Sunday’s first AFL Round 14 match is between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Carlton Blues with the game to be played at Spotless Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1:10 PM local time with away team Carlton Blues currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Carlton Blues.
Round: Round 14 , June 22, 2014 , 1:10 PM
Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Weather: 19° Morning shower or two.
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Preview:
The first Sunday game of Round 14 is between GWS and the Blues, 1.10PM at Spotless Stadium. While Carlton will go into this match as favourites, the result is anything but clear cut. The Giants enjoyed their first ever victory away from home last week against the Lions, a win which also saw their highest score and biggest winning margin. They will still be on a high after such a momentous event, and may have the confidence to surprise the Blues. While Carlton fought hard against both Geelong and Hawthorn in the last two rounds, they lost both matches and now find themselves in 12th ladder position. While they will be desperate to win this weekend, even with victory against GWS, it may a case of too little too late for Carlton in 2014.
Teams:
GWS :
Three to be omitted
B Tomas Bugg, Phil Davis, Heath Shaw
HB Josh Hunt, Tim Mohr, Sam Frost
C Will Hoskin-Elliott, Adam Treloar, Tom Scully
HF Lachlan Whitfield, Jonathon Patton, Callan Ward
F Jeremy Cameron, Adam Tomlinson, Devon Smith
FOLL Shane Mumford, Rhys Palmer, Dylan Shiel
I/C Tom Boyd, Joshua Kelly, Stephen Coniglio, Adam Kennedy, Jacob Townsend, Kristian Jaksch, Nathan Wilson
IN Tom Boyd, Joshua Kelly, Stephen Coniglio, Adam Kennedy, Jacob Townsend, Kristian Jaksch, Nathan Wilson
CARLTON 
Three to be omitted
B Simon White, Sam Rowe, Michael Jamison
HB Andrew Walker, Zach Tuohy, Chris Yarran
C Kade Simpson, Bryce Gibbs, Andrejs Everitt
HF Dale Thomas, Jarrad Waite, Mitch Robinson
F Troy Menzel, Levi Casboult, Chris Judd
FOLL Robert Warnock, Marc Murphy, Andrew Carrazzo
I/C Dennis Armfield, Ed Curnow, Sam Docherty, Nick Graham, Lachie Henderson, Blaine Johnson, Brock McLean
IN Michael Jamison, Ed Curnow, Lachie Henderson, Blaine Johnson
OUT Matthew Watson (omitted)
News:
Hawthorn defenders Brian Lake and Ben Stratton are set to return to football this weekend – the only issue is where.
Ahead of Hawthorn’s crunch AFL match with Collingwood on Saturday afternoon, Hawks vice-captain Jordan Lewis said the pair were ready to play.
“Lake and Stratton are both available this week, whether it be Box Hill or AFL, they’ll certainly be playing football somewhere,” he said.
Lake has missed five games with a calf injury while an adductor problem kept Stratton out for the last three.
Interim coach Brendon Bolton has previously said Lake would need time in the reserves before returning to the AFL though the form of Travis Cloke may convince him otherwise.
Cloke was one of Collingwood’s best against the Bulldogs with six goals.
The Hawks have barely been able to field their best 22 all season, which made Cyril Rioli’s report for striking all the more frustrating.
However both Lewis and captain Luke Hodge correctly predicted he would be cleared by the match video review panel.
“When you watch it he actually hit his own team-mate,” Hodge told Melbourne radio station Nova.
“He actually got Paul Puopolo… he’ll be pretty safe there.”
Both Josh Gibson and former captain Sam Mitchell remain sidelined, along with coach Alastair Clarkson.
Lewis said Mitchell’s work on the training track had been encouraging but he remained at least two weeks away.
Clarkson was in the rooms on Friday night but remains on leave recovering from Guillain-Barre syndrome.
The Hawks boast an excellent record against the Magpies, with five straight wins over Nathan Buckley’s side, but Lewis said that was not worth thinking about.
“It’s irrelevant, we won’t speak about it at all this week,” he said.
“Past experiences count for nothing.”
The pair will also meet in the last round before the finals, making their head-to-head clashes even more important for both sides.
Collingwood were beaten by the unfancied Western Bulldogs on Sunday, which Lewis said was a sign of the closeness of the league.
“If you just show up to play and you just expect that you might win an easy game, any side will beat you,” he said.
“On games like that you really need to give credit to the sides that win.”