Saturday’s second AFL Round 17 match is between North Melbourne Kangaroos and St Kilda Saints with the game to be played at Blundstone Arena. The opening bounce is set to commence at 2:10 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 St Kilda Saints.
Round: Round 17 , July 12, 2014, 2:10 PM
Stadium: Blundstone Arena
Weather: 10° Possible morning shower.
Preview:
The Kangaroos play the Saints on Saturday, 2.10PM at Blunderstone Arena. North Melbourne should be able to win this one easily, with the Saints continuing to struggle down the bottom of the ladder. While the Roos have been terribly inconsistent this season, St Kilda have simply been terrible and don’t look like turning things around any time soon. After a bright 3-2 start to the 2014 season, St Kilda have lost their last 10 games by an average margin of 63 points. Even if the Roos have a shocker this weekend, they should be safe against the Saints.
Teams:
NORTH MELBOURNE 
B Luke McDonald, Scott D. Thompson, Scott McMahon
HB Shaun Atley, Lachlan Hansen, Michael Firrito
C Sam Gibson, Andrew Swallow, Sam Wright
HF Brent Harvey, Aaron Black, Nick Dal Santo
F Ben Brown, Drew Petrie, Lindsay Thomas
FOLL Todd Goldstein, Ben Cunnington, Levi Greenwood
I/C Ryan Bastinac, Ben Jacobs, Leigh Adams,Aaron Mullett
EMG Brad McKenzie, Trent Dumont, Majak Daw
IN Aaron Mullett
OUT Liam Anthony (Omitted)
ST KILDA 
B Sam Fisher, Luke Delaney, Sean Dempster
HB Shane Savage, James Gwilt, Dylan Roberton
C Jack Newnes, Lenny Hayes, Leigh Montagna
HF Luke Dunstan, Nick Riewoldt, David Armitage
F Adam Schneider, Rhys Stanley, Jack Billings
FOLL Tom Hickey, Sebastian Ross, Maverick Weller
I/C Farren Ray, Tom Curren, Sam Dunell,Cameron Shenton
EMG Clinton Jones, Josh Saunders, Darren Minchington
IN Sam Fisher, Lenny Hayes, Tom Hickey, Tom Curren
OUT Darren Minchington (Omitted), Trent Dennis-Lane (Omitted), Jack Steven (Thigh), Billy Longer (Omitted)
News:
North Melbourne AFL coach Brad Scott and Brian Lake have looked to draw a line under the Hawthorn defender’s infamous scrap with Drew Petrie.
Lake was suspended for four games on Tuesday after having his misconduct charge sent directly to the tribunal.
The panel was unswayed by Lake’s evidence that he was not trying to grab Petrie’s throat last Friday night, but rather his jumper around the collarbone area.
Scott was unwilling to offer his opinion about Lake’s ban or actions – a self-admittedly reserved approach for a coach who is known for being anything but.
“That’s a question for Drew. Drew hasn’t told me and it’s irrelevant to me,” Scott said on Wednesday when asked if Lake had apologised to Petrie.
“It’s not really for me to comment. There’s going to be plenty of opinion about that (Lake’s ban).”
Lake later released a video message to Hawthorn supporters on the club website, saying he did not mean to cause Petrie any harm.
“And thankfully, that was the case,” he said.
“Having three kids of my own, I know it’s not a great look for the game of AFL football and it’s something I definitely don’t want to be remembered for.”
Before Lake’s case, Petrie fronted the tribunal for making unreasonable and unnecessary contact to the face of the 2013 Norm Smith medallist.
The forward escaped with a reprimand for lashing out at Lake, but was not stung with any carryover points as the match review panel had intended.
“We wanted to defend Drew at the tribunal and make sure that he went into the back half of the year without anything hanging over his head,” Scott said.
The Kangaroos face St Kilda in Hobart on Saturday, while Lake will miss games against Adelaide, Sydney, the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne.
“When I get back, I hope you guys see a bigger and better Brian Lake,” Lake said in his message, thanking fans for their support.