Eagles tipped to name Jake Johansen for preliminary final clash against North Adelaide
WOODVILLE-West Torrens has a vacancy in its line-up after losing Tom Gray and coach Michael Godden is expected to regain a similar type player to take his spot. Chat live with Warren Partland about all things SANFL at 12.30pm today
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DANGEROUS small forward Jake Johansen is expected to return to the Woodville-West Torrens line-up to front North Adelaide in the preliminary final at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
Johansen has missed the past two weeks due to a calf injury, but the Eagles have a vacancy after Tom Gray ruptured his ACL in the second semi-final loss to Norwood.
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And Godden will keep to his usual script and have two ruckman in the side. He was satisfied with the efforts of Seb Guilhaus, who replaced injured Marc Borholm, against the Redlegs and he will back up Jarrad Redden.
“Bringing in Jake for Tom is a like for like,” Godden said. “We’ve run two ruckman for 90 per cent of the year and it has been strong for us.”
The Roosters are unlikely to regain veteran Leigh Rywsyk from a rib injury and coach Josh Carr is tipped to use to same 21 who conquered Sturt in the first semi-final.
Classy midfielder Jarred Allmond is available to face his old side after successfully challenging a rough conduct charge at the SANFL tribunal on Tuesday night.
The winner will face Norwood in the grand final at Adelaide Oval on September 23.
The Redlegs will have testing training sessions on Thursday night and Saturday to compensate for another week of no match action.