The second of Saturday’s AFL Round 11 matches is between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans. The game is set to commence at 4:10pm local time with the game to be played at AAMI Stadium. Away team Sydney Swans go into the match as the favourites in the market. View our preview and teams for the game between  Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans.

Round: Round 11 4:10 PM June 08, 2013
Stadium: AAMI Stadium
Weather: 18° Partly cloudy

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Odds Comparison by AFL Odds:

Adelaide Crows	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.52
Sydney Swans	1.53	1.53	1.55	1.53	1.53	1.54

Preview:

Teams:

Adelaide Crows:
B: Rory Laird, Ben Rutten, Andrew Otten
HB: Brent Reilly, Daniel Talia, David Mackay
C: Bernie Vince, Patrick Dangerfield, Rory Sloane
HF: Nathan van Berlo, Shaun McKernan, Jared Petrenko
F: Josh Jenkins, Sam Kerridge, Thomas Lynch
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Richard Douglas, Scott Thompson
Int: Jason Porplyzia, Brad Crouch, Ricky Henderson, Brodie Smith
Emerg: Jarryd Lyons, Ian Callinan, Matthew Wright

In: S.McKernan, R.Henderson, B.Crouch
Out: B.Martin, L.Brown (calf), J.Lyons

Sydney Swans:
B: Nick Malceski, Ted Richards, Nick Smith
HB: Jarrad McVeigh, Heath Grundy, Dane Rampe
C: Luke Parker, Daniel Hannebery, Kieren Jack
HF: Craig Bird, Adam Goodes, Jude Bolton
F: Tom Mitchell, Shane Mumford, Ben McGlynn
Foll: Mike Pyke, Josh Kennedy, Ryan O’Keefe
Int: Andrejs Everitt, Brandon Jack, Jesse White, Mitch Morton
Emerg: Jed Lamb, Dean Towers, Tony Armstrong

In: J.White, B.Jack
Out: L.Jetta (shin soreness), T.Walsh (hamstring)

Tippett steal adds spice to Swans: Crows

Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson says Saturday’s clash with Sydney has extra spice because the Swans stole Kurt Tippett.

Tippett will serve the last of his 11-match ban when his new club meets his old, having walked out of the Crows to join Sydney.

Bitterness remains in Adelaide, with Sanderson saying the AAMI Stadium match carries extra feeling because of Tippett.

“There probably is,” Sanderson told reporters on Wednesday.

“You come up against some teams and there has been a rivalry develop over time.

“This is probably the freshest rivalry for us, and not just because of the Kurt Tippett situation, but because they beat us in a final here last year.”

But Sanderson said any extra motivation carried by Crows players would soon dissipate.

“That doesn’t last long for a player,” he said.

“If you’re trying to build up motivation for a game, that might last a minute or two in the first quarter, then you settle down into a game of footy.

“We won’t build this game up as anything else than a must-win game for our footy club, regardless of what happened at the end of last season.”

Tippett’s illegal 2009 deal resulted in the player, Adelaide’s chief executive Steven Trigg and football manager Phil Harper being banned by the AFL.

All were found to have breached draft and salary cap rules, with the Crows also fined $300,000 and handed draft penalties.

Harper has returned from his two-month ban while Trigg’s six-month suspension ends this month.

“As a footy club, as a coach and as a footy team, we’re certainly looking forward. We don’t want to look back too much,” Sanderson said, admitting he was thankful Tippett’s suspension saved him the headache of trying to stop the powerful forward.

“I’m happy that he’s not playing because he’s such a good player. He can ruck – he’s a danger forward,” he said.

“I would still like him playing in our team but he’s obviously not. That ship has sailed.”