Saturday’s fourth AFL Round 13 match is between Brisbane Lions and Greater Western Sydney Giants with the game to be played at Gabba. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:40 PM local time with home team Brisbane Lions currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Brisbane Lions and Greater Western Sydney Giants.
Round: Round 13 , June 14, 2014 , 7:40 PM
Stadium: Gabba
Weather: 22° Shower or two developing.
Odds Comparison:
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| Brisbane Lions | 1.34 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.34 |
| Greater Western Sydney Giants | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 |
All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.
Preview:
The Lions play the Giants on Saturday, 7.40PM at the GABBA. With 16th playing 18th, this is a bottom-of-the-table clash between two teams struggling to make an impression in 2014. Saying that, however, the Lions have been slightly better of late, winning their last two games against the Blues and Bulldogs. This momentum should make them clear favourites against GWS, who have had great chances to defeat both Hawthorn and Essendon in the past two rounds before falling short. Despite their lowly ladder positions, both teams are playing better lately and this alone could make for an interesting contest.
Teams:
BRISBANE
B: Clarke Maguire Patfull
HB: Harwood Mayes Adcock
C: Bewick Rockliff Zorko
HF: Taylor Merrett Green
F: Golby Brown Aish
FOLL: Martin Redden Beams
I/C: Hanley Paparone Gardiner O’Brien
EMG: Crisp Close Lester
IN: Nil
OUT: Nil
GWS:
B: Kennedy Davis Frost
HB: Whitfield Mohr Shaw
C: Tomlinson Palmer Hoskin-Elliott
HF: Scully Cameron Smith
F: Townsend Patton Hunt
FOLL: Mumford Ward Shiel
I/C: Corr Treloar Coniglio Kelly
EMG: Bugg Wilson Lamb
IN: Hunt Davis Cameron Kelly
OUT: Hampton (shoulder) Lamb Jaksch Lobb
News:
Fixing their awful contested ball count is the top priority for Richmond ahead of Saturday’s massive AFL assignment.
The Tigers collapsed in the second half against North Melbourne and now face Fremantle, who are building a head of steam with three-straight wins.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick is happy enough with his team’s defensive work – they are just doing too much of it because they cannot win the ball themselves.
“If you start getting the ball controlled a little bit more through your offence, your defence becomes remarkably better,” Hardwick said.
“We just couldn’t get our hands on the ball to get our offensive game up and going, which means you’re defending for a long period of time.
“Eventually, the dam wall is going to break, which is obviously what we experienced in the third quarter.
“We just have to continue to work on that contested ball part of our game.”
Fremantle are renowned for their contested ball work, while Richmond’s task in that area will be even harder given Matt Thomas is suspended.
Hardwick said Thomas and captain Trent Cotchin did well in winning the contested ball.
“But unfortunately in some situations, those players don’t reproduce the form on a quarter-by-quarter basis,” he said.
“So then you’re looking at plan B and plan C.
“Unfortunately when those two plans don’t work, you go back to plan A and you start again.”
For all Richmond’s problems, Hardwick said their focus remains winning.
He added that their woeful 3-8 win-loss record did not reflect their abilities.
“Like Mick Malthouse said (of Carlton) … there is no white flag,” he said.
And don’t dare even suggest that the Tigers are soft.
A reporter used the “S” word – the worst four-letter insult in professional sport – when asking a question of Hardwick.
The query was more about Richmond’s appetite for the contest, but Hardwick did not hear beyond “soft” and saw red.
“You can’t say that … I can say that about your journalism,” Hardwick said.
“You play AFL footy mate, you have to be tough, no doubt.”
As the media conference Hardwick told the reporter he was lucky not to be on the wrong end of a left hook.
Hardwick was smiling, but only appeared to be half-joking.