LIVE AFL: Roos look to ease early pressure on Clarko against red-hot Saints

The Saints can join the logjam at the top of the AFL table with victory over North Melbourne on Sunday afternoon.

St Kilda (5-2, 133.2%) could join Melbourne and Brisbane on 24 points and regain Cooper Sharman for his first match of 2023.

North Melbourne (2-5, 66.5%) are languishing off the back of five straight losses to see the pressure applied to coach Alastair Clarkson.

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Round 8

The Roos have swung the axe, making six changes to the side to face the Saints at Marvel Stadium.

Blake Drury will make his AFL debut, while midfield gun Luke Davies-Uniacke returns.

Aaron Hall, Daniel Howe and Kayne Turner have been dropped, while Charlie Comben (ankle), Tom Powell (ankle), and Callum Coleman-Jones (concussion) miss through injury.

This match gets underway at 4.40pm AEST from Marvel Stadium.

Watch it live on Fox Footy (channel 504) from 4pm AEST.

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