Saturday second AFL Round 11 match is between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans with the game to be played at AAMI Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 4:10pm local time with away team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans.

WHERE AND WHEN: AAMI Stadium, Saturday June 8, 4:10pm

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Opening odds comparison:

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:

The Adelaide Crows play the Sydney Swans on Saturday, 4.40pm at AAMI Stadium. This is promising to be a good match, with the Swans favourites but the Crows enjoying a good record against the Sydney side. The Crows have won eight of their last ten games against Sydney, and will also enjoy the home ground advantage this weekend. Despite these advantages, however, it’s hard going past the reigning premiers, who are in good form at the moment and have one of the strongest midfields in the competition.

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)

Swans’ Walsh to miss rest of AFL season

Sydney forward Tommy Walsh will miss the rest of the AFL season after suffering a serious hamstring injury in Saturday’s win over Essendon.

Coach John Longmire on Monday also revealed veteran defender Rhyce Shaw is still four or five weeks away from making a comeback, after suffering pelvic problems in addition to an abdominal strain which has kept him out for two months.

Walsh, the Swans’ only casualty in their 44-point victory at the SCG, was substituted off with a leg injury early in the second quarter.

Longmire said on Monday scans revealed the Irishman had torn his hamstring tendon off the bone and would require an operation this week.

“That’s it for the year for him,” Longmire told reporters.

“It’s a bad injury. It looked bad at the time and unfortunately the scans have revealed that it’s as bad as what we thought.”

While Walsh is yet to establish himself in the Swans’ senior team, Longmire said it was disappointing that he won’t get the chance to prove himself this season.

The Swans’ defensive depth has been thoroughly tested over the past fortnight, with Shaw, Marty Mattner (hip), Lewis Roberts-Thomson (knee) and Alex Johnson (knee) all out.

But Longmire has been impressed with the way his back six have held the team’s defence together.

“We’ve introduced Dane Rampe and we’ve changed the team a little bit to make up for some personnel missing in the back six, but I think that’s actually helped us at times,” he said.

One of the changes that Longmire says he’s open to pursue on Saturday against the Crows is pushing Adam Goodes forward – a move which saw him bag four goals in the absence of Walsh at the weekend.

“We know that Goodesy’s a pretty effective midfielder, but he’s also an effective key forward as well – even though it’s something I’ve probably been reluctant to do,” he said.

“Certainly with Tommy out and no Sam Reid, and no (Kurt) Tippett, something to consider is Goodesy forward a bit more.”