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| Round: 18 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 29-07-2012 3:15 pm Attendance: 23,498 | |||||
| St Kilda | 4.5.29 | 7.10.52 | 12.7.79 | 16.22.118 | C: |
| Western Bulldogs | 3.3.21 | 4.4.28 | 4.5.29 | 6.6.42 | C: |
| SK by 8 | SK by 24 | SK by 50 | SK by 76 | ||
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Nick Riewoldt (SK) | 2 Lenny Hayes (SK) | 1 Brendon Goddard (SK) |
Match Report
St Kilda has had the edge over the Western Bulldogs in recent times and so it proved again under the roof of Etihad Stadium on a Sunday afternoon. The Saints smashed the Dogs by 63 points earlier in the season and they were able to take it to another level this time, winning by 78 points. The Dogs were competitive early, but the Saints’ class and determination to finish in the finals proved to be too much. Saints captain Nick Riewoldt was on fire early, kicking his side's first three goals of the match. On return from suspension, and in his 200th game, Brendon Goddard played his best game of 2012, finishing with 33 touches, including 21 at half-time. He spoke earlier in the week about putting too much pressure on himself after his amazing performances in both of the 2010 Grand Finals. Another heavy loss for the Dogs was compounded by news that midfielder Daniel Cross would miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury. There was bad news for the Saints on the injury front as well. Adam Schneider went down with a hamstring strain and was expected to miss several weeks.
GOALS
St Kilda: Riewoldt 4; Hayes 3; Dal Santo, Koschitzke, Schneider 2; Montagna, Steven, Milne
Western Bulldogs: Giansiracusa, Dickson 2; Tutt, Gilbee
BEST - THE AGE
St Kilda: Hayes, Riewoldt, Goddard, Montagna, Dal Santo, Simpkin, McEvoy
Western Bulldogs: Murphy, Griffen, Liberatore, Boyd, Wallis, Minson, Picken
COACHES COMMENTS
Scott Watters (StK): They owned training this week, they played a key part in developing our strategy for the week and most pleasingly, they executed really well. I was proud of the way they went about it.
Brendan McCartney (WB): That's what's unacceptable. A bad five minutes is turning into a bad 45 minutes and we've got to get better than that.
Umpires: Stevic, Stewart, Bannister
Match report by Oliver Caffrey
Player Stats
| St Kilda | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Armitage, David | 11 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24y 43d | 67 | 42 |
| 26 | Dal Santo, Nick | 13 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28y 158d | 233 | 132 |
| 24 | Dempster, Sean | 14 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28y 191d | 136 | 17 |
| 38 | Dunell, Sam | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 159d | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Fisher, Sam | 15 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30y 19d | 179 | 21 |
| 14 | Geary, Jarryn | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24y 36d | 67 | 12 |
| 19 | Gilbert, Sam | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25y 345d | 127 | 25 |
| 18 | Goddard, Brendon | 16 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27y 70d | 200 | 98 |
| 1 | Gram, Jason | 17 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28y 93d | 152 | 69 |
| 33 | Gwilt, James | 11 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 353d | 91 | 19 |
| 7 | Hayes, Lenny | 13 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32y 197d | 258 | 89 |
| 4 | Jones, Clinton | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28y 178d | 113 | 29 |
| 23 | Koschitzke, Justin | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29y 313d | 192 | 240 |
| 37 | Maister, Beau | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26y 131d | 29 | 6 |
| 5 | McEvoy, Ben | 5 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23y 18d | 64 | 18 |
| 44 | Milne, Stephen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32y 143d | 253 | 531 |
| 11 | Montagna, Leigh | 21 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28y 270d | 186 | 111 |
| 12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 16 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29y 286d | 236 | 517 |
| 21 | Saad, Ahmed | 8 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22y 294d | 11 | 18 |
| 13 | Schneider, Adam | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28y 78d | 194 | 237 |
| 31 | Simpkin, Tom | 10 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 357d | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Steven, Jack | 8 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22y 123d | 46 | 38 |
| Rushed | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 238 | 122 | 161 | 399 | 16 | 22 | 36 | 77 | 10 | 14 | 26y 325d | 2853 | 2270 | |
| Western Bulldogs | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Boyd, Matthew | 13 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 29y 337d | 202 | 70 |
| 4 | Cross, Daniel | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29y 121d | 197 | 29 |
| 40 | Dahlhaus, Luke | 12 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19y 343d | 28 | 24 |
| 29 | Dickson, Tory | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24y 307d | 12 | 16 |
| 13 | Giansiracusa, Daniel | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30y 140d | 226 | 273 |
| 9 | Gilbee, Lindsay | 9 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31y 21d | 206 | 119 |
| 1 | Grant, Jarrad | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 23d | 46 | 52 |
| 16 | Griffen, Ryan | 8 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26y 2d | 159 | 105 |
| 30 | Howard, Christian | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21y 132d | 14 | 1 |
| 19 | Jones, Liam | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 156d | 37 | 34 |
| 36 | Lake, Brian | 11 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30y 153d | 193 | 29 |
| 21 | Liberatore, Tom | 10 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20y 74d | 32 | 8 |
| 27 | Minson, Will | 9 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27y 109d | 131 | 66 |
| 2 | Murphy, Robert | 16 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30y 50d | 225 | 154 |
| 20 | Pearce, Daniel | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 189d | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | Picken, Liam | 12 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25y 363d | 82 | 27 |
| 23 | Roughead, Jordan | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 269d | 30 | 10 |
| 14 | Smith, Clay | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19y 79d | 11 | 5 |
| 34 | Tutt, Jason | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21y 75d | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Veszpremi, Patrick | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 332d | 22 | 17 |
| 3 | Wallis, Mitch | 8 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19y 279d | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | Williams, Tom | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 12d | 76 | 7 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 168 | 79 | 164 | 332 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 51 | 14 | 10 | 24y 228d | 1960 | 1058 | |