Gary Ablett dishes off a handball. Picture: AFL Photos

GREATER Western Sydney has got off to a flying start in its heavyweight battle against Geelong with the first three goals at Giants Stadium.

Daniel Lloyd kicked the opening two, while Jeremy Finlayson added another in a hot start.

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Meanwhile, Gold Coast kicked the first goal of its clash against Port Adelaide through Ben King.

The Power were forced into a very late change with Riley Bonner injuring his quad in the warm-up and replaced by Jarrod Lienert.

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Gold Coast v Port Adelaide at Metricon Stadium, 6.40pm AEST

LATE CHANGES
Gold Coast:
Nil
Port Adelaide: Riley Bonner (quad) replaced in the selected side by Jarrod Lienert

FINAL INTERCHANGES
Gold Coast: Will Brodie, Matt Rowell, Sean Lemmens, James Joyce
Port Adelaide:
Hamish Hartlett, Tom Rockliff, Zak Butters, Justin Westhoff

Greater Western Sydney v Geelong at Giants Stadium, 7.40pm AEDT

NO LATE CHANGES

FINAL INTERCHANGES
Greater Western Sydney: Tom Green, Zac Langdon, Heath Shaw, Adam Kennedy
Geelong: Gary Ablett, Jordan Clark, Mitch Duncan, Cam Guthrie

Adelaide v Sydney, Adelaide Oval, 4.35pm ACDT

NO LATE CHANGES

FINAL INTERCHANGES
Adelaide: Chayce Jones, Lachlan Murphy, Matt Crouch, Bryce Gibbs
Sydney: James Rowbottom, Ben Ronke, James McInerney, Colin O'Riordan

Essendon v Fremantle at Marvel Stadium, 2.10pm AEDT

NO LATE CHANGES

FINAL INTERCHANGES
Essendon:
Darcy Parish, David Zaharakis, Jayden Laverde, Matt Guelfi
Fremantle:
Andrew Brayshaw, Mitch Crowden, Travis Colyer, Taylin Duman