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Essendon travel to one of the flag favourites for the second game of the year, against a team that have had the wood over them for pretty much ever, the Dons only winning two games against Casey since they became stand alone in 2012, out of 12 meetings. Casey were undefeated during pre-season and also had a very convincing win round 1, whereas Essendon split their pre-season wins and had a loss to Geelong last week to start the season.
Casey were dominant against Sandringham, winning 140 to 57 on a windy day. Former Bomber Mitch Brown dominated the air inside 50, kicking 7 goals to go along with 19 touches to get an early lead in the Frosty Miller Medal alongside young gun Jacob van Rooyen with 3, whilst James Munro and Luke Dunstan did a mountain of work on the inside, combining for 51 touches, the latter also kicking a goal in his Casey debut.
Essendon struggled against Geelong for the majority of the game, but a promising last quarter was the highlight for the Dons which meant they only lost by 28 points. Kaine Baldwin kicked 3 last quarter goals in a confidence building game, whilst new captain Joe Atley was the only player to get over the 20 disposal mark for the Bombers.
Possible sides:
Casey vs Essendon
FB: Deakyn Smith - Harrison Petty - Judd McVee
FF: Nick Bryan - Kaine Baldwin - Patrick Voss
HB: Jayden Hunt* - Daniel Turner - Taj Woewodin
HF: Tom Hird - Josh Eyre - Devon Smith*
MF: Bailey Laurie - Jake Melksham - Fraser Rosman
MF: Braydon Ham - Sam Conforti - Will Golds
HF: Toby Bedford - Jacob van Rooyen - Blake Howes
HB: Garrett McDonagh - Cian McBride - Tom Cutler
FF: Sam Weideman - Mitch Brown - Kade Chandler
FB: Dylan Landt - Cody Brand - Alastair Lord
OB: Majak Daw - Luke Dunstan - Oskar Baker
OB: Andrew Phillips - Joe Atley - Josh Iaccobaccio
IC: Andy Moniz-Wakefield - Mitch White - Matthew Buntine - James Munro
IC: Jacob Brown - Lachie Rayner - Ben Jolley - James Peters
IC: Reece Conca - David Zaharakis - Sam Reid - Jack Lonie
IC: Billy Cootee - Jake Sutton - Patrick Bannister - Max Simpson
23P: Josh Smith
23P: Joel Fitzgerald
Honestly would be happy to get within 10 goals. They're really good and we're really not
Casey were dominant against Sandringham, winning 140 to 57 on a windy day. Former Bomber Mitch Brown dominated the air inside 50, kicking 7 goals to go along with 19 touches to get an early lead in the Frosty Miller Medal alongside young gun Jacob van Rooyen with 3, whilst James Munro and Luke Dunstan did a mountain of work on the inside, combining for 51 touches, the latter also kicking a goal in his Casey debut.
Essendon struggled against Geelong for the majority of the game, but a promising last quarter was the highlight for the Dons which meant they only lost by 28 points. Kaine Baldwin kicked 3 last quarter goals in a confidence building game, whilst new captain Joe Atley was the only player to get over the 20 disposal mark for the Bombers.
Possible sides:
Casey vs Essendon
FB: Deakyn Smith - Harrison Petty - Judd McVee
FF: Nick Bryan - Kaine Baldwin - Patrick Voss
HB: Jayden Hunt* - Daniel Turner - Taj Woewodin
HF: Tom Hird - Josh Eyre - Devon Smith*
MF: Bailey Laurie - Jake Melksham - Fraser Rosman
MF: Braydon Ham - Sam Conforti - Will Golds
HF: Toby Bedford - Jacob van Rooyen - Blake Howes
HB: Garrett McDonagh - Cian McBride - Tom Cutler
FF: Sam Weideman - Mitch Brown - Kade Chandler
FB: Dylan Landt - Cody Brand - Alastair Lord
OB: Majak Daw - Luke Dunstan - Oskar Baker
OB: Andrew Phillips - Joe Atley - Josh Iaccobaccio
IC: Andy Moniz-Wakefield - Mitch White - Matthew Buntine - James Munro
IC: Jacob Brown - Lachie Rayner - Ben Jolley - James Peters
IC: Reece Conca - David Zaharakis - Sam Reid - Jack Lonie
IC: Billy Cootee - Jake Sutton - Patrick Bannister - Max Simpson
23P: Josh Smith
23P: Joel Fitzgerald
Honestly would be happy to get within 10 goals. They're really good and we're really not
