The second game on Sunday for AFL Round 18 is between Western Bulldogs and West Coast Eagles. The match is to be played at Etihad Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 3:20PM local time with away team West Coast Eagles currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Western Bulldogs and West Coast Eagles.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, 3:20 PM July 28, 2013
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Western Bulldogs | 3.30 | 3.50 | 3.55 | 3.50 | 3.30 | 3.35 |
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West Coast Eagles
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1.33 | 1.30 | 1.29 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.34 |
Preview:
The Western Bulldogs take on the West Coast Eagles on Sunday, 3.20pm at Etihad Stadium. The Eagles will be slight favourites to win this one, although Bulldogs fans will surely disagree. The West Coast outfit have slipped in 2013, starting out as premiership favourites and currently sitting in 10th position. While they should still win here, the 15th position Bulldogs might have enough momentum after pushing Essendon and Hawthorn over the past fortnight to make it interesting.
Teams:
Western Bulldogs:
1 Jarrad Grant
2 Robert Murphy
3 Mitch Wallis
5 Matthew Boyd
6 Luke Dahlhaus
9 Jake Stringer (INT)
11 Jack Macrae (INT)
13 Daniel Giansiracusa
15 Jason Tutt
16 Ryan Griffen
17 Adam Cooney
19 Liam Jones
21 Tom Liberatore
22 Dylan Addison (INT)
23 Jordan Roughead
25 Koby Stevens
26 Lachie Hunter (INT)
27 Will Minson
29 Tory Dickson
30 Christian Howard (INT)
31 Tom Young (INT)
32 Michael Talia
38 Dale Morris
42 Liam Picken
47 Mark Austin (INT)
In: Matthew Boyd ,Mark Austin ,Christian Howard ,Jake Stringer ,Tom Young
Out: Brett Goodes (Arm) , Nathan Hrovat (Soreness)
Milestones: Tom Liberatore – Playing 50th game
West Coast Eagles:
1 Mitchell Brown
3 Andrew Gaff
5 Brad Sheppard (INT)
7 Chris Masten
10 Scott Selwood
11 Matt Priddis
12 Sharrod Wellingham (INT)
15 Jamie Cripps
16 Eric Mackenzie
17 Josh Kennedy
18 Bradd Dalziell
19 Adam Carter
20 Dean Cox
24 Matt Rosa (INT)
26 Sam Butler
27 Jack Darling
28 Ashley Smith
29 Scott Lycett
30 Blayne Wilson (INT)
31 Will Schofield
33 Josh Hill
34 Mark Hutchings (INT)
36 Fraser McInnes (INT)
40 Cale Morton (INT)
43 Ashton Hams
In: Sam Butler ,Ashton Hams ,Matt Rosa ,Scott Selwood ,Brad Sheppard ,Scott Lycett ,Blayne Wilson ,Fraser McInnes
Out: Darren Glass (Soreness) , Adam Selwood (Omitted) , Mark LeCras (Foot) , Nic Naitanui (Soreness) , Luke Shuey (Hamstring)
New: Fraser McInnes
Hawks’ Franklin set to play: Clarkson
Hawthorn are set to green-light Lance Franklin for action in their monster top-of-the-ladder AFL clash on Friday night.
Franklin has missed the past two weeks with a knee problem, but has trained strongly this week – including on Thursday at Waverley Park.
“He’ll train today and we’ll make an assessment after today,” Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson said ahead of the ladder leader’s clash with second-placed Essendon at Etihad Stadium.
“Obviously he’s missed a couple of games but we’re expecting he’ll be right and he’ll play.”
Clarkson said a slight complication with the initial knee problem – a burst fluid sac behind the knee – had prompted the club to be more cautious.
“When he’s right to go, he’s right to go. It’s the same with all our players. We’ve just got to make sure they’re right, fit and raring to go,” Clarkson said.
“A fit player is much better than an 80 or 90 per cent fit player. If he’s right to go, then he plays. He wasn’t too far away last weekend, but he just wasn’t quite right.”
Midfielder Sam Mitchell, who missed last weekend’s win over the Western Bulldogs with a stomach virus, will return.