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Brownlow Medal | 3 Leigh Montagna (STK) | 2 Nathan Jones (MELB) | 1 Jack Steven (STK) |
It was a day of milestones for St Kilda, with Nick Riewoldt and Nick Dal Santo both playing their 250th games. The day was full of celebration for both players, with the Saints overcoming the Demons by 35 points on Saturday afternoon.
The Saints kicking the first three goals in the opening four minutes was not a good start for new interim Demon coach Neil Craig. It was not until the six-minute mark that Melbourne found their first goal, coming through young talent in Dean Kent.
Jack Watts got the fire starting for Melbourne, kicking a few late goals in the second term giving the Demons a slight sniff. However St Kilda’s five-goal-to-two third quarter was enough to quell the gutsy Demons, and they took a 49-point lead heading into the last term. Despite Melbourne’s hard work in the last quarter, it wasn’t enough, with the Saints coming away victorious by 35 points.
Leigh Montagna starred for St.Kilda gathering 35 disposals and kicking a goal. He received good support from Jack Steven (30 disposals) and Farren Ray (29 disposals and two goals), both of whom were also terrific. Colin Garland (28 disposals) stood out for Melbourne, running off half back and setting up play, whilst Nathan Jones (23 disposals and one goal) and Spencer (15 disposals and 27 hit outs) also held their own.
Both teams can take confidence out of the end result, with Melbourne starting to show signs of improvement, with two potentially winnable games (against Western Bulldogs and Brisbane) coming up and St Kilda showing it has what it takes to get off to a flying start, although it will find its next two games (Richmond and Fremantle) a greater challenge.
GOALS
St Kilda: Riewoldt 3; Koschitzke, Ray 2; Jones, Dennis-Lane, Montagna, Ross, Dempster, Stanley, Armitage, Milera, Geary
Melbourne: Watts 2, Howe 2; Kent, Blease, Dawes, Jones, Byrnes, Fitzpatrick
BEST - THE AGE
St Kilda: Montagna, Ray, Steven, Riewoldt, Dal Santo, Roberton
Melbourne: Sylvia, Garland, Terlich, Clisby, McDonald, N Jones
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St Kilda: Montagna, Steven, Ray, Roberton, Dal Santo, Gwilt
Melbourne: Garland, N. Jones, Blease, McDonald, Spencer, Clisby
COACHES’ COMMENTS
Neil Craig (Melb): We’re not competitive in real terms of where the competition is. We'll keep working hard. We need to get out standard up. In the first quarter the contested ball was minus 17 and that's not going to get you close. We have to tidy up our execution. We're not competitive with that.
Scott Watters (StK): We've got a terrific playing group. We've got a great group of leaders so we asked them for a fast start, an aggressive start, and we knew that contested ball was going to be an absolute key focus early in the game when both clubs have had the weeks that they've had.
INJURIES
St Kilda: Fisher (foot), replaced in selected side by Murdoch; McEvoy (concussion)
Melbourne: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
St Kilda: Ben McEvoy subbed out for Jimmy Webster in the third quarter
Melbourne: Chris Dawes (ill) subbed out for Daniel Nicholson in the fourth quarter
REPORTS
St Kilda: Nil
Melbourne: Spencer reported for head-high frontal contact against McEvoy in the second quarter
UMPIRES: Dalgleish, Ryan, McInerney
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
St. Kilda | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
20 | Armitage, David | 14 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25y 6d | 82 | 56 |
26 | Dal Santo, Nick | 11 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29y 120d | 250 | 136 |
24 | Dempster, Sean | 11 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29y 153d | 150 | 18 |
8 | Dennis-Lane, Trent | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24y 296d | 24 | 35 |
38 | Dunell, Samuel | 11 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23y 121d | 7 | 1 |
14 | Geary, Jarryn | 15 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24y 364d | 84 | 16 |
33 | Gwilt, James | 15 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26y 315d | 103 | 19 |
4 | Jones, Clinton | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29y 140d | 123 | 31 |
23 | Koschitzke, Justin | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 30y 275d | 198 | 247 |
5 | McEvoy, Ben | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23y 346d | 81 | 22 |
32 | Milera, Terry | 11 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 165d | 22 | 26 |
11 | Montagna, Leigh | 20 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 29y 232d | 202 | 120 |
30 | Murdoch, Brodie | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19y 152d | 3 | 0 |
16 | Newnes, Jack | 13 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 118d | 17 | 1 |
22 | Ray, Farren | 16 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27y 91d | 166 | 52 |
12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 16 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30y 248d | 250 | 553 |
17 | Roberton, Dylan | 11 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 1d | 49 | 7 |
6 | Ross, Sebastian | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20y 46d | 10 | 2 |
31 | Simpkin, Tom | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 319d | 23 | 0 |
28 | Stanley, Rhys | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22y 203d | 33 | 21 |
3 | Steven, Jack | 18 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 86d | 63 | 47 |
29 | Webster, Jimmy | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 359d | 6 | 1 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 221 | 99 | 179 | 400 | 16 | 8 | 28 | 47 | 16 | 22 | 25y 23d | 1946 | 1411 |
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
17 | Blease, Sam | 11 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 123d | 26 | 21 |
10 | Byrnes, Shannon | 8 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29y 76d | 117 | 106 |
50 | Clisby, Mitch | 12 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 168d | 1 | 0 |
36 | Davey, Aaron | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30y 12d | 168 | 170 |
6 | Dawes, Chris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25y 37d | 77 | 87 |
14 | Dunn, Lynden | 11 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26y 39d | 107 | 90 |
48 | Fitzpatrick, Jack | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21y 361d | 6 | 4 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 19 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25y 55d | 92 | 13 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22y 358d | 47 | 55 |
45 | Jones, Matt | 9 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 247d | 12 | 2 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 13 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25y 153d | 147 | 72 |
34 | Kent, Dean | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19y 118d | 5 | 3 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 9 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20y 277d | 29 | 0 |
26 | Nicholson, Daniel | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 232d | 27 | 3 |
21 | Pedersen, Cameron | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26y 97d | 23 | 24 |
15 | Rodan, David | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29y 257d | 182 | 130 |
42 | Spencer, Jake | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 23y 256d | 19 | 2 |
12 | Sylvia, Colin | 16 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 27y 226d | 147 | 126 |
46 | Terlich, Dean | 16 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23y 191d | 11 | 0 |
5 | Toumpas, Jimmy | 13 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19y 171d | 6 | 0 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 11 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21y 293d | 69 | 36 |
4 | Watts, Jack | 10 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22y 88d | 63 | 44 |
Totals | 205 | 108 | 161 | 366 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 47 | 22 | 16 | 24y 108d | 1381 | 988 |