Saturday’s second AFL Round 9 match is between Greater Western Sydney Giants and West Coast Eagles with the game to be played at Skoda Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 2:10pm local time with away team West Coast Eagles currently holding favouritism after a gallant win over North Melbourne last week. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Greater Western Sydney Giants and West Coast Eagles.
WHERE AND WHEN: Skoda Stadium, Saturday 25th May, 2:10pm
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Preview:
Greater Western Sydney play West Coast on Saturday, 2.10PM at Skoda Stadium. This is probably not going to be the most nail biting match of the round, with GWS continuing to struggle both at home and away. In contrast, the Eagles had a good win last week against the Kangaroos, and look like they have finally found the building blocks needed to get their season on track. This match is shaping up to be just that, a building exercise for Kennedy, Glass, and all the West Coast boys as they look towards bigger games in the next few weeks.
Teams:
Greater Western Sydney Giants:
B: Joshua Bruce, Stephen Gilham, Tim Mohr
HB: Matthew Buntine, Aidan Corr, Anthony Miles
C: Devon Smith, Toby Greene, Rhys Palmer
HF: Adam Treloar, Jeremy Cameron, Lachie Whitfield
F: Taylor Adams, Adam Tomlinson, Callan Ward
Foll: Dean Brogan, Tom Scully, Stephen Coniglio
Int: Curtly Hampton, Dylan Shiel, Adam Kennedy, Jonathan Giles
Emerg: Jacob Townsend, Thomas Downie, Setanta O’hAilpin
In: C.Hampton, A.Treloar, M.Buntine
Out: T. Bugg (iIllness), T.Golds, M.Whiley
West Coast Eagles:
B: Jacob Brennan, Darren Glass, Mitchell Brown
HB: Shannon Hurn, Eric Mackenzie, Sam Butler
C: Andrew Gaff, Scott Selwood, Bradd Dalziell
HF: Mark LeCras, Jack Darling, Chris Masten
F: Dean Cox, Josh Kennedy, Daniel Kerr
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Matt Priddis, Luke Shuey
Int: Mark Hutchings, Brad Sheppard, Josh Hill, Matt Rosa
Emerg: Blayne Wilson, Ashton Hams, Andrew Embley
In: S. Butler, M. Brown, B. Dalziell, M. Hutchings
Out: A. Selwood (quad), B. Waters (quad), W. Schofield (finger), S. Wellingham (ankle)
GWS on search for star recruits: Sheedy
Greater Western Sydney’s Kevin Sheedy wants to deliver two experienced AFL recruits to his club at the end of his 29th and final season as a head coach.
Lance Franklin and Jack Riewoldt have been bandied about as potential marquee signings for the Giants, who need a drawcard and boast cash to splash after Israel Folau’s departure to rugby union.
GWS’s general manager of football Graeme `Gubby’ Allan and list chief Stephen Silvagni have driven much of the expansion side’s recruitment to date.
But Sheedy vowed on the eve of the Giants’ clash with West Coast that he would become more active in dealing with trade targets and out-of-contract stars.
“I’m a little bit more heavily involved in recruiting I’d say at the present time than I have been in the last couple of years,” Sheedy said on Friday.
“I’ll get more heavily involved in recruiting (at the end of the season), there’s no doubt about that.”
Sheedy said age was of no concern in his search for a big-name player, and that his shopping list was simple.
“I think we could definitely afford two (out-of-contract experienced players) and … we definitely need a key forward, a key back and a key ruck,” the four-time premiership coach said.
“We’ve got enough small players.
“Kurt Tippett we didn’t get …. sooner or later, there’s going to be someone that will come up (to western Sydney).”
Eagles coach John Worsfold, who flanked Sheedy at Friday’s press conference ahead of their home clash in Sydney on Saturday, suggested GWS were going to be a great side.
“It’s a matter of time and that (one or two senior players) would accelerate it,” Worsfold said of the cellar dwellers, who have collected two wins from their 30 games to date.
Worsfold and Sheedy laughed as they shared recollections about Essendon and the Eagles’ rivalry in the 1990s.
But Sheedy said there was no place for nostalgia as he prepared for his last game against West Coast, the club on the receiving end of his iconic jacket-waving and throat-slitting gestures.
“I never thought of it that way. I don’t worry about that, I’ve nearly done my 50 years in footy and I think it’s about the young kids coming through and superstars like Nic Naitanui,” he said.