Geelong will go into tomorrow night’s Opening Round clash with Gold Coast at People First Stadium without captain Patrick Dangerfield and reigning Coleman medallist Jeremy Cameron.
Dangerfield (calf) and Cameron (quad) are both expected to be right for next week’s GMHBA Stadium meeting with Fremantle.
Bailey Smith (calf), Gryan Miers (broken thumb) and Shannon Neale (shin) are right to go.
James Worpel is the lone new face in the Hoops after crossing from Hawthorn, with uncapped trio Jay Polkinghorne, Lenny Hofmann and Mitch Edwards the emergencies.
The Cats have five changes from the team that lost last year’s grand final to the Brisbane Lions.
Worpel, defender Tom Stewart, who will captain Geelong against the Suns, Tanner Bruhn, Mitch Knevitt and Ollie Henry weren’t part of the final quarter capitulation.
They replace Dangerfield, Cameron, Rhys Stanley, Tyson Stengle and Jack Bowes.
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GEELONG
NEW: James Worpel (Hawthorn)
FB: (38) J. Henry, (16) S. De Koning, (14) C. O’Sullivan
HB: (39) Z. Guthrie, (44) T. Stewart, (17) L. Humphries
C: (28) O. Dempsey, (9) M. Holmes, (42) M. O’Connor
HF: (45) B. Close, (7) S. Mannagh, (32) G. Miers
FF: (36) O. Henry, (33) S. Neale, (19) J. Martin
FOLL: (46) M. Blicavs, (30) T. Atkins, (3) B. Smith
INT: (4) T. Bruhn, (34) O. Mullin, (10) M. Knevitt, (29) J. Worpel, (13) J. Clark
EMG: (2) J. Polkinghorne, (23) L. Hofmann, (11) M. Edwards
