The first game on Saturday for AFL Round 14 is between Gold Coast Suns and Adelaide Crows. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1:40PM with the game to be played at Metricon Stadium. The favourite for the match is away team Adelaide Crows. View our preview and teams for the game between Gold Coast Suns and Adelaide Crows.
Round: Round 14 1:40 PM June 29, 2013
Stadium: Metricon Stadium
Weather: 19° A shower or two
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Odds Comparison by AFL Odds:
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| Gold Coast Suns | 2.15 | 2.18 | 2.20 | 2.18 | 2.15 | 2.17 |
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1.70 | 1.68 | 1.67 | 1.68 | 1.70 | 1.70 |
Preview:
Both teams come into this game with a season record of 5-7 and sit eleventh and twelfth on the ladder, meaning a win here is vital if they wish to make the finals.
After a tough victory of North, the Suns succumbed to Essendon in their most recent outing (115 – 72).
The Suns will be looking forward to getting back to their home ground where they’ve won 3 from 6 games this year.
It’s a tough month coming up for the Suns with games scheduled against Richmond, Carlton and Collingwood but a win here will give them confidence leading into that period and position them well as their final weeks over competition are against teams positioned low on the ladder.
Adelaide suffered their third successive losing to Richmond at their most recent match and has slipped outside of the eight.
They get the opportunity here to stop the slide and in the process, keep their perfect record against the Suns in tact.
In four previous matches, the closest the Suns have been able to get to the Crows is 57 points. The two most recent clashes resulted in victories to the Crows by 69 and 91 however; the respective form of both sides is significantly different to last year.
Teams:
Gold Coast Suns:
B: Trent McKenzie, Sam Day, Joel Wilkinson
HB: David Swallow, Rory Thompson, Tom Murphy
C: Matt Shaw, Gary Ablett, Jarrod Harbrow
HF: Karmichael Hunt, Steven May, Aaron Hall
F: Campbell Brown, Daniel Gorringe, Timmy Sumner
Foll: Tom Nicholls, Danny Stanley, Jaeger O’Meara
Int: Greg Broughton, Andrew Boston, Maverick Weller, Dion Prestia
Emerg: Sebastian Tape, Liam Patrick, Kyal Horsley
In: G.Broughton, M.Weller, S.May, K.Hunt, A.Boston
Out: M.Rischitelli (elbow), L.Patrick, L.Russell (hip), J.Hutchins, T.Lynch (knee)
Adelaide Crows:
B: Rory Laird, Ben Rutten, Andrew Otten
HB: Brodie Smith, Daniel Talia, Brent Reilly
C: Matthew Jaensch, Bernie Vince, Rory Sloane
HF: Nathan van Berlo, Josh Jenkins, Thomas Lynch
F: Scott Thompson, Ricky Henderson, Jason Porplyzia
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Patrick Dangerfield, Richard Douglas
Int: Aidan Riley, Luke Brown, Brad Crouch, Matthew Wright
Emerg: David Mackay, Shaun McKernan, Richard Tambling
In: : B.Reilly, A.Riley, B.Crouch
Out: D.Mackay, I.Callinan, S.McKernan
Crows to welcome back banned CEO
Banned chief executive Steven Trigg will lift the Adelaide Crows when he returns to work on Monday, coach Brenton Sanderson says.
Trigg’s six-month suspension for AFL draft and salary cap rorting ends on Monday and he’ll resume his job as Adelaide’s chief executive.
“I haven’t seen or spoken to him for six months,” Sanderson told reporters on Wednesday.
“I have been really lucky that Rob Chapman, our chairman, has played that CEO role for six months and he has been awesome for me.
“But it’s going to be great to get our CEO back. He (Trigg) has been in the job for 10, 11 years and done a fantastic job so I’m sure the club is going to get a real lift next week.”
Trigg was suspended by the AFL for his part in Kurt Tippett’s illegal 2009 contract with the Crows.
Tippett returned from an 11-match ban, playing for Sydney, last weekend while Adelaide’s football operations manager Phil Harper served a three-month suspension.
Coach Sanderson has also been without his coaching mentor, Dean Bailey, who remains banned until round 17 for his time as Melbourne coach during their tanking controversy.
Trigg returns to a restructured Adelaide with former premiership player Nigel Smart appointed as chief operating officer.
“There has been a lot of changes already made since Nigel Smart has come on board, we just keep looking to make this club better,” Sanderson said as his 11th-placed Crows prepare for an away trip to the Gold Coast.
“Steven has been away. I know he’s going to hit the ground running on Monday, it will be great to have him back.
“He can’t influence the football team, that is my job. But as a football club, I am sure Steven is going to make a big difference when he gets back.”