It's the start of the a new season and with that comes all the excitement and optimism of... what's that you say? ...oh. Him too....oh. What about...? Oh. Good Lord. Well, nevertheless it's a long season and there's plenty of time for them to...oh, really? That long? On the plus side though, Brad Scott is still coach at North Melbourne so even without a forward line Fremantle are a decent chance to sneak away with a season defining against the odds win. The big news for Fremantle is that Matt Taberner has recovered from an amputated leg to get the nod as the full forward this weekend, with Cam McCarthy getting a spot at centre half forward after missing all the pre-season games. While some might argue it probably would have been a good idea to give him a run just in case this happened, everyone knows that Cam does his best work when he has no idea what's happening. Reece Conca, Travis Colyer and Rory Lobb are all in for their Freo debut and, because it's a Sunday game as usual, the bench is loaded up until the weekend.
FB:
Joel Hamling
Alex Pearce
Luke Ryan
FF:
Kayne Turner
Ben Brown
Jack Ziebell
HB:
Reece Conca
Nathan Wilson
Travis Colyer
HF:
Bailey Scott
Mason Wood
Aaron Hall
C:
Ed Langdon
Nat Fyfe
Bradley Hill
C:
Luke McDonaldn
Shaun Higgins
Jared Polec
HF:
Adam Cerra
Cam McCarthy
Michael Walters
HB:
Jasper Pittard
Ed Vickers-Willis
Shaun Atley
FF:
Hayden Ballantyne
Matt Taberner
Rory Lobb
FB:
Ben McKay
Robbie Tarrant
Marley Williams
MID:
Sean Darcy
Andrew Brayshaw
David Mundy
MID:
Todd Goldstein
Ben Cunnington
Jy Simpkin
BENCH:
Bailey Banfield
Taylin Duman
Ethan Hughes Mitchell Crowden
Ryan Nyhuis Darcy Tucker Stefan Giro
Lachie Schultz
Ethan Hughes Mitchell Crowden
Ryan Nyhuis Darcy Tucker Stefan Giro
Lachie Schultz
BENCH:
Nathan Hrovat
Luke Davies-Uniacke
Trent Dumont Paul Ahern
Nick Larkey Dom Tyson Tarryn Thomas
Jamie Macmillan
Trent Dumont Paul Ahern
Nick Larkey Dom Tyson Tarryn Thomas
Jamie Macmillan
Fremantle
v
Nth Melbourne
Sunday
23rd March
3:20PM
Optus Stadiuum
26
Fremantle $2.02
Nth Melbourne $1.80
Seven3PM
Foxtel3PM
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