AFL Round 10 has one Monday night match this week with that match being between West Coast Eagles and Richmond Tigers with the game to be played at Patersons Stadium in WA. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:40pm AEST and 5:40pm local time with home team West Coast Eagles holding favouritism for the clash. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between West Coast Eagles and Richmond Tigers.
WHERE AND WHEN: Patersons Stadium, Monday 3rd June, 5:40pm
Preview:
The last game of the round is between West Coast and Richmond, kicking off on Monday at Patersons Stadium at 5.40pm. The Eagles are favourites to take this one out, after beating the Giants by 100 points last round. In contrast, Richmond were beaten easily by the Bombers last week and look to be lacking in the confidence stakes. The Tigers have sufferend a lot of criticism during the week, however, and will be doing everything they can to put some points on the board. When you take recent form and the home ground advantage into the equation, however, it is almost impossible to go past the Eagles as they try to make it five in a row.
Teams:
West Coast Eagles:
B: Eric Mackenzie, Darren Glass, Sam Butler
HB: Shannon Hurn, Mitchell Brown, Matt Rosa
C: Andrew Gaff, Scott Selwood, Daniel Kerr
HF: Mark LeCras, Jack Darling, Chris Masten
F: Dean Cox, Josh Kennedy, Josh Hill
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Matt Priddis, Luke Shuey
Int (from): Patrick McGinnity, Mark Hutchings, Brad Sheppard, Andrew Embley, Bradd Dalziell, Adam Selwood, Jacob Brennan
In: A.Selwood, P.McGinnity, A.Embley
Richmond Tigers:
B: Steven Morris, Alex Rance, Bachar Houli
HB: Chris Newman, Troy Chaplin, Nick Vlastuin
C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Daniel Jackson
HF: Sam Lonergan, Shane Edwards, Jake King
F: Ty Vickery, Jack Riewoldt, Dustin Martin
Foll: Ivan Maric, Brett Deledio, Nathan Foley
Int (from): Aaron Edwards, Matt White, Matthew Arnot, Brad Helbig, Jake Batchelor, Matt Dea, David Astbury
In: A.Edwards, D.Astbury, M.Arnot, M.Dea, B.Helbig
Hardwick hopes Tigers keep lid on Naitanui
Richmond AFL coach Damien Hardwick admits he couldn’t help cheering West Coast high-flyer Nic Naitanui’s game-stealing mark against North Melbourne.
Ahead of their clash with the Eagles at Patersons Stadium in Perth on Monday night, Hardwick said he was a Naitanui fan.
“He’s one of those players, as a coach, I love to watch.”
Hardwick said he caught the final two minutes of the round eight Eagles-North game, when Naitanui kicked a goal after the final siren to steal a two-point win for his team.
“I was one of that crowd that went up as one when he took that mark,” the Tigers coach said.
He’s obviously hoping that Naitanui doesn’t give Eagles fans much to celebrate on Monday night.
“I’ve got no doubt our boys will have something in store for him,” Hardwick said.
“But how we stop him remains to be seen.”
He said the Tigers needed to atone for a disappointing showing last round against Essendon, where they lacked their usual run.
Hardwick described it as their worst game of the year.
Richmond haven’t claimed a big scalp this season and have ear-marked sixth-placed West Coast at home as a real chance.
Hardwick said their one-point loss to Fremantle at Patersons Stadium in round five was one that got away.
“We haven’t performed to the level we’d like,” he said.
“We would like to perform better against the sides in the top four no doubt.
“We don’t think we’re out of reach of those sides and we’re capable, when we play our best, of beating those sides.”
Richmond have the bye after this round and will then welcome back emerging midfielder Reece Conca, who has battled a stress-related foot injury.
He will play for their VFL side, the Coburg Tigers, this Saturday against Bendigo.
“Conca will play 70 minutes at VFL level.
“We want to get some fitness into him.”