The fourth game on Saturday for AFL Round 15 is between Adelaide Crows and West Coast Eagles. The match is to be played at (stadium/oval) with the opening bounce set to commence at 7:10pm local time with home team Adelaide Crows currently holding favouritism in the market. 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 boss thankful for second AFL chance
Disgraced Adelaide chief executive Steven Trigg is thankful for a second chance, but says the harsh AFL penalties on the Crows have one more sting to come.
Trigg returned after a six-month AFL ban on Monday, saying he won’t respond to critics including former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett who believe he should have been sacked.
“What is the point? What I need to do is knuckle down and let my actions speak louder than words,” Trigg told reporters on Monday.
Trigg was suspended for his role in Kurt Tippett’s 2009 contract with the Crows which broke AFL salary cap rules.
“I realised that there was a problem with it,” Trigg said of the shady Tippett deal.
He was also fined $50,000, the Crows were fined $300,000 and lost draft picks, and Tippett was suspended 11 matches.
Trigg said he was determined to help the Crows overcome the penalties, particularly in the draft.
Adelaide lost their initial two picks in this year’s draft, and gave up their top two selections in last year’s draft in a plea bargain with the AFL.
“The task I have is to try and overcome those obstacles. There are ways of doing that,” he said.
“It’s a stinger, don’t worry about that.
“But at the same time … if we give the recruiting guys all the resources in the world they need, I think we can overcome it.
“It depends on what we can do in the trade and the free agency.”
The salary cap scandal emerged as Tippett walked out on Adelaide in a bitter split last October, to join Sydney.
“At the time, I was pretty angry about the whole thing. They (the Tippett camp) were angry as well,” Trigg said.
“But is there any point in keeping that?”
The AFL penalties also included bans for Adelaide’s past and present football operations managers.
“I actually think the penalties were harsh all round,” Trigg said.
“And there are different views on that.
“I genuinely felt that, like the rest of us, Kurt copped a harsh penalty and I am not being overly generous.”
Trigg said he would always regret the Tippett deal.
“You could curl up in a corner and feel sorry for yourself or actually stand up and say `I have stuffed it up, and need to make good on it’,” he said.
“There have been many great people who have supported me … and the sense of obligation to repay that faith is probably the most prevalent one on my mind this morning, that is the most overwhelming emotion.”