Geelong will unveil its second father-daughter draft pick among three changes for tomorrow night’s must-win meeting with Fremantle at GMHBA Stadium.
Bryde O’Rourke, whose father Ray played two games for the Cats in 1969, was selected at no.23 in last year’s AFLW Draft.
Caitlin Thorne has been recalled after being dropped following her debut against Gold Coast in Week 4, while big Mel Bragg will make her first appearance of the season.
Geelong was forced into two changes.
Star midfielder Amy McDonald is facing up to five weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring issue.
Experienced forward Kate Surman will miss the meeting with the Dockers and Sunday’s clash with the Swans after suffering a concussion from a bump by Hawthorn’s former Geelong VFL player Tamara Smith.
The Match Review Panel offered Smith a three-match suspension before she was cleared by the AFLW Tribunal.
Georgie Rankin has been dropped for the second time this year.
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GEELONG
INS: Mel Bragg, Bryde O’Rourke (debut), Courtney Thorne
OUTS: Amy McDonald (hamstring), Kate Surman (concussion), Georgie Rankin
FB [16] Chantel Emonson,[26] Claudia Gunjaca
HB [21] Rebecca Webster,[11] Meghan McDonald,[22] Rachel Kearns
C [20] Zali Friswell,[41] Georgie Prespakis[6] Julia Crockett-Grills,
HF [1] Mikayla Bowen,[5] Jacqueline Parry,[15] Shelley Scott
FF [45] Aishling Moloney,[12] Kate Kenny
FOL [8] Kate Darby,[9] Nina Morrison,[4] Darcy Moloney
IC [32] Gabbi Featherston,[18] Anna-Rose Kennedy,[23] Bryde O’Rourke,[25] Caitlin Thorne,[44] Melissa Bragg
EMG [24] Chantal Mason,[2] Bella K. Smith,[10] Georgie Rankin
