The first game on Saturday for AFL Round 3 is between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans. The match is to be played at Adelaide Oval with the opening bounce set to commence at 1.40pm with away team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans.
Round: Round 3, Saturday April 5, 1.40pm
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Weather: 23° Mostly sunny.
Preview:
The Crows play Sydney on Saturday, 1.40PM at Adelaide Oval. This is a tough game to pick, with the Swans slight favourites to take the points away from home. With a 16th-placed Adelaide outfit taking on a 14th-placed Swans, both teams have had an ordinary start to the 2014 season. The Swans will be looking for Lance Franklin to to continue his good form from last week, even if he was in a losing side.
Adelaide have lost their last two matches against the Swans, and will really want to turn things around this weekend at home, especially with their first game at Adelaide Oval for the year. The Crows have a slight winning advantage against the Swans at home, winning 11 games to 7. Their first home game of the season might provide enough incentive for the Crows to overcome the odds, but they will first have to deal with Dan Hannebery and rest of the underrated Sydney midfield.
Teams:
Adelaide Crows:
B Kyle Hartigan, Ben Rutten, Rory Laird
HB Brent Reilly, Daniel Talia, Matthew Jaensch
C Rory Sloane, Patrick Dangerfield, Brodie Smith
HF David Mackay, James Podsiadly, Jared Petrenko
F Sam Kerridge, Josh Jenkins, Eddie Betts
FOLL Sam Jacobs, Matthew Wright, Richard Douglas
I/C Mitch Grigg, Scott Thompson, Luke Brown, Matt Crouch
EMG Sam Shaw, Jason Porplyzia, Brodie Martin
IN Josh Jenkins, Rory Laird, Matt Crouch,Jared Petrenko, Kyle Hartigan
OUT Lewis Johnston (Omitted), Shaun McKernan (Concussion), Sam Shaw (Omitted), Jason Porplyzia (Omitted), Brad Crouch (Leg)
NEW Matt Crouch
Sydney Swans:
B Dane Rampe, Ted Richards, Rhyce Shaw
HB Nick Smith, Heath Grundy, Nick Malceski
C Lewis Jetta, Kieren Jack, Dan Hannebery
HF Gary Rohan, Lance Franklin, Luke Parker
F Ryan O’Keefe, Mike Pyke, Ben McGlynn
FOLL Tom Derickx, Jarrad McVeigh, Josh Kennedy
I/C Tom Mitchell, Lewis Roberts-Thomson,Jeremy Laidler, Harry Cunningham
EMG Toby Nankervis, Brandon Jack, Dean Towers
IN Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Jeremy Laidler
OUT Craig Bird (Calf), Sam Reid (Achilles)
News:
Adelaide midfielder Richard Douglas is wearing a cricket box during AFL games to prevent complications to a groin injury that delayed his season.
Douglas had groin surgery after copping a blow in Adelaide’s last pre-season game on March 7 and was initially forecast to be sidelined six weeks.
But the onballer, wearing a cricket box, returned against Port Adelaide last Saturday.
“I will give Gray Nichols a little plug here, I used one of their trusted boxes that they use in cricket,” Douglas told reporters on Wednesday.
“It just gave me the peace of mind really that if I got hit there again that it would be fine.
“The surgeon was only concerned if I got another blow there, that it could obviously be quite dangerous.”
Douglas said he would wear the box for another month.
“I just wore a couple of pairs of jocks and bike shorts and they held me in nice and snug and did the job,” he said.
“It was a bit sweaty, but it was all good.”
Douglas’ teammates subjected him to numerous jokes about his injury.
“It has been humorous for them, but probably not so much for me,” he said.
But Adelaide’s 2010 club champion said being in hospital after the injury was “a bit scary”.
“All these nurses and that come in for a look and there’s plenty of touching and feeling going on and you’re in a bit of pain,” he said.
“There was a few days there I wasn’t sure what was happening.
“But I had the best possible surgeon and he explained it really well and put my mind at ease and that was the end of it. I was never going to play if I didn’t feel comfortable.”
