Round 17: Eagles v Sturt - Saturday 27 July @ Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval

Eagles v Sturt

Saturday 27 July
Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval

Reserves: 11:25am
League: 2:10pm

The Eagles are coming off a tough win over Centrals, while Sturt were quite uncompetitive in their loss to Norwood. Will the Eagles widen the gap between 4th and 5th further, or will Sturt cause an upset?

Will Tambling hold his place with the Crows.
Eagles need a win in their hunt for third spot

with too much to play for & far too many bigger bodies for Sturt too handle i think after a tight first half WWT will run away with it

The Eagles cannot let this one slip away from them, they will be to fast for Sturt and 32 points clear at the final bell

Eagles will be aware of the last result between the two clubs and should account for Sturt by 5 goals.

Eagles by 4 to 5 goals.

Woodville is one of the better drained grounds I reckon. Never seen it too muddy and being larger, hopefully the spectacle will be a little more free flowing than the Blues have seen in the last 3 weeks.

We have a better chance with that than a slogfest.

I not sure about the Eagles being too fast for Sturt. The last time these teams played I had a strange feeling, and from the first bounce Sturt were switched on and destroyed us all over the ground.
I think a lot depends on the Eagles attitude and teams often have a let down after a big win the week before.
I hope we are ready to play this time, Sturt seem to match up well against us.

Sturt

League
F: Hurley, Graham, McIntyre
HF: Crane, Duldig, Martin
C: Calabrese, Jaensch, Kane
HB: Montgomery, Coad, Harms
B: Page, Evans, Hinge
R: Kurtze, Greenslade, Battersby
INT: Krause, Panozzo, Johnson, Sutcliffe, Stephens
IN: Krause, Duldig, Johnson, Sutcliffe, Stephens
OUT: Hombsch (Power), Kerridge (Crows), Kelly

Eagles:

F: Poole, Borholm, Goldsworthy
HF: Rowntree, Ainger, Salter
C: Jarrad, Lewis, Martyn
HB: Sumner, Ellis-Yolmen, Batley
B: Raymond, Giuffreda, Heath

R: Parry, Powell, Kane
INT: L. Dunstan, Lloyd, Appleton, Heinjus, Von Bertouch
IN: Appleton, L. Dunstan, Lloyd, Heinjus, Von Bertouch
OUT: Hall (hand), Allmond (knee), Petrenko (Crows)