Friday first AFL Round 19 match is between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Geelong Cats with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:50pm local time with away team Geelong Cats currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Geelong Cats.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, 7:50pm AEST Friday, August 2, 2013
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Opening odds comparison:
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| North Melbourne Kangaroos | 3.45 | 3.50 | 3.45 | 3.50 | 3.45 | 3.50 |
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Geelong Cats
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1.31 | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.32 |
Preview:
Round 19 of the AFL swings into action this weekend, with the first match between North Melbourne and Geelong on Friday night. Kicking off at 7.50pm at Etihad
Stadium, the Cats will be expected to win here against a struggling Kangaroos. North Melbourne have a shocker of a record against the Cats, having lost eight of their
past nine matches. While the Kangaroos will be keen for revenge after their last loss in round two, with the season they’ve been having, this looks unlikely.
Teams:
North Melbourne Kangaroos:
3 Ryan Bastinac
5 Ben Jacobs (INT)
6 Lachlan Hansen
7 Jack Ziebell
8 Daniel Wells
10 Ben Cunnington
12 Lindsay Thomas
13 Leigh Adams (INT)
15 Luke Delaney
16 Scott D. Thompson
18 Shaun Atley
19 Sam Wright (EMG)
20 Drew Petrie
22 Todd Goldstein
24 Levi Greenwood (EMG)
25 Robbie Tarrant
26 Taylor Hine
29 Brent Harvey
31 Cameron Delaney
34 Jamie Macmillan (INT)
35 Aaron Black
38 Majak Daw (EMG)
41 Aaron Mullett
43 Sam Gibson
In: Luke Delaney ,Ben Jacobs
Out: Nathan Grima (Back), Andrew Swallow (Achilles)
Geelong Cats:
1 Mitch Brown (EMG)
2 Billie Smedts (INT)
3 Jimmy Bartel
4 Andrew Mackie
5 Travis Varcoe
7 Harry Taylor
8 Josh Hunt
9 James Kelly (INT)
11 Joel Corey
12 Trent West
13 Tom Lonergan
14 Joel Selwood
19 Taylor Hunt (INT)
20 Steve Johnson
22 Mitch Duncan
23 Josh Caddy
26 Tom Hawkins
27 Mathew Stokes
29 Cameron Guthrie
30 Nathan Vardy
32 Steven Motlop
33 George Horlin-Smith (EMG)
34 Josh Walker (EMG)
44 Corey Enright
46 Mark Blicavs (INT)
In: Josh Hunt ,Jimmy Bartel ,Trent West ,Mark Blicavs
Out: James Podsiadly (Suspension), Dawson Simpson (Knee), Mitch Brown (Omitted), George Horlin-Smith (Omitted)
Kangaroos will miss Swallow in AFL: Scott
North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says captain Andrew Swallow’s upbeat approach to being sidelined long-term reinforces why the AFL club will miss him so much.
Swallow, who ruptured an achilles tendon against Melbourne on Saturday, sidelining him for the rest of the year and possibly some of next season, leads the Kangaroos in disposals, contested possessions, clearances and tackles this year.
But it’s also his dedicated attitude that North value and Scott said that was on show even after he sustained the injury.
“None of the players or the staff actually knew that he did it. They just thought he’d rolled his ankle because he was still out there talking to the players, talking about midfield set-ups,” Scott told reporters on Tuesday.
“He’s a really level-headed young man and we’re really fortunate to have him. We’re going to miss him.”
Scott said Swallow’s reaction was to consider himself fortunate he had played 106 games in succession leading up to the injury.
That means Friday night’s clash with Geelong at Etihad Stadium will be North’s first without Swallow since 2008 and Scott admitted it would be a big adjustment.
“We’re going to have to replace that ball-winning ability inside and he’s been really crucial for us,” the coach said.
“It’s uncharted territory for me too, because this is my debut as North Melbourne coach without Andrew Swallow.”
Veteran key forward Drew Petrie will take over the captaincy for the rest of the season.
Levi Greenwood and Ben Jacobs are in contention to replace Swallow in the midfield.
But Scott said the Kangaroos might also have to reshuffle their defence to prepare for a Cats side that will be missing key forward James Podsiadly through suspension.
North led the Cats by 41 points just before halftime when they last met, in round two, but Geelong surged home to win by four.
Scott said the Kangaroos knew first-hand how devastating the Cats’ attacking power could be but added Geelong’s defence had since improved.
In two of their past three games, Geelong have restricted Melbourne to 19 entries to their attacking 50m arc and St Kilda to 25 – both stunningly low.
“They’re starting to match their offence with a very good defence,” Scott said.