Sunday first AFL Round 4 match is between Sydney Swans and North Melbourne Kangaroos with the game to be played at SCG. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1.10pm with home team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Sydney Swans and North Melbourne Kangaroos.

Round: Round 4, Sunday April 13, 1.10pm AEST
Stadium: SCG
Weather: 23° A few showers

Odds Comparison:

Sydney Swans	1.38	1.40	1.41	1.40	1.38	1.38
North Melbourne Kangaroos	3.10	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.10	3.10

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

Preview:

The first Sunday game of Round 4 takes place between the Swans and Kangaroos, 1.10PM at the SCG. The Swans will be favourites to take the points here, even though they have only won a single game so far this season. The Sydney side did look the goods last week, however, demolishing the Crows with a little help from star recruit Lance Franklin.

The Roos also looked good last round against Port, but will have to do even better if they want to beat the Swans on their home turf. With both teams in good form and Lance Franklin making his debut at his new, redeveloped home, this game could be an absolute cracker. If North Melbourne can keep up their strong performance from last round, this could be very close.

Teams:

Sydney Swans:
B Nick Smith, Ted Richards, Dane Rampe
HB Nick Malceski, Heath Grundy, Rhyce Shaw
C Lewis Jetta, Josh Kennedy, Dan Hannebery
HF Ryan O’Keefe, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Ben McGlynn
F Tom Mitchell, Lance Franklin, Luke Parker
FOL Mike Pyke, Jarrad McVeigh, Kieren Jack
I/C Craig Bird, Toby Nankervis, Gary Rohan, Jeremy Laidler, Dean Towers, Tom Derickx, Harry Cunningham (Three to be omitted)

IN Craig Bird, Toby Nankervis, Dean Towers

North Melbourne Kangaroos:
B Aaron Mullett, Nathan Grima, Nick Dal Santo
HB Shaun Atley, Scott D. Thompson, Levi Greenwood
C Sam Gibson, Ryan Bastinac, Ben Jacobs
HF Lindsay Thomas, Aaron Black, Ben Cunnington
F Daniel Currie, Drew Petrie, Lachlan Hansen
FOL Todd Goldstein, Daniel Wells, Brent Harvey
I/C Joel Tippett, Robin Nahas, Luke McDonald, Liam Anthony, Brad McKenzie, Leigh Adams, Michael Firrito (Three to be omitted)

IN Joel Tippett, Robin Nahas, Liam Anthony, Michael Firrito
OUT Jamie Macmillan (Leg)

News:

The Sydney Swans have moved closer to finally fielding all of their celebrated quartet of AFL key forwards, with Adam Goodes having his first team training session for three months.

At one stage on Friday, Goodes, Kurt Tippett, Sam Reid and Lance Franklin all came together in one group on the SCG, generating off-field chatter about their collective value and goal outputs.

Thus far star recruit Franklin has only played with Reid.

Goodes and Tippett are both recovering from knee injuries and have yet to play this season.

They are both expected to be available in the next two to four weeks along with Reid, who has been sidelined with an Achilles problem after playing the first two games.

Valuable tall man utility Lewis Roberts-Thomson, who filled in up forward in Reid’s absence last week, wasn’t sure where he would fit in once all four established forwards were available.

“I’m not entirely sure how things will pan out,” Roberts-Thomson said.

“But if everyone is playing well. then there’s a healthy competition for spots across the board. Hopefully it will make the team better.”

Roberts-Thomson had a injury setback himself when he missed round two with a groin injury.

It was at this time last year that he suffered a knee injury that prevented him playing another senior game in 2013.

“I learnt that I can’t push my body to the limits all the time and I need to be patient and I need to sit back and take my medicine,” Roberts-Thomson said.

One of just three dual premiership-winning Sydney players in the current squad along with Goodes and Ryan O’Keefe, 30-year-old Roberts-Thomson is excited about the emergence of several young players and their growing impact on the side.

“I don’t want to jinx anything, but I think the team we have at the moment is very exciting,” Roberts-Thomson said.

“The young guys coming through, they really provide some speed and some outside run and they really add to the overall makeup of the side.”

Sydney play their first SCG game of the season on Sunday against North Melbourne.

“For us it’s going to be a really, really big team challenge across the board,” Roberts-Thomson said.

“We’re going to have to attack the footy and make our tackles and try not to give North too much breathing space.”