2006 AFL Elimination Final 2: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 2006 between St Kilda and Melbourne in the second elimination final of the 2006 AFL season. St Kilda "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Luke Ball captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Grant Thomas and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

St Kilda
Back: B. Voss, M. Hudghton, A. Thompson
Half-back: J. Gram, S. Fisher, L. Fisher
Centre: S. Milne, L. Ball (capt.), L. Montagna
Half-forward: B. Goddard, N. Riewoldt, A. Hamill
Forward: R. Harvey, F. Gehrig, J. Koschitzke
Follower: J. Peckett, N. Dal Santo, S. Baker
Int.: R. Clarke, X. Clarke, S. Powell, M. Rix

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, N. Carroll, B. Holland
Half-back: C. Bruce, J. Rivers, D. Ward
Centre: B. Green, B. McLean, D. Bell
Half-forward: A. Yze, B. Miller, B. Pickett
Forward: C. Sylvia, D. Neitz (capt.), A. Davey
Follower: J. White, N. Jones, J. McDonald
Int.: M. Bate, M. Jamar, T. Johnstone, R. Robertson

St Kilda (10.12.72) were defeated by Melbourne (13.12.90).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: F. Gehrig (3), S. Milne (2), N. Riewoldt (2), S. Baker, J. Koschitzke, J. Peckett
Melbourne: D. Neitz (4), B. McLean (2), M. Bate, C. Bruce, J. McDonald, B. Miller, B. Pickett, R. Robertson, A. Yze

As a result of this match, Melbourne faced Fremantle in the second semi final and St Kilda were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Friday 8 September 2006
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 67,528

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 4 6 . 6 9 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 4 8 . 5 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin STKL by 20 STKL by 20 STKL by 9 MELB by 18 MELB by 18
Duration 28:02 27:59 32:56 28:48 1:57:45

Honour Roll

Coaches: Grant Thomas (St Kilda), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Luke Ball (St Kilda), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), B. Rosebury (#8), J. Schmitt (#17)

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Baker, Steven RO 98% 1 0 19 11 8 7 0 5 1 1 3 1 3 2
14 Ball, Luke (c) C 92% 0 0 25 17 8 7 1 6 6 3 3 0 2 5
16 Clarke, Raphael INT 28% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0
3 Clarke, Xavier INT 6% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Dal Santo, Nick RR 95% 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 5 4 1 3 1 0 1
6 Fisher, Leigh HBFR 100% 0 0 13 8 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 2
25 Fisher, Sam CHB 100% 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 11 1
9 Gehrig, Fraser FF 68% 3 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
18 Goddard, Brendon HFFL 100% 0 0 23 21 2 7 0 2 0 4 0 0 7 5
15 Gram, Jason HBFL 100% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 2
2 Hamill, Aaron HFFR 81% 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 6 1 3 0 1 0 0
35 Harvey, Robert FPL 87% 0 1 20 14 6 6 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 4
8 Hudghton, Max FB 100% 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0
23 Koschitzke, Justin FPR 70% 1 2 12 6 6 9 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
44 Milne, Stephen WL 90% 2 2 16 12 4 7 0 2 2 8 0 4 1 3
11 Montagna, Leigh WR 95% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 7 3 2 1 0 1 4
1 Peckett, Justin RU 93% 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 3 1 6 2 4 0 4
17 Powell, Stephen INT 57% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 1 4 1 3 1 1 5
12 Riewoldt, Nick CHF 100% 2 1 20 17 3 8 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 5
29 Rix, Michael INT 66% 0 0 5 0 5 1 13 5 1 3 1 2 0 0
4 Thompson, Andrew BPR 78% 0 0 14 5 9 4 0 7 2 6 0 4 0 0
13 Voss, Brett BPL 97% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 10 12 291 188 103 96 22 58 30 56 23 26 31 46

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Bate, Matthew INT 84% 1 0 14 9 5 5 1 1 1 5 1 4 0 2
21 Bell, Daniel WR 100% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 3 1 4 0 1 5 3
32 Bruce, Cameron HBFL 100% 1 2 29 15 14 9 0 7 3 3 1 2 2 5
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1
36 Davey, Aaron FPR 87% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 2
18 Green, Brad WL 95% 0 0 29 20 9 6 0 1 1 5 1 1 4 6
4 Holland, Ben BPR 82% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 Jamar, Mark INT 25% 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis INT 89% 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 5 2 4 1 3 3 3
2 Jones, Nathan RR 74% 0 0 9 5 4 1 1 2 1 5 0 4 1 2
23 McDonald, James RO 97% 1 0 20 12 8 6 0 4 1 2 2 1 1 4
5 McLean, Brock C 85% 2 0 25 14 11 2 0 7 9 5 4 1 2 7
7 Miller, Brad CHF 82% 1 0 11 5 6 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 4 3 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
33 Pickett, Byron HFFR 76% 1 2 15 11 4 4 0 5 2 5 3 2 1 1
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 100% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1
24 Robertson, Russell INT 71% 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
12 Sylvia, Colin FPL 76% 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 3
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 100% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 4 1
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 26% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0
34 White, Jeff RU 75% 0 0 20 9 11 4 30 2 4 1 3 1 2 1
13 Yze, Adem HFFL 75% 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 12 328 200 128 90 39 57 35 53 27 23 33 46

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
45 M. Whelan 41 N. Carroll 4 B. Holland 1 J. Peckett 16 R. Clarke
23 J. Koschitzke 9 F. Gehrig 35 R. Harvey 26 N. Dal Santo 3 X. Clarke
FORWARD 10 S. Baker 17 S. Powell
HALF-BACK

29 M. Rix
32 C. Bruce 27 J. Rivers 10 D. Ward



2 A. Hamill 12 N. Riewoldt 18 B. Goddard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 B. Green 5 B. McLean 21 D. Bell



11 L. Montagna 14 L. Ball (c) 44 S. Milne FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 6 M. Bate
HALF-FORWARD 2 N. Jones 40 M. Jamar
13 A. Yze 7 B. Miller 33 B. Pickett 23 J. McDonald 16 T. Johnstone
6 L. Fisher 25 S. Fisher 15 J. Gram

24 R. Robertson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 C. Sylvia 9 D. Neitz (c) 36 A. Davey



4 A. Thompson 8 M. Hudghton 13 B. Voss



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Stephen Milne goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:43
MELB David Neitz goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:57
STKL Fraser Gehrig behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:41
STKL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 07:13
MELB Brad Miller goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 08:20
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 12:54
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 14:42
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 4.2.26 - 2.0.12 16:39
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 4.3.27 - 2.0.12 18:30
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 4.4.28 - 2.0.12 23:04
STKL Stephen Milne goal 5.4.34 - 2.0.12 24:13
MELB Byron Pickett behind 5.4.34 - 2.1.13 25:22
MELB Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 2.2.14 28:00
Q2 STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 6.4.40 - 2.2.14 05:11
STKL Fraser Gehrig behind 6.5.41 - 2.2.14 06:13
MELB Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 2.3.15 09:19
MELB Russell Robertson behind 6.5.41 - 2.4.16 10:58
MELB David Neitz goal 6.5.41 - 3.4.22 19:09
STKL Stephen Milne behind 6.6.42 - 3.4.22 20:34
Q3 MELB James McDonald goal 6.6.42 - 4.4.28 03:09
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 6.6.42 - 5.4.34 08:47
MELB Russell Robertson goal 6.6.42 - 6.4.40 12:03
STKL Stephen Milne behind 6.7.43 - 6.4.40 16:07
STKL Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 6.4.40 17:05
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 7.8.50 - 6.4.40 19:05
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 8.8.56 - 6.4.40 23:05
STKL Justin Peckett goal 9.8.62 - 6.4.40 25:25
MELB David Neitz goal 9.8.62 - 7.4.46 27:42
MELB Byron Pickett goal 9.8.62 - 8.4.52 28:43
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 9.8.62 - 8.5.53 30:51
Q4 STKL Robert Harvey behind 9.9.63 - 8.5.53 00:30
MELB David Neitz behind 9.9.63 - 8.6.54 04:31
STKL Justin Peckett behind 9.10.64 - 8.6.54 06:28
MELB David Neitz behind 9.10.64 - 8.7.55 08:24
STKL Steven Baker goal 10.10.70 - 8.7.55 09:49
MELB Matthew Bate goal 10.10.70 - 9.7.61 12:53
MELB David Neitz behind 10.10.70 - 9.8.62 14:29
MELB Brock McLean goal 10.10.70 - 10.8.68 15:01
MELB David Neitz goal 10.10.70 - 11.8.74 16:49
MELB Byron Pickett behind 10.10.70 - 11.9.75 17:58
MELB Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 11.10.76 19:06
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 10.10.70 - 11.11.77 20:14
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 10.11.71 - 11.11.77 21:25
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 10.11.71 - 11.12.78 22:48
MELB Brock McLean goal 10.11.71 - 12.12.84 24:16
MELB Adem Yze goal 10.11.71 - 13.12.90 25:23
STKL Rushed behind 10.12.72 - 13.12.90 26:55