Saturday fifth AFL Round 15 match is between Adelaide Crows and West Coast Eagles with the game to be played at AAMI Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:10pm local time with home team Adelaide Crows currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Adelaide Crows and West Coast Eagles.
WHERE AND WHEN: AAMI Stadium, Saturday 6 July, 7:10pm
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Preview:
Adelaide take on West Coast in the other Saturday night game, 7.10pm at AAMI Stadium. Expect another very close contest here, with the Crows in 11th position and the Eagles in 10th. While this is a tough one to call, the home ground advantage is perhaps enough for the Crows to take home the points. West Coast have had a little more time to rest, however, with their game last Thursday perhaps giving them an edge. Both teams will be hungry for a win here, and with the finals getting closer, neither can afford to lose.
Teams:
Adelaide Crows:
B: Andrew Otten, Ben Rutten, Luke Brown
HB: Nathan van Berlo, Daniel Talia, Brodie Smith
C: Bernie Vince, Rory Sloane, Brad Crouch
HF: Aidan Riley, Ricky Henderson, Richard Douglas
F: Jason Porplyzia, Josh Jenkins, Matthew Wright
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Patrick Dangerfield, Scott Thompson
Int: Shaun McKernan, Rory Laird, Matthew Jaensch, Thomas Lynch
Emerg: David Mackay, Richard Tambling, Kyle Hartigan
In: S.McKernan
Out: B.Reilly (Shoulder)
West Coast Eagles:
B: Will Schofield, Darren Glass, Mitchell Brown
HB: Jacob Brennan, Eric Mackenzie, Beau Waters
C: Andrew Embley, Matt Priddis, Matt Rosa
HF: Mark Hutchings, Josh Kennedy, Josh Hill
F: Mark LeCras, Dean Cox, Jack Darling
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Chris Masten, Brad Sheppard
Int: Patrick McGinnity, Bradd Dalziell, Jamie Cripps, Andrew Gaff
Emerg: Blayne Wilson, Cale Morton, Scott Lycett
In: J.Hill, J.Brennan, J.Cripps, A.Embley
Out: D.Kerr (ribs), S.Butler (back), As.Smith (calf), S.Tunbridge
Crows lose Reilly for rest of AFL season
Adelaide defender Brent Reilly will miss the rest of the AFL season with a shoulder injury.
Reilly needs surgery which will sideline him between three and six months, Crows coach Brenton Sanderson says.
Reilly was hurt in the opening minute of last Saturday’s win against Gold Coast – his comeback match after being dropped and told to lose some weight by coaching staff.
“It has been one of those years for Brent,” Sanderson told reporters on Wednesday.
“He has struggled for form a little bit during the season.
“And we got him back, training hard, he dropped a couple of kilos, stripped off a bit of extra muscle mass – it wasn’t that he was overweight.
“We feel really disappointed for him.”
Reilly’s absence is compounded by the sudden retirement of a possible experienced replacement, Graham Johncock.
“It means our backline is even more inexperienced going into this week, but those boys have stood up pretty will this year,” Sanderson said.
The 29-year-old Reilly will have surgery soon and joins forward Taylor Walker (knee reconstruction) as long-term Adelaide casualties.
Patrick Dangerfield (ribs) and Matthew Wright (ankle) are tipped to recover from their injuries and play against West Coast on Saturday night in a game between clubs with six wins and seven losses.
“We need to flick the switch pretty quick. If we are going to be playing our best footy, it has got to happen this week,” Sanderson said.
“It looks like if we are going to play finals, we’re going to do it the hard way and are going to have to scrap and fight and do everything we possibly can to try and finish sixth to eighth.”
