Autopsy AFL 2023 Round 1 - Suns v Swans Sat March 18th 8pm AEDT (Heritage Bank Stadium)

[Wosh]

AFL 2023 PREMIERSHIP SEASON ROUND 1
GOLD COAST SUNS V SYDNEY
SATURDAY MARCH 18TH 8:00PM AEDT (HERITAGE BANK STADIUM)


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TEAMS

Suns
B: Farrar, Collins, Macpherson
HB: Long, Ballard, Constable
C: Hollands, Miller, Uwland
HF: Lukosius, Chol, Swallow
F: Holman, King, Flanders
FOL: Witts, Rowell, Anderson

I/C: Ainsworth, Casboult, Davies, Jeffrey
EMG: Berry, Fiorini, Graham, Moyle

Swans
B: T.McCartin, Rampe, P.McCartin
HB: Cunningham, Lloyd, Florent
C: Warner, Mills, McInerney
HF: Hayward, McLean, Heeney
F: Papley, Franklin, Gulden
FOL: Ladhams, Parker, Rowbottom

I/C: Campbell, Blakey, Stephens, McDonald
EMG: Francis, Roberts, McAndrew, Sheldrick



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Sydney Swans players and staff will wear black arm bands to honour the late Barry Round. Round played 328 games in his VFL/AFL career including 193 for Sydney. He captained the Swans between 1980 and 1984, won the 1981 Brownlow medal and was named in the Swans’ team of the century.

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[Billy ray]

woooo!!!!!

pumped

 

[Power Raid]

swans by 14 but I'd be pumped if the suns prove me wrong

 

[timokane]

going for the suns in an upset to win by 9 points

 

[Arr0w]

Suns 18

 

[Zevon]

With Touk a little underdone I’ll tip us but with zero confidence. The Suns tend to beat us for fun

 

[Jirik13]

With Touk a little underdone I’ll tip us but with zero confidence. The Suns tend to beat us for fun

Will Ladhams get up for round 1? No Hickey and Ladhams in the middle would be major advantage for Witts and Suns.

 

[Zevon]

Will Ladhams get up for round 1? No Hickey and Ladhams in the middle would be major advantage for Witts and Suns.

Ladhams is supposed to be ok for round 1 (I think) but we’re still talking about McAndrew getting a debut as the second ruckman. Big advantage for you guys either way

 

[nahnah]

Swans by 3-4 goals

 

[Dangerousfield]

Gold Coast, going by recent upset results, the Swans are their bunnies

 

[Jirik13]

Ladhams is supposed to be ok for round 1 (I think) but we’re still talking about McAndrew getting a debut as the second ruckman. Big advantage for you guys either way

Ladhams was pretty impressive against Carlton TDK and Pittonet over weekend.

 

[GC2015]

With Touk a little underdone I’ll tip us but with zero confidence. The Suns tend to beat us for fun

Gold Coast, going by recent upset results, the Swans are their bunnies

We have a fantastic recent record against the Swans. We've won 4 of the last 6 matches to be specific. With Touk Miller and Ben King playing I'm feeling good about our prospects.

Quietly confident because of the mental edge we seem to have. Suns by 22.

 

[JackFlash]

The Suns will beat this year's big sliders by 25 points.

 

[Red Bull]

Heritage Bank Stadium to host this one

 

[GC2015]

Interesting to see the AFL is playing around with the times here. Demons v Bulldogs will start at 7:25pm Melbourne time and Suns v Swans will start at 8:00pm Melbourne time. Essentially giving fans the opportunity to watch the first quarter of the Dees v Bulldogs match or the last quarter of the Suns v Swans match. If this one is close then I suspect quite a few footy fans will tune in for the fourth quarter and perhaps that was the AFL's expectation all along.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

At least we aren't playing GC off their customary 3 match losing streak so they take it out on us as usual. Zero confidence at all though.

 

[pOleK]

Bullish about the Suns, reckon they're in this right into the final quarter and lose by a respectable goal or two. Genuinely think this is the year for finals for them though

 

[Jirik13]

Bullish about the Suns, reckon they're in this right into the final quarter and lose by a respectable goal or two. Genuinely think this is the year for finals for them though

A bit disappointed that Ellis is not ready. It will be interesting to see who replaces him on the wing (Sharp possibly).

Not ideal start on injury front. Suns are missing Ellis, Lemmens, Weller, Powell, Humphrey, Budarick, all could be considered best 22 and all should be back by round 4 except Budarick.

Obviously, a lot of Suns supporters are worried about defence. Namely, Constable who never played there and there are doubts he can defend and possibly Macpherson playing in defence who is known for clangers.

IMO, midfield as usual will decide. I am pretty bullish about Suns midfield. Miller, Swallow and then Anderson and Rowell in 4th season looking in great shape. Witts should get better of Ladhams. Davies and Flanders look ready to contribute more in the middle. Hollands could spend some time in the middle too.

 

[The 747]

Unsure on this one. Hard to tip.

 

[My_Username]

Unsure on this one. Hard to tip.

The suns are going to burn those fat ducks.

 

[The 747]

The suns are going to burn those fat ducks.

That's the spirit! I want them to win, but it's still hard for me to trust the Suns.

 

[Xtreme]

Swqns by 32

 

[kreglze]

Would be more confident if we had the likes of Powell, Weller and Ellis available. Swans are favourites here, but will be close.

 

[Wosh]

Teams are up

 

[Chinacats]

Suns usually decent first 6-8 weeks of a season then haven’t been able to sustain it given their youthful team. Tough one for swannies first up. Swans by 6-10 points.