Saturday’s second AFL Round 15 match is between St Kilda Saints and Richmond Tigers with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 2:10 PM local time with away team Richmond Tigers currently holding favouritism. 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:
North Melbourne coach Brad Scott will rejig his side’s forward line this weekend against Brisbane but doesn’t expect to move on the captain’s armband.
Captain Andrew Swallow took to the training track on Wednesday after a knee scare late in the Kangaroos’ win over Melbourne.
Scott said his heart skipped a beat when Swallow, who spent a year out of the game with an Achilles injury, went down.
However the club’s immediate view of no long-term damage proved correct.
“The scans have come back and confirmed our early diagnosis that there’s no structural damage, just a tiny little bit of swelling,” Scott said.
“We’ll look after him at training and expect him to play.”
A serious shoulder injury to forward Robbie Nahas has precipitated the forward line re-think, and Scott is not short of options.
For talls, Majak Daw stands out after impressing in the VFL while Kieran Harper and Taylor Garner would be a like-for-like replacement.
Unthinkable just a few weeks ago, the Kangaroos are the only side to be naming a Brown this weekend.
With Lions legend Jonathan Brown announcing his retirement on Monday, Scott said rookie forward Ben Brown did enough on debut to retain his spot this weekend.
“We thought he was terrific … he’ll only get better from this point,” Scott said of the 20-year-old Tasmanian.
Scott, who played with Jonathon Brown during the Lions’ premiership era, said the retiring Lion was a “champion of the club and the game itself”.
And while Scott “had his heart broken a couple of times” as an opposition coach, he is not keen for it to happen again as the Lions farewell him.
“I expect they’ll want to farewell him in the right manner but we can’t control that, we can only control our effort.”
“Sadness is one way of looking at (his retirement) but I prefer to look at the glory days and his best footy.
“While Brisbane had a lot of stars through his era, we largely built a team around him.”