AFL round 4 Sunday teams: St Kilda loses Jack Steele to injury
St Kilda skipper Jack Steele’s troublesome knee will keep him sidelined for another week, while West Coast will unleash a trio of fresh faces against GWS. See the full Sunday teams here.
St Kilda will again be without its skipper after Jack Steele was withdrawn from Sunday’s clash against Port Adelaide.
Steele was initially named in the side, however was removed from the extended squad on Friday afternoon with Arie Schoenmaker taking his place.
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Schoenmaker ultimately was not brought into the 23, with Liam Stocker replacing the injured Liam O’Connell as the only change.
Zak Butters will play his first game of the season, as will forward Ollie Lord.
Ivan Soldo and Tom Cochrane, the debutant from last week, were both omitted.
Lachie Jones has also returned for the Power, with Travis Boak managed.
Fremantle has named Jaeger O’Meara and Corey Wagner to return to the senior side, with both late outs last week.
James Aish, who was a late in last week, is one of the players to make way, while Neil Erasmus has also been omitted.
Western Bulldogs have opted to enter Sunday’s clash with the Dockers as unchanged.
Greater Western Sydney has brought back Jake Riccardi, adding firepower to a new-and-improved Giants forward line.
Lachie Keeffe has been left out, with the Giants comfortable with Kieran Briggs to shoulder the ruck division.
Jesse Hogan and Jake Stringer will both play their first home games of the season.
West Coast has made four changes for the clash, with three debutants in Sandy Brock, Tom Gross and Hamish Davis all confirmed to be playing.
Clay Hall, who was omitted last week, has returned after a one-game absence.
Jeremy McGovern, Liam Ryan, Elijah Hewett and Harry Edwards are all out of the side.
North Melbourne has withdrawn young midfielder Finn O’Sullivan from Saturday’s clash with the Swans.
The No.2 draft pick, who has played every game this season, was removed due to illness.
Riley Hardeman has taken his place in the side.
Hardeman made his debut in 2024 and has played three senior games since arriving at the club as the No.23 selection in the 2023 draft.
The dashing half back had 18 touches and eight marks in round 1 of the VFL season.
Originally published as AFL round 4 Sunday teams: St Kilda loses Jack Steele to injury
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