The first game on Friday for AFL Round 17 is between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Carlton Blues. The match is to be played at Etihad Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 7.50pm local time with home team North Melbourne currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Carlton Blues.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Friday July 19, 7.50pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| North Melbourne Kangaroos | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.80 | 1.77 |
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Carlton Blues
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2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.05 |
Preview:
Teams:
North Melbourne Kangaroos:
B: Lachie Hansen, Scott Thompson, Aaron Mullett
HB: Jamie Macmillan, Nathan Grima, Scott McMahon
C: Sam Gibson, Daniel Wells, Shaun Atley
HF: Ben Cunnington, Drew Petrie, Brent Harvey
F: Aaron Black, Robbie Tarrant, Lindsay Thomas
Foll: Todd Goldstein, Andrew Swallow, Jack Ziebell
Int: Brad McKenzie, Ryan Bastinac, Leigh Adams, Taylor Hine
Emerg: Luke Delaney, Levi Greenwood, Will Sierakowski
In: McMahon Thomas
Out: Firrito Greenwood
Carlton Blues:
B: Matthew Watson, Michael Jamison, Lachie Henderson
HB: Zach Tuohy, Andrew McInnes, Bryce Gibbs
C: Chris Yarran, Chris Judd, Kade Simpson
HF: Ed Curnow, Andrew Walker, Jeffrey Garlett
F: Brock McLean, Sam Rowe, Heath Scotland
Foll: Matthew Kreuzer, Eddie Betts, Marc Murphy
Int: Andrew Carrazzo, Jaryd Cachia, Kane Lucas, Dennis Armfield
Emerg: Levi Casboult, Mitch Robinson, Simon White
In: Nil
Out:
Kangas no better in key AFL area: Scott
North Melbourne coach Brad Scott concedes the Kangaroos aren’t getting better at stopping other AFL teams producing game-turning rushes of goals despite their best efforts.
Brisbane’s weekend comeback against the Kangaroos, when the Lions rebounded from 33 points down in the third term to win by 12, continued a frustrating trend.
It was the sixth time this season a seemingly match-winning lead has turned into a narrow defeat.
Had North won all those games they’d sit only percentage off top spot.
Instead they’re 11th and nearly out of finals contention ahead of Friday night’s crunch clash with ninth-placed Carlton.
Scott expected a spirited response from his players and has no plans to stop the up-tempo gameplan which has helped the Kangaroos regularly build leads against top-class opposition.
But he said the ability to slow the game down when the tables started turning was also important and despite constant work, wasn’t improving.
Scott said when the Kangaroos were dominating games, too frequently the opposition would change styles and North couldn’t cope.
“The opposition has changed and we haven’t adapted,” Scott said on Tuesday.
“The disappointing thing is we’ve seen common themes in being scored against and we’ve worked on that and we haven’t improved.
“So we’ve got to keep working on that and keep identifying the key areas that we’ve got to fix and it takes time.
“Players take time to adjust to different systems.
“We think our systems work really well but they’ve been letting us down at times as well because we haven’t followed through on them.
“That is disappointing. It is a trend and we’re not shying away from that.”
Adding to North’s worries is a series of minor injuries sustained against the Lions.
Captain Andrew Swallow did little at training except jog along the boundary, although Scott was confident he would overcome several complaints, including an arm injury, to front the Blues.
Jack Ziebell (knee), Lachie Hansen (concussion) and Aaron Mullett (ankle) must all prove their fitness.
Forward livewire Lindsay Thomas, who has kicked 19 goals in his previous five games against the Blues and leads North’s goal-kicking this season, will return from suspension.