AFL Round 20 Saturday live updates: Suns vs Lions, Dockers vs Eagles, Kangaroos vs Cats, Crows vs Power blog, scores and stats

Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick has been speaking to Fox Footy before the game, and he’s admitted his side need a bit of work after last week’s shellacking from the Crows.

“We’ve got to get our clearance and contested ball play going,” Hardwick said.

“We brought in Alex Davies specifically for that, and Jy Farrar for different looks.”

The likely tag from Josh Dunkley on Matt Rowell didn’t phase the Suns mentor.

“We’ll always let them work through it, and then we have plans in place. That’s part of the reason we want to have Alex Davies in there,” Hardwick said.

“It’s not Matt Rowell or bust.”

The Suns were crushed by 61 points in Adelaide last week, and one of the big problems was conversion. The Gold Coast had six more inside 50s than the Crows, but kicked 10 less goals.

“Our ball use inside 50 was really really poor…we couldn’t hit the side of a barn last week,” Hardwick said.

Let’s hope for him and the Suns fans that they can improve that against the acid test of the defending premiers.

To mark this weekend’s schedule, and Rivalry Saturday in particular, we’ve put together a list of the best rivalry games of the AFL era.

This takes in the Showdown, the Western Derby, the Q-Clash and the Sydney Derby.

This wholly subjective list will no doubt prompt some alternative views – why don’t you have a look at the seven matches and let us know in the comments which ones you give a tick, which ones you don’t and which ones you think have missed out.

Normally, making big changes to a side ahead of an important game is not the ideal approach.

For the Suns, the combination of injuries and an absolute thumping by the Crows last week have forced coach Damien Hardwick’s hand.

The home side has made five changes to last week’s line-up, starting with Daniel Rioli, who has had surgery on a leg injury and Sam Clohesy who has an unspecified injury. Then there are Ben Jepson, veteran David Swallow and former number three pick Jed Walter, who have been omitted.

In come key defender Sam Collins, veteran Lachie Weller, plus Alex Davies, Jy Farrar and Nick Holman. The common denominator? All five have had plenty of Q-Clash experience.

The Lions make two changes. Kai Lohmann is out with a calf issue, while Bruce Reville has been omitted.

The key in is Zac Bailey, who is back from suspension. Also in is Irishman Conor McKenna.

The subs are Leo Lombard for Gold Coast and Sam Marshall for Brisbane.

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to ABC’s live online coverage of round 20 of the AFL.

It’s Rivalry Saturday (well not officially, but in reality) as we are lucky enough to have the Q-Clash, the Western Derby and the Showdown all in one glorious day.

We start with the Suns and the Lions at Carrara, as Gold Coast try to break with the weight of history and get a rare win over ‘big brother’ Brisbane.

Then comes the twilight game, with the Western Derby at Perth Stadium. Will Fremantle get the points over West Coast, or can the Eagles throw a spanner in the works and spoil their rivals run to September?

Tonight, the Kangaroos will host Geelong at Docklands, before the latest start, the Crows meeting the Power at Adelaide Oval, as Ken Hinkley says farewell to the Showdown.

There’s a bit on the menu, there. Please stick with us – I’m Andrew McGarry and I’ll be bringing you the early action before handing over to my colleagues Chris De Silva and Marnie Vinall.