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AFL Premiership Round 13
St Kilda V Geelong
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Friday Jun 25
MCG 7:40 PM (Local Time)
Melbourne Forecast Melbourne Radar
Ladder:
Season Win/Loss
AFL Premiership Round 13
St Kilda V Geelong
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Friday Jun 25
MCG 7:40 PM (Local Time)
Melbourne Forecast Melbourne Radar
Ladder:
Season Win/Loss
This is a home game for St Kilda and hopefully it will draw a very good crowd bringing in plenty of coffers for our great club.
Geelong are top of the ladder and winning matches seemingly very comfortably having now won 7 in a row, but they are not infallable as attested by their two losses already this year (to Fremantle and Carlton).
The Saints are second on the ladder, having regained their feet after their worst patch of form in over three years. The Saints have won four consecutive matches against the bottom three teams and a depleted Fremantle. Nevertheless winning form is good form.
Together with Hawthorn these two clubs are the in-form teams of the league. Both squads are not at full strength and are hoping for some valued personnel to return for this match.
Injury lists:
*neither club has been very forthcoming with regards to injury information - so estimates only
Joel Corey (knee injury onset Rnd 4) Test
Matthew Scarlett (hamstring strain onset R10 training) Test
Cameron Mooney (ankle sprain onset Rnd 11) Test
Brad Ottens (foot stress fracture onset Rnd 6) Rnd 14
Tom J. Hawkins (foot stress fracture onset Rnd 10) Rnd 16
Zac Dawson (ankle sprain onset Rnd 10) available
Jason Gram (hamstring strain + hip surgery onset Rnd 8) Test
David Armitage (knee MCL onset Rnd 11) Rnd 14
Raphael Clarke (hamstring strain onset Rd 12) Rd ??
Nick Riewoldt (hamstring strain onset Rnd 3) Rnd ??
Whilst Geelong supporters chronically underestimate the Saints, you can be sure the players and coaches out at Kardinia park do not.
Neither club will be willing to expose all they have up their sleeves, so will quite happily go in slightly understrength to broaden the experience of a few players who may be on the fringes of the best 22. This match will provide finals experience to all who play.
The Saints would love to win this match, as we will be understrength in this match no matter who we field. Also this match will be played on the hallowed MCG turf so any experience gained there is great for us. It would give us 4 very valuable points. Most importantly it would send a signal to Geelong and the other challengers puting doubt into their minds. Geelong would love this to be played in the wet, as they have a very good record against us in the wet. They would be keen to maintain their winning ways and blithely carry on as if this was just another game.
What do you think?