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Round: 5 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 24-04-2016 1:10 pm Crowd: 21,052 | |||||
St. Kilda | 3.1.19 | 6.3.39 | 9.6.60 | 12.7.79 | C: Alan Richardson |
Greater Western Sydney | 5.3.33 | 9.6.60 | 11.10.76 | 19.12.126 | C: Leon Cameron |
GWS by 14 | GWS by 21 | GWS by 16 | GWS by 47 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Toby Greene (GWS) | 2 Tom Scully (GWS) | 1 Nick Riewoldt (STK) |
The GWS Giants has further staked their claim as a genuine finals contender with a strong win over St Kilda on Sunday afternoon. The Saints took it right up to GWS for the best part of three quarters, trailing by just 10 points minutes before the last break, but the powerful GWS line-up then combined to kick the next seven straight goals to set up an emphatic victory.
GWS certainly started the match off in emphatic fashion, kicking four goals in the first 20 minutes while restricting St Kilda to just one behind. The last of those four goals went to Jeremy Cameron, playing his first game for premiership points this year after he had served his four-week suspension for a pre-season misdemeanour. The Saints found their mojo in time-on and rattled on three straight goals to cut the margin to seven points. Cameron then kicked his second and the Giants led by 14 points at quarter-time.
Picking up where he left off in the first quarter, Cameron marked and kicked his third goal within a minute of the second term starting. Josh Bruce responded for the Saints but it was that man Jeremy Cameron again at the six-minute mark, marking yet again and kicking his fourth goal to put GWS 19 points ahead. The sides shared goals from then until half time and the Giants were 21 points to the good at the long break.
Both teams traded behinds instead of goals early in the third quarter, before Jonathon Patton kicked a major at the 14-minute mark to put the Giants 27 points clear. The game looked to be petering out after that, but it was brought suddenly back to life by Jack Newnes and skipper Nick Riewoldt kicking three goals for the Saints within five minutes to cut the margin to just 10 points. Jack Steele got one back for GWS just before three-quarter time but St Kilda looked poised to make a game of it, trailing by just 16 at the final end-change.
Any thoughts of a close finish were sadly quickly extinguished soon after the last term began. The quarter went three minutes without a score but a major to Stevie Johnson set off an avalanche of goals the way of the Giants, with Lachie Whitfield. Toby Greene (two), Zac Williams and Johnson again adding five more majors over the next 10 minutes without a St Kilda score. The Saints recovered to kick three of the last five goals but GWS won in the end by a very comfortable 43 points.
Greene was a match-winner for the Giants, with four goals to go with his 31 possessions, while Riewoldt was once again outstanding for St Kilda, with 11 marks and four goals.
The win took the Giants up to sixth on the ladder with a 3-2 record and they will look to take Hawthorn's spot in the top four when they take the Hawks on at home on Saturday. The Saints are 1-4 and 13th on the ladder, and will take on the improved Melbourne at Docklands, also on Saturday.
GOALS
St Kilda: Riewoldt 4; Bruce, Savage 2; Dunstan, McCartin, Sinclair, Newnes
GWS: Cameron 5; Greene, Johnson 4; Patton, Smith, Steele, Ward, Whitfield, Williams
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St Kilda: Riewoldt, Armitage, Steven, Ross, Savage
GWS: Greene, Coniglio, Williams, Wilson, Cameron, Griffen, Shaw
BEST - THE AGE
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Steven, Ross, Montagna, Dempster, Armitage, Savage
GWS: Shaw, Greene, Coniglio, Scully, Williams, Cameron, Griffen
INJURIES
St Kilda: Riewoldt (foot), Montagna (hamstring)
GWS: Nil
UMPIRES: Harris, Fleer, McInerney
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Anthony Hudson, Jason Dunstall, Tony Shaw, Cameron Mooney
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 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 27y 313d | 133 | 81 |
15 | Billings, Jack | 9 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20y 250d | 30 | 23 |
27 | Bruce, Josh | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23y 321d | 51 | 66 |
24 | Dempster, Sean | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32y 95d | 208 | 20 |
7 | Dunstan, Luke | 8 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21y 86d | 39 | 22 |
25 | Fisher, Sam | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 33y 289d | 221 | 22 |
14 | Geary, Jarryn | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27y 306d | 125 | 21 |
19 | Gilbert, Sam | 10 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29y 249d | 162 | 35 |
1 | Hickey, Tom | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25y 49d | 46 | 17 |
9 | Lee, Tom | 10 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25y 113d | 15 | 18 |
13 | Lonie, Jack | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 255d | 22 | 18 |
32 | McCartin, Paddy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20y 5d | 10 | 7 |
41 | Minchington, Darren | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22y 137d | 13 | 14 |
11 | Montagna, Leigh | 14 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32y 174d | 254 | 146 |
16 | Newnes, Jack | 15 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23y 60d | 74 | 13 |
12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 15 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33y 190d | 303 | 660 |
6 | Ross, Sebastian | 18 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22y 353d | 42 | 5 |
5 | Savage, Shane | 17 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25y 110d | 95 | 52 |
40 | Sinclair, Jack | 8 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21y 72d | 22 | 20 |
3 | Steven, Jack | 12 | 2 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 26y 27d | 117 | 78 |
29 | Webster, Jimmy | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22y 301d | 43 | 2 |
44 | Weller, Maverick | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24y 71d | 73 | 24 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 203 | 88 | 167 | 370 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 58 | 22 | 20 | 25y 190d | 2098 | 1364 |
Greater Western Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
21 | Buntine, Matt | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22y 188d | 31 | 1 |
18 | Cameron, Jeremy | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23y 23d | 74 | 188 |
3 | Coniglio, Stephen | 18 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22y 131d | 66 | 25 |
1 | Davis, Phil | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25y 238d | 81 | 6 |
4 | Greene, Toby | 23 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22y 212d | 80 | 40 |
32 | Griffen, Ryan | 9 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29y 272d | 228 | 141 |
17 | Johnson, Steve | 12 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32y 295d | 258 | 463 |
22 | Kelly, Josh | 13 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21y 72d | 41 | 22 |
40 | Kennedy, Adam | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 287d | 66 | 4 |
37 | Lobb, Rory | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 75d | 16 | 14 |
41 | Mumford, Shane | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 29y 294d | 133 | 47 |
24 | Patfull, Joel | 11 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 31y 139d | 201 | 25 |
12 | Patton, Jonathon | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22y 340d | 36 | 41 |
9 | Scully, Tom | 13 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24y 345d | 108 | 37 |
23 | Shaw, Heath | 22 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30y 149d | 218 | 38 |
5 | Shiel, Dylan | 11 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23y 46d | 69 | 35 |
10 | Smith, Devon | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22y 340d | 83 | 73 |
11 | Steele, Jack | 7 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20y 133d | 10 | 4 |
8 | Ward, Callan | 13 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 26y 14d | 148 | 75 |
6 | Whitfield, Lachie | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21y 281d | 56 | 23 |
29 | Williams, Zac | 13 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 217d | 34 | 10 |
16 | Wilson, Nathan | 12 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23y 108d | 37 | 11 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 230 | 114 | 189 | 419 | 19 | 12 | 39 | 59 | 20 | 22 | 24y 290d | 2074 | 1323 |