Round 10 takes us through to Monday with the final game being West Coast v Richmond.
Both teams come into this game with a season record of 5-4 but, with the superior percentage, West Coast sit in sixth spot compared to Richmond’s tenth.
West Coast have had a good time of it over the past month in terms of the draw, registering wins over Western Bulldogs, Brisbane and GWS but it was their narrow win over North in Round 8, that signalled the Eagles were back to near their best form.
The return of Nic Naitanui to the side has provided the spark West Coast were missing in the early rounds but with Hawthorn, Essendon, Adelaide, Fremantle and Sydney awaiting West Coast in the next few rounds, they’ll need more than Naitanui to stand up and lead the way.
Richmond needs a win here to keep tabs on teams in the eight.
After registering comfortable wins against Port and Melbourne, the Tigers couldn’t keep pace with the Bombers last week and were beaten 91-62.
It took the Tiger’s record against teams placed higher them on the ladder to 1-4 however, their betting stats when away (3-1) and when away as outsiders (2-1) are strong and with +25.5 start, may give the Eagles something to chase.
Odds comparison by AFL Odds:
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| West Coast Eagles | 1.28 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.28 | 1.29 |
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Richmond Tigers
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3.65 | 3.80 | 3.90 | 3.80 | 3.65 | 3.70 |
Teams:
West Coast Eagles:
B: Eric Mackenzie, Darren Glass, Sam Butler
HB: Shannon Hurn, Mitchell Brown, Matt Rosa
C: Andrew Gaff, Scott Selwood, Daniel Kerr
HF: Mark LeCras, Jack Darling, Chris Masten
F: Dean Cox, Josh Kennedy, Josh Hill
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Matt Priddis, Luke Shuey
Int (from): Patrick McGinnity, Mark Hutchings, Brad Sheppard, Andrew Embley, Bradd Dalziell, Adam Selwood, Jacob Brennan
In: A.Selwood, P.McGinnity, A.Embley
Richmond Tigers:
B: Steven Morris, Alex Rance, Bachar Houli
HB: Chris Newman, Troy Chaplin, Nick Vlastuin
C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Daniel Jackson
HF: Sam Lonergan, Shane Edwards, Jake King
F: Ty Vickery, Jack Riewoldt, Dustin Martin
Foll: Ivan Maric, Brett Deledio, Nathan Foley
Int (from): Aaron Edwards, Matt White, Matthew Arnot, Brad Helbig, Jake Batchelor, Matt Dea, David Astbury
In: A.Edwards, D.Astbury, M.Arnot, M.Dea, B.Helbig
