AFL 2019 Round 13: Gold Coast v St Kilda, 1:45pm AEST, Riverway Stadium

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Where and when: Riverway Stadium (Townsville), Saturday June 15, 1.45pm AEST

Townsville Forecast

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming northeasterly 20 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening.

What it means for Gold Coast: The Suns are desperate to win. They've lost eight matches straight and need some impetus heading into the bye. Their encouraging first month seems so long ago now and a victory in front of their North Queensland fans would do wonders for the remainder of the year.

What it means for St Kilda: Like the Suns, the Saints' feel-good start to the season feels an age ago. Fresh off the bye, a win would well-and-truly extricate them from the bottom four teams and keep their finals hope flickering.

The stat: One Sun flying under the radar this season is small forward-turn-midfielder Darcy MacPherson. He is ranked fourth in the competition for average pressure acts (25.6 a game) and fifth for tackles (6.6).

The match-up: Tim Membrey v Jack Hombsch
With a backline in constant flux through injury, it’s hard to know the Suns' specific matchups, but Hombsch (360 on the Official AFL Player Ratings) is a good fit for the athletic Membrey (No. 185). The Saint has kicked two goals in each of his past four outings against Gold Coast and again looms as a dangerman in a versatile forward set-up.

It’s a big week for: Will Brodie. The young Gold Coast midfielder is in his third season and played just 14 games. Brodie was recalled to play North Melbourne last start and had a good outing with 30 disposals, but needs to back it up to solidify his position.

Will Brodie is one of a number of young Suns searching for consistency. Picture: AFL Photos

Big call: Both teams to top 90 points in the warm, dry conditions.

Prediction: Saints by 12 points.

Source: AFL Website

 

[RUNVS]

A part of me is disappointed Hannebery is not playing.

 

[projectv]

A part of me is disappointed Hannebery is not playing.

Same here, our midfield is woeful. Don't think he's far off though.

 

[Chaisa]

Don't quite have the balls to tip them but the Suns are in for a real shot here.

 

[ubuntu]

Wtf are these ultra zoomed in camera angles? Unwatchable in my opinion.

 

[Billy ray]

Wish they had the cameras on a higher platform. Its like watching games at the SCG..

 

[Billy ray]

The behind the goals cameras are up higher and shots from there look ok

 

[gavaniacono]

Raw speed.
Versus processed speed.

Got it.

 

[HBF]

A part of me is disappointed Hannebery is not playing.

Didn't realise he was that close.

 

[Unique Name]

Nice day for footy, crowd looks good.

Agree the camera angles aren't great.

 

[gavaniacono]

Saints look very flat. A worry.

 

[HBF]

What a beautiful day up north

 

[Chaisa]

Didn't realise he was that close.

Dominated VFL the week before last IIRC.

Think he'll be in next round, as will King.

 

[gavaniacono]

What a collection of onanist commentatoes we have today. Specially selected for our edification.

 

[Damon_3388]

Saints playing games in Victoria, NSW, WA, SA, Queensland, Tasmania, ACT and China this season. Has a Victorian-based team ever done this before?

 

[projectv]

Bit mean of Townsville to not close the roof for us, everyone knows we're not great when we have to play outside.

 

[Unique Name]

God Acres is an ordinary footballer.

 

[Billy ray]

Saints playing games in Victoria, NSW, WA, SA, Queensland, Tasmania, ACT and China this season. Has a Victorian-based team ever done this before?

No but we did the last two years

Edit. Maybe we didnt do ACT

 

[My Tilly]

football today is pretty horrible.
I'm bewildered how the AFL keep finding new supporters

 

[projectv]

Saints playing games in Victoria, NSW, WA, SA, Queensland, Tasmania, ACT and China this season. Has a Victorian-based team ever done this before?

Geelong as well. Bit relieved we missed out on Ballarat and Darwin though.

 

[srobbo]

Saints picking up from where they left off in China. Gees they’re ordinary.

 

[projectv]

We should be down by at least 3-4 goals. Pretty lucky so far.

 

[Devington]

football today is pretty horrible.
I'm bewildered how the AFL keep finding new supporters

I always laughed at how the AFL decided to heavily weaken the quality of every list, thus the attractiveness of the sport for new and old fans alike, for the sake of 'new markets'.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Can someone grab that cowbell and shove it up that yobbo's arse?

 

[Crashy]

Richo gone if the Saints get rolled?