2009 AFL Round 1: St Kilda v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 2009 between St Kilda and Sydney during round 1 of the 2009 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Nick Riewoldt captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

St Kilda
Back: S. Baker, J. Blake, J. Geary
Half-back: R. Clarke, S. Fisher, B. Goddard
Centre: J. Gram, L. Ball, C. Jones
Half-forward: S. Milne, N. Riewoldt (capt.), A. Schneider
Forward: A. McQualter, J. Koschitzke, S. Gilbert
Follower: S. King, N. Dal Santo, L. Montagna
Int.: Z. Dawson, M. Gardiner, J. Gwilt, F. Ray

Sydney
Back: C. Bolton, L. Roberts-Thomson, M. Mattner
Half-back: R. Shaw, H. Grundy, N. Malceski
Centre: J. McVeigh, B. Kirk, K. Jack
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, T. Richards, A. Buchanan
Forward: P. Bevan, B. Hall, J. Moore
Follower: D. Jolly, A. Goodes, J. Bolton
Int.: E. Barlow, C. Bird, J. Crouch, J. White

St Kilda (12.8.80) defeated Sydney (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: S. Milne (3), N. Dal Santo (2), M. Gardiner (2), J. Koschitzke (2), B. Goddard, J. Gram, A. McQualter
Sydney: H. Grundy (2), P. Bevan, A. Goodes, B. Hall, K. Jack, D. Jolly, M. Mattner, R. O'Keefe

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 5th on the ladder and Sydney were then 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Sydney
Date: Saturday 28 March 2009
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 32,442

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Sydney
Score: 12.8.80 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 1 4 . 4 9 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Sydney 5 . 4 5 . 6 5 . 6 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin SYDN by 27 SYDN by 8 STKL by 24 STKL by 15 STKL by 15
Duration 30:57 27:48 31:15 31:18 2:01:18

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Kamolins (#19), B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brendon Goddard STKL 18 3
Justin Koschitzke STKL 23 2
Sam Gilbert STKL 19 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nick Dal Santo STKL 26 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brendon Goddard STKL 18 8 0 2 0 0 0
Sam Gilbert STKL 19 4 0 0 0 2 0
Luke Ball STKL 14 3 0 0 1 0 0
Farren Ray STKL 22 3 0 0 1 0 0
Craig Bolton SYDN 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
Zac Dawson STKL 43 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
10 Baker, Steven BPL 77% 0 0 16 8 8 6 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 0
14 Ball, Luke C 79% 0 0 25 8 17 2 0 9 6 1 1 0 1 0
27 Blake, Jason FB 100% 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 1
16 Clarke, Raphael HBFL 44% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 Dal Santo, Nick RR 92% 2 0 27 18 9 3 1 5 5 2 4 1 2 5
43 Dawson, Zac INT 100% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
25 Fisher, Sam CHB 100% 0 0 19 14 5 8 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 3
15 Gardiner, Michael INT 61% 2 2 15 6 9 5 17 0 3 2 2 0 0 2
42 Geary, Jarryn BPR 77% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 6 0 3 1 3 2 3
19 Gilbert, Sam FPR 91% 0 0 20 16 4 9 0 3 1 3 1 2 7 2
18 Goddard, Brendon HBFR 94% 1 1 26 12 14 3 2 4 7 3 1 0 2 3
1 Gram, Jason WL 91% 1 2 16 13 3 4 0 5 2 3 2 3 2 8
33 Gwilt, James INT 86% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0
38 Jones, Clint WR 81% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 1
2 King, Steven RU 51% 0 0 13 8 5 7 11 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
23 Koschitzke, Justin FF 95% 2 0 15 12 3 11 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
32 McQualter, Andrew FPL 76% 1 0 13 5 8 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 2
44 Milne, Stephen HFFL 93% 3 1 11 9 2 5 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3
11 Montagna, Leigh RO 85% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 5 3 6 2 3 2 4
22 Ray, Farren INT 78% 0 0 23 12 11 6 1 6 1 1 2 1 2 4
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) CHF 74% 0 1 9 5 4 1 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 1
13 Schneider, Adam HFFR 77% 0 1 15 10 5 7 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 12 8 364 211 153 108 35 74 36 44 24 16 33 49

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Barlow, Ed INT 71% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0
42 Bevan, Paul FPL 90% 1 0 19 7 12 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 3
14 Bird, Craig INT 68% 0 0 26 15 11 5 0 1 4 3 0 0 2 2
6 Bolton, Craig BPL 92% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 4 2
24 Bolton, Jude RO 88% 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 6 3 2 4 1 0 3
32 Buchanan, Amon HFFR 71% 0 2 14 3 11 2 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 0
28 Crouch, Jared INT 68% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 4 0 4 1 3 1 1
37 Goodes, Adam RR 94% 1 1 21 9 12 5 1 3 4 4 0 1 4 3
39 Grundy, Heath CHB 94% 2 0 13 10 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
1 Hall, Barry FF 100% 1 1 8 6 2 6 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 2
15 Jack, Kieren WR 83% 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 1
16 Jolly, Darren RU 68% 1 0 10 5 5 3 28 1 3 2 3 2 0 2
31 Kirk, Brett C 81% 0 0 24 8 16 2 0 5 4 5 0 1 0 3
9 Malceski, Nick HBFR 69% 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0
29 Mattner, Martin BPR 87% 1 0 16 9 7 4 0 5 0 3 0 2 3 2
3 McVeigh, Jarrad WL 89% 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 5 5 1 0 1 0 5
33 Moore, Jarred FPR 68% 0 1 11 3 8 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 100% 1 1 16 12 4 6 0 3 1 4 0 1 3 3
25 Richards, Ted CHF 89% 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 2
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis FB 100% 0 0 23 14 9 7 0 1 1 3 1 2 4 3
2 Shaw, Rhyce HBFL 81% 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 5 2 1 2 1 1 3
18 White, Jesse INT 49% 0 0 6 1 5 1 12 1 2 1 0 1 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 9 11 345 182 163 83 42 57 38 51 16 24 35 46

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
6 C. Bolton 30 L. Roberts-Thomson 29 M. Mattner 2 S. King 43 Z. Dawson
19 S. Gilbert 23 J. Koschitzke 32 A. McQualter 26 N. Dal Santo 15 M. Gardiner
FORWARD 11 L. Montagna 33 J. Gwilt
HALF-BACK

22 F. Ray
2 R. Shaw 39 H. Grundy 9 N. Malceski



13 A. Schneider 12 N. Riewoldt (c) 44 S. Milne



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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



38 C. Jones 14 L. Ball 1 J. Gram FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 16 D. Jolly 11 E. Barlow
HALF-FORWARD 37 A. Goodes 14 C. Bird
5 R. O'Keefe 25 T. Richards 32 A. Buchanan 24 J. Bolton 28 J. Crouch
18 B. Goddard 25 S. Fisher 16 R. Clarke

18 J. White
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



42 P. Bevan 1 B. Hall 33 J. Moore



42 J. Geary 27 J. Blake 10 S. Baker



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Jarred Moore behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:35
STKL Jason Gram behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:26
SYDN Barry Hall goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 07:00
SYDN Paul Bevan goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 08:08
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 0.1.1 - 3.1.19 10:40
SYDN Darren Jolly goal 0.1.1 - 4.1.25 14:25
STKL Michael Gardiner goal 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 16:30
SYDN Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 18:00
SYDN Amon Buchanan behind 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 19:26
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 1.1.7 - 4.4.28 21:40
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 1.1.7 - 5.4.34 24:51
Q2 STKL Stephen Milne goal 2.1.13 - 5.4.34 01:02
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 2.2.14 - 5.4.34 05:54
STKL Adam Schneider behind 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 06:43
SYDN Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 5.5.35 09:06
SYDN Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 5.6.36 10:40
STKL Brendon Goddard behind 2.4.16 - 5.6.36 12:25
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 3.4.22 - 5.6.36 21:07
STKL Stephen Milne goal 4.4.28 - 5.6.36 25:44
Q3 STKL Nick Dal Santo goal 5.4.34 - 5.6.36 04:19
STKL Brendon Goddard goal 6.4.40 - 5.6.36 06:24
STKL Michael Gardiner behind 6.5.41 - 5.6.36 09:24
STKL Andrew McQualter goal 7.5.47 - 5.6.36 15:28
STKL Nick Dal Santo goal 8.5.53 - 5.6.36 21:55
STKL Stephen Milne behind 8.6.54 - 5.6.36 23:31
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 9.6.60 - 5.6.36 29:05
Q4 STKL Stephen Milne goal 10.6.66 - 5.6.36 01:03
STKL Jason Gram goal 11.6.72 - 5.6.36 03:03
STKL Jason Gram behind 11.7.73 - 5.6.36 04:59
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 11.7.73 - 5.7.37 06:45
SYDN Amon Buchanan behind 11.7.73 - 5.8.38 07:40
STKL Michael Gardiner behind 11.8.74 - 5.8.38 12:04
STKL Michael Gardiner goal 12.8.80 - 5.8.38 13:42
SYDN Martin Mattner goal 12.8.80 - 6.8.44 15:16
SYDN Heath Grundy goal 12.8.80 - 7.8.50 19:43
SYDN Barry Hall behind 12.8.80 - 7.9.51 21:16
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 12.8.80 - 8.9.57 22:32
SYDN Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 8.10.58 25:40
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 12.8.80 - 8.11.59 28:09
SYDN Heath Grundy goal 12.8.80 - 9.11.65 30:29