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Brownlow Medal | 3 Josh Kennedy (SYD) | 2 Dan Hannebery (SYD) | 1 Isaac Heeney (SYD) |
Sydney tuned up for another assault on a premiership with a seemingly effortless 97-point win over St Kilda at Docklands on Sunday afternoon. The Swans were on song from early in the match and had opened up a 39-point lead by half time. They then went into overdrive, adding 10 goals in the second half, restricting the Saints to just one and record a percentage-boosting win. That extra percentage could come in handy if Sydney were to suffer an unexpected loss to Gold Coast next weekend. The Swans were also able to ease Lance Franklin back into the side in his return from a back injury. Franklin was subbed off in the third term, a planned move according to coach John Longmire.
The match got off to a rather slow start. St Kilda probably had the best of the early exchanges, but the Saints reward was a lead of only three behinds to one after 10 minutes. Thew Swans then got going and converted their forward forays into goals from Lewis Jetta and Jarrad McVeigh at the 11 and 12-minute marks. Adam Schneider, playing his 228th and last AFL match, got St Kilda's first major on the run at the 15-minute mark but Sydney closed out the quarter with goals to Sam Reid and Kurt Tippett to lead by 16 at the first break.
Saint skipper Nick Riewoldt cut the margin to nine points with a mark and goal early in the second term but Sydney dominated most of the next half hour with six consecutive goals through Mike Pyke, Isaac Heeney (two), Lance Franklin, Tippett and Adam Goodes. Brodie Murdoch broke the run with a goal just before the main break but the Swans still held sway by 39 at the half.
Schneider's second gave the Saints brief hope early in the third quarter but that was to be the last goal of is career and St Kilda's last of the match. The Swans kicked goals through Sam Reid, Heeney, Goodes, Harry Cunningham and Tom Mitchell to lead by 64 points at the turn and added five more to zip in the final term to get within three points of victory by a three-figure margin.
Best for the winners included Dan Hannebery (39 disposals, seven marks) and Josh Kennedy (33 possessions, seven marks), while St Kilda was well served by Jack Steven (33 touches, six tackles) and David Armitage (25 disposals, seven tackles). While the Swans will try and maintain a top four place with a win over the Suns on Saturday at the SCG, the Saints will try and ruffle the Eagles out of their top-two nest with an unlikely win at Subiaco.
GOALS
St Kilda: Schneider 2; Riewoldt, Murdoch
Sydney: Heeney 4; Tippett, Goodes 3; Mitchell, Reid, Pyke 2; Jetta, McVeigh, Franklin, Cunningham
BEST - THE AGE
St Kilda: Steven, Geary, Roberton, Montagna, Schneider
Sydney: Hannebery, Mitchell, Heeney, Kennedy, Tippett
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
St Kilda: Steven, Armitage, Roberton, Fisher, Savage
Sydney: Kennedy, Hannebery, Mitchell, Heeney, Jack, Tippett
INJURIES
St Kilda: Nil
Sydney: Smith (hamstring)
SUBSTITUTES
St Kilda: Tom Hickey replaced by Luke Dunstan in the third quarter.
Sydney: Lance Franklin replaced by Gary Rohan in the third quarter.
UMPIRES: Bannister, Stephens, Ryan
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Dennis Cometti, Hamish McLachlan, Leigh Matthews, Andrew Welsh
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.
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 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27y 75d | 127 | 78 |
27 | Bruce, Josh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23y 83d | 45 | 55 |
24 | Dempster, Sean | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31y 222d | 202 | 20 |
7 | Dunstan, Luke | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 213d | 34 | 21 |
25 | Fisher, Sam | 16 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33y 51d | 215 | 22 |
14 | Geary, Jarryn | 10 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27y 68d | 119 | 21 |
19 | Gilbert, Sam | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29y 11d | 156 | 31 |
33 | Goddard, Hugh | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19y 6d | 7 | 0 |
1 | Hickey, Tom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24y 177d | 41 | 17 |
45 | Holmes, Jason | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 306d | 2 | 0 |
41 | Minchington, Darren | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21y 264d | 10 | 12 |
11 | Montagna, Leigh | 9 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31y 301d | 248 | 146 |
30 | Murdoch, Brodie | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21y 221d | 19 | 7 |
16 | Newnes, Jack | 14 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22y 187d | 68 | 10 |
12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 12 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32y 317d | 297 | 648 |
17 | Roberton, Dylan | 13 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24y 70d | 83 | 11 |
6 | Ross, Sebastian | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 115d | 36 | 5 |
5 | Savage, Shane | 14 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24y 237d | 89 | 50 |
13 | Schneider, Adam | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31y 110d | 228 | 259 |
3 | Steven, Jack | 15 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25y 155d | 111 | 74 |
29 | Webster, Jimmy | 11 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22y 63d | 38 | 2 |
44 | Weller, Maverick | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23y 198d | 67 | 18 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 196 | 107 | 158 | 354 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 19 | 25y 256d | 2242 | 1507 |
Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
7 | Cunningham, Harry | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21y 267d | 49 | 28 |
23 | Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28y 212d | 220 | 705 |
37 | Goodes, Adam | 10 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35y 234d | 369 | 461 |
39 | Grundy, Heath | 13 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29y 89d | 184 | 23 |
4 | Hannebery, Dan | 19 | 7 | 20 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24y 187d | 141 | 67 |
5 | Heeney, Isaac | 12 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19y 117d | 11 | 13 |
33 | Jack, Brandon | 9 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21y 97d | 25 | 16 |
15 | Jack, Kieren | 11 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28y 63d | 184 | 131 |
32 | Jetta, Lewis | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26y 118d | 124 | 99 |
10 | Jones, Zak | 12 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 168d | 12 | 1 |
12 | Kennedy, Josh | 18 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27y 71d | 155 | 92 |
11 | Laidler, Jeremy | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26y 25d | 65 | 6 |
3 | McVeigh, Jarrad | 13 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30y 145d | 264 | 183 |
6 | Mitchell, Tom | 20 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22y 91d | 36 | 22 |
38 | Pyke, Mike | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31y 159d | 107 | 48 |
24 | Rampe, Dane | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 89d | 69 | 4 |
20 | Reid, Sam | 12 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23y 246d | 96 | 90 |
25 | Richards, Ted | 6 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32y 231d | 250 | 32 |
16 | Rohan, Gary | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 84d | 58 | 42 |
2 | Shaw, Rhyce | 12 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33y 318d | 234 | 44 |
40 | Smith, Nick | 10 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27y 79d | 141 | 9 |
8 | Tippett, Kurt | 11 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28y 114d | 149 | 294 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 237 | 125 | 200 | 437 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 65 | 20 | 14 | 26y 262d | 2943 | 2410 |