The first game on Sunday for AFL Round 19 is between Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans. The match is to be played at Etihad Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 1:10pm local time with away team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans.

WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, 1:10pm AEST Sunday, August 4, 2013

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Opening odds comparison:

Western Bulldogs	7.50	8.00	7.75	8.00	7.50	7.50
Sydney Swans	1.09	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.09	1.10

Preview:

The first Sunday game of round 19 is between the Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans, kicking off at Etihad Stadium at 1.10pm. The Bulldogs might have had a good
win against West Coast last week, but that doesn’t take away a whole season of disappointing play. The Swans should be able to win this match easily, with the Sydney
team finding momentum at the right time of the season. Even with the Swans suffering from multiple injuries, it’s hard to see them losing here against a struggling
Bulldogs outfit.

Teams:

Western Bulldogs:

FF: 13 Daniel Giansiracusa 23 Jordan Roughead 29 Tory Dickson
HF: 2 Robert Murphy 1 Jarrad Grant 25 Koby Stevens
C: 6 Luke Dahlhaus 21 Tom Liberatore 11 Jack Macrae
HB: 17 Adam Cooney 32 Michael Talia 31 Tom Young
FB: 15 Jason Tutt 38 Dale Morris 42 Liam Picken
FOLL: 27 Will Minson, 16 Ryan Griffen, 3 Mitch Wallis

INT FROM: 22 Dylan Addison, 9 Jake Stringer, 26 Lachie Hunter, 30 Christian Howard, 45 Tom Campbell, 47 Mark Austin, 4 Daniel Cross

In: D.Cross, M.Austin, C.Howard, T.Campbell, J.Stringer
Out: M.Boyd (calf), L.Jones (ankle)

Sydney Swans:

FF: 11 Jed Lamb 8 Kurt Tippett 38 Mike Pyke
HF: 4 Daniel Hannebery 18 Jesse White 24 Jude Bolton
C: 14 Craig Bird 5 Ryan O’Keefe 3 Jarrad McVeigh
HB: 9 Nick Malceski 25 Ted Richards 13 Andrejs Everitt
FB: 43 Dane Rampe 39 Heath Grundy 40 Nick Smith
FOLL: 41 Shane Mumford, 12 Josh Kennedy, 15 Kieren Jack

INT FROM: 46 Shane Biggs, 6 Tom Mitchell, 26 Luke Parker, 33 Brandon Jack, 2 Rhyce Shaw, 7 Harry Cunningham, 10 Mitch Morton

In: R.Shaw, M.Morton, S.Biggs
Out: –

Kennelly marvels at Swans midfield depth

Former Sydney Swans AFL star Tadhg Kennelly rates the midfield depth at the club as mind-boggling and enormous.

Irishman Kennelly, who was part of Sydney’s 2005 premiership-winning team, is in awe of the volume of players coach John Longmire can throw at opposing midfields.

He cited the example of last Sunday’s clash with Richmond at the SCG, where the Tigers started well but were worn down by the Swans battalion of eager runners.

“I think the midfield depth that the Swans have got is enormous. It’s mind boggling to see,” said Kennelly, who now works for the AFL.

“Last week watching the game against Richmond, the form of (Richmond’s Trent) Cotchin and (Dustin) Martin and (Brett) Deledio, they have had to stay on the ground an awful lot and had to push forward.

“Whereas the Swans midfield is so deep, that they are able to get off the ground and stay fresh.

“That was probably in the end what allowed them to run over the top of Richmond.

“Because the Richmond midfielders had to stay on the ground a lot longer than the Swans midfield.

“Having considered there’s probably eight or nine players from the 22 that won the grand final last year that are not playing, it’s a super effort by John Longmire and all the players because of the midfield depth.”

While the current Sydney team is playing a more exciting brand of football than the 2005-06 grand final sides Kennelly was part of, he couldn’t quite bring himself to say the 2013 version was better.

Kennelly was at Skoda Stadium on Wednesday to help promote a multicultural aspect to Saturday’s match day against Melbourne, which will include a game of Gaelic football between NSW and Victoria before the main fixture.