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S| Brownlow Medal | 3 Clinton Jones (STK) | 2 Nick Riewoldt (STK) | 1 Nathan Jones (MELB) |
Match Report
The lowest-scoring match of the season’s opening round was played between two sides expected by most pundits to finish in the lower reaches of the ladder this season. In a game that never reached any great heights St Kilda overcame a Melbourne side that was tenacious but which struggled to have any scoreboard impact, largely due to a run of 10 consecutive behinds after the Demons had kicked the opening two goals of the match.
Those two goals were enough to give Melbourne a five-point lead at the first change, but the Saints clicked into gear to an extent in the second term, booting 3.2 to the Demons’ eight behinds to lead by 11 points at half time.
The third term saw St Kilda make the decisive break of the match. Led by evergreen skipper Nick Riewoldt, who was at his dominant best, the Saints, under the coaching tutelage of Alan Richardson for the first time, kicked 4.1 (two of those to Riewoldt). Melbourne, being coached for the first time by former Swans premiership coach Paul Roos, could manage only 2.1 for the quarter, and the margin at the last change of ends was 19 points in St Kilda’s favour.
A dour last quarter saw both teams kick a brace of goals each and the Saints ultimately triumphed by 17 points. Riewoldt was visibly animated after the sounding of the final siren, and said later it was won of the best wins with which he’d been involved. The Saints have been widely tipped to finish last or second-last on the ladder, and the skipper was pleased the club was able to take a small early step towards proving the “experts” wrong.
Somewhat anomalously in the eyes of many, St Kilda has now won three consecutive matches when the last two home-and-away rounds of 2013 are taken into account. The Saints could make that four in a row and two to start 2014 if it can overcome the Giants at Docklands next Saturday.
Despite its loss, Melbourne showed signs of being a more competitive unit this year. Just how competitive will be tested strongly next weekend when the Demons take on West Coast, who were extremely impressive in their demolition of the Bulldogs at Subiaco on Sunday.
GOALS
St. Kilda: Riewoldt 3; Stanley 2; Saunders, Templeton, Armitage, Gwilt, Geary
Melbourne: Byrnes 2; Toumpas, Terlich, Tyson, M.Jones
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St Kilda: Jones, Riewoldt, Dunstan, Ray, Curren, Dempster
Melbourne: Jones, Tyson, Watts, Vince, Grimes
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St. Kilda: Riewoldt, Jones, Ray, Hickey, Dunstan, Curran, Saunders
Melbourne: Jones, Vince, Watts, Tyson, Dunn
INJURIES
St. Kilda: Nil
Melbourne: Tom McDonald (foot), Jack Fitzpatrick (concussion)
SUBSTITUTES
St. Kilda: Jack Billings replaced Jimmy Webster at three-quarter time.
Melbourne: Jay Kennedy-Harris replaced Jack Fitzpatrick in the second quarter.
UMPIRES: Ryan, Kamolins, Jeffery
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, Luke Darcy, Matthew Richardson, Cameron Ling
Source
Match report by Andrew GigaczFootnotes
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Match stats
| St. Kilda | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 20 | Armitage, David | 6 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25y 279d | 93 | 57 |
| 15 | Billings, Jack | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18y 216d | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Curren, Tom | 16 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21y 236d | 8 | 3 |
| 21 | Delaney, Luke | 6 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24y 271d | 27 | 1 |
| 24 | Dempster, Sean | 15 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30y 61d | 161 | 18 |
| 36 | Dunstan, Luke | 15 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19y 52d | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Geary, Jarryn | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25y 272d | 94 | 18 |
| 19 | Gilbert, Sam | 10 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27y 215d | 141 | 29 |
| 33 | Gwilt, James | 15 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27y 223d | 110 | 20 |
| 1 | Hickey, Tom | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23y 16d | 25 | 7 |
| 4 | Jones, Clinton | 24 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30y 48d | 134 | 35 |
| 37 | Maister, Beau | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28y 2d | 41 | 26 |
| 16 | Newnes, Jack | 12 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21y 26d | 26 | 1 |
| 22 | Ray, Farren | 21 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27y 364d | 177 | 52 |
| 12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 15 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 31y 156d | 260 | 573 |
| 17 | Roberton, Dylan | 8 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22y 274d | 58 | 7 |
| 35 | Saunders, Josh | 10 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19y 203d | 11 | 3 |
| 5 | Savage, Shane | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 76d | 57 | 37 |
| 28 | Stanley, Rhys | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23y 111d | 40 | 24 |
| 43 | Templeton, Eli | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18y 215d | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Webster, Jimmy | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20y 267d | 12 | 1 |
| 34 | Wright, Nathan | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20y 34d | 9 | 0 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 227 | 118 | 121 | 348 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 24y 48d | 1487 | 913 | |
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 44 | Bail, Rohan | 13 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25y 269d | 45 | 17 |
| 10 | Byrnes, Shannon | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29y 349d | 126 | 114 |
| 18 | Cross, Daniel | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 30y 357d | 211 | 33 |
| 14 | Dunn, Lynden | 15 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26y 312d | 118 | 91 |
| 48 | Fitzpatrick, Jack | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 269d | 15 | 18 |
| 8 | Frawley, James | 13 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 183d | 119 | 3 |
| 41 | Georgiou, Alex | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 49d | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Grimes, Jack | 11 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24y 315d | 69 | 5 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23y 266d | 57 | 65 |
| 45 | Jones, Matt | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26y 155d | 23 | 3 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | 19 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26y 61d | 158 | 76 |
| 24 | Kennedy Harris, Jay | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 1d | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21y 185d | 40 | 0 |
| 22 | Michie, Viv | 10 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 27d | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Pedersen, Cameron | 10 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27y 5d | 27 | 25 |
| 42 | Spencer, Jake | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24y 164d | 25 | 3 |
| 46 | Terlich, Dean | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24y 99d | 21 | 1 |
| 5 | Toumpas, Jimmy | 11 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20y 79d | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | Trengove, Jack | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 201d | 80 | 38 |
| 12 | Tyson, Dom | 16 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20y 287d | 14 | 5 |
| 23 | Vince, Bernie | 20 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28y 171d | 130 | 81 |
| 4 | Watts, Jack | 10 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 361d | 74 | 60 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 215 | 109 | 193 | 408 | 6 | 15 | 47 | 56 | 10 | 16 | 24y 206d | 1371 | 639 | |
Match highlights
Shane Savage debuted for St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)Dom Tyson debuted for Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Bernie Vince debuted for Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Luke Dunstan debuted for St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Jack Billings debuted for St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Daniel Cross had 11 tackles for Melbourne vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)