2009 AFL Season Grand Final: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 2009 between St Kilda and Geelong in the grand final of the 2009 season of the Australian Football League. St Kilda hosted Geelong at the MCG. Nick Riewoldt captained the hosts. Tom Harley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

St Kilda (9.14.68) were defeated by Geelong (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 September 2009
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 99,251

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Geelong
Score: 9.14.68 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Geelong 3 . 0 7 . 1 9 . 4 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin STKL by 2 STKL by 6 STKL by 7 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration 30:36 32:07 31:39 29:57 2:04:19

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Nick Riewoldt
Coach: Ross Lyon

Geelong

Captain: Tom Harley
Coach: Mark Thompson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. McBurney (#3)
B. Rosebury (#8)
S. Ryan (#25)

Goal Umpires

M. Canning
D. Dixon

Boundary Umpires

A. Coote
M. Foster
M. Thomson
D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Paul Chapman GEEL 35 9 3 0 0
Jason Gram STKL 1 9 1 2 2
Harry Taylor GEEL 7 3 1 0 0
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 2 0 0 2
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 2 0 1 0
Darren Milburn GEEL 39 2 0 1 0
Max Rooke GEEL 33 2 0 1 0
Joel Corey GEEL 11 1 0 0 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Baker, Steven BPR 96% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 7 1 2 0 1 1 1
14 Ball, Luke INT 46% 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 7 7 4 5 1 0 5
27 Blake, Jason BPL 90% 0 0 10 0 10 1 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 0
16 Clarke, Raphael INT 92% 0 0 13 3 10 3 0 4 1 3 0 3 1 1
26 Dal Santo, Nick WR 89% 0 0 17 10 7 0 5 8 8 0 4 0 2 5
43 Dawson, Zac FB 100% 0 0 15 4 11 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1
24 Dempster, Sean INT 92% 1 1 5 2 3 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 Fisher, Sam CHB 100% 0 0 15 8 7 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 2
15 Gardiner, Michael INT 55% 0 0 8 6 2 1 24 0 3 1 0 1 0 3
19 Gilbert, Sam HBFR 100% 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 6 0 3 0 2 5 0
18 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 77% 1 0 21 12 9 5 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 5
1 Gram, Jason FPR 88% 0 1 30 19 11 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 6
7 Hayes, Lenny C 84% 1 0 24 13 11 3 5 8 10 2 3 0 4 4
38 Jones, Clint HFFR 88% 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 10 5 2 1 1 0 2
2 King, Steven RU 45% 0 0 5 5 0 0 16 4 2 1 0 1 1 1
23 Koschitzke, Justin CHF 100% 1 0 9 8 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 0 1 1
32 McQualter, Andrew HFFL 80% 0 1 14 3 11 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 2
44 Milne, Stephen FPL 66% 0 2 11 8 3 2 0 4 1 5 0 3 0 3
11 Montagna, Leigh RR 83% 1 1 23 18 5 2 0 8 4 6 0 2 2 6
22 Ray, Farren WL 62% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) FF 100% 1 1 13 8 5 5 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Schneider, Adam RO 66% 2 3 10 9 1 5 0 5 1 0 2 0 1 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 9 14 321 183 138 58 53 118 49 38 23 19 29 58

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary RO 90% 1 2 25 15 10 2 0 6 6 3 3 1 2 5
3 Bartel, Jimmy HFFL 91% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 16 2 5 0 4 4 2
24 Blake, Mark RU 46% 0 0 9 3 6 0 19 1 3 0 1 0 2 0
17 Byrnes, Shannon INT 78% 1 0 16 8 8 1 0 3 3 1 2 1 0 2
35 Chapman, Paul FPR 90% 3 2 26 17 9 4 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 8
11 Corey, Joel WL 85% 0 0 29 13 16 0 3 6 5 2 0 2 4 1
44 Enright, Corey BPR 91% 0 0 22 11 11 3 0 6 3 0 0 0 1 1
2 Harley, Tom (c) HBFL 64% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 82% 2 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
20 Johnson, Steve HFFR 83% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 2 6 1 4 1 2
9 Kelly, James WR 87% 0 0 18 8 10 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 0 2
45 Ling, Cameron C 89% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 6 2 4 0 3 3 3
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFR 86% 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 6 1
39 Milburn, Darren BPL 81% 0 0 25 15 10 3 0 2 3 4 1 1 5 1
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 88% 2 1 10 8 2 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 4
6 Ottens, Brad INT 67% 0 0 12 3 9 0 25 3 6 0 1 0 1 1
33 Rooke, Max INT 86% 2 2 11 10 1 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 3
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 100% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 4 0 3 1 2 4 1
14 Selwood, Joel RR 79% 1 1 24 8 16 4 1 3 5 6 1 2 2 2
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 89% 0 0 14 3 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Varcoe, Travis FPL 81% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 1
40 Wojcinski, David INT 66% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 9 1 2 1 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 12 8 354 186 168 52 48 96 48 46 19 23 46 42

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
39 D. Milburn 30 M. Scarlett 44 C. Enright 2 S. King 14 L. Ball
1 J. Gram 12 N. Riewoldt (c) 44 S. Milne 11 L. Montagna 16 R. Clarke
FORWARD 13 A. Schneider 24 S. Dempster
HALF-BACK

15 M. Gardiner
2 T. Harley (c) 7 H. Taylor 4 A. Mackie



38 C. Jones 23 J. Koschitzke 32 A. McQualter



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Corey 45 C. Ling 9 J. Kelly



26 N. Dal Santo 7 L. Hayes 22 F. Ray FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 M. Blake 17 S. Byrnes
HALF-FORWARD 14 J. Selwood 6 B. Ottens
3 J. Bartel 21 C. Mooney 20 S. Johnson 29 G. Ablett 33 M. Rooke
19 S. Gilbert 25 S. Fisher 18 B. Goddard

40 D. Wojcinski
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



5 T. Varcoe 26 T. Hawkins 35 P. Chapman



10 S. Baker 43 Z. Dawson 27 J. Blake



BACK



Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Max Rooke goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:35
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 07:47
STKL Adam Schneider behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 09:17
STKL Brendon Goddard goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 13:00
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 17:23
STKL Lenny Hayes goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 19:54
STKL Stephen Milne behind 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 24:15
STKL Adam Schneider goal 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 28:21
Q2 STKL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 02:13
STKL Sean Dempster goal 4.3.27 - 3.0.18 03:33
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 4.3.27 - 3.1.19 06:03
STKL Andrew McQualter behind 4.4.28 - 3.1.19 09:36
STKL Stephen Milne behind 4.5.29 - 3.1.19 10:37
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 4.5.29 - 4.1.25 12:50
STKL Adam Schneider behind 4.6.30 - 4.1.25 16:12
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 4.6.30 - 5.1.31 19:32
STKL Jason Gram behind 4.7.31 - 5.1.31 20:35
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 4.7.31 - 6.1.37 23:59
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 4.7.31 - 7.1.43 25:03
STKL Clint Jones goal 5.7.37 - 7.1.43 29:11
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 6.7.43 - 7.1.43 30:34
STKL Adam Schneider goal 7.7.49 - 7.1.43 31:07
Q3 GEEL Cam Mooney behind 7.7.49 - 7.2.44 02:39
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 7.7.49 - 7.3.45 06:12
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 7.7.49 - 8.3.51 07:07
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 8.7.55 - 8.3.51 09:08
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 8.8.56 - 8.3.51 13:26
STKL Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 8.3.51 14:48
STKL Leigh Montagna behind 8.10.58 - 8.3.51 15:19
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 8.10.58 - 9.3.57 17:04
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 8.10.58 - 9.4.58 19:19
STKL Leigh Montagna goal 9.10.64 - 9.4.58 29:21
STKL Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 9.4.58 30:31
Q4 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.11.65 - 10.4.64 01:47
STKL Adam Schneider behind 9.12.66 - 10.4.64 10:07
STKL Sean Dempster behind 9.13.67 - 10.4.64 14:49
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 9.13.67 - 10.5.65 17:29
GEEL Max Rooke behind 9.13.67 - 10.6.66 20:01
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 9.13.67 - 10.7.67 20:58
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 9.13.67 - 11.7.73 23:25
GEEL Max Rooke behind 9.13.67 - 11.8.74 26:20
STKL Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 11.8.74 28:22
GEEL Max Rooke goal 9.14.68 - 12.8.80 29:51