The first game on Saturday for AFL Round 14 is between Gold Coast Suns and Adelaide Crows. The match is to be played at Metricon Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 1:40pm local time with away team Adelaide Crows currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Gold Coast Suns and Adelaide Crows.
WHERE AND WHEN: Metricon Stadium, Saturday 29 June, 1:40pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Gold Coast Suns | 2.15 | 2.18 | 2.20 | 2.18 | 2.15 | 2.17 |
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Adelaide Crows
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1.70 | 1.68 | 1.67 | 1.68 | 1.70 | 1.70 |
Preview:
The Gold Coast Suns take on the Adelaide Tigers on Saturday, 1.40pm at Metricon Stadium. Both sides are coming into this encounter from a bye last week, and should be fairly evenly matched. The Suns have really stood up this season, and are no longer the easy beat that they once were. Ablett, along with youngsters like O’Meara, McKenzie and Prestia have performed great in the last few weeks and will offer tough competition for the Tigers. Saying that, however, the Tigers should really win here, but it could be a close one.
Teams:
Gold Coast Suns:
B: Trent McKenzie, Sam Day, Joel Wilkinson
HB: David Swallow, Rory Thompson, Tom Murphy
C: Matt Shaw, Gary Ablett, Jarrod Harbrow
HF: Karmichael Hunt, Steven May, Aaron Hall
F: Campbell Brown, Daniel Gorringe, Timmy Sumner
Foll: Tom Nicholls, Danny Stanley, Jaeger O’Meara
Int: Greg Broughton, Andrew Boston, Maverick Weller, Dion Prestia
Emerg: Sebastian Tape, Liam Patrick, Kyal Horsley
In: G.Broughton, M.Weller, S.May, K.Hunt, A.Boston
Out: M.Rischitelli (elbow), L.Patrick, L.Russell (hip), J.Hutchins, T.Lynch (knee)
Adelaide Crows:
B: Rory Laird, Ben Rutten, Andrew Otten
HB: Brodie Smith, Daniel Talia, Brent Reilly
C: Matthew Jaensch, Bernie Vince, Rory Sloane
HF: Nathan van Berlo, Josh Jenkins, Thomas Lynch
F: Scott Thompson, Ricky Henderson, Jason Porplyzia
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Patrick Dangerfield, Richard Douglas
Int: Aidan Riley, Luke Brown, Brad Crouch, Matthew Wright
Emerg: David Mackay, Shaun McKernan, Richard Tambling
In: : B.Reilly, A.Riley, B.Crouch
Out: D.Mackay, I.Callinan, S.McKernan
Hunt set for Suns’ AFL return
Gold Coast midfielder Karmichael Hunt is expected to return from injury for the Suns’ round 14 AFL clash with Adelaide.
Hunt has been missing from the senior line-up since the round six loss to Fremantle with a hamstring injury.
But the former rugby league star played for the Suns reserves last week and coach Guy McKenna expects him to be fit enough to play the Crows after this weekend’s bye.
“I’d think he’s a big chance to play,” McKenna told reporters.
“We’re going to miss Michael Rischitelli for a few weeks.
“We can’t replace him as far as experience goes, but certainly that hardness around the ball, Karmichael, Greg Broughton and Jared Brennan provide that.
“There’s three ready-made replacements there.”
Rischitelli is still waiting for swelling to go down on his injured right arm after he damaged ligaments in his elbow in last weekend’s loss to the Bombers.
The former Brisbane Lion could require surgery and may face up to four weeks on the sidelines.
It’s hardly the news Rischitelli would be hoping for with his future at the Suns still undecided.
McKenna said he was confident the 27-year-old midfielder still has a role to play with the team.
“He’s had an interrupted season and was just starting to get his body right and was starting to produce the footy we know he can,” McKenna said.
“He kept (Brent) Stanton to 10 possessions in a half, that says enough about what we expect and how he can deliver.
“We understand what he provides our football club. If that’s the last game we go off, that’s a good one.
“He did everything we asked of him.”