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Melbourne star Tayla Harris has been sidelined for the unbeaten Demons\u2019 AFLW clash against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium on Thursday evening after straining a hamstring.<\/p>\n
The Demons brought in Maddi Gay, who will play her 50th game, and Gab Colvin. Maeve Chaplin was dropped.<\/p>\n
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Melbourne forward Tayla Harris has a hamstring issue.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n For Geelong, Rachel Kearns is out because of a knee injury and Brooke Plummer has been omitted. Julia Crockett-Grills and Abbey McDonald return.<\/p>\n The Demons are on top of the ladder of percentage from Adelaide, while the Cats are fifth with a 3-1 record.<\/p>\n \u201cTayla had some hamstring awareness towards the end of Tuesday night\u2019s training session and scans have shown a very minor strain,\u201d Melbourne\u2019s general manager of football operations and AFLW Marcus Wagner said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile this will unfortunately rule her out of Thursday night\u2019s game against Geelong, we are optimistic that Tayla will be available to play in round six. We will continue to monitor Tayla and see how she responds to training over the coming week.\u201d<\/p>\n GEELONG
<\/strong>Backs: <\/strong>26. C Gunjaca 26 M Bragg 44
Half-backs:<\/strong>16. C Emonson 16 M McDonald (c) 11 G Rankin 10
Centre: <\/strong>N Morrison 9 G Prespakis 41 M Bowen 1
Half-forwards: <\/strong>D Moloney 4 J Parry 5 K Surman 7
Forwards: <\/strong>A Moloney 45 C Scheer 14
Followers: <\/strong>E Hoare 46 R Webster 21 Amy McDonald 3
Interchange: <\/strong>R Garing 12 Z Friswell 20 K Darby 8 J Crockett-Grills 6 Abbey McDonald 39
Emergencies: <\/strong>B Plummer 19 G Featherston 32 I Houtsma 31
In:<\/strong> Crockett-Grills, Abbey McDonald
Out: <\/strong>Rachel Kearns (knee), Plummer (omitted)<\/p>\n