Sunday third AFL Round 19 match is between Collingwood Magpies and Essendon Bombers with the game to be played at MCG. The opening bounce is set to commence at 4:40pm local time with home team Collingwood Magpies currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Collingwood Magpies and Essendon Bombers.
WHERE AND WHEN: MCG, 4:40pm AEST Sunday, August 4, 2013
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Collingwood Magpies | 1.77 | 1.76 | 1.75 | 1.76 | 1.77 | 1.77 |
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Essendon Bombers
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2.05 | 2.05 | 2.08 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.07 |
Preview:
The last match of round 19 is between Collingwood and Essendon, in a game many people will have pegged as match of the round. The Magpies will be slight favourites
to win this one, although history is on the side of the Bombers. While Essendon have performed well in 2013 despite all the off-field pressure, perhaps the Magpies can
take advantage this weekend. These two teams have a lot of history between them, which should make for a close game and a great way to finish of the round.
Teams:
Collingwood Magpies:
FF 17 Dayne Beams 32 Travis Cloke 6 Tyson Goldsack
HF 19 Jamie Elliott 21 Quinten Lynch 11 Jarryd Blair
C 22 Steele Sidebottom 12 Luke Ball 41 Sam Dwyer
HB 8 Heritier O’Brien 39 Heath Shaw 46 Marley Williams
FB 16 Nathan Brown 5 Nick Maxwell 23 Lachlan Keeffe
FOLL: 35 Brodie Grundy, 10 Scott Pendlebury, 36 Dane Swan
INT FROM: 3 Brent Macaffer, 27 Ben Kennedy, 20 Ben Reid, 28 Ben Sinclair, 15 Jarrod Witts, 40 Paul Seedsman, 24 Josh Thomas
In: L.Ball, Q.Lynch, P.Seedsman
Out: –
Essendon Bombers:
FF: 22 Jake Carlisle 34 Kyle Hardingham 38 Nick Kommer
HF: 9 Brendon Goddard 3 Scott Gumbleton 47 Cory Dell’Olio
C: 11 David Zaharakis 4 Jobe Watson 21 Dyson Heppell
HB: 15 Courtenay Dempsey 30 Patrick Ryder 1 Michael Hibberd
FB: 31 Dustin Fletcher 26 Cale Hooker 46 Mark Baguley
FOLL: 2 Tom Bellchambers, 5 Brent Stanton, 39 Heath Hocking
INT FROM: 10 Nick O’Brien, 16 Tayte Pears, 32 Travis Colyer, 17 Jake Melksham, 7 Leroy Jetta, 40 Ben Howlett, 23 David Myers
In: J.Watson, S.Gumbleton, K.Hardingham, N.O’Brien, D.Fletcher
Out: M.Hurley (ankle), J.Daniher
Maxwell still respects Essendon
Collingwood skipper Nick Maxwell says allegations – strongly denied by the club – that the Magpies used illegal sports supplements wouldn’t affect their AFL clash with under-siege Essendon on Sunday.
The Magpies were drawn into the ongoing saga this week, first by former Essendon sports scientist Stephen Dank and then high performance manager Dean Robinson, who claimed Essendon coach James Hird believed Collingwood were using undetectable supplements.
The Magpies issued a statement on Thursday morning dismissing the allegation as “totally false”.
Maxwell didn’t want to comment on the claim and said it wouldn’t add any extra spice to their match.
“The accusations won’t, the fact that Collingwood are playing Essendon and both teams are fighting for positions in the finals, that will give it plenty of spice,” he said.
Maxwell expected the Bombers to be galvanised by the ongoing doping investigation by ASADA and its ramifications, with club chairman David Evans the latest casualty.
“I’ve been in a position in this club plenty of times when you feel like your backs are against the wall, like Essendon are.
“You feel like the whole world’s against you and what it does is that it brings the group closer together and makes the group tighter and more often than not we’ve come out and performed when we’ve been in that situation.
“I’ve got huge respect for the Essendon footy club and the leadership there in Hird and (Jobe) Watson and I know that they’ll be really tight this week.
“I know that Essendon will be a huge challenge but we’re up for it.”
Meanwhile Maxwell revealed that veteran ruckman Darren Jolly won’t play at the MCG, making his return from a knee injury through the VFL.
That means the Magpies are likely to again go with young ruck duo Jarrod Witts and Brodie Grundy against Bombers star Paddy Ryder.
“He’ll (Jolly) get his fitness back and as of next week or the week when he’s physically to go then I’m sure he’ll be straight back in,” Maxwell said.
“These kids have come in and done a sensational job.”
Swingman Ben Reid has recovered from a ankle injury suffered late in their 40-point win over Greater Western Sydney and is expected to play.