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Round: 18 Venue: Docklands Date: Sat, 23-07-2016 7:25 pm Crowd: 26,532 | |||||
Western Bulldogs | 4.2.26 | 6.4.40 | 9.6.60 | 9.6.60 | C: Luke Beveridge |
St. Kilda | 3.3.21 | 7.4.46 | 10.5.65 | 11.9.75 | C: Alan Richardson |
WBULL by 5 | STK by 6 | STK by 5 | STK by 15 |
Weather |
7.5°C 11.6°C |
0mm 77% 1012.4mb |
9km/h WNW |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Nick Riewoldt (STK) | 2 Sean Dempster (STK) | 1 Jack Steven (STK) |
There were two very different emotions displayed by players, coaches and fans after the conclusion of Saturday night's Western Bulldogs v St Kilda game on Saturday night. The St Kilda camp was deservedly and understandably jubilant, with the Saints having triumphed in a tight and tough encounter, defeating the Dogs by 15 points to stay within reach of a place in the finals.
The Bulldogs' camp was distraught, not so much because of the result, which left them placed seventh rather than second on the ladder as they would have been with a win, but because they had lost Mitch Wallis and Jack Redpath for the season to horrendous injuries, Wallis to a double leg fracture and Redpath to a ruptured ACL. With the Dogs having already lost skipper to an ACL earlier in the season, these were bitter blows.
With the Bulldogs heavily favoured to win, it was St Kilda controlled the first five minutes of the match, the ball spending most of its time on the Saints' forward line for a goal to Tim Membrey and behinds to Shane Savage and Josh Bruce. Clay Smith sparked the Dogs, kicking their first goal from a set shot at the five-minute mark, and when Jack Redpath and Tory Dickson followed up with majors over th next seven minutes, the Bulldogs led by 10. Mav Weller responded with a running goal for the Saints but the goals dried up in the second half of the term, each side adding one further as the Dogs took a five-point lead into the first change of ends.
After an early second-term behind to Tom Boyd after a big mark, Nick Riewoldt levelled the score with a roving goal at the four-minute mark. Marcus Bontempelli then stamped himself on the match with majors at the seven and 10-minute marks as the Dogs jumped out to a 12-point lead. The Saints stole the momentum after that, though, restricting the Dogs to just one further behind before half time, while Riewoldt added two goals and Jack Steven one to see St Kilda goal clear at the long break.
Things had started to go wrong late in the second term for the Dogs when Dale Morris limped off the ground with a tight hamstring. He did not reappear on the ground in the their term and goals to Membrey and Riewoldt suddenly had them trailing St Kilda by 19 points after 10 minutes. Stung into action, the Bulldogs responded with three goals in as many minutes, one each to Dickson, Lin Jong and Bontempelli, with a another behind to Bontempelli levelling the scores going into time on. After Jade Gresham put the Saints back in front with a great snap at the 20-minute mark, Bontempelli had a chance to level the scores with another set shot but he missed and it was St Kilda by five points at three-quarter time.
Already down a player on the bench, things got worse for the Dogs when Redpath's knee collapsed under him at the five-minute mark, forcing him off the ground. Neither side had scored at that point but the Saints began to get on top, with a goal to Nathan Wright putting them 11 points clear. Jack Billings added a behind to make the margin an even two goals and it was then that Mitch Wallis suffered his awful leg-break, stretchered off in clear agony at the 12-minute mark.
In many respects, the Bulldogs didn't do too badly from that point. While they had just one free player on the bench, they did well to keep St Kilda to just three further behinds. They were unable to score themselves, though, the Saints resolute defence keeping them scoreless for the term, St Kilda sneaking home by 15 points to stay alive in 2016.
Jack Steven continued his fine season, gathering 39 touches and laying seven tackles, while Bontempelli was a stand-out for the Dogs, with 25 disposals to go with his three goals.
St Kilda will have a big chance to narrow the gap between itself and North Melbourne from three games to two when it takes on the Roos at Docklands next Friday night, while the Bulldogs will have another difficult assignment, taking on second-placed Geelong, who thrashed them in round 13, at Kardinia Park on Friday night.
GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli 3; Dickson 2; Smith, Redpath, Suckling, Jong
St Kilda: Riewoldt 4; Membrey 2; Weller, Armitage, Steven, Gresham, Wright
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Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Hunter, Macrae, M.Boyd
St Kilda: Steven, Riewoldt, Hickey, Newnes, Dempster, Weller
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Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Macrae, Hunter, M Boyd, Dunkley, Johanissen
St Kilda: Steven, Riewoldt, Weller, Hickey, Newnes, Dempster, Geary
INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: Dale Morris (left quad), Jack Redpath (right knee), Wallis (left ankle)
St Kilda: Weller (cut to chin), Leigh Montagna (corked left quad)
UMPIRES: Chamberlain, Harris, Mollison
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Anthony Hudson, Jason Dunstall, Gerard Healy, David King
Western Bulldogs | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
24 | Biggs, Shane | 11 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24y 353d | 33 | 7 |
4 | Bontempelli, Marcus | 12 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20y 242d | 54 | 51 |
5 | Boyd, Matthew | 15 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33y 331d | 274 | 83 |
17 | Boyd, Tom | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20y 336d | 29 | 30 |
35 | Daniel, Caleb | 10 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20y 16d | 25 | 11 |
29 | Dickson, Tory | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28y 301d | 70 | 116 |
20 | Dunkley, Josh | 8 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19y 196d | 8 | 4 |
7 | Hunter, Lachie | 18 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21y 223d | 53 | 22 |
39 | Johannisen, Jason | 12 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23y 258d | 55 | 17 |
46 | Jong, Lin | 8 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23y 49d | 33 | 21 |
21 | Liberatore, Tom | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24y 68d | 93 | 31 |
11 | Macrae, Jack | 12 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21y 355d | 72 | 18 |
38 | Morris, Dale | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33y 207d | 224 | 3 |
42 | Picken, Liam | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29y 357d | 167 | 54 |
43 | Redpath, Jack | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25y 223d | 25 | 41 |
18 | Roberts, Fletcher | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 50d | 30 | 0 |
23 | Roughead, Jordan | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25y 263d | 105 | 20 |
14 | Smith, Clay | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23y 73d | 38 | 22 |
25 | Stevens, Koby | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25y 35d | 72 | 34 |
1 | Suckling, Matt | 14 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27y 364d | 115 | 58 |
3 | Wallis, Mitch | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23y 273d | 93 | 41 |
10 | Wood, Easton | 10 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26y 323d | 99 | 13 |
Totals | 191 | 82 | 181 | 372 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 69 | 25 | 24 | 24y 338d | 1767 | 697 |
St. Kilda | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
8 | Acres, Blake | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20y 290d | 21 | 5 |
20 | Armitage, David | 10 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28y 37d | 145 | 86 |
15 | Billings, Jack | 9 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20y 340d | 37 | 24 |
27 | Bruce, Josh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24y 45d | 63 | 86 |
24 | Dempster, Sean | 12 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32y 185d | 217 | 20 |
7 | Dunstan, Luke | 11 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21y 176d | 51 | 25 |
14 | Geary, Jarryn | 11 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28y 30d | 137 | 23 |
19 | Gilbert, Sam | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29y 339d | 174 | 35 |
22 | Gresham, Jade | 12 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18y 334d | 14 | 10 |
1 | Hickey, Tom | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25y 139d | 58 | 19 |
36 | McKenzie, Daniel | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20y 67d | 12 | 0 |
28 | Membrey, Tim | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 58d | 25 | 43 |
11 | Montagna, Leigh | 14 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32y 264d | 266 | 148 |
16 | Newnes, Jack | 15 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23y 150d | 86 | 22 |
12 | Riewoldt, Nick | 14 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33y 280d | 314 | 675 |
17 | Roberton, Dylan | 13 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25y 32d | 97 | 13 |
6 | Ross, Sebastian | 10 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23y 77d | 54 | 8 |
5 | Savage, Shane | 15 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25y 200d | 106 | 53 |
40 | Sinclair, Jack | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21y 162d | 27 | 22 |
3 | Steven, Jack | 17 | 6 | 22 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26y 117d | 129 | 87 |
44 | Weller, Maverick | 13 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24y 161d | 85 | 39 |
34 | Wright, Nathan | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22y 158d | 25 | 3 |
Totals | 217 | 108 | 174 | 391 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 63 | 24 | 25 | 25y 16d | 2143 | 1446 |