Western Bulldogs
84
28
St Kilda
56
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| M. Bontempelli |  | 23:44 | ||
| 21:27 | | Z. Jones | ||
| 17:10 | | M. King | ||
| 15:23 |  | D. Butler | ||
| B. Khamis | | 14:44 | ||
| 12:55 | | R. Marshall | ||
| 10:33 | | J. Higgins | ||
| 8:11 | | M. King | ||
| 5:21 | | J. Higgins | ||
| 3:04 | | J. Billings | ||
| 0:48 | | J. Sinclair | ||
| 12.5 (77) | Third Quarter [+] | 3.9 (27) | ||
| J. Johannisen | | 28:04 | ||
| 26:52 | | Rushed | ||
| 25:23 | | M. King | ||
| 24:08 | | J. Higgins | ||
| A. Treloar | | 22:30 | ||
| 21:14 | | J. Gresham | ||
| 11:47 | | Rushed | ||
| 10:47 | | Rushed | ||
| R. West | | 8:54 | ||
| R. Garcia | | 3:33 | ||
| J. Ugle-Hagan | | 2:15 | ||
| 8.4 (52) | Second Quarter [+] | 2.4 (16) | ||
| 26:57 | | J. Steele | ||
| 24:50 | | Rushed | ||
| 23:38 | | J. Gresham | ||
| M. Bontempelli | | 20:48 | ||
| 17:37 | | M. Wood | ||
| L. McNeil | | 14:35 | ||
| M. Hannan | | 9:56 | ||
| J. Ugle-Hagan | | 8:13 | ||
| R. Garcia | | 3:25 | ||
| 5.2 (32) | First Quarter [+] | 0.2 (2) | ||
| J. Dunkley | | 25:26 | ||
| R. West | | 21:18 | ||
| 19:14 | | J. Billings | ||
| B. Dale | | 17:24 | ||
| 16:58 | | T. Membrey | ||
| C. Weightman | | 14:53 | ||
| J. Johannisen | | 10:45 | ||
| J. Ugle-Hagan | | 7:36 | ||
| M. Bontempelli | | 7:09 | ||
It’s crunch time for St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs, with nothing short of a win under the Friday night lights enough to keep their fading finals hopes alive. Join The Roar for live scores and rolling coverage from 7:50pm (AEST).
COVID has taken a toll on the Bulldogs this weekend with Luke Beveridge being forced to make changes to his side that was smashed by the Swans last weekend. Aaron Naughton, Josh Schache and Lachie Hunter will all miss tonight’s clash due to the league COVID protocols.
In better news, Josh Bruce will make his return to AFL level after missing 10 months of footy due to an ACL injury. Superstar Bailey Smith will make his return to the side after his misconduct suspension to replace Hunter, and Buku Khamis will come in to replace Schache.
Bruce was having a stellar season last year prior to his injury and I think the inclusion of him into the side will lift the Bulldogs after an inconsistent year so far.
St Kilda have also been ravaged by COVID this weekend and will be without Seb Ross for tonight’s match. The Saints fell away rapidly in the second half of last week’s match against the Dockers to ultimately go down by 41 points at Marvel Stadium.
The Saints have been another team that has struggled with consistency throughout this season. When they are flying they are one of the best teams in the competition; but have struggled to find that form on a weekly basis.
After an explosive start to the season, I expect Max King to find some form and guide the Saints out of a form slump which sees them having won only one of their past five matches.
Prediction
I think the Bulldogs will win this one by 15 points.
Game information
Opening bounce: 7:50pm (AEST)
Venue: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
TV: Fox Footy, Channel 7
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go
Betting: Bulldogs $1.62, Saints $2.30 (odds via PlayUp)
Western Bulldogs
B: E. Richards, R. Gardner, B. Khamis
HB: M. Hannan, A. Keath, B. Dale
C: B. Williams, T. Liberatore, J. Macrae
HF: R. West, J. Bruce, B. Smith
F: M. Bontempelli (c), J. Sweet, C. Weightman
FOLL: T. English, J. Dunkley, A. Treloar
I/C: J. Ugle-Hagan, L. McNeil, R. Garcia, J. Johannisen
EMG: T. O’Brien, R. McComb, L. Cleary, R. Smith
IN: B Smith, Khamis, Sweet, Bruce, McNeil
OUT: Naughton, Scott, Bedendo, Schache, Hunter
St Kilda
B: B. Paton, J. Battle, C. Wilkie
HB: T. Highmore, J. Webster, J. Sinclair
C: B. Hill, J. Gresham, J. Billings
HF: T. Membrey, M. Wood, D. Butler
F: J. Higgins, M. King, R. Marshall
FOLL: P. Ryder, J. Steele (c), B. Crouch
I/C: Z. Jones, N. Wanganeen-Milera, R. Byrnes, C. Sharman
EMG: B. Long, J. Lienert, L. Connolly, D. Joyce
IN: Paton, Sharman, Byrnes
OUT: Joyce, Windhager, Ross
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
Haha but is he feeding him human growth hormone like big Sammy?
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Top stuff his dad was a tough bastard :thumbup:
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Darcy has another 14 yr old son :thumbup: Croft kid similar age
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
Koby Berwick is apparently a number one Smokey for about four years. He turned fourteen this year
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Surname ?
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
Yeah we’ve got an apparent number one pick in the under 13s this year
Chanon
Roar Rookie
We have the ‘children of the corn’ West Twins year after next
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
Fair enough we have a fair few father sons this year too but only the Daveys are any chance of being drafted
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Not sure but he’s training at the kennel hoping to be drafted!
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
Haven’t heard much about him. Is he any good?
Chris Lewis
Roar Guru
i hope so too
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
I've already told you. Go back to the various live feeds. You'll see the goal by goal calls where I've pointed it out. Clue...it's always followed up with tantrums from you and your colleagues in the Richmond 6.
Dusty does Danger
Roar Rookie
Only 6! Don. Which ones weren’t Don?
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Dees next week then Cats if we can somehow win one of those l’ll be rapt
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
I think we all agree with with that but the 6 whistle assisted wins have disguised it for the PR machine.
Chris Lewis
Roar Guru
dogs r a good team with not much luck this year, and with a few players back any team will know they have played a game. Go Dogs.
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Dogs have won 4 of the last 6 games but as we all know they are playing atrocious footy be interesting with Nort & Caleb Daniel back next week how we perform. As a team we can’t replace Caleb he is the architect in our back half. The Sth Melb Dim Sim has had the dogs perishing in 13th spot on his form ladder, go figure :laughing:
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Dogs are done but these things happen, OM maybe correct but it depends on tigers getting some cattle back otherwise the red hot GC might steal 8th spot
Chris Lewis
Roar Guru
No. too close to call
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Cooney’s kid :thumbup: