2005 AFL Preliminary Final 1: St Kilda v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 2005 between St Kilda and Sydney in the first preliminary final of the 2005 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Sydney at MCG. Nick Riewoldt captained the hosts. Barry Hall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Grant Thomas and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

St Kilda
Back: B. Voss, M. Hudghton, S. Baker
Half-back: R. Clarke, M. Maguire, B. Goddard
Centre: L. Montagna, L. Ball, A. Jones
Half-forward: S. Milne, N. Riewoldt (capt.), N. Dal Santo
Forward: A. Thompson, F. Gehrig, R. Harvey
Follower: C. Ackland, S. Powell, L. Hayes
Int.: J. Blake, A. Fiora, B. Guerra, J. Gwilt

Sydney
Back: J. Crouch, L. Barry, C. Bolton
Half-back: B. Mathews, J. Ball, T. Kennelly
Centre: N. Davis, A. Goodes, N. Fosdike
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, B. Hall (capt.), J. Bolton
Forward: P. Williams, M. O'Loughlin, A. Buchanan
Follower: D. Jolly, B. Kirk, L. Ablett
Int.: P. Bevan, S. Dempster, L. Roberts-Thomson, A. Schneider

St Kilda (9.11.65) were defeated by Sydney (15.6.96).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: F. Gehrig (4), N. Riewoldt (2), N. Dal Santo, L. Hayes, L. Montagna
Sydney: B. Hall (4), A. Schneider (3), R. O'Keefe (2), M. O'Loughlin (2), P. Williams (2), A. Buchanan, N. Davis

As a result of this match, Sydney faced West Coast in the grand final and St Kilda were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: St Kilda v Sydney
Date: Friday 16 September 2005
Time: 8:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 73,344

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Sydney
Score: 9.11.65 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 1 5 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Sydney 5 . 1 6 . 3 8 . 6 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin SYDN by 12 SYDN by 4 STKL by 7 SYDN by 31 SYDN by 31
Duration 31:53 27:16 31:46 30:14 2:01:09

Honour Roll

Coaches: Grant Thomas (St Kilda), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda), Barry Hall (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), S. McLaren (#11), M. Vozzo (#2)

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Ackland, Cain RU 63% 0 0 6 3 3 2 22 0 3 0 2 0 0 2
10 Baker, Steven BPR 100% 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 7 2 3 0 1 4 1
14 Ball, Luke C 92% 0 0 19 12 7 1 0 11 7 2 3 0 1 2
27 Blake, Jason INT 92% 0 0 10 3 7 4 14 0 1 2 1 2 2 1
16 Clarke, Raphael HBFL 77% 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1
26 Dal Santo, Nick HFFR 95% 1 0 23 17 6 6 0 3 2 5 2 2 7 1
22 Fiora, Aaron INT 76% 0 1 10 9 1 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2
9 Gehrig, Fraser FF 100% 4 2 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 2
18 Goddard, Brendon HBFR 73% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4
34 Guerra, Brent INT 35% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
33 Gwilt, James INT 46% 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
35 Harvey, Robert FPR 100% 0 0 24 17 7 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 7
7 Hayes, Lenny RO 91% 1 1 14 9 5 4 3 7 2 1 1 0 1 3
8 Hudghton, Max FB 100% 0 0 12 3 9 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
5 Jones, Aussie WR 100% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1
31 Maguire, Matt CHB 94% 0 1 15 11 4 6 0 1 3 4 1 1 6 1
44 Milne, Stephen HFFL 49% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
11 Montagna, Leigh WL 80% 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
17 Powell, Stephen RR 61% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 4
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) CHF 100% 2 2 11 6 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
4 Thompson, Andrew FPL 79% 0 2 12 7 5 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 2
13 Voss, Brett BPL 96% 0 0 11 5 6 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 11 255 157 98 65 42 64 35 35 19 11 33 41

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke RO 74% 0 0 10 7 3 5 1 6 1 2 1 2 3 2
27 Ball, Jason CHB 48% 0 0 7 5 2 6 14 1 0 2 0 2 1 1
21 Barry, Leo FB 100% 0 0 15 13 2 9 0 1 1 4 1 2 7 2
42 Bevan, Paul INT 52% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 0
6 Bolton, Craig BPR 100% 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 6 0 1 1 1 2 0
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 77% 0 0 19 14 5 5 1 8 7 3 0 1 0 7
32 Buchanan, Amon FPR 82% 1 1 16 11 5 4 0 6 2 2 1 1 3 6
28 Crouch, Jared BPL 97% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 5 1 1 0 1 3 1
2 Davis, Nick WL 94% 1 1 16 14 2 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
26 Dempster, Sean INT 88% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
12 Fosdike, Nic WR 70% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 4 1 2 0 1 3 2
37 Goodes, Adam C 96% 0 0 20 13 7 5 2 2 4 1 0 1 2 2
1 Hall, Barry (c) CHF 100% 4 0 16 12 4 6 2 3 2 3 2 2 0 5
16 Jolly, Darren RU 66% 0 0 9 6 3 4 17 2 4 2 2 2 0 3
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFR 100% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
31 Kirk, Brett RR 88% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 3 4 2 0 1 0 2
4 Mathews, Ben HBFL 82% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 91% 2 0 24 18 6 10 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 8
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FF 96% 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis INT 40% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Schneider, Adam INT 71% 3 0 9 9 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 Williams, Paul FPL 89% 2 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 15 6 272 196 76 91 37 73 33 37 11 19 31 50

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

St Kilda Coach: Grant Thomas
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
28 J. Crouch 21 L. Barry 6 C. Bolton 28 C. Ackland 27 J. Blake
35 R. Harvey 9 F. Gehrig 4 A. Thompson 17 S. Powell 22 A. Fiora
FORWARD 7 L. Hayes 34 B. Guerra
HALF-BACK

33 J. Gwilt
4 B. Mathews 27 J. Ball 17 T. Kennelly



26 N. Dal Santo 12 N. Riewoldt (c) 44 S. Milne



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 N. Davis 37 A. Goodes 12 N. Fosdike



5 A. Jones 14 L. Ball 11 L. Montagna FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 16 D. Jolly 42 P. Bevan
HALF-FORWARD 31 B. Kirk 26 S. Dempster
5 R. O'Keefe 1 B. Hall (c) 24 J. Bolton 20 L. Ablett 30 L. Roberts-Thomson
18 B. Goddard 31 M. Maguire 16 R. Clarke

13 A. Schneider
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



10 P. Williams 19 M. O'Loughlin 32 A. Buchanan



10 S. Baker 8 M. Hudghton 13 B. Voss



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:38
SYDN Paul Williams goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:51
STKL Nick Dal Santo goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 05:42
SYDN Paul Williams goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 10:17
SYDN Barry Hall goal 2.0.12 - 3.0.18 15:25
SYDN Barry Hall goal 2.0.12 - 4.0.24 17:50
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 2.0.12 - 5.0.30 21:37
SYDN Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 5.1.31 26:41
STKL Andrew Thompson behind 2.1.13 - 5.1.31 28:45
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 3.1.19 - 5.1.31 30:50
Q2 STKL Lenny Hayes goal 4.1.25 - 5.1.31 01:57
STKL Fraser Gehrig behind 4.2.26 - 5.1.31 05:03
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 5.2.32 - 5.1.31 08:55
SYDN Nick Davis goal 5.2.32 - 6.1.37 11:13
STKL Aaron Fiora behind 5.3.33 - 6.1.37 16:55
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 5.4.34 - 6.1.37 18:57
SYDN Nick Davis behind 5.4.34 - 6.2.38 22:35
STKL Andrew Thompson behind 5.5.35 - 6.2.38 24:03
SYDN Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 6.3.39 26:22
Q3 STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 6.5.41 - 6.3.39 01:33
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 7.5.47 - 6.3.39 03:12
STKL Lenny Hayes behind 7.6.48 - 6.3.39 04:48
SYDN Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 6.4.40 07:14
SYDN Amon Buchanan goal 7.6.48 - 7.4.46 08:20
STKL Fraser Gehrig behind 7.7.49 - 7.4.46 12:26
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 8.7.55 - 7.4.46 15:09
STKL Leigh Montagna goal 9.7.61 - 7.4.46 18:58
SYDN Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 7.5.47 22:19
SYDN Amon Buchanan behind 9.7.61 - 7.6.48 25:39
SYDN Barry Hall goal 9.7.61 - 8.6.54 28:55
Q4 STKL Matt Maguire behind 9.8.62 - 8.6.54 03:45
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 9.8.62 - 9.6.60 05:12
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 9.8.62 - 10.6.66 06:35
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 9.8.62 - 11.6.72 08:19
SYDN Barry Hall goal 9.8.62 - 12.6.78 09:34
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 9.8.62 - 13.6.84 12:31
STKL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 13.6.84 14:46
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 9.9.63 - 14.6.90 16:56
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 9.9.63 - 15.6.96 18:03
STKL Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 15.6.96 24:13
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 9.11.65 - 15.6.96 25:14