Sunday third AFL Round 17 match is between West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans with the game to be played at Patersons Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 2.40pm local time with away team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans.

WHERE AND WHEN: Patersons Stadium, Sunday July 21, 2.40pm

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Opening odds comparison:

West Coast Eagles	2.55	2.45	2.60	2.45	2.55	2.57
Sydney Swans	1.51	1.55	1.50	1.55	1.51	1.52

Preview:

The last game of round 17 is between West Coast and Sydney, kicking off on Sunday at 4.40pm at Patersons Stadium. This should be one of the better matches of the
round, with the Swans expected to win here but not by a lot. Sydney are coming off a massive victory against GWS, in a game that didn’t test them but should leave them fresh in the lead-up to this much tougher contest. While this is one of the great rivalries of modern day footy, this time around, the Swans have better form and more to play for in the lead up to September.

Teams:

West Coast Eagles:
B: Will Schofield, Darren Glass, Mitch Brown
HB: Jacob Brennan, Eric Mackenzie, Ash Smith
C: Andrew Gaff, Matt Priddis, Matt Rosa
HF: Mark Hutchings, Josh Kennedy, Josh Hill
F: Mark LeCras, Dean Cox, Jack Darling
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Chris Masten, Luke Shuey
Int (from): Jamie Cripps, Adam Carter, Cale Morton, Sharrod Wellingham, Blayne Wilson, Adam Selwood, Bradd Dalziell

In: A Selwood Wellingham Shuey Wilson
Out: Embley (suspended)

Sydney Swans:
B: Dane Rampe, Heath Grundy, Nick Smith
HB: Nick Malceski, Ted Richards, Jarrad McVeigh
C: Brandon Jack, Josh Kennedy, Kieren Jack
HF: Craig Bird, Jesse White, Luke Parker
F: Jude Bolton, Kurt Tippett, Mike Pyke
Foll: Shane Mumford, Ryan O’Keefe, Dan Hannebery
Int (from): Harry Cunningham, Andrejs Everitt, Jed Lamb, Mitchell Morton, Xavier Richards, Dean Towers

In: Morton Cunningham X Richards Towers
Out: McGlynn (suspended)

Swan Rampe living his dream

Having helped put Sydney’s little brother in his place, boom Swans’ rookie Dane Rampe will fulfil a personal AFL dream when he plays against West Coast next weekend.

Defender Rampe has been the find of the season for the premiers, playing 13 games, including each of the past 11.

With Alex Johnson sidelined for the whole season, Rhyce Shaw playing just two games and Marty Mattner retiring in mid-season Rampe has earned plaudits form coach John Longmire for his consistency.

He equalled his career-best tally of 18 possessions in Sunday’s 129-point rout of Greater Western Sydney and also kicked his first senior goal.

A Sydney product, who lives a handful of kilometres form the SCG, Rampe will play his first senior game in Perth this weekend.

He grew up watching the rivalry between the Swans and Eagles, highlighted by the incredibly close 2005-06 grand finals between the two clubs.

“I grew up idolising the players in both teams, the Cousins the Judds and the Kerrs and then on our side the Kirks and the Boltons,” Rampe said.

“I was very aware of the rivalry we had back in that era, and obviously its a dream come true to be part of it now”.

He said the Swans were pleased with their four-quarter effort against GWS and handing out a thrashing to their local rival.

“We did speak about that before we went out,” Rampe said.

“We’ve played them a few times and we haven’t really made our mark and really asserted our authority over them we think we do have and I think the respect that we deserve.” Rampe credited Sydney’s senior players for his development his season after he played in the Sydney competition in 2012 following three years at Wiiliamstown.

He played soccer at Newington, a renowned rugby union school, which has produced two of Australia’s greatest Wallabies, halfback Nick Farr-Jones and hooker Phil Kearns.

“They tried to get me to play rugby a few years back. It might have been a different story if I had changed to the rugby.” Rampe said.

“I still have to pinch myself sometimes at how unbelievably lucky I am to play for my home club and still living at home with my parents .”