2017 AFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 March 2017 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round one of the 2017 season of the Australian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Jarryn Geary captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alan Richardson and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

St Kilda (13.12.90) were defeated by Melbourne (18.12.120).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 March 2017
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 36,249

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.12.90 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 6 . 2 7 . 8 9 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Melbourne 2 . 3 9 . 4 15 . 7 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin STKL by 23 MELB by 8 MELB by 34 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration 30:09 30:10 29:57 31:17 2:01:33

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Jarryn Geary
Coach: Alan Richardson

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Chamberlain (#18)
C. Fleer (#26)
B. Ryan (#27)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Nathan Jones MELB 2 2
Max Gawn MELB 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 9 1 1 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Bernie Vince MELB 23 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Jordan Lewis MELB 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Nathan Jones MELB 2 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Armitage, David C 76% 1 1 16 6 10 2 0 3 0 4 3 2 1 0
15 Billings, Jack HFFL 89% 1 1 20 10 10 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 3
22 Brown, Nathan FB 90% 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
27 Bruce, Josh CHF 88% 1 0 13 6 7 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 2
2 Carlisle, Jake CHB 86% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Dunstan, Luke INT 73% 1 0 16 8 8 4 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 4
14 Geary, Jarryn (c) BPL 91% 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 1
19 Gilbert, Sam INT 74% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
4 Gresham, Jade FPL 77% 3 1 12 9 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
1 Hickey, Tom RU 90% 0 0 8 4 4 1 18 2 2 3 0 2 0 0
13 Lonie, Jack INT 75% 1 1 15 8 7 0 0 6 3 5 2 2 0 3
28 Membrey, Tim FF 86% 1 1 15 10 5 2 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 5
16 Newnes, Jack HBFL 88% 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 2 5 4 0 0 6 2
12 Riewoldt, Nick WR 83% 4 0 14 12 2 7 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4
17 Roberton, Dylan HBFR 84% 0 1 19 10 9 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1
6 Ross, Sebastian RR 81% 0 0 16 8 8 1 1 1 2 4 0 2 0 3
5 Savage, Shane WL 87% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 1
9 Steele, Jack INT 78% 0 1 23 8 15 7 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 1
3 Steven, Jack RO 80% 0 1 27 17 10 4 0 3 3 4 1 1 2 4
29 Webster, Jimmy BPR 73% 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 1
44 Weller, Maverick HFFR 86% 0 2 15 7 8 4 0 5 1 3 4 1 1 2
34 Wright, Nathan FPR 66% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 12 337 179 158 64 19 53 31 51 20 15 32 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 81% 1 0 21 8 13 5 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 94% 3 1 9 7 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 84% 0 1 13 9 4 4 49 4 3 3 1 1 1 2
19 Hannan, Mitch FPL 82% 2 0 16 10 6 7 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 5
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 90% 3 1 21 16 5 8 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 5
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFL 89% 0 1 19 14 5 5 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 4
39 Jetta, Neville INT 79% 1 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 0 4 1 2 2 0
2 Jones, Nathan C 87% 1 0 35 15 20 6 0 4 4 1 1 0 2 5
6 Lewis, Jordan RR 87% 0 0 32 18 14 9 0 3 4 6 1 1 0 6
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 91% 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 2 1 4 0 1 2 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 97% 0 0 24 18 6 13 0 1 0 5 1 2 4 1
18 Melksham, Jake HBFR 73% 0 0 15 11 4 9 0 1 0 4 0 4 3 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex BPL 82% 1 3 23 16 7 5 0 6 4 3 0 0 0 6
13 Oliver, Clayton WL 75% 0 0 36 9 27 5 0 7 9 5 1 1 1 0
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 90% 2 0 23 14 9 6 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 5
3 Salem, Christian INT 85% 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 3
44 Smith, Joel CHF 14% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0
15 Stretch, Billy BPR 85% 1 1 26 6 20 3 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1
23 Vince, Bernie WR 85% 1 0 30 19 11 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0
7 Viney, Jack RO 85% 0 0 23 9 14 2 0 5 8 1 3 0 0 2
4 Watts, Jack INT 80% 1 1 12 8 4 6 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
26 Weideman, Sam HFFR 86% 1 1 12 4 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 18 12 454 255 199 123 54 61 44 60 15 20 24 55

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: Alan Richardson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 A. Neal-Bullen 28 O. McDonald 15 B. Stretch 1 T. Hickey 7 L. Dunstan
34 N. Wright 28 T. Membrey 4 J. Gresham 6 S. Ross 19 S. Gilbert
FORWARD 3 J. Steven 13 J. Lonie
HALF-BACK

9 J. Steele
29 J. Hunt 25 T. McDonald 18 J. Melksham



44 M. Weller 27 J. Bruce 15 J. Billings



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 C. Oliver 2 N. Jones 23 B. Vince



12 N. Riewoldt 20 D. Armitage 5 S. Savage FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 10 A. Brayshaw
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Lewis 39 N. Jetta
5 C. Petracca 44 J. Smith 26 S. Weideman 7 J. Viney 3 C. Salem
17 D. Roberton 2 J. Carlisle 16 J. Newnes

4 J. Watts
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 M. Hannan 1 J. Hogan 36 J. Garlett



29 J. Webster 22 N. Brown 14 J. Geary (c)



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:21
STKL Jack Billings goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 01:03
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 03:07
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 04:40
MELB Max Gawn behind 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 06:29
STKL Dylan Roberton behind 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 09:07
MELB Billy Stretch goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 12:05
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 13:49
STKL David Armitage goal 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 17:06
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 4.1.25 - 2.3.15 19:28
STKL Jack Steele behind 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 21:19
STKL Tim Membrey goal 5.2.32 - 2.3.15 25:07
STKL Jade Gresham goal 6.2.38 - 2.3.15 28:59
Q2 MELB Jack Watts goal 6.2.38 - 3.3.21 01:37
STKL Jack Steven behind 6.3.39 - 3.3.21 03:24
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 7.3.45 - 3.3.21 04:24
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 7.3.45 - 4.3.27 06:39
STKL Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 4.3.27 09:52
MELB Sam Weideman goal 7.4.46 - 5.3.33 10:30
STKL Maverick Weller behind 7.5.47 - 5.3.33 12:17
STKL Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 5.3.33 13:00
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 7.6.48 - 6.3.39 13:38
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 7.6.48 - 7.3.45 15:03
MELB Neville Jetta goal 7.6.48 - 8.3.51 17:07
STKL David Armitage behind 7.7.49 - 8.3.51 21:30
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 7.7.49 - 9.3.57 26:38
STKL Jade Gresham behind 7.8.50 - 9.3.57 28:14
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 7.8.50 - 9.4.58 30:00
Q3 MELB Jack Watts behind 7.8.50 - 9.5.59 00:45
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 7.8.50 - 10.5.65 01:18
MELB Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 10.6.66 03:24
MELB Bernie Vince goal 7.8.50 - 11.6.72 04:33
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 7.8.50 - 12.6.78 07:01
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 7.8.50 - 13.6.84 08:33
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 8.8.56 - 13.6.84 12:34
MELB Christian Petracca goal 8.8.56 - 14.6.90 15:49
MELB Sam Weideman behind 8.8.56 - 14.7.91 19:08
STKL Jack Lonie goal 9.8.62 - 14.7.91 19:48
MELB Nathan Jones goal 9.8.62 - 15.7.97 22:17
STKL Tim Membrey behind 9.9.63 - 15.7.97 26:12
Q4 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 9.9.63 - 15.8.98 00:44
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 9.9.63 - 15.9.99 03:08
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 9.9.63 - 16.9.105 04:23
STKL Luke Dunstan goal 10.9.69 - 16.9.105 07:31
MELB Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 16.10.106 09:11
STKL Maverick Weller behind 10.10.70 - 16.10.106 10:54
STKL Jade Gresham goal 11.10.76 - 16.10.106 13:18
STKL Jack Lonie behind 11.11.77 - 16.10.106 14:49
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 11.11.77 - 16.11.107 16:12
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 11.11.77 - 17.11.113 17:46
MELB Christian Petracca goal 11.11.77 - 18.11.119 22:12
STKL Jack Billings behind 11.12.78 - 18.11.119 24:27
STKL Jade Gresham goal 12.12.84 - 18.11.119 25:37
MELB Billy Stretch behind 12.12.84 - 18.12.120 29:03
STKL Josh Bruce goal 13.12.90 - 18.12.120 30:21