Sunday’s third AFL Round 12 match is between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Richmond Tigers with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:10 PM local time with home team North Melbourne Kangaroos currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Richmond Tigers.
Round: Round 12 , June 08, 2014 , 7:10 PM
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Weather: 16° Shower or two.
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Odds Comparison:
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| North Melbourne Kangaroos | 1.32 | 1.27 | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 1.30 |
| Richmond Tigers | 3.40 | 3.80 | 3.60 | 3.80 | 3.40 | 3.55 |
All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.
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Preview:
The last match of Round 12 is between the Melbourne Demons and Collingwood, Monday, 3.20PM at the MCG. Collingwood will be big favourites to win this one, with the Magpies having won six of their past seven games despite ongoing injury concerns. Even with Steele Sidebottom out due to suspension and Nick Maxwell out with a calf injury, it’s hard to go past the Magpies at the MCG. While the Demons are looking much better than they did a few weeks ago, they are unlikely to trouble the Magpies too much on Monday.
Teams:
North Melbourne
B Luke McDonald, Scott D. Thompson, Lachlan Hansen
HB Nick Dal Santo, Michael Firrito, Aaron Mullett
C Sam Gibson, Andrew Swallow, Levi Greenwood
HF Ryan Bastinac, Aaron Black, Leigh Adams
F Lindsay Thomas, Drew Petrie, Brent Harvey
FOL Todd Goldstein, Jack Ziebell, Ben Cunnington
I/C Robin Nahas, Liam Anthony, Sam Wright, Brad McKenzie, Ben Jacobs, Shaun Atley, Majak Daw (Three to be omitted)
IN Sam Wright, Brad McKenzie, Ben Jacobs
Richmond
B Troy Chaplin, Jake Batchelor, Steven Morris
HB Bachar Houli, Alex Rance, Matt Dea
C Ben Lennon, Shane Edwards, Ricky Petterd
HF Dustin Martin, Ben Griffiths, Brett Deledio
F Matt Thomas, Jack Riewoldt, Ivan Maric
FOL Shaun Hampson, Brandon Ellis, Trent Cotchin
I/C Anthony Miles, Nathan Foley, Brad Helbig, Matt McDonough, Nick Vlastuin, Brett O’Hanlon, Ty Vickery (Three to be omitted)
IN Ricky Petterd, Anthony Miles, Brad Helbig, Jake Batchelor, Nick Vlastuin, Brett O’Hanlon, Ty Vickery
OUT Dylan Grimes (Toe), Shaun Grigg (Hamstring), Reece Conca (Groin), Daniel Jackson (Hip)
News:
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has criticised Steele Sidebottom’s three-game AFL suspension, saying the midfielder’s intent was not malicious.
Sidebottom jumped off the ground and then collected Maverick Weller with a high elbow in the opening seconds of last Friday night’s game.
The St Kilda midfielder missed the rest of the game with concussion.
The Magpies accepted Sidebottom’s suspension and would have risked a four-game ban if they took the case to the tribunal.
But Buckley argued Weller’s injury, not Sidebottom’s intent, made the penalty so severe.
“First and foremost, Steele is a ball player,” Buckley said.
“With the way incidents are adjudicated these days, as soon as Weller went off knocked out, the misfortune of that injury was enough to send Steele for weeks.
“Given that the AFL are now trying to legislate for misfortune … Steele could have gone into that contest with a far greater malicious intent and hurt Weller less and received a lesser penalty for a greater intent.
“But because the injury is now taken into account, you can get unlucky – Steele got unlucky.”
Asked if he agreed with that philosophy, Buckley said: “this week, less than I normally do and I normally don’t agree with it.
“I don’t know what Steele learns from that, other than he probably could have made a different decision at the time.”
Sydney star Adam Goodes was also off the ground when he made high contact with Geelong captain Joel Selwood, but the match review panel cleared him.
“I haven’t sat down and compared Steele’s incident to others – I think that’s folly,” Buckley said.
“I’m going to pull my hair out if we go too far down that track.
“Looking at Steele’s in isolation, I think he’s a bit stiff in regards to how cleanly the contact occurred and how much damage occurred in the short-term.”
Luke Ball, Dane Swan and Brodie Grundy missed the St Kilda game, but they all trained on Tuesday morning and will be fit for the Queen’s Birthday match against Melbourne.
Jesse White suffered a compound finger dislocation against the Saints, but will also be ready for the Demons.