The second game on Sunday for AFL Round 14 is between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Greater Western Sydney Giants. The match is to be played at Etihad Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 3:20pm local time with home team North Melbourne Kangaroos currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Greater Western Sydney Giants.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Sunday 30 June, 3:20pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| North Melbourne Kangaroos | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 |
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Greater Western Sydney Giants
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15.00 | 15.00 | 16.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 |
Preview:
North Melbourne take on Western Sydney on Sunday, 3.20pm at Etihad Stadium. While the Kangaroos had a bad week against the Dockers last round, they should have no trouble whatsoever overcoming GWS this week. With the Roos keen to bounce back after last week and the Giants with such a bad recent record at Etihad Stadium, the scoreline here could get ugly.
Teams:
North Melbourne Kangaroos:
B: Lachlan Hansen, Scott D. Thompson, Aaron Mullett
HB: Taylor Hine, Nathan Grima, Jamie Macmillan
C: Sam Gibson, Ryan Bastinac, Shaun Atley
HF: Daniel Wells, Drew Petrie, Brent Harvey
F: Lindsay Thomas, Aaron Black, Levi Greenwood
Foll: Todd Goldstein, Andrew Swallow, Jack Ziebell
Int (from): Brad McKenzie, Leigh Adams, Taylor Garner, Jordan Gysberts, Ben Jacobs, Michael Firrito, Robbie Tarrant
In: R.Tarrant, J.Gysberts, J.Ziebell, B.Jacobs, T.Garner
Out: L.Anthony, S.Wright
Greater Western Sydney Giants:
B: Curtly Hampton, Stephen Gilham, Adam Kennedy
HB: Aidan Corr, Tim Mohr, Callan Ward
C: Lachie Whitfield, Adam Treloar, Sam Reid
HF: Devon Smith, Jeremy Cameron, Will Hoskin-Elliott
F: Taylor Adams, Adam Tomlinson, Liam Sumner
Foll: Jonathan Giles, Toby Greene, Tom Scully
Int (from): Zachary Williams, Joshua Bruce, Jacob Townsend, Nicholas Haynes, Setanta O’hAilpin, Dylan Shiel, Shaun Edwards
In: S.Gilham, S.O’hAilpin, S.Edwards, L.Sumner, N.Haynes
Out: S.Coniglio, L.Plowman
Scott wants umpires to protect players
North Melbourne AFL coach Brad Scott has urged umpires to give players greater protection from taggers after Fremantle’s Ryan Crowley was fined $1200 for pinching Brent Harvey.
Crowley’s tactics during last Sunday’s round-13 game in Perth prompted a furious reaction from North’s Harvey, who argued with Crowley immediately after the final siren.
Fremantle challenged Crowley’s report but were unsuccesful in having the case thrown out.
Scott said Harvey was quite capable of dealing with Crowley in a more aggressive manner during Sunday’s game but the five-time club champion would have risked a heavy suspension.
The Kangaroos coach also took a swipe at Fremantle’s tactics at Tuesday’s tribunal hearing.
“The tagger is trying to get a reaction from the tagged player,” Scott told reporters on Thursday.
“The player has either got to be protected by the umpire or he has got to have the right to protect himself.
“He gave away a 50-metre penalty which cost us a goal directly so there was one occasion where he wasn’t able to keep control.”
Scott said he had told Harvey to give honest evidence.
“When you are summoned before the tribunal as the victim, you’re compelled to tell the truth and I implored ‘Boomer’ (Harvey) to do that,” Scott said.
Scott said Fremantle had mounted a pretty ordinary defence.
“Their motives were to try to bait ‘Boomer’ into saying something he didn’t way to say,” Scott said.
“So when he was pushed and pushed and pushed, ‘Boomer’ had no option but to say ‘look, if you’re asking me what happened, this is what happened’.
“That sunk Ryan Crowley’s case.
“The tribunal were left with a decision to believe who they want to believe and they went against Ryan Crowley.”
Scott said Harvey would’ve thrived in the brutal style of 1980s football.
“If that was 30 years ago and he was subjected to what he was subjected to on the weekend, he would have just dropped Ryan Crowley,” Scott said.
“But he did that in the final over in Perth last year (against West Coast) and he got six weeks.
“The umpires had a chance at the start of the game when ‘Boomer’ was put down off the ball to pay a free kick and set the tone for the game and they didn’t take it.
“I’m sure they’ll review that.”
Jacob Mollison, who umpired the Fremantle-North game, was a guest at North’s Thursday training session.
North (13th) host bottom side Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.