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Sydney has defeated a plucky St Kilda to maintain its hold on third place on the ladder and keep alive its hopes of a top-two finish and hosting a final in the first week of September action. The two sides appeared very even for the first half of the match, with the Swans just eking clear at half-time courtesy of late second quarter goals to Kurt Tippett and Jed Lamb.
The Swans then put the pedal to the metal in the second half, kicking 12 goals to the young Saints' four to run out winners by a comfortable 59 points.
For the Saints, the game followed a similar pattern to most of their recent matches. They have been able to keep in touch with quality sides for a quarter or two, and then faded away quite rapidly in the second half. While this would seem to be a concerning trend on the face of it, it is likely a reflection of the number of young players St Kilda has been blooding this year. Youngsters such as Tom Curren, Tom Lee, Tom Hickey, Darren Minchington, Josh Saunders and the like will be able to have greater impact for longer periods as their bodies get used to the rigours of 120 minutes of AFL football.
The Swans' victory was set up by Josh Kennedy, who had a game-high 38 disposals, Luke Parker (27 possessions) and Rhys Shaw (24 touches off a half-back line) and finished off by the efforts of Kurt Tippett (five goals) and Jesse White (three goals). Meanwhile Jack Steven continued his fine season for the Saints, gathering 35 touches and kicking two goals. Tom Curren (20 disposals and a goal) and veteran skipper Nick Riewoldt (two goals and 22 possessions) also played great games.
While Sydney remains in the race for the top two, it will have to work hard in the final fortnight of the home-and-away season to make it there. The Swans will take on Geelong at Kardinia Park next Saturday and then host Hawthorn in a final-round match at Stadium Australia.
St Kilda, which has been stuck on three wins since round 13, will be hoping to add to that tally when they take on Gold Coast next Sunday. The Saints' final match will be against Fremantle at Docklands stadium.
GOALS
Sydney: Tippett 5; White 3; Lamb, Jack, Bolton, McGlynn, Pyke 2;
St Kilda: Steven, Riewoldt 2; Hickey, Lee, Minchington, Curren
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Sydney: Kennedy, McVeigh, Parker, Shaw, Tippett, Mumford
St Kilda: Steven, Armitage, Curren, Geary, Riewoldt, Jones
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Sydney: Kennedy, Parker, Shaw, Tippett, Jack, McVeigh
St Kilda: Steven, Riewoldt, Montagna, Curren, Armitage
SUBSTITUTES
Sydney: Kurt Tippett replaced by Gary Rohan in the third quarter.
St Kilda: Ben McEvoy replaced by Stephen Milne in the third quarter.
UMPIRES: Armstrong, Ryan, Mollison
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti, Tim Watson, Tom Harley
Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
14 | Bird, Craig | 15 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 209d | 105 | 47 |
24 | Bolton, Jude | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33y 156d | 321 | 193 |
13 | Everitt, Andrejs | 8 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 158d | 74 | 32 |
39 | Grundy, Heath | 9 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27y 77d | 134 | 22 |
4 | Hannebery, Dan | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 175d | 97 | 41 |
15 | Jack, Kieren | 11 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26y 51d | 134 | 99 |
12 | Kennedy, Josh | 15 | 4 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25y 59d | 106 | 66 |
11 | Lamb, Jed | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 303d | 11 | 9 |
9 | Malceski, Nick | 11 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29y 3d | 146 | 59 |
21 | McGlynn, Ben | 17 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 12d | 121 | 137 |
3 | McVeigh, Jarrad | 18 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 133d | 214 | 154 |
41 | Mumford, Shane | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27y 44d | 95 | 37 |
5 | O'Keefe, Ryan | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 32y 206d | 277 | 258 |
26 | Parker, Luke | 10 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20y 297d | 52 | 28 |
38 | Pyke, Mike | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29y 147d | 66 | 35 |
43 | Rampe, Dane | 11 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 77d | 18 | 1 |
25 | Richards, Ted | 9 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 30y 219d | 201 | 32 |
16 | Rohan, Gary | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 72d | 23 | 18 |
2 | Shaw, Rhyce | 19 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31y 306d | 192 | 42 |
40 | Smith, Nick | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25y 67d | 94 | 9 |
8 | Tippett, Kurt | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 26y 102d | 113 | 220 |
18 | White, Jesse | 10 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25y 221d | 66 | 69 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 212 | 85 | 177 | 389 | 18 | 10 | 52 | 57 | 13 | 13 | 26y 207d | 2660 | 1608 |
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 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25y 63d | 90 | 56 |
27 | Blake, Jason | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 32y 156d | 217 | 37 |
43 | Curren, Tom | 14 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 20d | 5 | 2 |
26 | Dal Santo, Nick | 12 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29y 177d | 258 | 139 |
24 | Dempster, Sean | 12 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29y 210d | 158 | 18 |
14 | Geary, Jarryn | 14 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25y 56d | 91 | 16 |
19 | Gilbert, Sam | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26y 364d | 138 | 29 |
1 | Hickey, Tom | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22y 165d | 22 | 6 |
4 | Jones, Clinton | 10 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29y 197d | 131 | 35 |
9 | Lee, Tom | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 228d | 9 | 14 |
5 | McEvoy, Ben | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 38d | 89 | 26 |
44 | Milne, Stephen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33y 163d | 273 | 568 |
41 | Minchington, Darren | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 252d | 2 | 2 |
11 | Montagna, Leigh | 16 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 29y 289d | 210 | 124 |
16 | Newnes, Jack | 14 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20y 175d | 24 | 1 |
22 | Ray, Farren | 13 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27y 148d | 174 | 52 |
12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 10 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30y 305d | 257 | 564 |
17 | Roberton, Dylan | 13 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22y 58d | 56 | 7 |
6 | Ross, Sebastian | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20y 103d | 12 | 2 |
35 | Saunders, Josh | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18y 352d | 10 | 2 |
13 | Schneider, Adam | 9 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29y 98d | 198 | 241 |
3 | Steven, Jack | 17 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 143d | 71 | 55 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 199 | 91 | 178 | 377 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 25y 237d | 2495 | 1996 |