The only game on Thursday for AFL NAB Challenge is between Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles. The match is to be played at BISP with the opening bounce set to commence at 7:10 PM local time with home team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles.

When: Thursday, February 27, 7:10 PM
Stadium: BISP
Weather: 24° Shower or two.

Odds Comparison:

Sydney Swans	1.48	1.45	1.46	1.45	1.48	1.45
West Coast Eagles	2.65	2.75	2.70	2.75	2.65	2.70

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Teams:

SYDNEY SWANS
2. Rhyce Shaw, 4. Dan Hannebery 5. Ryan O’Keefe, 6. Tom Mitchell, 7. Harry Cunningham, 9. Nick Malceski, 11. Jeremy Laidler, 13. Toby Nankervis, 14. Craig Bird, 16. Gary Rohan, 18. Jordan Lockyer, 19. Tom Derickx 20. Sam Reid, 22. Dean Towers, 23. Lance Franklin, 24. Dane Rampe, 26. Luke Parker, 27. Dan Robinson, 30. Lewis Roberts-Thomson, 31. Harry Marsh, 32. Lewis Jetta, 33. Brandon Jack, 35. Sam Naismith, 36. Aliir Aliir, 38. Mike Pyke, 39. Heath Grundy, 40. Nick Smith, 42. Xavier Richards, 44. Jake Lloyd

WEST COAST EAGLE
1. Mitch Brown, 3. Andrew Gaff, 4. Dom Sheed, 5. Brad Sheed, 6. Elliot Yeo, 7. Chris Masten, 10. Scott Selwood, 12. Sharrod Wellingham, 13. Luke Shuey, 15. Jamie Cripps, 18. Xavier Ellis, 19. Adam Carter, 21. Brant Colledge, 22. Callum Sinclair, 24. Matt Rosa, 25. Shannon Hurn, 27. Jack Darling, 29. Scott Lycett, 30. Blayne Wilson, 31. Will Schofield, 33. Josh Hill, 34. Mark Hutchings, 35. Patrick McGinnity, 36. Fraser McInnes, 38. Murray Newman, 40. Dylan Main, 41. Will Maginness, 42. Jeremy McGovern, 44. Jamie Bennell

News:

They’ve acquired some dazzling footballing bling in Lance Franklin, but Sydney know they will need more than a good buddy to win more AFL silverware.

Luring the game’s most charismatic figure was Sydney’s biggest recruiting coup since Tony Lockett was enticed from St Kilda two decades ago.

Sydney adores a superstar and Franklin’s arrival gives Australian rules the weapon to counter the marquee men in the other football codes – Alessandro Del Piero (soccer), Sonny Bill Williams (rugby league) and Israel Folau (rugby union).

New teammates have spoken glowingly about Franklin’s commitment and an unprecedented crowd for their normally sparsely-attended intra-club hitout attested to his pulling power.

Long-term injuries to Adam Goodes, Sam Reid, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Rhyce Shaw, Alex Johnson, Lewis Jetta and Gary Rohan blighted Sydney’s 2013 campaign, though they still finished fourth.

Sydney coach John Longmire won’t be drawn into making bold predictions about a Franklin-inspired premiership push.

He views Franklin’s recruitment as part of the club’s desire to evolve following a 2013 preliminary final exit.

“Part of that evolution is having new players come into the team and changing the way we play at different times,” Longmire told AAP.

“We saw that with Jetta, who has been able to make some differences to the team at different times, hopefully we see the same with Gary Rohan.

“Obviously Franklin is another player that can help change the style, just by the type of players that they are.”

But the inclusion of Franklin on a mega-bucks nine-year deal has come at a cost.

Premiership ruckman Shane Mumford and Jed Lamb have crossed town to join the Giants, while Jesse White, Andrejs Everitt and Tony Armstrong also found new AFL homes.

Even so, Longmire is adamant the Swans still have good depth.

“We feel as though we’ve been able to recruit to help those roles to be fill to be filled and add some more depth to our team,” Longmire said.

“If you look through our team now, the combination of the players we are getting back from last year from injury, plus the continued development of a lot of those blokes who played last year, and some of the blokes that didn’t play last year that are still on our list, we feel as though we’ve got some really strong depth now.”

As was the case at Hawthorn, Franklin will be far from a one-man show, with plenty of high quality support staff to help Sydney strive for a fourth grand final and third premiership in 10 years.

He adds firepower to a forward line that already includes Kurt Tippett, Reid and Goodes, who can also play in the ruck, defence and midfield respectively.

Tippett was Sydney’s leading goalkicker last year with just 35 despite missing the first half of the campaign through a league-imposed suspension.

Sydney have pace to go with their size in Jetta and Rohan, who have played few games together due to injuries, while Ben McGlynn can shuttle between midfield and the forward line.

Down back, Sydney have added former Carlton defender Jeremy Laidler, while Johnson returns after missing all of last season with a serious knee injury.

They support established defensive pillars Ted Richards, Heath Grundy, Nick Malceski, Shaw and Nick Smith.

The deep midfield rotation include several proven performers in co-captains Jarrad McVeigh and Kieren Jack, Josh Kennedy, Ryan O’Keefe and Dan Hannebery, plus emerging stars Luke Parker and Tom Mitchell.

While losing Mumford and White has hit their ruck stocks, Longmire has confidence in the constantly improving Mike Pyke.