Sturt v Port Round 17

STURT
Sturt has named a premiership defender despite an injury cloud ahead of its contest against Port on Sunday.
Reliable backman Tom Harms was unable to complete the Round 16 match against Norwood after leaving the field early in the fourth term with an elbow ailment.
Fellow medium-sized defender Rory Illman has been included on a five-man extended interchange bench as the most likely inclusion should Harms be a late withdrawal.
Nippy goal sneak Jack Penfold and utility Joel Thiele have also been named in the Double Blues’ 23-man squad.
Backman Will Coomblas was relegated to the Reserves.
League
F: M. Evans, Read, J. Hone
HF: Sutcliffe, Patullo, Riley
C: Slimming, Colquhoun, Crocker
HB: Sumner, Stephens, Harms
B: Carey, F. Evans, Edmonds

R: Fahey-Sparks, Kirkwood, Battersby
INT: Illman, Greenslade, Pearce, Penfold, Thiele
IN: Penfold, Thiele, Illman
OUT: Coomblas
Reserves
T. Hone, Thornton, Richards, Condon, Hough, Trenorden, Weeks, Parker-Boers, Grivell, How, Coombe, Voss, Page, Lochowiak, Grieve, Munn, Armiento, Coomblas, Mitchell, Allan, Fahey.
Under-18
F: Z. Parker-Boers, Smith, J. Ferrari
HF: Thomas, Ferres, Crane
C: Britten-Jones, Fahey, Wingard
HB: Starr, Matteucci, Grieve
B: Z. Grivell, Durack, Fryer
R: Zevenboom, Harradine, Liddy
INT: Howe, Opperman, Evans, May
EMG: Willsmore, Berry, Swiderski
PORT
Port Adelaide’s captain will return as it seeks to nail a top-three berth against Sturt on Sunday.
Former Docker Cam Sutcliffe will play his first SANFL match since Round 12 after a stint with the Power in the AFL.
Sutcliffe has been joined in the Magpies’ 25-man squad by ruckman Sam Hayes and SANFL-contracted pair Jack Strange and Dallas Hill.
League
F: Frampton, Howard, Johnson
HF: Farrell, Motlop, Woodcock
C: Pudney, Atley, Mayes
HB: Hewett, Frederick, Lienert
B: Garner, McKenzie, Grundy

R: Hayes, Trengove, Drew
INT: Lycett, Sutcliffe, Strange, Davidson, Elsworthy, Appleton, Hill
IN: Sutcliffe, Hayes, Strange, Hill

Tricky game. Two weeks ago I would have said Sturt comfortably but Norwood gave them a touch up last week. A repeat performance by the Double Blues will see them lose to the Magpies. I think last week was a bit of a wake up call and Sturt will respond to beat Port by 10 points.

Just like that Sturt looks like it could miss the finals. They have to beat Glenelg otherwise they need South to lose to Adelaide.