AFL Teams 2024: Round 24 GRAND FINALS

Thursday – Early news

Teamsheets have dropped! Congrats if you managed to make the Grand Finals in your leagues, or if you are in the running for a hat, or even the competetion outright, good luck! Sheezel has officially been ruled out for the last game if you held. Unfortunately Rankine too will miss the last with concussion protocols, and Houston who did the concussing is out reported. No a debut, but pies will call up rookie Ed Allan (mid) $200k) if you want a budget basement rookie who is actually playing.

Important times to remember:

Weekend Teamsheets ~6:20pm EST Thurs

Sunday games Extended bench selection ~5:00pm EST Friday

GAME 1: Collingwood vs Melbourne

Friday August 23, 7:40pm AEST MCG, Melbourne Melbourne 🌦🌡

Notes: Just rookie news for this one, Bailey Laurie is in for dees if you need a cheapish fwd, if you need bargain basement and a backup who is playing, Edward Allan is back in at $200k. If you have on bench for some reason still, Joe Richards, Charlie Dean are back in whilst Bytel is omitted.

GAME 2: Geelong Cats vs West Coast Eagles

Saturday August 24, 1:45pm AEST GMHBA Stadium, Geelong 🌦🌡

Notes: Again just a few rookie swaps. Clay Hall, Hutchison are in, whilst Zane Trew is out.

GAME 3: Richmond vs Gold Coast SUNS

Saturday August 24, 2:10pm AEST MCG, Melbourne 🌦🌡

Notes: Marlon Pickett is in and playing his final game after retiring, and surely no one still has him, but Alex Sexton is back in for the suns.

GAME 4: Hawthorn vs North Melbourne

Saturday August 24, 4:40pm AEST UTAS Stadium, Launceston 🌦🌡

Notes: The Toby Pink fan club will be excited that the bench rookie is an inclusion for the final game. If you have Will Day, he is out.

GAME 5: Brisbane Lions vs Essendon

Saturday August 24, 7:30pm AEST Gabba, Brisbane 🌦🌡

Notes: Dyson Heppell has a farewell game for the dons after retrin. Bench rookie Shadeau Brain has been omitted.

GAME 6: Sydney Swans vs Adelaide Crows

Saturday August 24, 7:40pm AEST SCG, Sydney 🌦🌡

Notes: Chad Warner is back in for the swans. Dowling is back in for the crows. I know the odd team grabbed Rachelle as last minute back up for Phillipou late out a few weeks ago, hes been dropped. Rankine will miss due to concussion.

GAME 7: Western Bulldogs vs GWS GIANTS

Sunday August 25, 12:30pm AEST Mars Stadium, Ballarat 🌦🌡

Don’t forget to check extended bench selections ~5pm Friday. Big inclusion here is Tim English is back in for the dogs, which would put a dampener on any plans to grab Sam Darcy as a play for 1 week after an explosive 133 last week.

GAME 8: Carlton vs St Kilda

Sunday August 25, 3:20pm AEST Marvel Stadium, Melbourne 🌦🌡

Don’t forget to check extended bench selections ~5pm Friday. Mattaes Phillipou is named to play after being sick for 2 weeks. Saad is back for the blues.

GAME 9: Fremantle vs Port Adelaide

Sunday August 25, 6:10pm AEST Optus Stadium, Perth 🌦🌡

Don’t forget to check extended bench selections ~5pm Friday. We know Houston is out reported. A couple of bench rookies may get a game so watch the extended bench selections.

Shags

A windy cold day in 2015, I was bored, sick with the flu, and decided to start a blog about Teamsheets. I was immediately recruited by Warnie and somehow am now a DTTALK author. NOTE; Im Back in 2022! woooo Twitter @shagbags2023 ~REMEMBER: Friends don't let friends DT TEAMS become ghost ships.