2008 AFL Season Qualifying Final 1: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 2008 between Geelong and St Kilda in the first qualifying final of the 2008 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Tom Harley captained the hosts. Nick Riewoldt captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Geelong (17.17.119) defeated St Kilda (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: First Qualifying Final
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 7 September 2008
Time: 2:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 71,653

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 17.17.119 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	3	.	7	7	.	10	16	.	15	17	.	17	17	.	17	(119)
St Kilda	1	.	1	3	.	2	5	.	5	8	.	13	8	.	13	(61)
Margin	GEEL by 18			GEEL by 32			GEEL by 76			GEEL by 58			GEEL by 58
Duration	31:05			28:57			35:40			26:16			2:01:58

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Harley
Coach: Mark Thompson

St Kilda

Captain: Nick Riewoldt
Coach: Ross Lyon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
S. McInerney (#30)
S. Meredith (#21)

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ablett, Gary	HFFR	89%	1	1	35	16	19	7	0	3	5	2	3	0	1	5
3	Bartel, Jimmy	C	92%	2	0	34	16	18	5	1	3	6	4	2	1	2	2
24	Blake, Mark	INT	69%	0	1	7	3	4	2	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
35	Chapman, Paul	FPL	53%	1	0	7	5	2	3	0	4	0	2	2	2	0	1
11	Corey, Joel	WR	93%	0	1	32	11	21	1	0	6	7	3	2	0	0	6
44	Enright, Corey	WL	89%	0	0	22	12	10	4	0	4	1	2	0	1	2	5
2	Harley, Tom (c)	BPL	84%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0
8	Hunt, Josh	BPR	91%	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
20	Johnson, Steve	HFFL	89%	1	2	20	15	5	8	0	4	0	3	1	1	1	3
45	Ling, Cameron	RO	97%	1	0	24	10	14	5	0	8	3	1	1	0	1	2
13	Lonergan, Tom	FF	86%	2	4	18	13	5	11	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3
4	Mackie, Andrew	CHB	92%	0	1	21	12	9	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7
39	Milburn, Darren	HBFR	88%	0	0	32	15	17	9	0	0	1	3	2	1	4	1
21	Mooney, Cam	CHF	92%	3	2	17	11	6	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
6	Ottens, Brad	RU	83%	3	0	15	8	7	7	15	4	2	1	1	1	0	1
32	Prismall, Brent	INT	7%	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Rooke, Max	INT	75%	1	1	18	5	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	92%	0	0	20	9	11	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2
14	Selwood, Joel	RR	87%	0	0	20	9	11	3	0	4	5	3	1	1	1	4
27	Stokes, Mathew	FPR	81%	1	0	17	8	9	2	0	2	3	3	1	1	1	2
7	Taylor, Harry	HBFL	93%	0	0	22	13	9	10	0	0	0	4	0	3	10	0
5	Varcoe, Travis	INT	80%	1	0	8	4	4	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	2	0
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				17	17	423	212	211	115	33	56	36	40	19	15	31	52

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Blake, Jason	BPL	88%	0	0	12	5	7	4	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0
16	Clarke, Raphael	BPR	77%	1	1	13	8	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2
3	Clarke, Xavier	INT	68%	1	1	8	4	4	3	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	1
26	Dal Santo, Nick	C	85%	0	0	17	14	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	1
40	Eddy, Robert	INT	77%	0	0	13	5	8	4	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Fisher, Sam	CHB	100%	0	0	31	19	12	8	0	3	0	4	2	1	13	1
28	Gardiner, Charlie	INT	79%	0	1	13	5	8	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1
19	Gilbert, Sam	HBFL	95%	0	0	17	11	6	7	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	2
18	Goddard, Brendon	RO	90%	1	1	23	13	10	9	2	3	4	1	1	0	3	3
1	Gram, Jason	HBFR	95%	0	1	21	12	9	2	1	1	1	6	0	2	1	5
33	Gwilt, James	HFFL	75%	0	1	8	6	2	2	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
35	Harvey, Robert	WR	61%	0	0	19	14	5	3	0	1	1	6	1	1	2	4
7	Hayes, Lenny	RR	78%	0	1	30	9	21	8	1	5	4	4	0	1	1	2
8	Hudghton, Max	FB	78%	0	0	6	2	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0
38	Jones, Clint	WL	97%	0	0	24	8	16	4	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	2
2	King, Steven	RU	70%	0	0	11	8	3	5	10	7	1	2	1	0	1	0
23	Koschitzke, Justin	FF	88%	0	0	15	5	10	7	6	0	3	1	1	0	2	1
32	McQualter, Andrew	INT	78%	0	0	9	2	7	3	0	6	2	1	1	0	1	0
44	Milne, Stephen	FPL	92%	2	1	12	10	2	3	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	3
11	Montagna, Leigh	HFFR	71%	1	0	25	20	5	6	0	5	4	4	3	3	3	8
12	Riewoldt, Nick (c)	CHF	85%	1	0	9	6	3	5	3	2	1	3	1	1	0	2
13	Schneider, Adam	FPR	73%	1	1	16	11	5	9	0	3	0	3	0	2	1	5
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				8	13	352	197	155	111	24	69	28	52	15	19	34	44

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

Geelong							Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	27	J. Blake	8	M. Hudghton	16	R. Clarke	6	B. Ottens	24	M. Blake
	27	M. Stokes	13	T. Lonergan	35	P. Chapman	14	J. Selwood	32	B. Prismall
FORWARD							45	C. Ling	33	M. Rooke
HALF-BACK									5	T. Varcoe
	19	S. Gilbert	25	S. Fisher	1	J. Gram
	29	G. Ablett	21	C. Mooney	20	S. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	38	C. Jones	26	N. Dal Santo	35	R. Harvey
	11	J. Corey	3	J. Bartel	44	C. Enright	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	S. King	3	X. Clarke
HALF-FORWARD							7	L. Hayes	40	R. Eddy
	33	J. Gwilt	12	N. Riewoldt (c)	11	L. Montagna	18	B. Goddard	28	C. Gardiner
	39	D. Milburn	4	A. Mackie	7	H. Taylor			32	A. McQualter
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	44	S. Milne	23	J. Koschitzke	13	A. Schneider
	8	J. Hunt	30	M. Scarlett	2	T. Harley (c)
BACK
St Kilda							Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:17
	GEEL	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	04:20
	STKL	Adam Schneider goal	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	05:35
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	08:40
	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	1.0.6	10:56
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie behind	1.4.10	-	1.0.6	11:56
	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.5.11	-	1.0.6	14:09
	GEEL	Mark Blake behind	1.6.12	-	1.0.6	14:48
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	1.7.13	-	1.0.6	18:55
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	2.7.19	-	1.0.6	19:54
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	3.7.25	-	1.0.6	22:11
	STKL	Stephen Milne behind	3.7.25	-	1.1.7	30:37
Q2	GEEL	Brad Ottens goal	4.7.31	-	1.1.7	02:08
	STKL	Rushed behind	4.7.31	-	1.2.8	05:52
	STKL	Stephen Milne goal	4.7.31	-	2.2.14	07:34
	GEEL	Max Rooke behind	4.8.32	-	2.2.14	09:57
	GEEL	Cameron Ling goal	5.8.38	-	2.2.14	10:30
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	5.9.39	-	2.2.14	14:27
	GEEL	Joel Corey behind	5.10.40	-	2.2.14	15:42
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	6.10.46	-	2.2.14	17:28
	GEEL	Brad Ottens goal	7.10.52	-	2.2.14	22:17
	STKL	Xavier Clarke goal	7.10.52	-	3.2.20	24:01
Q3	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	7.11.53	-	3.2.20	01:28
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	7.12.54	-	3.2.20	02:20
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan behind	7.13.55	-	3.2.20	03:04
	STKL	Brendon Goddard goal	7.13.55	-	4.2.26	05:39
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	8.13.61	-	4.2.26	09:23
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan behind	8.14.62	-	4.2.26	12:30
	GEEL	Brad Ottens goal	9.14.68	-	4.2.26	15:10
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	10.14.74	-	4.2.26	16:23
	STKL	Raphael Clarke behind	10.14.74	-	4.3.27	18:43
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	11.14.80	-	4.3.27	20:22
	STKL	Lenny Hayes behind	11.14.80	-	4.4.28	22:00
	STKL	Leigh Montagna goal	11.14.80	-	5.4.34	22:23
	GEEL	Max Rooke goal	12.14.86	-	5.4.34	24:41
	STKL	Charlie Gardiner behind	12.14.86	-	5.5.35	26:46
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan behind	12.15.87	-	5.5.35	27:54
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	13.15.93	-	5.5.35	28:50
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	14.15.99	-	5.5.35	30:37
	GEEL	Travis Varcoe goal	15.15.105	-	5.5.35	31:45
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	16.15.111	-	5.5.35	34:16
Q4	STKL	Nick Riewoldt goal	16.15.111	-	6.5.41	01:43
	STKL	James Gwilt behind	16.15.111	-	6.6.42	03:51
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan behind	16.16.112	-	6.6.42	05:48
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	17.16.118	-	6.6.42	07:57
	GEEL	Rushed behind	17.17.119	-	6.6.42	09:57
	STKL	Jason Gram behind	17.17.119	-	6.7.43	11:37
	STKL	Rushed behind	17.17.119	-	6.8.44	14:19
	STKL	Adam Schneider behind	17.17.119	-	6.9.45	14:45
	STKL	Raphael Clarke goal	17.17.119	-	7.9.51	18:21
	STKL	Rushed behind	17.17.119	-	7.10.52	19:47
	STKL	Brendon Goddard behind	17.17.119	-	7.11.53	20:51
	STKL	Rushed behind	17.17.119	-	7.12.54	21:08
	STKL	Xavier Clarke behind	17.17.119	-	7.13.55	22:23
	STKL	Stephen Milne goal	17.17.119	-	8.13.61	24:58

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