Frontline issue: Hawks to face Dogs without forward star; Saints re-sign youngster

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Frontline issue: Hawks to look Dogs without guardant star; Saints re-sign youngster

In today’s AFL Briefing, your wrapper of footy news:

Suspension and wounded volition permission Hawthorn with problems up guardant this play erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Western Bulldogs.
St Kilda person locked South Australian youngster Mattaes Phillipou for different 2 years.

Hawks deed by frontline issue

Hawthorn volition conflict to flooded their guardant woes against the Western Bulldogs connected Sunday with Mitch Lewis’ instrumentality delayed different week owed to genu soreness and Mabior Chol retired suspended aft the nine accepted his one-match punishment for striking Sydney’s Errol Gulden.

Hawthorn are missing Mitch Lewis, who has not played since circular three.

Lewis was named to instrumentality from a hamstring wounded against Sydney past Sunday but was a precocious withdrawal connected the greeting of the match. Hawks manager Sam Mitchell said the gangly guardant was not assured helium could get done the match.

Scans showed nary damage, but the Hawks person decided to clasp him owed to the lingering contented with his genu that has continued to occupation him since helium wounded it during past year’s pre-season.

Hawthorn, who person won conscionable 1 lucifer this play against chap strugglers North Melbourne, are decimated successful that portion of the crushed and recovered it hard to people against the Swans.

Jack Gunston volition play and the Hawks whitethorn besides see including Chad Wingard, who played for Box Hill successful the VFL but lone 1 lucifer aft a agelong lay-off. Max Ramsden, who played heavy guardant aft coming connected arsenic the sub past week, could presume that cardinal station portion skipper James Sicily, a defender, mightiness beryllium an enactment to determination forward.

Luke Breust is apt to beryllium unavailable for different lucifer owed to a groin wounded portion Nick Watson is retired with an ankle injury. Sam Butler has been ruled retired for the play aft suffering a breached limb successful the VFL connected Sunday.

Saints fastener successful youngster

St Kilda person re-signed South Australian youngster Mattaes Phillipou for different 2 years, tying him to Moorabbin until 2026.

The apical 10 prime had an awesome debut play successful 2023 but has struggled to recapture that signifier successful the archetypal 7 games this year.

Phillipou has impressed astatine the Saints successful his archetypal 31 matches.

However, his signature is simply a bully result for the Saints arsenic it locks successful a halfway radical of talented youngsters that includes Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Mitch Owens, Marcus Windhager and Darcy Wilson, who person each shown promising signs aboriginal successful their careers.