AFL 2022 round six LIVE updates: Bulldogs take on Crows in Ballarat

Key posts

  • Team changes
  • Subs confirmed
  • Today’s milestones
  • The numbers favour Bulldogs

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Crows warm up

Adelaide checking out the Ballarat deck

Team changes

BULLDOGS
In: Josh Schache, Rhylee West, Robbie McComb, Stefan Martin
Out: Tim English (hamstring), Lachie Hunter (personal reasons), Mitch Wallis (birth of child), Riley Garcia (knee)

ADELAIDE
In: Jackson Hately, Will Hamill
Out: Rory Sloane (knee), James Rowe (medi-sub)

Josh SchacheCredit:Getty Images

Mature-age recruit gets his chance

A big day for Robbie McComb who makes his long-awaited AFL debut at the ripe old age of 26.

Subs confirmed

Rhylee West (Bulldogs) and Will Hamill (Adelaide) are today’s subs in Ballarat.

Ratten vows to support Hayes after knee injury sours St Kilda win

In case you missed the action last night, a battered and bruised St Kilda flexed their collective muscle to win their fifth straight match and inflict further pain on the lowly GWS Giants.

Ruckman Rowan Marshall hobbled through the third quarter with a strapped right corked thigh and finished the night on the bench after his back-up ruck Jack Hayes was subbed out in the first term with an ACL tear. Click here to read more.

Jack Higgins lets Lachie Keeffe know about it.Credit:Getty Images

Today’s milestones

Stefan Martin (WB) – 200 games
Tim O’Brien (WB) – 100 games
Will Setterfield (Carl) – 50 games

Stefan Martin.Credit:Getty Images

The numbers favour Bulldogs

Highlighting how slow the start has been to this year for the Bulldogs is that they’re searching for back-to-back wins for the first time since last year’s finals series.

But they have had the wood over Adelaide in recent times, winning their last three encounters by an average of 47 points, and they’re aiming for four consecutive victories against the Crows for the first time since 2011.

The Dogs have also made a good start to life at their Ballart home, winning five of seven games there, including their last four – two of which were against the Crows.

Adelaide, meanwhile, are searching for back-to-back wins for the first time in more than 12 months.

Jack Macrae is tackled by Rory Laird.Credit:Getty Images

Greetings, everybody

Hello everyone and welcome to our rolling live Saturday AFL mega blog for Round 6.

And don’t we have a few beauties lined up for you on what is a less cluttered Saturday than usual, as a result of games being more spread out due to Anzac Day on Monday.

First up, the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide do battle in Ballarat after both teams returned to the winners’ list last week.

In the twilight fixture, bottom-placed Port Adelaide search for their first win of the year against West Coast at Adelaide Oval.

And the best has been saved for last with arguably the match of the round between Fremantle and Carlton in the night game at Optus Stadium.

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