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| Round: 18 Venue: Kardinia Park Date: Sat, 27-07-2013 7:40 pm Crowd: 27,200 | |||||
| Geelong | 4.1.25 | 12.5.77 | 16.9.105 | 21.11.137 | C: Chris Scott |
| St. Kilda | 4.1.25 | 5.1.31 | 5.5.35 | 5.6.36 | C: Scott Watters |
| Scores level | GEEL by 46 | GEEL by 70 | GEEL by 101 | ||
| Weather |
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Joel Selwood (GEEL) | 2 Steve Johnson (GEEL) | 1 James Podsiadly (GEEL) |
Match Report
With scores level at 4.1.25 apiece at quarter time at Kardinia Park on Saturday night, not many at the ground actually expected St Kilda to continue to keep pace with Geelong for the remainder of the evening. But it's probably fair to say that far fewer expected the Cat onslaught that was to follow over the next three quarters.
The Cats completed dried up all of St Kilda's avenues to goal, to the extent the Saints scored only one goal in the second quarter, and none whatsoever through the entire second half. Geelong in the meantime, as well as preventing St Kilda from getting anywhere near their goals, went on a scoring rampage, kicking 8.4 in the second quarter, 4.4 in the third and another 5.2 in the last. The final margin was 101 points, an unthinkable gap at the first change of ends.
Geelong's teamwork and precision were almost scarily good, and would no doubt have given the other top four coaches pause for thought. There seems little doubt that the Cats at their best are every chance of taking home a fourth flag in seven years. While virtually the entire Geelong team was in peak form, the best of the best included Steven Motlop (four goals and 29 touches), Tom Hawkins (five goals) and captain Joel Selwood (three goals and 32 disposals).
For the Saints, Jack Steven (36 disposals), Leigh Montagna (34 touches and a goal) and Clint Jones (27 possessions) never stopped trying.
The win enabled Geelong, who will take on North Melbourne at Docklands on Friday night, to regain a place in the top two. St Kilda, languishing in 16th place on the ladder with just two wins, will take on Brisbane at the Gabba next Saturday night.
GOALS
Geelong: Hawkins 5; Motlop 4; Selwood 3; Podsiadly, Varcoe, Johnson 2; Mackie, Vardy, Kelly
St Kilda: Lee, Riewoldt 2; Montagna
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Geelong: Motlop, Hawkins, Selwood, Mackie, Taylor, Kelly, Vardy
St Kilda: Steven, Montagna, Hayes, Newnes
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Geelong: Motlop, Selwood, Hawkins, Duncan, Mackie, Podsiadly
St Kilda: Steven, Montagna, Jones, Dal Santo, Newnes, Dempster
INJURIES
Geelong: Dawson Simpson (knee)
St Kilda: James Gwilt (knee), Riewoldt (leg)
SUBSTITUTES
Geelong: Billie Smedts replaced Dawson Simpson during the second quarter
St Kilda: Tom Curren replaced James Gwilt in the second quarter
UMPIRES: Hay, Jeffery, Mitchell
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, Luke Darcy, Cameron Ling
Source
Match report by Andrew GigaczFootnotes
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Match stats
| Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 1 | Brown, Mitch | 12 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22y 333d | 10 | 5 |
| 23 | Caddy, Josh | 8 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20y 302d | 35 | 24 |
| 11 | Corey, Joel | 8 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 31y 160d | 268 | 77 |
| 22 | Duncan, Mitch | 16 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 47d | 68 | 59 |
| 44 | Enright, Corey | 15 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 31y 316d | 260 | 54 |
| 29 | Guthrie, Cameron | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20y 342d | 33 | 4 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Tom | 10 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25y 6d | 117 | 212 |
| 33 | Horlin-Smith, George | 9 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20y 217d | 11 | 5 |
| 19 | Hunt, Taylor | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 264d | 53 | 16 |
| 20 | Johnson, Steve | 17 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30y 23d | 207 | 393 |
| 9 | Kelly, James | 10 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29y 210d | 225 | 83 |
| 13 | Lonergan, Tom | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29y 71d | 114 | 51 |
| 4 | Mackie, Andrew | 18 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 354d | 190 | 85 |
| 32 | Motlop, Steven | 12 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 137d | 43 | 57 |
| 31 | Podsiadly, James | 13 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31y 320d | 76 | 160 |
| 14 | Selwood, Joel | 17 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25y 62d | 152 | 78 |
| 16 | Simpson, Dawson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24y 160d | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | Smedts, Billie | 8 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21y 49d | 26 | 17 |
| 27 | Stokes, Mathew | 5 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28y 247d | 147 | 189 |
| 7 | Taylor, Harry | 12 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27y 45d | 128 | 32 |
| 5 | Varcoe, Travis | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25y 108d | 107 | 116 |
| 30 | Vardy, Nathan | 11 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22y 32d | 14 | 13 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 216 | 114 | 182 | 398 | 21 | 11 | 33 | 57 | 13 | 11 | 25y 239d | 2295 | 1731 | |
| St. Kilda | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 20 | Armitage, David | 5 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25y 41d | 87 | 56 |
| 43 | Curren, Tom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 363d | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Dal Santo, Nick | 9 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29y 155d | 255 | 138 |
| 24 | Dempster, Sean | 10 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29y 188d | 155 | 18 |
| 14 | Geary, Jarryn | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 25y 34d | 88 | 16 |
| 33 | Gwilt, James | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26y 350d | 108 | 19 |
| 7 | Hayes, Lenny | 9 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 33y 194d | 273 | 90 |
| 1 | Hickey, Tom | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22y 143d | 21 | 5 |
| 4 | Jones, Clinton | 9 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29y 175d | 128 | 35 |
| 9 | Lee, Tom | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22y 206d | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | McEvoy, Ben | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 16d | 86 | 26 |
| 44 | Milne, Stephen | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33y 141d | 271 | 567 |
| 11 | Montagna, Leigh | 16 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29y 267d | 207 | 122 |
| 16 | Newnes, Jack | 12 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20y 153d | 22 | 1 |
| 22 | Ray, Farren | 14 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27y 126d | 171 | 52 |
| 12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30y 283d | 254 | 559 |
| 35 | Saunders, Josh | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18y 330d | 7 | 1 |
| 31 | Simpkin, Tom | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22y 354d | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | Siposs, Arryn | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 244d | 24 | 20 |
| 28 | Stanley, Rhys | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22y 238d | 38 | 22 |
| 3 | Steven, Jack | 23 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23y 121d | 68 | 52 |
| 29 | Webster, Jimmy | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 29d | 9 | 1 |
| Totals | 162 | 58 | 176 | 338 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 54 | 11 | 13 | 25y 156d | 2305 | 1812 | |