, I’ll be ready to go,” Ryan advised 6PR on Wednesday.
“I actually got stood on pretty bad in the second and it blew up a fair bit.
“I could barely handball or mark the ball. It looked pretty bad after the game and the next day. It’s quite bruised but she’ll be right.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
