Saturday’s first AFL Round 17 match is between Melbourne Demons and Geelong Cats with the game to be played at MCG. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1:45 PM local time with away team Geelong Cats currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Melbourne Demons and Geelong Cats.
Round: Round 17 , July 12, 2014, 1:45 PM
Stadium: MCG
Weather: 12° A few showers.
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Preview:
The Demons play the Cats on Saturday, 1.45PM at the MCG. This looks like a pretty easy win for the Cats, who have won four of their past five matches and put themselves in 5th ladder position. Geelong have been far from convincing in these victories, however, and really need to win this one if they have any aspirations of a top-four finish. In contrast, the Demons are coming off a bad loss against Fremantle last round and are likely to suffer a similar defeat against the Cats unless they turn things around in a big way.
Teams:
MELBOURNE 
B Lynden Dunn, James Frawley, Colin Garland
HB Jeremy Howe, Tom McDonald, Neville Jetta
C Jack Grimes, Bernie Vince, Jordie McKenzie
HF Matt Jones, Cameron Pedersen, Jack Watts
F Rohan Bail, Chris Dawes, Jack Viney
FOLL Mark Jamar, Dom Tyson, Nathan Jones
I/C Dean Terlich, Dean Kent, Aidan Riley, Luke Tapscott
EMG Max Gawn, Christian Salem, Sam Blease
IN Neville Jetta, Aidan Riley, Luke Tapscott
OUT Dom Barry (Omitted), Max Gawn (Omitted),Christian Salem (Omitted)
GEELONG 
B Corey Enright, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie
HB Cameron Guthrie, Harry Taylor, Jared Rivers
C Jimmy Bartel, Joel Selwood, Travis Varcoe
HF Allen Christensen, Shane Kersten, Jordan Murdoch
F Steven Motlop, Tom Hawkins, Steve Johnson
FOLL Hamish McIntosh, James Kelly, Josh Caddy
I/C Mark Blicavs, Mitch Duncan, Brad Hartman,George Horlin-Smith
EMG Jed Bews, Dawson Simpson, Billie Smedts
IN James Kelly
OUT Jed Bews (Omitted)
News:
Geelong ball magnet Mathew Stokes could return to full training as early as next week.
Stokes injured his ankle against Gold Coast in round 14, with Saturday’s AFL match against Melbourne to be his third game on the sidelines.
“Ligaments are hard – you have to wait for them to heal but this one seems to have turned a corner,” Geelong physio Mark Young said on the club website.
“He’s had a couple of runs now and he’ll look to join the main group next week. We expect he’s about two or three (weeks) away.”
Stokes had been one of the Cats’ best in the opening half of the season.
Josh Caddy, who will play his 50th game when the Cats tackle the Demons at the MCG, is still gaining match fitness after breaking his foot in an innocuous training incident.
Caddy was the substitute in the first two AFL matches he played after overcoming the injury, but returned to the starting side last Sunday.
“That was my first full game in the AFL since round three against Collingwood,” Caddy said of the last-start win over the Western Bulldogs.
“I started well and drifted out of the game.
“The focus for me personally is to be a bit more consistent – probably for the side (it’s the same). We’ve played really good footy in patches and some poor footy as well.”
