Irish recruit Cillian Burke will make his first appearance in the Hoops in Geelong’s VFL clash with Gold Coast at GMHBA Stadium on Sunday.
The County Kerry product has battled a knee injury through the first half of the season after joining the Cats as a Category B rookie late last year.
Geelong has made five changes for the meeting with the Suns, with Jed Bews, Ted Clohesy, Jay Polkinghorne and VFL-listed Wil Rantall coming into the team.
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Rantall has been named as the 23rd player.
Jack Martin has been promoted to the AFL team, Xavier Ivisic is being managed, Nathan Kreuger is injured, and local youngsters Ethan Borys and Kobe George have been omitted.
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| Back | K. Matafoi-Forbes (31) | D. Capiron (50) | M. Herbert (62) |
| Half Back | C. Burke (41) | C. McCartin (51) | C. Guthrie (29) |
| Centre | P. Retschko (27) | G. Stevens (15) | J. Rantall (55) |
| Half Forward | J. Clark (13) | J. Polkinghorne (2) | T. Murray (61) |
| Full Forward | O. Wiltshire (21) | K. Annand (59) | T. Clohesy (40) |
| Ruck | J. Pike (37) | M. Knevitt (10) | J. Bews (24) |
| Interchange | W. Rantall (75) | T. Lewis (66) | P. Kelly (74) |
| J. Ballantyne (57) | D. Madigan (65) | ||
| 23rd player | W. Rantall (75) | ||
| Emergencies | T. White (63) | W. Sheahan (72) | H. Lucas (82) |
| K. George (67) | O. Pollock (70) | M. Lloyd (56) | |
| J. Sarcevic (52) | P. De Grandi (60) |
