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Is Pettifer suspended?

CT that is correct. PETTIFER received a one match suspension during the final series in the VFL and must serve that in Round 1 of the AFL.

There is actually an article about it in Inside Football Vol. 33 No. 3 Issue 1041.
 
With Chaffey out suspended and Frawley indicating that Zantuck will be brought back through the VFL, the scene is perfectly set for Scum to make his triumphant return to the half back line after a hammie injury.
 
Assuming Zantuck doesnt play, the team will likely be:

B - Hilton Vardy A Kellaway
HB - Campbell Gaspar Cameron
C - Fiora Coughlan Tivendale
HF - Blumfield Richardson Bowden
F - Rodan Hall Rogers

Foll - Stafford Johnson D Kellaway

Inter - King, Newman, Houlihan, Schulz/Nicholls

Schulz playing will probably depend on whether a couple of the Pies talls come up. Nicholls looked very ordinary in the Coburg game last Friday night, looked much more unfit than Zantuck, but Danny knows best.
 
It's a chance for Newman to stake a claim for a starting spot in the backline. He needs to equal or excel what Zantuck did last year. We could have some solid hardnuts marking up down back if Newman, Zantuck, Chaffey and Hilton form a combination. Not forgetting Leon Cameron of course.