The only Monday AFL Round 10 matche is between West Coast Eagles and Richmond Tigers. The game is set to commence at 5:40pm local time and 7:40pm AEST with the game to be played at Patersons Stadium. Home team West Coast Eagles go into the match as the favourites in the market. View our preview and teams for the game between West Coast Eagles and Richmond Tigers.

Round: Round 10 5:40 PM June 03, 2013
Stadium: Patersons Stadium
Weather: 18° Mostly Sunny

Featured Bookmakers:

West Coast Eagles $2.05 vs Richmond Tigers $1.77 at Sportsbet Australia get a $500 FREE BET on this match

West Coast Eagles $2.02 vs Richmond Tigers $1.81 at Luxbet Australia get a $500 FREE BET on this match

Odds Comparison by AFL Odds:

West Coast Eagles	1.28	1.26	1.27	1.26	1.28	1.29
Richmond Tigers	3.65	3.80	3.90	3.80	3.65	3.70

Preview:

Round 10 takes us through to Monday with the final game being West Coast v Richmond.

Both teams come into this game with a season record of 5-4 but, with the superior percentage, West Coast sit in sixth spot compared to Richmond’s tenth.

West Coast have had a good time of it over the past month in terms of the draw, registering wins over Western Bulldogs, Brisbane and GWS but it was their narrow win over North in Round 8, that signalled the Eagles were back to near their best form.

The return of Nic Naitanui to the side has provided the spark West Coast were missing in the early rounds but with Hawthorn, Essendon, Adelaide, Fremantle and Sydney awaiting West Coast in the next few rounds, they’ll need more than Naitanui to stand up and lead the way.

Richmond needs a win here to keep tabs on teams in the eight.

After registering comfortable wins against Port and Melbourne, the Tigers couldn’t keep pace with the Bombers last week and were beaten 91-62.

It took the Tiger’s record against teams placed higher them on the ladder to 1-4 however, their betting stats when away (3-1) and when away as outsiders (2-1) are strong and with +25.5 start, may give the Eagles something to chase.

Teams:

West Coast Eagles:
B: Eric Mackenzie, Darren Glass, Sam Butler
HB: Shannon Hurn, Mitchell Brown, Matt Rosa
C: Andrew Gaff, Scott Selwood, Daniel Kerr
HF: Mark LeCras, Jack Darling, Chris Masten
F: Dean Cox, Josh Kennedy, Josh Hill
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Matt Priddis, Luke Shuey
Int (from): Patrick McGinnity, Mark Hutchings, Brad Sheppard, Andrew Embley, Bradd Dalziell, Adam Selwood, Jacob Brennan

In: A.Selwood, P.McGinnity, A.Embley

Richmond Tigers:
B: Steven Morris, Alex Rance, Bachar Houli
HB: Chris Newman, Troy Chaplin, Nick Vlastuin
C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Daniel Jackson
HF: Sam Lonergan, Shane Edwards, Jake King
F: Ty Vickery, Jack Riewoldt, Dustin Martin
Foll: Ivan Maric, Brett Deledio, Nathan Foley
Int (from): Aaron Edwards, Matt White, Matthew Arnot, Brad Helbig, Jake Batchelor, Matt Dea, David Astbury

In: A.Edwards, D.Astbury, M.Arnot, M.Dea, B.Helbig

Tigers on the march, says Eagles coach

West Coast coach John Worsfold predicts Richmond’s premiership window will soon open, saying the Tigers are on the right track to achieve future AFL success.

Richmond last played finals football in 2001, but have been steadily building since Damien Hardwick took over as coach in 2010.

A series of close losses last year cost Richmond the chance to secure a rare finals berth.

But at 5-4 entering Monday night’s clash with West Coast at Patersons Stadium, the Tigers are in the mix to snare a top-eight finish in 2013.

West Coast’s future looked cloudy after they finished last in 2010.

But the Eagles’ premiership window opened dramatically a year later when the club surged all the way to the preliminary final.

Although Richmond’s rebuild is taking significantly longer, Worsfold said the Tigers possessed a good mix of players who had the potential to carry the club forward.

“I think Richmond are on a pretty good pathway to becoming a really top side,” Worsfold said.

“Adding (Troy) Chaplin in their back half has given them a good mix down there.

“Their forward line has got good talls as well as good pace, and they are a very good midfield.

“I still see a lot of upside.

“I don’t think they’re going to have too many players retire over the next two or three years, so I think they have a squad that will be together for another three or four years, which opens up a big window for them.”

Richmond have lost their past five encounters at Patersons Stadium, with a late Hayden Ballantyne goal consigning them to a one-point defeat to Fremantle in round five.

Spearhead Jack Riewoldt booted just one goal in that game.

But he’ll be looking forward to coming up against Eric Mackenzie after monstering the Eagles defender when they last played on each other in 2010.

Mackenzie was moved off Riewoldt after conceding four goals within the space of 11 minutes, with Riewoldt going on to kick 10 goals for the match in Richmond’s 49-point win.

Riewoldt will be helped out in attack by former Eagles and North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards, who has been selected to make his Richmond debut.

West Coast welcome back veterans Andrew Embley and Adam Selwood from injury.

The Eagles have won four straight games to surge back into top-four calculations, with last round’s 100-point flogging of Greater Western Sydney giving their percentage an important boost.