Sunday’s only AFL Round 11 match is between St Kilda Saints and West Coast Eagles with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 4:40pm local time with away team West Coast Eagles currently holding favouritism despite losing Monday night. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between St Kilda Saints and West Coast Eagles.

WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Sunday June 9, 4:40pm

Opening odds comparison:

St Kilda Saints	3.10	3.20	3.30	3.20	3.10	3.12
West Coast Eagles	1.37	1.35	1.35	1.35	1.37	1.38

Preview:

The West Coast Eagles play St Kilda Saints on Sunday, 4.40pm at Etihad Stadium. While the Saints continue to look average at best, they are at least in with a shot against the Eagles. The West Coast had a bad week in Round 10 against Richmond, and will have to regain confidence to bounce back and beat the Saints without the help of their captain Darren Glass. The Eagles will still go into this encounter as favourites, however, with St Kilda having an equally bad game last week against North Melbourne.

Teams:

St Kilda Saints:
B: Dylan Roberton, James Gwilt, Jack Newnes
HB: Sean Dempster, Rhys Stanley, Nathan Wright
C: Jarryn Geary, Nick Dal Santo, Jimmy Webster
HF: Farren Ray, Nick Riewoldt, David Armitage
F: Stephen Milne, Beau Maister, Tom Hickey
Foll: Ben McEvoy, Leigh Montagna, Jack Steven
Int (from): Arryn Siposs, Trent Dennis-Lane, Sam Dunell, Josh Saunders, Sebastian Ross, Ahmed Saad, Clinton Jones

In: B.Maister, C.Jones, T.Dennis-Lane, J.Saunders, S.Dunell
Out: S.Fisher (foot), J.Ferguson

West Coast Eagles:
B: Blayne Wilson, Eric Mackenzie, Sam Butler
HB: Shannon Hurn, Mitchell Brown, Matt Rosa
C: Adam Selwood, Scott Selwood, Daniel Kerr
HF: Ashton Hams, Jack Darling, Chris Masten
F: Dean Cox, Josh Kennedy, Josh Hill
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Matt Priddis, Luke Shuey
Int (from): Patrick McGinnity, Mark Hutchings, Brad Sheppard, Andrew Embley, Jamie Cripps, Andrew Gaff, Jacob Brennan

In: A.Hams, J.Brennan, P.McGinnity, J.Cripps, B.Wilson
Out: D.Glass (hip), M.LeCras (arm)

Richmond thrash West Coast in Perth

Richmond produced their most complete performance of the season to post an upset 41-point triumph over West Coast in Monday night’s AFL clash at Patersons Stadium.

The Tigers trailed by six points at quarter-time, but piled on the next nine goals on the back of an inspired midfield blitz to set up the 16.7 (103) to 8.14 (62) victory in front of 37,781 shellshocked fans.

Richmond haven’t featured in the finals since reaching the 2001 preliminary final.

But at 6-4 heading into their bye, the Tigers are well placed to break that drought, and perhaps inflict some major damage in September.

In contrast, ninth-placed West Coast (5-5) now face a fight to make the top-eight, let alone achieve their initial goal of a top-four berth.

Over the past two years, the Eagles transformed their home ground of Patersons Stadium into a fortress.

But with just two wins from six games in Perth this year, rival teams no longer fear the trek west.

Richmond’s confidence grew as the match wore on, but it was their superior attack on the ball and willingness to run for their teammates that proved the difference.

West Coast looked slick in last round’s 100-point mauling of GWS.

But with their intent clearly lacking against the Tigers, and their skills off the boil, they were put to the sword by the Tigers.

Richmond looked dangerous every time they went forward.

Although they had one less inside-50m entry at three-quarter time, they still led by 50 points.

The Tigers looked to be in trouble early when West Coast forward Josh Kennedy easily shook off Alex Rance to kick two first-quarter goals.

It seemed just a matter of time before the floodgates opened for the home side.

But Richmond’s ability to score vital goals on the counter halted West Coast’s momentum.

And when the Tigers’ midfield got on top during the second term, there was no stopping the yellow and black.

Although the regular names of Chris Newman, Brett Deledio and Trent Cotchin stood tall, it was the work of first-year midfielder Nick Vlastuin that would have warmed the hearts of Richmond fans the most.

His first goal was particularly special, with the 19-year-old taking the ball out of the middle, exchanging a handball with a teammate, before finishing off the piece of play with a running 40m goal.

Vlastuin finished with two goals for the quarter and three for the match, while Richmond’s defensive trio of Rance, Troy Chaplin, Steve Morris and Jake Batchelor were influential in containing the likes of Kennedy, Jack Darling and Mark LeCras.

Both Tigers speedster Shane Edwards and Eagles defender Mitch Brown were subbed off in the third quarter after copping pokes to the eye in separate incidents.