2008 AFL 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 AFL season. Geelong hosted St Kilda at 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
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, J. Hunt
Half-back: H. Taylor, A. Mackie, D. Milburn
Centre: C. Enright, J. Bartel, J. Corey
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, G. Ablett
Forward: P. Chapman, T. Lonergan, M. Stokes
Follower: B. Ottens, J. Selwood, C. Ling
Int.: M. Blake, B. Prismall, M. Rooke, T. Varcoe

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

Geelong (17.17.119) defeated St Kilda (8.13.61).

Goalkickers
Geelong: C. Mooney (3), B. Ottens (3), J. Bartel (2), T. Lonergan (2), G. Ablett, P. Chapman, S. Johnson, C. Ling, M. Rooke, M. Stokes, T. Varcoe
St Kilda: S. Milne (2), R. Clarke, X. Clarke, B. Goddard, L. Montagna, N. Riewoldt, A. Schneider

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Western Bulldogs in the first preliminary final and St Kilda faced Collingwood in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 1
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Ross Lyon (St Kilda)
Captains: Tom Harley (Geelong), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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