St Kilda Saints vs. Essendon Bombers

The third game today in Round 4 of the 2013 AFL season is between St Kilda Saints and Essendon Bombers. The game is set to commence at 4:40pm local time with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The current favourites for the match are the Bombers who are looking to continue their unbeaten run this season. View our preview and teams list for the game between St Kilda Saints and Essendon Bombers.

It wasn’t a great start to the season for the Saints who went down to Gold Coast in the opening round (90 – 77) and were on the wrong side of the scoreboard in round two against Richmond (99 – 82).
A much needed win was secured last week, albeit against the GWS but, they still aren’t firing on all cylinders for mine and come up against a Bombers who, whilst haven’t enjoyed the best of times off the field in recent months, haven’t let these issues effect their footy and have recorded win over Essendon, Melbourne and Fremantle in their opening rounds.
The wins against Adelaide and Fremantle were achieved on the road, proving that they are in good enough form to beat the Saints here.

Essendon coach James Hird has been interviewed by anti-doping investigators seeking to determine whether players at the AFL club used prohibited substances last year.
Hird’s interview with Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) officials at AFL headquarters in Melbourne on Tuesday is likely to be the first of several with the coach.
Bombers players are also expected to soon be interviewed as part of a process that is likely to take months.
Hird skipped Essendon training on Tuesday to attend the interview.
He told reporters beforehand he was looking forward to giving his version of events.
“I’m feeling good,” Hird said.
“I’m going to answer the investigators’ questions and we’ll go from there.”
The Bombers’ former sports scientist Stephen Dank has alleged that Hird and Essendon assistant coach Simon Goodwin were both given the peptide Hexarelin, which is banned for players but not for coaches.
Dank has also said that Hird had a thorough knowledge of the supplement program implemented for the players.
But he says Bombers players were not given any substances banned under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code.