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West Adelaide will be without two key players for its big clash with Sturt on Saturday.
Former Crow Jonathon Beech and running defender Shannon Green have been sidelined by hamstring strains.
First-choice ruckman Tyler McPherson is also unavailable due to suffering concussion in Round 8, prompting the recall of former Sturt giant Andre Parrella to face his old side.
Lachlan Evans and Jack Evans come into the Bloods’ 23-man squad while two other players could make their Macca’s League debut.
Former Richmond rookie Gibson Turner, who has also been playing for the Redtails in Alice Springs, has been named on the extended bench with possible BankSA Rookie Elliott Dunkin (19, 179cm and 68kg) from PHOS Camden FC.

F: B. Turner, Bates, Karpany
HF: Anderson, Middleton, L. Evans
C: Batley, Stevens, Noble
HB: Wasley-Black, Burgess, Hill
B: Agostino, Wilson, Head

R: Parrella, Keough, Schiller
INT: G. Turner, J. Ryan, Porplyzia, J. Evans, Dunkin
IN: G. Turner, Dunkin, Parrella, L. Evans, J. Evans
OUT: McPherson (concussion), Beech (hamstring), Green (hamstring)

Reserves
Eastmann, Fairlie, Gutsche, Halkias, Heitmann, Holliday, Hupfeld, Inglis, I. Johnson, O. Johnson, Kirk, Laube, Lynch, Majok, Miller, Osborn, Peter, Pillion, Rana, L. Ryan, Waite.
STURT
League
Sturt will welcome back a familiar face when it confronts West on Saturday.
Former Melbourne utility Rory Taggert will play his first Macca’s League game for Sturt since Round 19 2015 when he lines up in the forward pocket.
The 24-year-old has spent the past two seasons playing in country Victoria with North Warrnambool FC but after four matches in the Reserves this year, has pushed his was back into the starting 18.
Taggert has been joined in the 23-man squad by premiership defender Byron Sumner, who could play his first Macca’s League games of the season after being suspended by the SANFL IRP in a pre-season trial match.
Tall defender Rune Gilfoy will play his 50th Macca’s League match.

F: McAdam, Osborn, Taggert
HF: Greenslade, M. Evans, Hone
C: Crocker, Thiele, Colquhoun
HB: Harms, Stephens, Veale
B: Page, F. Evans, Gilfoy

R: Read, Kirkwood, Battersby
INT: Penfold, Slimming, Carey, Dodd, Sumner
IN: Sumner, Taggert

Reserves
F: Fielding, Coombe, Fahey-Sparks
HF: Kennedy, Thornton, Hayden
C: Trenorden, Wildman, Coulson
HB: Wills, Moriarty, Coomblas
B: Illman, Edmonds, Mitchell
R: Dunn, Voss, Allan
INT: Hargreaves, Weidenhofer, Sheppard

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A couple of good outs for West so Sturt should get up.

Was Sumner suspended for 8 matches?

Sturt should be too strong for West
Double Blues by 30-35 points

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johntheclaret wrote:Was Sumner suspended for 8 matches?

Sturt should be too strong for West
Double Blues by 30-35 points

Sturt 2017 League Premiership player Byron Sumner has been suspended from playing for the first 6 weeks of the SANFL season.

Sumner was cited by the SANFL MRP following three separate incidents in the League trial against West Adelaide on Friday 23rd March.

He received a 2 match ban for striking West’s Izak Rankine and a 1 match ban for a low impact strike on West’s Daniel Webb. He also received a further 3 match ban for a second strike on Webb amounting to a 6 game suspension.

Sumner gave an early guilty plea on each case for a reduced sentence however the sentence was increased for each case due to bad record loading stemming from a suspension in season 2017. He will be eligible to return to Sturt ranks in Round 8 against Glenelg on Saturday May 26.

I've got a funny feeling the result here might surprise a few people

West by 27 points at home.

PatowalongaPirate wrote:

johntheclaret wrote:Was Sumner suspended for 8 matches?

Sturt should be too strong for West
Double Blues by 30-35 points

Sturt 2017 League Premiership player Byron Sumner has been suspended from playing for the first 6 weeks of the SANFL season.

Sumner was cited by the SANFL MRP following three separate incidents in the League trial against West Adelaide on Friday 23rd March.

He received a 2 match ban for striking West’s Izak Rankine and a 1 match ban for a low impact strike on West’s Daniel Webb. He also received a further 3 match ban for a second strike on Webb amounting to a 6 game suspension.

Sumner gave an early guilty plea on each case for a reduced sentence however the sentence was increased for each case due to bad record loading stemming from a suspension in season 2017. He will be eligible to return to Sturt ranks in Round 8 against Glenelg on Saturday May 26.

Thanks PP
Getting suspended 3 times in the same game. Coincidentally against West too. Will be an interesting return.

1/2 time
Sturt 7.4
West 5.3

Porplyzia pulled out before the game (with Beech, Green also out this week with injury). A relatively inexperienced Bloods side, but endeavour is pleasing. Need to tidy up on disposal going forward. Too many easy goals out the back for sturt, need to keep a defender anchored back.

Umpiring is interesting to say the least!

3/4 time
Sturt 11.6
West 8.4

To have the outs we had, ended up being a 19 point loss is showing major improvement

Brodlach wrote:To have the outs we had, ended up being a 19 point loss is showing major improvement

Happy with the Boys performance today. Well Done Sturt

Thanks for staying reasonably close West. It kept North on top.