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AFL Teams Finals Week 1: GWS recall three key players

Taylor Walker will on Thursday become the 110th man to notch up 300 V/AFL games.
Taylor Walker will on Thursday become the 110th man to notch up 300 V/AFL games.JAMES WILTSHIRE / Getty Images via AFP

Here are the matchday squads for the four qualifying and elimination finals for 2025.

Adelaide v Collingwood (Thursday, 7:40pm AEST)

Adelaide: Max Michalanney and Luke Pedlar are in for Billy Dowling and Sid Draper. Taylor Walker plays game 300 and Alex Neal-Bullen game 200. 

FB: Josh Worrell, Mark Keane, Rory Laird

HB: Wayne Milera, Nick Murray,  Max Michalanney 

C: Isaac Cumming, Jordan Dawson, Dan Curtin

HF: Ben Keays, Riley Thilthorpe, Alex Neal-Bullen

FF: Zac Taylor, Taylor Walker, Darcy Fogarty

R: Reilly O'Brien, Sam Berry, Jake Soligo

(Bench: Brodie Smith, Luke Pedlar, James Peatling, Mitchell Hinge, Hugh Bond)

Collingwood: Wil Parker and Mason Cox are in for Dan McStay and Jeremy Howe. Josh Daicos plays his 150th game.

FB: Billy Frampton, Darcy Moore, Brayden Maynard

HB: Harry Perryman, Josh Daicos, Wil Parker

C: Jack Crisp, Ned Long, Steele Sidebottom

HF: Jordan De Goey, Tim Membrey, Beau McCreery

FF: Jamie Elliott, Brody Mihocek, Lachie Schultz

R: Darcy Cameron, Scott Pendlebury, Nick Daicos

(Bench: Patrick Lipinski, Isaac Quaynor, Dan Houston, Roan Steele, Mason Cox)

Geelong v Brisbane Lions (Friday, 7:40pm AEST)

Geelong: Shannon Neale, Mark O'Connor and Jhye Clark are in for Rhys Stanley, Mitch Knevitt and Jed Bews. Max Holmes plays his 100th game.

FB: Zach Guthrie, Jack Henry, Connor O'Sullivan

HB: Lawson Humphries, Tom Stewart, Oisin Mullin

C: Mark Blicavs, Max Holmes, Oliver Dempsey

HF: Brad Close, Shaun Mannagh, Tyson Stengle

FF: Shannon Neale, Jeremy Cameron, Patrick Dangerfield

R: Sam De Koning, Bailey Smith, Tom Atkins

(Bench: Mark O'Connor, Gryan Miers, Jhye Clark, Jack Bowes, Jack Martin)

Brisbane Lions: Lachie Neale and Jarrod Berry are in for Bruce Reville and James Tunstill. Kai Lohmann plays his 50th game.

FB: Dayne Zorko, Darcy Gardiner, Ryan Lester

HB: Darcy Wilmot, Harris Andrews, Brandon Starcevich

C: Hugh McCluggage, Lachie Neale, Jarrod Berry

HF: Charlie Cameron, Sam Day, Zac Bailey

FF: Cam Rayner, Logan Morris, Callum Ah Chee

R: Darcy Fort, Josh Dunkley, Will Ashcroft

(Bench: Kai Lohmann, Jaspa Fletcher, Levi Ashcroft, Sam Marshall, Ty Gallop)

GWS Giants v Hawthorn (Saturday, 3:15pm AEST)

GWS Giants: Josh Kelly, Jesse Hogan and Jake Stringer are in for Jacob Wehr, Harry Rowston and Max Gruzewski.

FB: Connor Idun, Sam Taylor, Harry Himmelberg

HB: Lachie Whitfield, Leek Aleer, Lachie Ash

C: Josh Kelly, Stephen Coniglio, Ryan Angwin

HF: Toby Bedford, Aaron Cadman, Darcy Jones

FF: Toby Greene, Jesse Hogan, Callum Brown

R: Kieren Briggs, Finn Callaghan, Tom Green

(Bench: Joe Fonti, Jake Riccardi, Xavier O'Halloran, Harvey Thomas, Jake Stringer)

Hawthorn: Josh Weddle and Sam Butler are in for Mitch Lewis and Luke Breust. Jai Newcombe plays his 100th game.

FB: Josh Battle, Tom Barrass, Blake Hardwick

HB: Jarman Impey, James Sicily, Massimo D'Ambrosio

C: Karl Amon, Josh Ward, Dylan Moore

HF: Connor Macdonald, Mabior Chol, Nick Watson

FF: Jack Gunston, Calsher Dear, Jack Ginnivan

R: Lloyd Meek, Jai Newcombe, James Worpel

(Bench: Jack Scrimshaw, Conor Nash, Changkuoth Jiath, Josh Weddle, Sam Butler)

Fremantle v Gold Coast (Saturday, 7:35pm AEST)

Fremantle: Nathan O'Driscoll and Isaiah Dudley are in for Corey Wagner and Sam Switkowski. Jaeger O'Meara plays his 200th game.

FB: Luke Ryan, Brennan Cox, Alex Pearce

HB: Heath Chapman, Karl Worner, Jordan Clark

C: Jaeger O'Meara, Hayden Young, Neil Erasmus

HF: Shai Bolton, Patrick Voss, Murphy Reid

FF: Jye Amiss, Josh Treacy, Michael Frederick

R: Luke Jackson, Caleb Serong, Andrew Brayshaw

(Bench: Nat Fyfe, Nathan O'Driscoll, Isaiah Dudley, Bailey Banfield, Sean Darcy)

Gold Coast: David Swallow is in for Jake Rogers. 

FB: Wil Powell, Bodhi Uwland, Sam Collins

HB: John Noble, Mac Andrew, Daniel Rioli

C: Lachie Weller, Matt Rowell, Brayden Fiorini

HF: Touk Miller, Sam Flanders, Bailey Humphrey

FF: Ben Long, Ethan Read, Ben King

R: Jarrod Witts, Alex Davies, Noah Anderson

(Bench: Ben Ainsworth, David Swallow, Connor Budarick, Joel Jeffrey, Jy Farrar)

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