North Melbourne Kangaroos vs St Kilda Saints Tips, Odds and Teams – 2018 AFL Round 2

Good Friday’s AFL 2018 Round 2 match is between North Melbourne Kangaroos and St Kilda Saints. The opening kick is set to commence at 16:20 local time with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The away team St Kilda Saints are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between North Melbourne Kangaroos and St Kilda Saints.

When: 16:20 | Friday 30/03/2018

Where: Etihad Stadium

Preview:

The Kangaroos will struggle to back up from last week and I wouldn’t expect the Roos to win more than five games this year.
St Kilda’s Jack Steven is one of the best midfielders in the game and was the difference for the Saints last week with 32 possessions and 2 goals.
I’d expect the Kangaroos to tag him this week.
KEY BATTLE: Ben Brown v Nathan Brown
Nathan Brown did a great job on young Brisbane gun Eric Hipwood last weekend and he will get first crack at North’s best player Brown.
For the Roos to win, Brown will need to kick 5 plus goals.
The Verdict
St Kilda have too much depth in the midfield and multiple options in the forward line.
Unibet Odds: North Melbourne $3.15 St Kilda $1.37

 

Odds:

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Tip: St Kilda Saints at $1.38

 

Value Bet: First Goal Scorer: Josh Bruce at $10.00

 

More Info:

Teams:

North Melbourne Kangaroos

B: Williams, Thompson, Clarke

HB: Macmillan, Tarrant, Vickers-Willis

C: Jacobs, Simpkin, Hartung

HF: Atley, Waite, Turner

F: Ziebell, Brown, Davies-Uniacke

FOLL: Goldstein, Higgins, Cunnington

I/C: Anderson, Dumont, Hrovat, McDonald

EMG: Daw, Hibberd, McKay, Wood

Unchanged

 

St Kilda Saints

B: Geary, Brown, Roberton

HB: Webster, Carlisle, Savage

C: Sinclair, Armitage, Newnes

HF: Acres, McCartin, Billings

F: Gresham, Bruce, Membrey

FOLL: Longer, Ross, Steven

I/C: Steele, Clark, Long, Stevens

EMG: Gilbert, Coffield, Marshall, Weller

Unchanged

 

 

AFL News:

St Kilda captain Jarryn Geary admits his club is feeling the pressure to put on a good show this week in order to remain part of the newly established Good Friday fixture for years to come.

The Saints face North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium in the second instalment of the match after the Western Bulldogs were taken out of the fixture by the AFL after just one appearance last year.

St Kilda get very few marquee games per year, and while helping raise money for a very worthy cause such as the Good Friday Appeal is paramount, proving to the league that they belong in the highly-sought after fixture is also high up on the priority list, according to Geary.

“I think working together (is important),” Geary said at North Melbourne’s home base Arden Street on Monday.

“Like North have invited us down here today which is great, and tomorrow both teams will go to the (Royal Children’s) hospital together, and we’ll … try and create a really good atmosphere and a really good place to be on Friday and hopefully we do a good enough job that the AFL see fit that we can do it for a number of years going forward.

“We’re rapt to be part of the day. We don’t play in many big games – we haven’t over the last couple of years.

“It’s going to be a really good day on Friday and hopefully lots of North and Saints fans go along and can chip in and donate some money to a really good cause.”

Participating in the Good Friday game hasn’t been the only source of excitement for the Saints so far this year.

They started the season with a hard-fought 25-point win over the Brisbane Lions on Saturday and they’ve also received an extra boost from moving into the club’s spiritual home of Moorabbin earlier than expected.

“Certainly there’s been a lot of excitement leading up to the move to RSEA Park, it’s great to get back to Moorabbin,” Geary said.

“The community around there are really behind us and getting in there before round one was really important.

“It’s probably given us a little bit of a lift only because we’ve been excited about it for a number of years.

“They’ve been talking about developing Moorabbin since I first got to the club which was 12 years ago so it’s taken a while but it’s well worth the wait.”

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