2008 AFL Round 1: St Kilda v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2008 between St Kilda and Sydney during round 1 of the 2008 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Sydney at Telstra Dome. Nick Riewoldt captained the hosts. Craig Bolton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

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

Sydney
Back: T. Kennelly, L. Barry, M. Mattner
Half-back: C. Bolton (capt.), T. Richards, P. Bevan
Centre: J. McVeigh, B. Kirk, K. Jack
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, J. Bolton
Forward: C. Bird, B. Hall, H. Grundy
Follower: D. Jolly, A. Goodes, J. Moore
Int.: L. Ablett, A. Buchanan, N. Davis, L. Roberts-Thomson

St Kilda (6.15.51) defeated Sydney (6.13.49).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: J. Koschitzke (2), N. Riewoldt (2), S. Milne, A. Schneider
Sydney: J. Bolton, A. Buchanan, N. Davis, A. Goodes, H. Grundy, B. Hall

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 7th on the ladder and Sydney were then 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Sydney
Date: Saturday 22 March 2008
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 36,614

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Sydney
Score: 6.15.51 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 10 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Sydney 1 . 1 4 . 6 4 . 10 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin STKL by 20 level STKL by 12 STKL by 2 STKL by 2
Duration 28:56 26:51 26:29 26:12 1:48:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (St Kilda), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda), Craig Bolton (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), S. Ryan (#25), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Fisher STKL 25 3
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 2
Amon Buchanan SYDN 32 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tadhg Kennelly SYDN 17 9 1 1 0 0 0
Leigh Fisher STKL 6 6 1 0 0 0 1
Max Hudghton STKL 8 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Kieren Jack SYDN 15 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Sam Fisher STKL 25 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nick Dal Santo STKL 26 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Ball, Luke INT 63% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 4 7 2 5 1 1 2
16 Clarke, Raphael HBFL 96% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2
3 Clarke, Xavier HFFR 73% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 2 4 2 1 3 2
26 Dal Santo, Nick RR 80% 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 4
17 Fiora, Aaron WL 86% 0 1 9 5 4 4 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 0
6 Fisher, Leigh HBFR 92% 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
25 Fisher, Sam CHB 100% 0 0 24 18 6 9 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 2
28 Gardiner, Charlie FPR 74% 0 0 14 9 5 8 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 1
15 Gardiner, Michael INT 57% 0 1 10 6 4 2 13 0 2 1 3 1 1 1
42 Geary, Jarryn HFFL 97% 0 0 21 13 8 9 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 1
19 Gilbert, Sam BPR 100% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 2
1 Gram, Jason BPL 98% 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
35 Harvey, Robert INT 65% 0 1 19 14 5 8 0 2 0 4 1 2 0 2
7 Hayes, Lenny C 81% 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 8 4 2 0 0 1 3
8 Hudghton, Max FB 90% 0 0 13 6 7 8 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1
38 Jones, Clint INT 66% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
2 King, Steven RU 57% 0 0 9 7 2 5 16 3 2 0 4 0 2 0
23 Koschitzke, Justin FF 88% 2 3 9 8 1 7 1 2 0 6 1 3 1 1
44 Milne, Stephen FPL 87% 1 3 10 9 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2
11 Montagna, Leigh WR 78% 0 2 18 15 3 5 0 3 3 3 2 1 3 5
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) CHF 98% 2 1 19 15 4 11 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
13 Schneider, Adam RO 73% 1 1 13 10 3 6 0 2 1 6 0 4 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 6 15 305 202 103 115 30 43 29 49 33 24 31 45

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke INT 57% 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
21 Barry, Leo FB 96% 0 0 19 10 9 11 0 2 0 1 2 1 3 1
42 Bevan, Paul HBFR 88% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Bird, Craig FPL 61% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 3 1 2
6 Bolton, Craig (c) HBFL 96% 0 0 20 12 8 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 1
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 82% 1 0 10 3 7 3 0 7 3 4 1 3 2 0
32 Buchanan, Amon INT 70% 1 0 20 11 9 7 0 3 2 2 0 1 4 1
2 Davis, Nick INT 73% 1 2 14 10 4 7 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 3
37 Goodes, Adam RR 93% 1 0 7 4 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
39 Grundy, Heath FPR 76% 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
1 Hall, Barry FF 90% 1 2 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 5 2 2 0 1
15 Jack, Kieren WR 83% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 6 1 2 2 1 0 4
16 Jolly, Darren RU 73% 0 0 12 8 4 6 18 1 4 7 0 5 0 1
17 Kennelly, Tadhg BPL 89% 0 0 25 14 11 9 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 1
31 Kirk, Brett C 81% 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 4 4 1 2 0 2 1
29 Mattner, Martin BPR 96% 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 2
3 McVeigh, Jarrad WL 88% 0 1 20 12 8 6 0 3 1 4 1 2 2 3
33 Moore, Jarred RO 80% 0 1 15 10 5 2 0 0 1 6 1 3 2 5
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 100% 0 2 18 13 5 9 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 5
19 O'Loughlin, Michael CHF 83% 0 1 12 11 1 9 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
25 Richards, Ted CHB 94% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 4 3 2 5 1
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis INT 50% 0 1 13 7 6 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 6 13 303 184 119 110 22 45 23 58 24 33 37 38

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: Ross Lyon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 T. Kennelly 21 L. Barry 29 M. Mattner 2 S. King 14 L. Ball
28 C. Gardiner 23 J. Koschitzke 44 S. Milne 26 N. Dal Santo 15 M. Gardiner
FORWARD 13 A. Schneider 35 R. Harvey
HALF-BACK

38 C. Jones
6 C. Bolton (c) 25 T. Richards 42 P. Bevan



3 X. Clarke 12 N. Riewoldt (c) 42 J. Geary



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 J. McVeigh 31 B. Kirk 15 K. Jack



11 L. Montagna 7 L. Hayes 17 A. Fiora FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 16 D. Jolly 20 L. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD 37 A. Goodes 32 A. Buchanan
5 R. O'Keefe 19 M. O'Loughlin 24 J. Bolton 33 J. Moore 2 N. Davis
6 L. Fisher 25 S. Fisher 16 R. Clarke

30 L. Roberts-Thomson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 C. Bird 1 B. Hall 39 H. Grundy



19 S. Gilbert 8 M. Hudghton 1 J. Gram



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:08
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:47
STKL Stephen Milne goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 10:07
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 11:52
STKL Leigh Fisher behind 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 20:59
SYDN Heath Grundy goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 23:09
STKL Leigh Montagna behind 3.3.21 - 1.0.6 25:06
SYDN Barry Hall behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 26:42
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 4.3.27 - 1.1.7 27:57
Q2 SYDN Martin Mattner behind 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 01:35
STKL Stephen Milne behind 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 05:09
SYDN Amon Buchanan goal 4.4.28 - 2.2.14 06:11
SYDN Barry Hall behind 4.4.28 - 2.3.15 07:59
SYDN Barry Hall goal 4.4.28 - 3.3.21 10:05
SYDN Luke Ablett behind 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 11:17
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 12:40
SYDN Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 3.5.23 15:36
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 4.5.29 - 4.5.29 17:35
STKL Michael Gardiner behind 4.6.30 - 4.5.29 23:10
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 4.6.30 - 4.6.30 25:22
Q3 STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 5.6.36 - 4.6.30 02:17
SYDN Nick Davis behind 5.6.36 - 4.7.31 03:58
STKL Stephen Milne behind 5.7.37 - 4.7.31 07:24
STKL Robert Harvey behind 5.8.38 - 4.7.31 07:58
STKL Leigh Montagna behind 5.9.39 - 4.7.31 09:11
SYDN Lewis Roberts-Thomson behind 5.9.39 - 4.8.32 13:15
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 5.9.39 - 4.9.33 17:07
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 5.9.39 - 4.10.34 18:04
STKL Adam Schneider goal 6.9.45 - 4.10.34 23:45
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 6.10.46 - 4.10.34 25:38
Q4 STKL Stephen Milne behind 6.11.47 - 4.10.34 04:50
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 6.11.47 - 5.10.40 07:46
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 6.11.47 - 5.11.41 10:39
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 6.12.48 - 5.11.41 12:23
STKL Adam Schneider behind 6.13.49 - 5.11.41 14:27
SYDN Nick Davis goal 6.13.49 - 6.11.47 16:20
STKL Aaron Fiora behind 6.14.50 - 6.11.47 18:12
SYDN Nick Davis behind 6.14.50 - 6.12.48 19:42
STKL Nick Dal Santo behind 6.15.51 - 6.12.48 21:19
SYDN Jarred Moore behind 6.15.51 - 6.13.49 24:37