Friday’s only AFL Round 11 match is between St Kilda Saints and Collingwood Magpies with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:50 PM local time with away team Collingwood Magpies currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between St Kilda Saints and Collingwood Magpies.

Round:Round 11 , May 30, 2014 , FRIDAY 7:50 PM
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Weather: 19° Partly cloudy

Odds Comparison:

St Kilda Saints	10.00	9.50	10.00	9.50	10.00	10.00
Collingwood Magpies	1.06	1.05	1.06	1.05	1.06	1.06

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

Preview:

The Saints play the Magpies on Friday night, 7.50PM at Etihad Stadium. Collingwood will be big favourites to win here, with St Kilda struggling in 16th ladder
position with a disappointing 3-6 record. After a promising start to the 2014 season, a long list of injuries has helped the Saints to lose six of their past seven
games. They are unlikely to turn the tables this week against an in-form Collingwood outfit, with the Magpies coming off a win against West Coast last Saturday
despite losing two key defenders in the first half.

Teams:

ST KILDA
B: Sean Dempster, Luke Delaney, Brodie Murdoch
HB: Cameron Shenton, Josh Bruce, Jack Newnes
C: Leigh Montagna, Lenny Hayes, Jack Steven
HF: Jack Billings, Nick Riewoldt, Terry Milera
F: Arryn Siposs, Rhys Stanley, Adam Schneider
Fol: Billy Longer, Luke Dunstan, Sebastian Ross
I/C: Clinton Jones, Farren Ray, Tom Curren, Maverick Weller
Emg: Tom Simpkin, Josh Saunders, Sam Dunell,
In: Brodie Murdoch, Sebastian Ross,
Out: Jimmy Webster (omitted), Blake Acres (ankle)

COLLINGWOOD
B: N.Maxwell, J.Frost, A.Toovey
HB: M.Williams, L.Keeffe, T.Goldsack
C: D.Swan, B.Macaffer, H.Lumumba
HF:T.Adams, J.White, S.Sidebottom
F: J.Witts, T.Cloke, J.Elliott
FOLL: B.Grundy, D.Beams, S.Pendlebury
I/C: T.Langdon, C.Young, A.Fasolo, J.Blair
EMG: J.Thomas, P.Seedsman, S.Dwyer
IN: L.Keeffe, T.Adams
OUT: L.Ball, N.Brown

News:

Richmond’s No.1 ruckman Ivan Maric is all but confirmed for his long-awaited AFL comeback this weekend.

The only problem for the Tigers is whose spot he takes in the side for the Dreamtime At The ‘G blockbuster against Essendon.

But reigning club best and fairest winner Daniel Jackson was restricted to light duties at Thursday training, putting him in serious doubt for the game.

Jackson suffered an upper-leg injury in last weekend’s big win over Greater Western Sydney.

Maric has not played this season because of ankle surgery.

Coach Damien Hardwick said Maric had played about 160 minutes in the VFL and showed strong form last weekend.

Fellow big men Shaun Hampson, Ben Griffiths and Ty Vickery all showed strong form against the Giants, meaning One of them would be unlucky if Maric returned this weekend.

“He’s definitely put his hand up for selection,” Hardwick said before training.

“It’s going to be an interesting discussion at match committee this afternoon.

“We’re going to make sure we make the right decision and the best decision that helps us beat the Bombers.”

Hardwick added that regardless of Maric’s form, he would boost the team immediately.

“He’ll take a little bit of time to get the speed of the game – he hasn’t played in seven months or something like that.

“But he’s a quality player and, automatically, our players feel better about themselves having him on the field.

“We look forward to having him back if we go that way this afternoon.”

Maric and fellow key players Alex Rance and Brett Deledio were injured in the first few weeks of the season.

But Rance and Deledio are back and the Tigers have been eager for Maric’s return.

“The mark of a player is you make people around you better and that’s what Ivan does,” Hardwick said.

“He instils belief in players and we’ve missed that … in the early parts of the year.

“We look forward to bringing that back in.”

Hardwick was upbeat before training about Jackson, but the onballer did very little work on the track.

“He’s come on better than we thought.

“His recovery has been great (and) that’s one thing with Jacko you can never doubt – doing everything and his utmost to get his body out on the track.”