Sunday second AFL Round 22 match is between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Richmond Tigers with the game to be played at Skoda Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 3:20pm local time with away team Richmond Tigers currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Richmond Tigers.
WHERE AND WHEN: Skoda Stadium, 3:20pm AEST Sunday, August 25, 2013
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Greater Western Sydney Giants | 16.00 | 15.00 | 14.00 | 15.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
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Richmond Tigers
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1.01 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.02 |
Preview:
Greater Western Sydney play the Richmond Tigers on Sunday, 3.20pm at Skoda Stadium. The Tigers are about as certain as you will ever get to win here, especially
because this game actually means something. With Richmond currently in fifth ladder position on percentages from both Collingwood and Essendon, they will be doing
everything they can to make this scoreline as big as possible.
Teams:
Greater Western Sydney Giants: 
B: Zachary Williams, Tim Mohr, Nicholas Haynes
HB: Curtly Hampton, Phil Davis, Tomas Bugg
C: Adam Treloar, Tom Scully, Stephen Coniglio
HF: Adam Tomlinson, Jonathan Giles, Nathan Wilson
F: Kristian Jaksch, Jeremy Cameron, Liam Sumner
Foll: Dean Brogan, Callan Ward, Taylor Adams
I/C: Mark Whiley, Toby Greene, Dylan Shiel, Dom Tyson, Sam Darley, Lachie Whitfield, Adam Kennedy
In: S.Darley, T.Adams, D.Tyson, K.Jaksch
Out: S.Gilham
Richmond Tigers: 
B: Steven Morris, Alex Rance, Dylan Grimes
HB: Bachar Houli, Troy Chaplin, Ricky Petterd
C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Daniel Jackson
HF: Nick Vlastuin, Dustin Martin, Brandon Ellis
F: Jake King, Jack Riewoldt, Ty Vickery
Foll: Ivan Maric, Brett Deledio, Shane Edwards
I/C: Aaron Edwards, Matt White, Nathan Foley, Matt McDonough, Reece Conca, Matt Dea, Shane Tuck
In: A.Edwards, M.White, S.Edwards, J.King, M.Dea
Out: L.McGuane (leg), D.Astbury (leg)
Richmond coach tells Tigers to lift
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick says he delivered a few home truths to his AFL team following their surprise loss to Carlton.
The Tigers stumbled on their way to the AFL finals with a 10-point loss to the Blues but Hardwick hopes to see his strong words make an impact as they face Greater Western Sydney at Skoda Stadium on Sunday.
“We were pretty hard on our players after that game,” Hardwick said.
“We felt that defensively we weren’t anywhere near where we wanted to be and offensively we kicked eight goals in the first quarter but it sort of covered a few cracks and we thought we were pretty sloppy.
“We certainly addressed a few home truths on Monday and Tuesday.”
Richmond are hopeful goal-kicking ace Jack Riewoldt will line up despite suffering bone bruising in his knee.
Riewoldt hyper-extended his right knee when he landed awkwardly in a marking contest late in the Carlton loss.
Hardwick dismissed a report that the Coleman Medallist would be sidelined for the next few weeks and possibly miss their opening final as “premature”.
“He’s a pretty durable character, Jack, so if he gets through training he’ll be OK to play,” Hardwick said.
“We’ll see how he pulls up.
“Obviously he’s a pretty important player to us so we won’t put him at risk of further damage.”
The 24-year-old was out on the training track at Punt Road Oval on Thursday and didn’t appear troubled by his knee as he completed team drills.
Skipper Trent Cotchin, Chris Newman, Shane Edwards and Matt White also trained and are available for selection.
Riewoldt has extra incentive to play at Skoda Stadium, reaching the 100-consecutive games milestone if he lines up against GWS.
He hasn’t missed a match since round 10 of the 2009 season and in his 99 games since then has booted 286 goals, at an average of just under three goals per game.
On paper it should be a cake-walk for fifth-placed Richmond but the last-placed Giants will be looking to give coach Kevin Sheedy a fitting send-off in his final home game.
Hardwick, who played 153 of his 207 AFL games under the coach at Windy Hill, was aware of the Sheedy factor.
“They’ll certainly be up for it,” he said.
“He’ll get them fired up like he did when I used to play for him.”
Small forward Jake King, who hasn’t played since round 17 because of a hamstring injury, will play this week but most likely in the VFL with Coburg.