Swans and GIANTS Academies face first away-game challenge
The first away-leg of the 2018 NAB AFL Academy Series for both the Sydney Swans and GIANTS Academies plays out this weekend.
The GIANTS have flown to Queensland where they will take on the Gold Coast Suns Academy, tomorrow at 1pm.
Liam Delahunty has been named to play for the GIANTS after returning from New Zealand where he represented the NAB AFL Academy against the NZ Hawks in an ANZAC Day commemoration match on Tuesday.
Cameron Edwards has been named too, despite leaving the field with a shoulder injury in Round 2, however NAB AFL Academy member, Matthew Walker has not made the trip to Broadbeach.
The visitors will have to quell possession-getters, Cooper Portelli and Bailey Scott from the Suns if they are to return to Sydney with a win, but with both sides coming off losses of less than four goals, each team will be eager to prove a point.
The Swans face the tough task of the Northern Territory in Alice Springs on Saturday at 5pm.
While the Swans are running on the momentum of two wins from two starts, the unfamiliar conditions of the Alice could prove difficult to overcome.
The Swans will also be without Round 2 seven-goal gun, Nick Blakey who is being rested for Round 3, but expected to return when the Swans take on Tasmania.
GOLD COAST SUNS ACADEMY VS. GIANTS ACADEMY
Selected GIANTS Academy team
| Backs | 27. Guy Richardson | 47. James Pope | 2. Edward Perryman |
| Half-Backs | 44. Daniel Cerni | 29. Riley Budd | 15. Jack Adamson |
| Centres | 17. Jeromy Lucas | 26. Liam Delahunty | 28. Matthew McGrory |
| Half-Forwards | 14. Shaun Driscoll | 25. Tom Green | 9. Nathan Coxall |
| Forwards | 30. Baylee Jones | 31. Riley Corbett | 10. James Peatling |
| Followers | 34. Kieren Briggs | 18. Ryan Allen | 20. Jai Reed |
| Interchange | 4. Cameron Edwards | 49. Daniel Foley | 45. William Clark |
| 21. Maxwell Beaumont | 24. Nicholas Murray | 33. Michael Driscoll | |
| 46. Joshua Buchanan |
NORTHERN TERRITORY VS. SYDNEY SWANS ACADEMY
Selected Sydney Swans Academy team
| Backs | 31. Noah Casalini | 32. Luke Parks | 29. Nicholas Brewer |
| Half-Backs | 10. Connor Flanagan | 38. Michael Carroll | 33. Kyle McKeller |
| Centres | 16. Joshua Stern | 24. Samuel Wicks | 25. Lachlan Swaney |
| Half-Forwards | 1. Zachary Cameron | 26. Bailey Stewart | 27. Matthew Kannan |
| Forwards | 20. Samuel Thorne | 8. Kyle Veerhuis | 36. Joey Reinhard |
| Ruck | 23. Cooper Kilpatrick | 34. Rory Barkley | 28. Jackson Barling |
| Interchange | 37. Harry Maguire | 6. Reed Van Huisstede | 19. Isaac Bartholomaeus |
| 14. Kyle Martin | 15. Tom Meacham |
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