ADELAIDE superstar Erin Phillips will miss Saturday's blockbuster against Fremantle due to a sprained knee, while the Dockers themselves will be without fellow AFLW best and fairest Kiara Bowers and lively forward Roxy Roux.
Bowers last played on February 1, missing two games with suspension, but will sit out the Crows clash with minor knee soreness, while Roux will miss with a hamstring injury.
"Kiara tweaked her knee during a training drill earlier in the week and will therefore miss this weekend’s game against Adelaide," head of football operations and performance Bob Murphy said.
"Scans have cleared Kiara of any significant damage, which is obviously, really good news.
"Her knee is still being assessed and we will see how the knee settles before developing a return to play date early next week."
Melbourne will be boosted for its monster clash against North Melbourne by the return of midfielder Maddi Gay (quad) and winger Casey Sherriff (concussion), with Lauren Magee and Megan Fitzsimon making way.
Small forward Daisy Bateman has been dropped from North Melbourne's line-up, with defender Jasmine Ferguson returning from health and safety protocols.
Jess Duffin remains as emergency for a second week.
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Veteran Christina Bernardi (injured) and dual-sport athlete Tessa Lavey (managed) will miss Richmond's match against Geelong, while lively draftee Emelia Yassir looks likely to miss the rest of the season, the Tigers grading her ankle injury as "medium term".
Stella Reid, Kodi Jacques and former first-round pick Sophie Molan are the Tigers' inclusions.
Geelong has opted for a smaller line-up, recalling Laura Gardiner and Madisen Maguire in place of ruck Rene Caris and winger Zali Friswell.
With Liv Fuller also out of favour, it leaves key forward Kate Darby to shoulder the ruck load, while Liv Barber and Phoebe McWilliams remain as tall targets in attack.
Saturday, February 26
Fremantle v Adelaide at Fremantle Oval, 12.10pm AWST
FREMANTLE
B: S.Verrier 5 E.O'Driscoll 3
HB: T.Toth 33 A.Tighe 10 J.Low 30
C: E.Antonio 12 A.Stannett 4 S.Cain 20
HF: M.Morrison 11 G.Houghton 27 M.Hyde 28
F: A.Franklin 14 M.Tuhakaraina 13
Foll: M.Strom 21 H.Miller - C 19 G.O'Sullivan 9
I/C: D.East 8 J.Stewart 7 K.Antonio 15 L.Pugh 32 A.Runnalls 22
Emerg: S.Wielstra 24 M.Sergeant 23
In: A.Franklin
Out: R.Roux (Hamstring)
ADELAIDE
B: C.Biddell 12 M.Rajcic 32
HB: E.Jones 2 S.Allan - C 39 N.Allen 8
C: A.Considine 16 A.Hatchard 33 S.Thompson 14
HF: R.Martin 5 C.Gould 1 H.Button 6
F: D.Ponter 15 A.Woodland 24
Foll: M.McKinnon 21 E.Marinoff 10 T.Charlton 25
I/C: L.Whiteley 22 H.Munyard 20 M.Newman 17 A.Ballard 27 J.Mules 23
Emerg: B.Tonon 28 Z.Prowse 4
In: S.Thompson, A.Ballard
Out: E.Phillips (Knee), B.Tonon (Omitted)
Richmond v Geelong at the Swinburne Centre, 5.10pm AEDT
RICHMOND
B: S.Sansonetti 18 R.Miller 15
HB: B.Lynch 32 J.Hosking 11 M.Shevlin 35
C: K.Dempsey 19 S.Hosking 7 M.Kiely 31
HF: T.Stahl 24 M.Brancatisano 5 A.Makur Chuot 34
F: K.Brennan - C 3 G.Seymour 28
Foll: P.Kelly 14 E.McKenzie 22 M.Conti 4
I/C: S.D'Arcy 12 M.Macdonald 38 S.Molan 1 C.Bernardi 6 K.Jacques 10
Emerg: S.Dargan 17 S.Reid 25
In: S.Molan, S.Reid, K.Jacques
Out: T.Lavey (Managed), E.Yassir (Ankle), C.Bernardi (Injured)
GEELONG
B: M.McMahon 24 M.Keryk 45
HB: C.Emonson 16 M.McDonald - C 11 G.Rankin 10
C: N.Morrison 9 G.Prespakis 41 S.Van De Heuvel 27
HF: D.Moloney 4 P.McWilliams 23 R.Kearns 22
F: C.Scheer 14 O.Barber 15
Foll: K.Darby 8 R.Webster 21 A.McDonald 3
I/C: M.Maguire 7 G.Featherston 32 J.Crockett-Grills 6 L.Gardiner 18 J.Ivey 5
Emerg: O.Fuller 13 Z.Friswell 20
In: M.Maguire, L.Gardiner
Out: Z.Friswell (Omitted), R.Caris (Omitted)
Melbourne v North Melbourne at Casey Fields, 7.10pm AEDT
MELBOURNE
B: L.Birch 9 T.Gillard 17
HB: S.Goldrick 23 S.Lampard 8 S.Heath 30
C: K.Paxman 4 T.Hanks 5 E.McNamara 22
HF: A.Bannan 16 K.Hore 10 L.Mithen 14
F: D.Pearce - C 6 T.Harris 7
Foll: L.Pearce 15 E.Zanker 29 E.West 11
I/C: M.Gay 3 C.Sherriff 18 O.Purcell 2 J.Parry 19 S.Scott 12
Emerg: M.Fitzsimon 24 L.Magee 26
In: M.Gay, C.Sherriff
Out: M.Fitzsimon (Omitted), L.Magee (Omitted)
NORTH MELBOURNE
B: D.Hardiman 31 J.Ferguson 20
HB: B.Brown 36 E.Kearney - C 9 S.Wright 17
C: K.Ashmore 10 J.Bruton 35 I.Eddey 3
HF: A.O'Loughlin 6 T.Randall 16 E.Gavalas 22
F: E.King 60 S.Abbatangelo 1
Foll: K.Rennie 26 J.Garner 25 A.Riddell 7
I/C: A.Gilroy 8 D.Bannister 2 M.King 23 A.Smith 15 N.Bresnehan 12
Emerg: T.Craven 5 J.Duffin 27
In: J.Ferguson
Out: D.Bateman (Omitted)
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