Saturday’s first AFL Round 12 match is between Richmond Tigers and Adelaide Crows with the game to be played at MCG. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1:40pm local time with home team Richmond Tigers currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Richmond Tigers and Adelaide Crows.
WHERE AND WHEN: MCG, Saturday 15 June, 1:40pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Richmond Tigers | 1.32 | 1.35 | 1.38 | 1.35 | 1.32 | 1.33 |
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3.35 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.35 | 3.40 |
Preview:
Richmond take on Adelaide on Saturday, 1.40pm at the MCG. The Tigers are another team that enjoyed a rest last week, and will come into this one as fresh favourites against a struggling Crows side. Adelaide lost to the Swans by 77 points last weekend, and will be doing it tough to turn around their confidence after such a big defeat. With the Tigers 9th on the ladder, however, and the Crows only just behind them on 10th, this has the potential for being a close contest. Richmond look the better side at the moment though, with a number of players performing well and five multiple goal kickers in their last match against West Coast. The Crows will also be extra keen to get some points on the board and make it into the top eight just in time for the second half of the season.
Teams:
Richmond Tigers:
B: Steven Morris, Alex Rance, Bachar Houli
HB: Chris Newman, Troy Chaplin, Nick Vlastuin
C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Daniel Jackson
HF: Aaron Edwards, Shane Edwards, Jake King
F: Ty Vickery, Jack Riewoldt, Dustin Martin
Foll: Ivan Maric, Brett Deledio, Nathan Foley
Int: Matt White, Brandon Ellis, Jake Batchelor, Reece Conca
Emerg: Robin Nahas, David Astbury, Sam Lonergan
In: R.Conca, B.Ellis
Out: S.Lonergan, M.Dea (calf)
Adelaide Crows:
B: Rory Laird, Ben Rutten, Andrew Otten
HB: David Mackay, Daniel Talia, Brodie Smith
C: Nathan van Berlo, Patrick Dangerfield, Rory Sloane
HF: Thomas Lynch, Josh Jenkins, Bernie Vince
F: Jason Porplyzia, Shaun McKernan, Ian Callinan
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Scott Thompson, Richard Douglas
Int: Matthew Jaensch, Luke Brown, Ricky Henderson, Matthew Wright
Emerg: Graham Johncock, Jarryd Lyons, Brad Crouch
In: D.Mackay, M.Jaensch, M.Wright, L.Brown
Out: B.Reilly, J.Petrenko (shoulder), S.Kerridge, B.Crouch
Tigers ready for Crows in AFL: coachRichmond fear no one, even if it’s a desperate Adelaide being urged to fight to the death.Buoyed by the outstanding round 10 away win over West Coast, Tigers coach Damien Hardwick says his team can handle whatever Adelaide throw at them in Saturday’s crucial AFL match at the MCG.“Realistically, it’s up to your playing group,” Hardwick said before Thursday’s training.
“As a coaching group, we can sit there and we think we have all the answers, but the players control the destiny of the football club.
“They play a controlled brand of footy that offensively can get us up and going.
“We don’t think we fear anyone in the competition.”
But Hardwick has warned the Tigers of a much different Adelaide to the rabble that surrendered so meekly to Sydney last weekend.
Crows coach Brenton Sanderson said this week that his team cannot afford a loss to Richmond and said they must “fight to the death”.
The Tigers are ninth and Adelaide are one spot below them, with a game in hand.
Hardwick doubts he has seen a side play as well as Sydney did against Adelaide, but added the Crows had a bad day.
He doubts last year’s preliminary finalists will turn up their toes again a week later.
“We spoke to our players about Adelaide, both (on) Tuesday and today, just about (how) every side is entitled to have a bad game,” Hardwick said.
“Adelaide are a better side than that and they’ll come out and play a better brand of football.
“It will be more physical, as Brenton said this week, so we’re certainly under no illusions … we’re going to have our hands full.”
Richmond are coming off the bye and Hardwick said it had been good for his team, despite the potential loss of momentum.
“The pleasing thing for us is we certainly get some players back over the course of having (a week) off,” he said.
“From our point of view, it came at a good time.
“We’re certainly looking forward to starting the second part of the season (reinvigorated), refreshed and getting our game up and going again.”