2006 AFL Season 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 season of the Australian Football League. St Kilda "hosted" Melbourne at the 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 (10.12.72) were defeated by Melbourne (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Second Elimination Final
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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (St Kilda) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Luke Ball
Coach: Grant Thomas

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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