The second game on Saturday for AFL Round 15 is between St Kilda Saints and Richmond Tigers. The match is to be played at Etihad Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 2:10 PM local time with away team Richmond Tigers currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between St Kilda Saints and Richmond Tigers.
Round: Round 15 , June 28, 2014 , 2:10 PM
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Weather: 15° A few showers.
Preview:
The Saints take on Richmond on Saturday, 2.10PM at Etihad Stadium. With 18th placed St Kilda playing the 16th placed Tigers, this is a battle to avoid the wooden spoon above all else. The Tigers will definitely go into this clash as favourites, after fighting hard and putting in a good performance against the Sydney Swans last weekend. Richmond have fallen a long way in 2014, with Damien Hardwick’s men only managing to secure three wins so far. They should be able to make it four this weekend, with the Saints continuing to struggle with a 33 point loss to the West Coast Eagles last week.
Teams:
ST KILDA
B Cameron Shenton, Luke Delaney, Sean Dempster
HB Jimmy Webster, James Gwilt, Maverick Weller
C Leigh Montagna, David Armitage, Jack Newnes
HF Terry Milera, Nick Riewoldt, Lenny Hayes
F Jack Billings, Tom Simpkin, Darren Minchington
FOLL Billy Longer, Luke Dunstan, Sebastian Ross
I/C Jack Steven, Clinton Jones, Shane Savage,Rhys Stanley
EMG Farren Ray, Brodie Murdoch, Sam Dunell
IN Leigh Montagna, Luke Dunstan, Rhys Stanley
OUT Brodie Murdoch (Omitted), Tom Lee (Omitted),Farren Ray (Omitted)
RICHMOND
B Troy Chaplin, Dylan Grimes, Alex Rance
HB Bachar Houli, Matt Dea, Steven Morris
C Dustin Martin, Shane Edwards, Ricky Petterd
HF Chris Newman, Ty Vickery, Brett Deledio
F Reece Conca, Jack Riewoldt, Anthony Miles
FOLL Ivan Maric, Brandon Ellis, Trent Cotchin
I/C Nick Vlastuin, Jake Batchelor, Nathan Foley, Matt Thomas
EMG Sam Lloyd, Matthew Arnot, Brett O’Hanlon
IN Chris Newman, Ty Vickery
OUT Shaun Hampson (Omitted), Aaron Edwards (Groin)
News:
Tyson Goldsack and Steele Sidebottom will return on Sunday night when Collingwood aim to bounce back after consecutive AFL defeats.
Goldsack missed his side’s last-start losses to Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn due to a knee injury, while Sidebottom has served a three-match ban for his bump on Maverick Weller.
Goldsack trained well on Wednesday and Magpies coach Nathan Buckley confirmed he was ready to go for the clash with rivals Carlton.
Tom Langdon, concussed in the 29-point loss to the Hawks, remains in doubt while defensive general Nick Maxwell (calf) aims to return the following weekend.
Sidebottom will be physically refreshed after his enforced break, although the 23-year-old has worked hard at training to ensure he stayed sharp.
“Bill Davoren runs the fitness side of things and we discussed really early what that four-week period (leading up to the clash with Carlton) was going to look like for Steele,” Buckley said.
“He’s done a lot of work. He’s an endurance athlete that covers 15kms a game, so you need to replace that somehow.
“His touch is good and he’ll be right to go.”
Considered a top-four chance a fortnight ago, the Magpies’ place in the finals will be anything but assured if they slip up against the Blues.
Buckley was unwilling to humour such a long-term view on Wednesday.
The former captain pointed to inexperience as the reason behind Collingwood’s recent defensive woes.
But Buckley was confident his side could turn it around, starting with an out-of-sorts opposition that have dropped their past four matches.
“They will be smarting from their recent form and clearly there’s a bit of rivalry there,” Buckley said, adding that he didn’t envisage talking to Blues coach Mick Malthouse at Thursday’s Peter Mac Cup Breakfast.
“I don’t want to see him do well on the weekend and I’m sure he doesn’t want to see me do well,” Buckley said of Malthouse, who coached Collingwood to their 2010 premiership.
The Peter Mac Cup aims to raise funds and awareness for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
This season it will be played at the perplexing timeslot of 7.10pm on Sunday.
“It (scheduling) is pretty much like umpiring decisions. There’s no use bellyaching about it because you can’t change much,” Buckley said.
