2008 AFL Round 22: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 2008 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 22 of the 2008 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Telstra Dome. Matthew Lloyd captained the hosts. Nick Riewoldt captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Knights and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Essendon
Back: H. Slattery, N. Lovett-Murray, M. McVeigh
Half-back: J. Nash, P. Ryder, D. Peverill
Centre: R. Dyson, J. Watson, A. Lovett
Half-forward: J. Johnson, M. Lloyd (capt.), A. Monfries
Forward: S. Lonergan, M. Michael, A. Ramanauskas
Follower: T. Bellchambers, H. Hocking, B. Stanton
Int.: C. Hooker, L. Jetta, R. Magin, J. Williams

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

Essendon (5.9.39) were defeated by St Kilda (21.21.147).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Johnson, M. Lloyd, R. Magin, P. Ryder, J. Watson
St Kilda: S. Milne (7), N. Riewoldt (4), J. Gram (3), A. Schneider (2), R. Eddy, C. Gardiner, B. Goddard, S. King, L. Montagna

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 12th on the ladder and St Kilda were then 4th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 31 August 2008
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 46,161

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 5.9.39 - 21.21.147

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 2 . 6 5 . 8 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
St Kilda 5 . 5 8 . 12 14 . 15 21 . 21 21 . 21 (147)
Margin STKL by 20 STKL by 42 STKL by 61 STKL by 108 STKL by 108
Duration 31:50 27:18 28:57 27:39 1:55:44

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Knights (Essendon), Ross Lyon (St Kilda)
Captains: Matthew Lloyd (Essendon), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Head (#16), T. Keating (#31), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lenny Hayes STKL 7 3
Stephen Milne STKL 44 2
Nick Dal Santo STKL 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Stephen Milne STKL 44 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Jason Gram STKL 1 7 1 0 0 1 0
Brendon Goddard STKL 18 3 0 0 1 0 0
Justin Koschitzke STKL 23 2 0 0 0 1 0
Raphael Clarke STKL 16 1 0 0 0 0 1
Max Hudghton STKL 8 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
44 Bellchambers, Tom RU 82% 0 0 9 1 8 3 16 2 2 2 0 1 1 1
2 Dyson, Ricky WL 92% 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2
39 Hocking, Heath RR 92% 0 0 17 7 10 5 0 2 1 5 1 2 2 2
26 Hooker, Cale INT 79% 0 0 12 2 10 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
7 Jetta, Leroy INT 82% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
14 Johnson, Jason HFFL 72% 1 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 3 4 3 1 3 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) CHF 84% 1 1 6 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
36 Lonergan, Sam FPL 80% 0 0 23 10 13 4 0 3 5 2 1 0 1 3
13 Lovett, Andrew WR 90% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 1
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan FB 86% 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 2 0 6 0 5 3 0
34 Magin, Rhys INT 70% 1 0 12 9 3 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
10 McVeigh, Mark BPR 80% 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 2
22 Michael, Mal FF 80% 0 0 11 5 6 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1
6 Monfries, Angus HFFR 58% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 3 1 5 0 1 5
17 Nash, Jay HBFL 81% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1
11 Peverill, Damien HBFR 93% 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam FPR 81% 0 1 23 14 9 8 0 2 2 2 0 1 5 4
30 Ryder, Paddy CHB 94% 1 1 5 4 1 2 5 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
20 Slattery, Henry BPL 86% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 6 1 4 1 2 1 2
5 Stanton, Brent RO 94% 0 1 18 9 9 7 0 1 0 5 0 2 5 3
4 Watson, Jobe C 71% 1 1 18 8 10 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
24 Williams, John INT 73% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 5 9 307 165 142 91 22 40 26 49 20 18 36 39

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Birss, Shane RR 82% 0 1 15 12 3 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5
27 Blake, Jason HBFR 100% 0 0 18 6 12 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Clarke, Raphael HFFR 96% 0 0 24 12 12 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 1
26 Dal Santo, Nick C 78% 0 1 25 18 7 7 0 3 6 2 2 1 2 2
24 Dempster, Sean BPL 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Eddy, Robert INT 83% 1 1 19 8 11 4 0 5 2 4 1 1 0 2
25 Fisher, Sam FB 99% 0 0 25 16 9 11 0 2 1 4 0 2 2 2
28 Gardiner, Charlie INT 86% 1 0 11 8 3 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 3
19 Gilbert, Sam WL 98% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
18 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 74% 1 0 30 20 10 7 0 3 3 2 3 2 5 6
1 Gram, Jason BPR 89% 3 0 27 16 11 7 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 8
33 Gwilt, James HFFL 82% 0 1 12 7 5 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
35 Harvey, Robert INT 57% 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 4 4 3 0 0 7 3
7 Hayes, Lenny WR 83% 0 0 29 13 16 4 0 3 4 4 1 2 2 7
8 Hudghton, Max CHB 94% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
38 Jones, Clint INT 91% 0 3 13 6 7 3 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 2
2 King, Steven RU 77% 1 0 9 5 4 4 22 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 Koschitzke, Justin FF 86% 0 2 22 13 9 14 12 3 2 5 0 2 3 2
44 Milne, Stephen FPL 83% 7 2 24 21 3 9 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1
11 Montagna, Leigh RO 85% 1 0 25 20 5 6 0 2 3 6 0 4 2 9
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) CHF 93% 4 5 21 12 9 11 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 2
13 Schneider, Adam FPR 80% 2 3 14 11 3 9 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 21 21 400 247 153 141 41 46 35 43 18 20 34 60

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Stephen Milne behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:18
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 02:00
STKL Adam Schneider goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:38
STKL Stephen Milne goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 08:30
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 10:52
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 13:32
STKL Leigh Montagna goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 14:49
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 17:57
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 19:40
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 2.1.13 - 4.3.27 20:35
STKL Clint Jones behind 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 23:58
ESSE Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 4.4.28 25:12
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 2.3.15 - 4.4.28 26:57
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 29:24
STKL Shane Birss behind 2.3.15 - 5.5.35 30:54
Q2 STKL Clint Jones behind 2.3.15 - 5.6.36 02:16
STKL Charlie Gardiner goal 2.3.15 - 6.6.42 04:23
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 2.3.15 - 6.7.43 07:57
ESSE Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 6.7.43 09:13
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 2.5.17 - 6.7.43 10:14
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 2.5.17 - 6.8.44 12:36
STKL James Gwilt behind 2.5.17 - 6.9.45 13:48
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 2.5.17 - 7.9.51 14:52
STKL Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 7.10.52 19:32
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 2.6.18 - 7.10.52 22:13
STKL Robert Eddy goal 2.6.18 - 8.10.58 23:19
STKL Stephen Milne behind 2.6.18 - 8.11.59 25:35
STKL Adam Schneider behind 2.6.18 - 8.12.60 27:00
Q3 STKL Stephen Milne goal 2.6.18 - 9.12.66 00:52
STKL Stephen Milne goal 2.6.18 - 10.12.72 02:18
STKL Steven King goal 2.6.18 - 11.12.78 04:16
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 3.6.24 - 11.12.78 05:28
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 3.6.24 - 11.13.79 07:33
STKL Adam Schneider behind 3.6.24 - 11.14.80 09:15
ESSE Ricky Dyson behind 3.7.25 - 11.14.80 11:05
STKL Jason Gram goal 3.7.25 - 12.14.86 11:33
ESSE Rhys Magin goal 4.7.31 - 12.14.86 14:40
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 4.7.31 - 12.15.87 17:15
STKL Brendon Goddard goal 4.7.31 - 13.15.93 19:27
STKL Stephen Milne goal 4.7.31 - 14.15.99 22:18
ESSE Rushed behind 4.8.32 - 14.15.99 25:00
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.8.38 - 14.15.99 27:20
Q4 STKL Jason Gram goal 5.8.38 - 15.15.105 03:51
STKL Stephen Milne goal 5.8.38 - 16.15.111 06:01
STKL Jason Gram goal 5.8.38 - 17.15.117 08:54
STKL Clint Jones behind 5.8.38 - 17.16.118 10:10
STKL Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 17.17.119 11:10
STKL Nick Dal Santo behind 5.8.38 - 17.18.120 12:04
STKL Justin Koschitzke behind 5.8.38 - 17.19.121 13:17
STKL Stephen Milne goal 5.8.38 - 18.19.127 14:44
STKL Stephen Milne goal 5.8.38 - 19.19.133 16:22
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 5.9.39 - 19.19.133 20:24
STKL Robert Eddy behind 5.9.39 - 19.20.134 22:04
STKL Adam Schneider goal 5.9.39 - 20.20.140 23:21
STKL Adam Schneider behind 5.9.39 - 20.21.141 26:11
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 5.9.39 - 21.21.147 27:33