Sunday first AFL Round 23 match is between Gold Coast Suns and Greater Western Sydney Giants with the game to be played at Metricon Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1:10pm local time with home team Gold Coast Suns currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Gold Coast Suns and Greater Western Sydney Giants.
WHERE AND WHEN: Metricon Stadium, 1:10pm AEST, Sunday 1 September
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Gold Coast Suns | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.14 | 1.12 |
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Greater Western Sydney Giants
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6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 5.50 | 6.50 |
Preview:
The first Sunday game is between the Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney, 1.10pm at Metricon Stadium. Even though the Suns had an unexpected loss last round
to the struggling Saints, they are still more than likely to win this one. GWS lost by a massive 113 points to the Tigers last round, and while they will be keen to send off
Kevin Sheedy with a win, it probably wont happen.
Teams:
Gold Coast Suns:
Backs: McKenzie Tape Russell
Half-backs: Rischitelli Thompson Murphy
Centres: Bennell Ablett Harbrow
Half-forwards: Gillbee Sumner A Hall
Forwards: Brennan Day Boston
Followers: Dixon Stanley Prestia
Interchange: From: O’Meara Weller Hunt Allen Wilkinson Patrick J Hall
In: Sam Day, Jarrod Harbrow, Sebastian Tape, Liam Patrick, Maverick Weller, Josh Hall, Joel Wilkinson
Out: Leigh Osborne (calf), Greg Broughton (Achilles), Steven May (suspension), Daniel Gorringe (abdominal)
Greater Western Sydney Giants: 
B: Buntine Mohr Gilham
HB: Kennedy Davis Williams
C: Hampton Scully Whitfield
HF: Coniglio Tomlinson Tyson
F: Cameron Stewart Sumner
FOLL: Giles Greene Whiley
I/C: From: Adams Bugg Edwards Haynes Jaksch Shiel Ugle
In: Mark Whiley, Stephen Gilham, James Stewart, Lachie Whitfield, Shaun Edwards, Gerald Ugle, Matthew Buntine
Out: Dean Brogan (retired), Nathan Wilson (quad), Adam Treloar (ankle), Callan Ward (hip)
New: James Stewart, 19, Sandringham U18
GWS keen to trade with desperate ‘Dons
Eighth spot on the AFL ladder notwithstanding, Greater Western Sydney could be the biggest beneficiary of Essendon’s supplement sanctions.
Essendon’s demotion to ninth has given five clubs renewed hope of making the finals, but it’s GWS that is best placed to take advantage of the league stripping the besieged Bombers of their early draft picks in 2013 and 2014.
GWS have made no secret of their intention to be an active player at the trade table, with Giants football manager Graeme Allan declaring in June that even the treasured No.1 pick is on offer.
With Tuesday’s punishments, Essendon have been become their most likely trading partner.
“(GWS list manager) Stephen Silvagni is under instructions to talk to every club about players they might be prepared to trade,” GWS chief executive David Matthews said on Wednesday.
“I think there’s a bit of a sense that, given the draft penalties, Essendon would be more prepared (to trade) than they might otherwise be.
“We’re on the record as saying we want to get more established players in … this might heighten the chance of us doing deals with Essendon.”
Out-of-contract Essendon pair Tom Bellchambers and Stewart Crameri are among the key-position players GWS are understood to be chasing.
There is a school of thought that clubs will be hesitant to bring in talent from the Bombers at the end of the season, with the risk of individual bans still remaining from the ongoing Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) investigation.
“I think there’s ways of doing your due diligence and ensuring any particular penalties or sanctions that might come up down the track, you’re sort of able to plan for that or take that into account,” Matthews said.
“But right now, as Andrew Demetriou said, there hasn’t been any infraction notices issued.
“We’ve got to deal with the facts as they sit in front of us and the facts are that Essendon’s out of the first couple of rounds of the draft … we’d certainly be open to talking to them.”
Meanwhile, GWS coach Kevin Sheedy confirmed James Stewart will debut in Sunday’s clash with Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.