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Round: 1 Venue: Football Park Date: Sun, 01-04-2012 4:40 pm Crowd: 21,179 | |||||
Port Adelaide | 5.2.32 | 8.6.54 | 11.9.75 | 13.11.89 | C: Matthew Primus |
St. Kilda | 2.1.13 | 9.3.57 | 11.4.70 | 13.7.85 | C: Scott Watters |
PORT by 19 | STK by 3 | PORT by 5 | PORT by 4 |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Hamish Hartlett (PORT) | 2 Brad Ebert (PORT) | 1 Nick Dal Santo (STK) |
Port Adelaide and St Kilda both went through tumultuous 2011 seasons. The Power won just three games and their entire place in the competition was scrutinized. Down at Seaford, the Saints’ season never got going after a disastrous start, and to finish the year, coach Ross Lyon left the club in controversial circumstances, switching to Fremantle. This game was always going to be important for both clubs. But it was the Power who came away with the victory, and they celebrated in scenes reminiscent to their 2004 Grand Final win. Matthew Primus’ side looked a completely different outfit to last year, with new recruits John McCarthy, Brad Ebert and 2011 draftee Chad Wingard providing genuine spark. They had an edge to their game that had been lacking and they dominated the Saints in contested ball; a trademark of St Kilda’s game under Lyon. The Power led for all but six minutes of the game and thoroughly deserved the win. Saints captain Nick Riewoldt reduced the margin to less than a goal with two minutes to go, after the Power looked in control throughout the last quarter. New St Kilda coach Scott Watters was critical of his players post-match, but there were some positives for the Saints. Mature-aged recruit Terry Milera was good on debut, while the form of much-maligned Justin Koschitzke was promising.
GOALS
Port Adelaide: Schulz, Butcher, Westhoff, Brad Ebert 2; Stewart McCarthy, Hartlett, Boak, Rodan
St Kilda: Koschitzke 3; Milne, Riewoldt, Dal Santo 2; Montagna, Stanley, Jones, Milera
BEST PLAYERS - AFL.COM.AU
Port Adelaide: Hartlett, Cornes, Brad Ebert, Redden, Chaplin, McCarthy
St Kilda: Dal Santo, Goddard, Steven, Hayes, Geary, Riewoldt.
BEST PLAYERS - THE AGE
Port Adelaide: Hartlett, Carlile, Thomas, Chaplin, K Cornes, Brad Ebert, McCarthy
St Kilda: Dal Santo, McEvoy, Goddard, Steven, Koschitzke.
COACHES COMMENTS
Matthew Primus (Port): It was great for the players to get some belief out of all the work we've done ... the platform it's given them is pretty good. We were able to keep finding match-ups and keep competing, which is what we've spoken about over the summer.
Scott Watters (StK): Ultimately, in a game where there was four or five points difference in the end, it really comes down to key fundamentals. Ultimately we need structures and players in particular who are going to go in there and win the footy.
Umpires: Schmitt, Kamolins, Fila.
Official crowd: 21,179 at AAMI Stadium
Port Adelaide | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
10 | Boak, Travis | 8 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23y 244d | 91 | 46 |
5 | Broadbent, Matthew | 10 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21y 244d | 34 | 8 |
32 | Butcher, John | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20y 273d | 5 | 13 |
27 | Carlile, Alipate | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24y 337d | 92 | 4 |
1 | Cassisi, Dom | 12 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 29y 192d | 185 | 73 |
30 | Chaplin, Troy | 9 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26y 38d | 123 | 10 |
18 | Cornes, Kane | 12 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29y 87d | 224 | 81 |
7 | Ebert, Brad | 14 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 21y 365d | 77 | 35 |
8 | Hartlett, Hamish | 21 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21y 231d | 32 | 15 |
16 | Jacobs, Ben | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20y 83d | 13 | 2 |
35 | McCarthy, John | 15 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22y 134d | 19 | 11 |
13 | O'Shea, Cam | 8 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20y 19d | 19 | 4 |
6 | Pearce, Danyle | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25y 360d | 135 | 72 |
34 | Redden, Jarrad | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21y 96d | 1 | 0 |
15 | Rodan, David | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28y 176d | 167 | 128 |
28 | Schulz, Jay | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26y 349d | 104 | 124 |
43 | Stewart, Daniel | 9 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23y 154d | 24 | 21 |
14 | Stewart, Paul | 10 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24y 266d | 45 | 4 |
9 | Surjan, Jacob | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26y 230d | 109 | 16 |
21 | Thomas, Matt | 6 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25y 34d | 69 | 21 |
39 | Westhoff, Justin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25y 183d | 90 | 118 |
20 | Wingard, Chad | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18y 247d | 1 | 0 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 192 | 75 | 140 | 332 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 70 | 32 | 21 | 24y 14d | 1659 | 806 |
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 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23y 290d | 51 | 29 |
27 | Blake, Jason | 12 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 31y 17d | 200 | 35 |
35 | Cripps, Jamie | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19y 344d | 5 | 7 |
26 | Dal Santo, Nick | 20 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 28y 39d | 217 | 120 |
24 | Dempster, Sean | 13 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28y 72d | 120 | 17 |
25 | Fisher, Sam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29y 266d | 168 | 20 |
14 | Geary, Jarryn | 14 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23y 283d | 53 | 11 |
19 | Gilbert, Sam | 12 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25y 226d | 111 | 18 |
18 | Goddard, Brendon | 19 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26y 317d | 186 | 92 |
7 | Hayes, Lenny | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32y 78d | 242 | 82 |
4 | Jones, Clinton | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 28y 59d | 98 | 28 |
23 | Koschitzke, Justin | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 29y 194d | 177 | 219 |
5 | McEvoy, Ben | 9 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22y 265d | 54 | 14 |
32 | Milera, Terry | 10 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24y 84d | 1 | 1 |
44 | Milne, Stephen | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32y 24d | 237 | 492 |
11 | Montagna, Leigh | 13 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28y 151d | 170 | 101 |
30 | Peake, Brett | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28y 271d | 118 | 62 |
34 | Polo, Dean | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25y 240d | 72 | 17 |
22 | Ray, Farren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26y 9d | 147 | 48 |
12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 13 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 29y 167d | 220 | 475 |
28 | Stanley, Rhys | 8 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21y 122d | 10 | 6 |
3 | Steven, Jack | 15 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22y 4d | 31 | 24 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 225 | 114 | 113 | 338 | 13 | 7 | 40 | 71 | 21 | 32 | 26y 260d | 2688 | 1918 |