Today’s second Anzac day match is between St Kilda Saints and Sydney Swans. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:50pm local time with the game to be played at Westpac Stadium. The Swans are clear favourites in the odds with St Kilda being very disappointing so far this season. View our preview, teams and information for the game between St Kilda Saints and Sydney Swans on Anzac day.

Round: Round 5 7:50 PM April 25, 2013
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Weather: 9° Showers. Very windy.

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St Kilda Saints $4.75 vs Sydney Swans $1.20 at Sportsbet Australia get a $500 FREE BET on this match

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Odds Comparison:

St Kilda Saints	4.75	5.25	4.65	5.25	4.75	4.70
Sydney Swans	1.20	1.16	1.20	1.16	1.20	1.21

Preview:

The Saints take a home game to New Zealand and will be hoping to turn their poor form around.

The task will not be an easy one given they take on last year’s Premiers Sydney and do so without Stephen Milne (banned) and Beau Maister (injured).

The Saints only win this season has come over the struggling GWS and they have lost to Gold Coast, Richmond and last week, to Essendon by 37 points.

Sydney, who were gifted a good start to the season with comfortable wins over GWS and GC Suns, suffered their first loss of the season last week when hosting Geelong at the SCG.

They led early before succumbing to the Cats by 21 points.

They are currently fourth in the competition when it comes to Goals and should have too many guns for the St. Kilda.
Teams:

St Kilda Saints:
B: N.Wright 34, S.Fisher 25, D.Roberton 17
HB: S.Dempster 24, R.Stanley 28, S.Gilbert 19
C: L.Hayes 7, C.Jones 4, J.Geary 14
HF: D.Armitage 20, N.Riewoldt 12, N.Dal Santo 26

F: A.Saad 21, S.Ross 6, J.Saunders 35
Foll: B.McEvoy 5, J.Steven 3, L.Montagna 11
I/C from: T.Dennis-Lane 8, A.Siposs 2, T.Hickey 1, T.Lee 9, J. Koschitzke 23, F.Ray 22, B.Murdoch 30

In: J.Koschitzke, S.Dempster, T.Lee, A.Siposs, T.Hickey, B.Murdoch, J.Saunders
Out: S.Milne (suspended) B.Maister (hand), T.Milera (omitted), T.Simpkin (omitted)

Sydney Swans:
B: D.Rampe 43, H.Grundy 39, N.Smith 40
HB: M.Mattner 29, T.Richards 25, N.Malceski 9
C: K.Jack 15, R.O’Keefe 5, L.Jetta 32
HF: J.Bolton 24, S.Reid20, D.Hannebery 4
F: M.Pyke 38, A.Goodes 37, B.McGlynn 21
Foll: S.Mumford 41, J.Kennedy 12, J.McVeigh 3
I/C from: T.Armstrong 19, M.Morton 10, L.Parker 26, C.Bird 14, A.Everitt 13, J.White 18, T.Walsh 17

In: J.White, A.Everitt, T.Walsh
Out: L. Roberts-Thomson (knee)

Sydney Swans a hard and tough team

Sydney star Adam Goodes says unlike his teammates, he’s not keen on the AFL’s rough and tough side.

Questioned by New Zealand media in Wellington on his attributes as a player, the dual Brownlow Medallist compared the Swans to NZ’s national rugby union team the All Blacks, but said he was the exception.

“If people are coming to watch the Swannies play for the first time and you’ve never seen us or you didn’t see our grand final last year, we like to play our game like the All Blacks,” Goodes told reporters at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium.

“Hard and tough and we play for the full 90 minutes, (but) in our game it’s 120 minutes.

“We don’t let up and it’s all about the tackles and the one-on-one contests.

“For myself, I’m not too big on laying tackles and what-not.

“I’m the sort of player that likes to get the ball on the outside and just run and use my athleticism, whether it’s to take the marks or whether it’s at ground level.”

Goodes said if any of the All Blacks made the switch to AFL, he’d be worried.

“I don’t want any of those blokes coming to tackle us, I can tell you that right now,” he said.

“It’s one thing that quite scares me, to be honest.”

He told the NZ media the beauty of Australian Rules football was that whether players were tall, short, broad or skinny they could make an impact.

The Swans play St Kilda in Wellington on Thursday night.