Saturdays third AFL Round 6 match is between Adelaide Crows and Hawthorn Hawks with the game to be played at AAMI Stadium in Adelaide. The opening bounce is set to commence at 4:10pm local time with away team Hawthorn Hawks currently holding favouritism although it is a must win game for the Crows. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Adelaide Crows and Hawthorn Hawks.
WHERE AND WHEN: AAMI Stadium, Saturday May 4, 4:10pm
Opening Odds:
Adelaide Crows $4.50 vs Hawthorn Hawks $1.22 at Sportsbet Australia
Adelaide Crows $3.90 vs Hawthorn Hawks $1.27 at Luxbet Australia
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Preview:
It’s Adelaide vs Hawthorn on Saturday, 4.10pm at AAMI Stadium. Both of these sides suffered significant injuries in the last round, with Taylor Walker out for the Crows and Cyril Rioli out for the Hawks. Hawthorn are favourites to win this encounter, after not losing a match since Round 1 and showing enough ticker to hang on and win by three points against North Melbourne last weekend.
Teams:
Adelaide Crows:
B: Ben Rutten, Daniel Talia, Andy Otten
HB: Luke Brown, Brent Reilly, David Mackay
C: Sam Kerridge, Scott Thompson, Brodie Smith
HF: Richard Douglas, Shaun McKernan, Jarryd Lyons
F: Jason Porplyzia, Tom, Lynch, Josh Jenkins
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Patrick Dangerfield, Rory Sloane
Int: Ricky Henderson, Bernie Vince, Matthew Jaensch, Matthew Wright
Emerg: Lewis Johnston, Jared Petrenko, Richard Tambling
IN: Jarryd Lyons, Shaun McKernan, Jason Porplyzia
OUT: Taylor Walker (knee), Rory Laird (corked thigh), Jared Petrenko (omitted)
Hawthorn Hawks:
FB: Josh Gibson, Brian Lake, Luke Hodge
HB: Grant Birchall, Ben Stratton, Brent Guerra
C: Isaac Smith, Sam Mitchell, Brad Hill
HF: Shaun Burgoyne, Lance Franklin, Paul Puopolo
F: Luke Breust, Jarryd Roughead, Jack Gunston
Foll: Max Bailey, Jordan Lewis, Brad Sewell
Int: Liam Shiels, David Hale, Jonathan Simpkin, Michael Osborne
Emerg: Taylor Duryea, Kyle Cheney, Matt Spangher
IN: Brad Sewell, Jonathan Simpkin
OUT: Cyril Rioli (hamstring), Shane Savage (omitted)
Hawks relieved to be winning ugly
Hawthorn might not be winning AFL games as comfortably as they’d like, but the Hawks’ confidence is buoyed that their best is surely yet to come.
The premiership favourites produced a get-out-of-jail weekend win against North Melbourne despite trailing on every key statistical indicator except the one that mattered most.
“Last year, we could have lost the game, I’d say,” Hawthorn defender Grant Birchall admitted of the three-point win.
“To get the four points when we didn’t play particularly well is a good sign, but we move on pretty quickly from that.
“The boys are feeling confident, feeling pretty good about themselves.
“To be 4-1 after five games with the draw we’ve had so far is a pretty fair result.”
Birchall believes it was the Hawks’ better players who willed them over the line against the Kangaroos – Sam Mitchell and Luke Hodge particularly prominent when it counted.
“They (North) were probably spewing … they missed a few opportunities they should have taken,” he said.
“But I thought our key players like Hodgey and Mitch really stood up at the end of that game.
“They sort of carried us over the line in the end.”
Cyril Rioli’s four-goal haul was also pivotal, though his long-term injury – combined with the previous week’s season-ender to defender Ryan Schoenmakers – will test their playing depth.
“I dare say if it wasn’t for him yesterday, we’d have been in a bit of strife,” Birchall said of Rioli, who will be sidelined until at least round 12 with his hamstring injury.
“He’s obviously pretty hard to replace with his skill level and his ball-winning ability and his goalkicking.
“He’ll be sorely missed, but we’ve got some good depth. I’m confident whoever comes in can fill the void pretty well.”
Birchall expects Saturday’s opponents Adelaide to be fired up, with memories of their narrow preliminary final loss to the Hawks last year still fresh.
