Saturday’s first AFL Round 15 match is between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Western Bulldogs with the game to be played at Skoda Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1:45pm local time with away team Western Bulldogs currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Western Bulldogs.
WHERE AND WHEN: Skoda Stadium, Saturday 6 July, 1:45pm
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Preview:
GWS play the Western Bulldogs on Saturday, 1.45pm at StarTrack Oval. The Bulldogs should be able to take this one out, with the Giants continuing to struggle big time in 2013. While the Bulldogs have been facing their own demons this year, and in a very literal sense last week, their loss to Melbourne might have fired them up enough for a win this round. At 16th playing 18th on the ladder, both teams will be playing for pride alone.
Teams:
Greater Western Sydney Giants:
B: Aidan Corr, Stephen Gilham, Adam Kennedy
HB: Nicholas Haynes, Tim Mohr, Curtly Hampton
C: Stephen Coniglio, Dylan Shiel, Adam Treloar
HF: Lachie Whitfield, Adam Tomlinson, Jacob Townsend
F: Devon Smith, Setanta O’hAilpin, Jeremy Cameron
Foll: Jonathan Giles, Callan Ward, Tom Scully
Int: Taylor Adams, Sam Reid, Rhys Palmer, Will Hoskin-Elliott
Emerg: Joshua Bruce, Toby Greene, Liam Sumner
In: R.Palmer, S.Coniglio, J.Cameron
Out: L.Sumner, Z.Williams, T. Greene.
Western Bulldogs:
B: Dale Morris, Michael Talia, Jason Johannisen
HB: Brett Goodes, Jordan Roughead, Jack Macrae
C: Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen, Clay Smith
HF: Daniel Giansiracusa, Liam Jones, Robert Murphy
F: Tory Dickson, Ayce Cordy, Jake Stringer
Foll: Will Minson, Tom Liberatore, Mitch Wallis
Int: Jason Tutt, Koby Stevens, Nathan Hrovat, Luke Dahlhaus
Emerg: Dylan Addison, Liam Picken, Daniel Cross
In: B.Goodes, K.Stevens, J.Tutt
Out: M.Boyd (cheekbone), N.Lower, L.Hunter
North trounce GWS by 86 points in AFL
North Melbourne kept the flicker in their AFL finals hopes, while Greater Western Sydney took a step closer to an unwanted piece of history at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
The Giants’ 86-point loss to the rampant Kangaroos was their 13th in a row this season, and they continue to close in on being the first team in AFL/VFL history since Fitzroy in 1964 to go through a season winless.
Drew Petrie booted five goals for the Kangaroos, Lindsay Thomas kicked four and Brent Harvey three as well as 24 possessions as their side dominated to win 19.16 (130) to 6.8 (44).
A forgettable match was over as a contest by the end of the first quarter – the Kangaroos piling on eight goals to one to set up the victory.
GWS moved into damage limitation mode in the second term by putting players behind the ball – a tactic which worked to a degree as the sides booted four goals apiece in the quarter.
But the Kangaroos had the better of a dire second half, restricting the Giants to just one goal.
Critical to the Giants breaking their duck this season appears to be next Saturday’s clash with fellow strugglers the Western Bulldogs in Canberra.
The Bulldogs lost to fellow battlers Melbourne this weekend, and have won just three of their 13 matches this campaign.
North move to a 5-8 win-loss record, continuing to keep alive their faint chances of making this season’s finals.
Their only concern to come out of the match centres on Thomas, who faces match review panel scrutiny after what appeared a possible headbutt on Giants youngster Jacob Townsend.
The Giants lost leading goalkicker Jeremy Cameron as a late withdrawal before kick-off.
