2008 AFL Preliminary Final 2: Hawthorn v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2008 between Hawthorn and St Kilda in the second preliminary final of the 2008 AFL season. Hawthorn hosted St Kilda at MCG. Sam Mitchell captained the hosts. Nick Riewoldt captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Hawthorn
Back: B. Guerra, T. Croad, S. Gilham
Half-back: G. Birchall, L. Hodge, R. Ladson
Centre: C. Bateman, S. Mitchell (capt.), C. Young
Half-forward: M. Osborne, L. Franklin, C. Brown
Forward: M. Williams, J. Roughead, C. Rioli
Follower: R. Campbell, B. Sewell, J. Lewis
Int.: S. Crawford, S. Dew, X. Ellis, B. Renouf

St Kilda
Back: J. Blake, M. Hudghton, B. Goddard
Half-back: S. Gilbert, S. Fisher, R. Clarke
Centre: C. Jones, N. Dal Santo, A. McQualter
Half-forward: R. Eddy, N. Riewoldt (capt.), L. Montagna
Forward: S. Milne, J. Koschitzke, A. Schneider
Follower: S. King, L. Hayes, J. Gram
Int.: D. Armitage, A. Fiora, J. Gwilt, R. Harvey

Hawthorn (18.10.118) defeated St Kilda (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Williams (5), J. Roughead (4), C. Rioli (2), C. Young (2), C. Bateman, C. Brown, S. Crawford, L. Franklin, M. Osborne
St Kilda: N. Riewoldt (3), S. Fisher (2), A. Fiora, S. Milne, L. Montagna, A. Schneider

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

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
Teams: Hawthorn v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 20 September 2008
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 77,002

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. St Kilda
Score: 18.10.118 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 4 11 . 5 15 . 8 18 . 10 18 . 10 (118)
St Kilda 2 . 3 3 . 6 7 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin HWTH by 13 HWTH by 47 HWTH by 49 HWTH by 54 HWTH by 54
Duration 28:49 29:56 29:48 29:00 1:57:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn), Ross Lyon (St Kilda)
Captains: Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), S. McLaren (#11), B. Rosebury (#8)

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Bateman, Chance WL 83% 1 0 21 12 9 6 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 7
14 Birchall, Grant HBFL 86% 0 0 23 13 10 12 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
30 Brown, Campbell HFFR 84% 1 1 14 10 4 6 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 5
39 Campbell, Robert RU 68% 0 0 9 4 5 3 12 2 3 1 4 1 1 0
9 Crawford, Shane INT 73% 1 0 21 12 9 8 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
24 Croad, Trent FB 93% 0 0 10 9 1 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
31 Dew, Stuart INT 61% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
8 Ellis, Xavier INT 73% 0 0 20 8 12 7 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 1
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 88% 1 1 8 6 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 1
27 Gilham, Stephen BPR 80% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 Guerra, Brent BPL 79% 0 0 26 20 6 11 0 4 0 2 0 2 2 6
15 Hodge, Luke CHB 88% 0 0 24 15 9 11 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 1
4 Ladson, Rick HBFR 86% 0 1 9 6 3 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1
3 Lewis, Jordan RO 88% 0 0 27 12 15 9 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 1
5 Mitchell, Sam (c) C 91% 0 0 33 20 13 5 1 3 8 1 3 0 3 7
7 Osborne, Michael HFFL 82% 1 0 13 9 4 7 1 2 0 5 0 4 0 2
34 Renouf, Brent INT 52% 0 0 9 3 6 3 8 2 3 2 2 2 0 0
33 Rioli, Cyril FPR 89% 2 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3
2 Roughead, Jarryd FF 98% 4 0 18 10 8 8 0 3 3 2 3 0 3 1
12 Sewell, Brad RR 87% 0 0 27 9 18 5 0 3 5 1 2 1 2 5
6 Williams, Mark FPL 91% 5 4 17 15 2 5 0 0 0 5 3 4 0 3
11 Young, Clinton WR 81% 2 0 21 14 7 8 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 10 395 238 157 145 23 49 38 45 28 28 24 51

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Armitage, David INT 59% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 7 0 4 1 2 0 1
27 Blake, Jason BPL 91% 0 0 10 4 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
16 Clarke, Raphael HBFR 96% 0 0 25 14 11 9 0 3 1 4 1 1 8 2
26 Dal Santo, Nick C 77% 0 0 15 11 4 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 1
40 Eddy, Robert HFFL 72% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 1
17 Fiora, Aaron INT 86% 1 0 11 6 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
25 Fisher, Sam CHB 100% 2 0 22 17 5 11 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2
19 Gilbert, Sam HBFL 96% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 3 3 1
18 Goddard, Brendon BPR 95% 0 0 33 20 13 10 1 8 5 4 2 2 2 5
1 Gram, Jason RO 100% 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 3
33 Gwilt, James INT 42% 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Harvey, Robert INT 70% 0 0 19 9 10 6 0 2 3 0 1 0 3 0
7 Hayes, Lenny RR 84% 0 1 27 15 12 10 0 5 2 5 2 3 1 2
8 Hudghton, Max FB 100% 0 0 13 7 6 7 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
38 Jones, Clint WL 85% 0 0 17 6 11 5 0 4 4 2 2 1 1 1
2 King, Steven RU 64% 0 1 9 7 2 4 20 1 1 4 1 4 1 0
23 Koschitzke, Justin FF 83% 0 2 10 6 4 3 6 2 2 3 3 2 0 2
32 McQualter, Andrew WR 47% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0
44 Milne, Stephen FPL 90% 1 2 15 11 4 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 3
11 Montagna, Leigh HFFR 80% 1 0 17 13 4 8 0 2 1 4 0 2 2 3
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) CHF 100% 3 0 12 11 1 9 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 2
13 Schneider, Adam FPR 83% 1 0 12 10 2 6 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 9 10 312 192 120 109 41 56 27 51 28 28 32 34

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

Hawthorn Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 J. Blake 8 M. Hudghton 18 B. Goddard 39 R. Campbell 9 S. Crawford
33 C. Rioli 2 J. Roughead 6 M. Williams 12 B. Sewell 31 S. Dew
FORWARD 3 J. Lewis 8 X. Ellis
HALF-BACK

34 B. Renouf
19 S. Gilbert 25 S. Fisher 16 R. Clarke



30 C. Brown 23 L. Franklin 7 M. Osborne



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



38 C. Jones 26 N. Dal Santo 32 A. McQualter



11 C. Young 5 S. Mitchell (c) 10 C. Bateman FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. King 20 D. Armitage
HALF-FORWARD 7 L. Hayes 17 A. Fiora
40 R. Eddy 12 N. Riewoldt (c) 11 L. Montagna 1 J. Gram 33 J. Gwilt
4 R. Ladson 15 L. Hodge 14 G. Birchall

35 R. Harvey
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



44 S. Milne 23 J. Koschitzke 13 A. Schneider



27 S. Gilham 24 T. Croad 18 B. Guerra



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Mark Williams behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:39
STKL Adam Schneider goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:13
HWTH Mark Williams behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 06:28
HWTH Cyril Rioli goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 08:24
STKL Stephen Milne behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 10:32
STKL Sam Fisher goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 12:28
HWTH Mark Williams goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 14:29
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 16:54
STKL Stephen Milne behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 18:13
HWTH Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 20:05
HWTH Clinton Young goal 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 22:27
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 25:26
HWTH Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 2.3.15 26:09
Q2 HWTH Mark Williams behind 4.5.29 - 2.3.15 03:23
HWTH Mark Williams goal 5.5.35 - 2.3.15 07:12
HWTH Campbell Brown goal 6.5.41 - 2.3.15 10:06
STKL Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 2.4.16 12:39
HWTH Michael Osborne goal 7.5.47 - 2.4.16 13:41
STKL Aaron Fiora goal 7.5.47 - 3.4.22 15:01
HWTH Chance Bateman goal 8.5.53 - 3.4.22 16:04
STKL Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 3.5.23 18:17
HWTH Mark Williams goal 9.5.59 - 3.5.23 21:33
STKL Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 3.6.24 23:28
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 10.5.65 - 3.6.24 25:08
HWTH Shane Crawford goal 11.5.71 - 3.6.24 26:21
Q3 HWTH Lance Franklin goal 12.5.77 - 3.6.24 00:53
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 13.5.83 - 3.6.24 02:35
HWTH Campbell Brown behind 13.6.84 - 3.6.24 04:44
HWTH Cyril Rioli goal 14.6.90 - 3.6.24 05:38
HWTH Rushed behind 14.7.91 - 3.6.24 07:53
HWTH Lance Franklin behind 14.8.92 - 3.6.24 09:32
STKL Leigh Montagna goal 14.8.92 - 4.6.30 12:01
HWTH Clinton Young goal 15.8.98 - 4.6.30 14:06
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 15.8.98 - 5.6.36 17:08
STKL Rushed behind 15.8.98 - 5.7.37 18:48
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 15.8.98 - 6.7.43 19:58
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 15.8.98 - 7.7.49 21:39
Q4 HWTH Mark Williams goal 16.8.104 - 7.7.49 02:35
HWTH Mark Williams behind 16.9.105 - 7.7.49 04:04
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 16.9.105 - 7.8.50 07:13
STKL Sam Fisher goal 16.9.105 - 8.8.56 09:13
HWTH Mark Williams goal 17.9.111 - 8.8.56 11:09
STKL Steven King behind 17.9.111 - 8.9.57 13:58
HWTH Rick Ladson behind 17.10.112 - 8.9.57 18:07
STKL Stephen Milne goal 17.10.112 - 9.9.63 18:37
STKL Lenny Hayes behind 17.10.112 - 9.10.64 20:46
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 18.10.118 - 9.10.64 23:28