Saturday’s third AFL Round 12 match is between Western Bulldogs and Brisbane with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:40 PM local time with home team Western Bulldogs currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Western Bulldogs and Brisbane.

Round: Round 12 , June 07, 2014 , 7:40 PM
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Weather: 16° Shower or two.

Odds Comparison:

Western Bulldogs	1.38	1.36	1.38	1.36	1.38	1.38
Brisbane Lions	3.10	3.15	3.15	3.15	3.10	3.10

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Preview:

The Bulldogs take on the Lions on Saturday, 7.40PM at Etihad Stadium.  It should be a fairly even battle between these two struggling teams, although the Bulldogs will be favourites.  Brisbane are coming off a last minute win against Carlton last round, and will be keen to build on that victory with a few more points this round.  The Dogs might have something to say about that, however, especially at their home stadium.  The Lions haven’t managed to beat the Bulldogs at Etihad for a long time, and will need to be on top of every aspect of their game if they want to go back to Brisbane victorious.

Teams:

Western Bulldogs
B Liam Picken, Jordan Roughead, Easton Wood
HB Shaun Higgins, Dale Morris, Robert Murphy
C Marcus Bontempelli, Ryan Griffen, Christian Howard
HF Koby Stevens, Tom Williams, Nathan Hrovat
F Luke Dahlhaus, Stewart Crameri, Daniel Giansiracusa
FOL Will Minson, Adam Cooney, Tom Liberatore
I/C Jason Tutt, Mitch Wallis, Jack Macrae, Jarrad Grant
Jason Johannisen, Mitch Honeychurch, Liam Jones
IN Jarrad Grant
OUT Fletcher Roberts (Omitted)

Brisbane Lions
B Darcy Gardiner, Matt Maguire, Justin Clarke
HB Jed Adcock, Joel Patfull, Ryan Harwood
C Claye Beams, Tom Rockliff, James Aish
HF Lewis Taylor, Jonathan Brown, Dayne Zorko
F Josh Green, Daniel Merrett, Rohan Bewick
FOL Stefan Martin, Jack Redden, Pearce Hanley
I/C Zac O’Brien, Mitch Golby, Sam Mayes, Marco Paparone
EMG James Polkinghorne, Andrew Raines, Brent Moloney
IN Rohan Bewick, Stefan Martin
OUT Trent West (Knee), Jackson Paine (Omitted)

News:

For the first time in 11 years, Andrew Demetriou will wake on Thursday morning without anything on his AFL to-do list.

His reign as AFL chief executive ends on Wednesday, his desk is cleared and “about 48 boxes” are ready to be delivered to his home from AFL House.

Demetriou’s only concern, after Wednesday night’s AFL Hall of Fame celebrations, might be ensuring the delivery guys don’t arrive too early.

At his last media conference, he gave the impression the end could not come soon enough.

“I’m pretty relieved,” he said.

“It’s been a long farewell. I can’t keep going to lunches and having nice things said about me continuously.”

After saying goodbye to staff on Thursday, Demetriou has a long weekend on the coast to look forward to, then a few weeks away.

He says the highlight of his long goodbye has been a “really special” dinner on Tuesday night thrown by his successor Gillon McLachlan and the AFL Commission.

Eddie McGuire, Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti, AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick and McLachlan all spoke at the dinner with, Demetriou said, good humour.

But after a month spent saying goodbye, the long-time warrior for the code couldn’t resist one final spray.

In the climate of falling attendances and rising match-day costs for fans, he took aim at the Victorian Government after failing to invest in the MCG.

Reeling off the figures that other state governments have given to major stadium works, $50-odd million to the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC), the stadium’s operators, seems to have been not enough.

“Here in Melbourne, it generates billions of dollars of economic activity, we pay $6.5 million to the MCC and I can tell you that would go a long way to help our Victorian clubs if we weren’t paying it,” he said.

“Whoever wins the next election, step up and support the MCC because it would help our competition.”