2025 AFL Round 19: St Kilda v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 2025 between St Kilda and Sydney during round 19 of the 2025 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Jack Steele captained the hosts. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

St Kilda
Back: M. Windhager, C. Wilkie, A. Tauru
Half-back: A. Hastie, N. Wanganeen-Milera, J. Sinclair
Centre: M. Wood, H. Garcia, B. Hill
Half-forward: J. Higgins, M. Hall, C. Sharman
Forward: A. Caminiti, M. Heath, M. Owens
Follower: R. Marshall, J. Macrae, J. Steele (capt.)
Int.: H. Boxshall, D. Butler, L. Henry, L. Stocker
Sub.: H. Clark

Sydney
Back: L. Melican, T. McCartin, N. Blakey
Half-back: C. Mills (capt.), H. Cunningham, S. Wicks
Centre: M. Roberts, C. Warner, J. Lloyd
Half-forward: E. Gulden, W. Hayward, J. Jordon
Forward: J. Buller, H. McLean, J. McInerney
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Rowbottom
Int.: B. Campbell, A. Francis, J. Hamling, A. Sheldrick
Sub.: R. Bice

St Kilda (13.9.87) were defeated by Sydney (14.8.92).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: M. Hall (3), M. Owens (2), C. Sharman (2), H. Boxshall, H. Garcia, M. Heath, R. Marshall, J. Sinclair, J. Steele
Sydney: W. Hayward (3), J. Lloyd (3), J. Buller (2), E. Gulden, I. Heeney, J. Jordon, H. McLean, J. Rowbottom, A. Sheldrick

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 15th on the ladder and Sydney remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: St Kilda v Sydney
Date: Sunday 13 July 2025
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 29,589

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Sydney
Score: 13.9.87 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 0 7 . 4 11 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Sydney 5 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin SYDN by 9 STKL by 10 STKL by 13 SYDN by 5 SYDN by 5
Duration 35:00 30:46 32:35 32:23 2:10:44

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (St Kilda), Dean Cox (Sydney)
Captains: Jack Steele (St Kilda), Callum Mills (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Windhager STKL 2 3
Jack Steele STKL 9 2
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Boxshall, Hugh INT 60% 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1
16 Butler, Dan INT↓ 37% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
47 Caminiti, Anthony FPL 87% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 5 2 4 0 1
11 Clark, Hunter SUB↑ 29% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 3
34 Garcia, Hugo C 80% 1 0 15 10 5 0 0 5 0 6 1 4 3 4
40 Hall, Max CHF 81% 3 0 15 6 9 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 5
24 Hastie, Angus HBFL 83% 0 1 12 7 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
42 Heath, Max FF 78% 1 0 8 3 5 1 10 6 3 7 2 5 1 1
23 Henry, Liam INT 64% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1
1 Higgins, Jack HFFL 80% 0 1 9 3 6 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
8 Hill, Bradley WR 90% 0 0 23 17 6 12 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 3
6 Macrae, Jack RR 79% 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 11 5 5 2 3 0 5
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 87% 1 1 16 6 10 4 13 2 1 4 1 3 0 3
10 Owens, Mitch FPR 90% 2 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 2
43 Sharman, Cooper HFFR 85% 2 0 11 5 6 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0
35 Sinclair, Jack HBFR 85% 1 1 22 17 5 6 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 4
9 Steele, Jack (c) RO 82% 1 1 25 12 13 8 0 13 3 4 0 3 2 5
14 Stocker, Liam INT 79% 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2
26 Tauru, Alix BPR 80% 0 0 12 6 6 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah CHB 89% 0 0 24 18 6 3 0 0 3 4 1 1 6 4
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 97% 0 0 23 18 5 8 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 0
2 Windhager, Marcus BPL 85% 0 0 36 20 16 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 4 1
32 Wood, Mason WL 93% 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 4 5 4 3 1 3 6
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 13 9 356 215 141 89 23 73 34 66 27 29 34 56

H. Clark replaced D. Butler.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Bice, Riley SUB↑ 37% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
22 Blakey, Nick BPR 80% 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 6 1
39 Buller, Jack FPL 74% 2 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 72% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3
7 Cunningham, Harry CHB 80% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1
10 Francis, Aaron INT↓ 39% 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 82% 0 0 20 7 13 2 46 6 7 5 6 1 2 3
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 88% 1 0 23 14 9 4 0 3 3 4 2 1 1 2
29 Hamling, Joel INT 89% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Hayward, Will CHF 86% 3 0 13 7 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 86% 1 1 21 11 10 1 0 3 3 4 3 0 3 6
17 Jordon, James HFFR 87% 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 3 5 1 1 1 1 0
44 Lloyd, Jake WR 94% 3 0 15 10 5 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2
30 McCartin, Tom FB 76% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 1 0 6 1 4 3 0
27 McInerney, Justin FPR 90% 0 1 20 13 7 7 0 1 4 6 0 2 0 2
2 McLean, Hayden FF 81% 1 1 6 4 2 2 6 3 0 2 1 1 0 1
43 Melican, Lewis BPL 83% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 1
14 Mills, Callum (c) HBFL 86% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 3 1 5 0 2 3 2
34 Roberts, Matt WL 75% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 4 1 2 1 2 6 3
8 Rowbottom, James RO 76% 1 1 15 8 7 1 0 15 4 4 4 2 2 4
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT 67% 1 0 18 11 7 2 0 4 2 1 2 1 3 5
1 Warner, Chad C 88% 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 4 4 6 2 1 3 6
15 Wicks, Sam HBFR 83% 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 8 314 191 123 78 52 68 35 64 30 27 41 48

R. Bice replaced A. Francis.

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
43 L. Melican 30 T. McCartin 22 N. Blakey 19 R. Marshall 38 H. Boxshall
10 M. Owens 42 M. Heath 47 A. Caminiti 6 J. Macrae 16 D. Butler
FORWARD 9 J. Steele (c) 23 L. Henry
HALF-BACK

14 L. Stocker
14 C. Mills (c) 7 H. Cunningham 15 S. Wicks

11 H. Clark
43 C. Sharman 40 M. Hall 1 J. Higgins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



34 M. Roberts 1 C. Warner 44 J. Lloyd



8 B. Hill 34 H. Garcia 32 M. Wood FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 16 B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD 5 I. Heeney 10 A. Francis
21 E. Gulden 9 W. Hayward 17 J. Jordon 8 J. Rowbottom 29 J. Hamling
35 J. Sinclair 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 24 A. Hastie

12 A. Sheldrick
HALF-BACK

26 R. Bice
FORWARD



39 J. Buller 2 H. McLean 27 J. McInerney



26 A. Tauru 44 C. Wilkie 2 M. Windhager



BACK



Sydney Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Mitch Owens goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:26
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:49
STKL Jack Sinclair goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 08:53
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 10:54
SYDN Jack Buller goal 2.0.12 - 3.0.18 12:39
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 2.0.12 - 4.0.24 14:07
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 2.0.12 - 4.1.25 15:56
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 2.0.12 - 5.1.31 21:38
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 2.0.12 - 5.2.32 23:21
SYDN Aaron Francis behind 2.0.12 - 5.3.33 25:54
STKL Jack Steele goal 3.0.18 - 5.3.33 28:46
STKL Hugh Boxshall goal 4.0.24 - 5.3.33 30:38
Q2 SYDN James Rowbottom behind 4.0.24 - 5.4.34 00:34
STKL Jack Higgins behind 4.1.25 - 5.4.34 01:16
STKL Jack Sinclair behind 4.2.26 - 5.4.34 07:38
STKL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 11:26
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 5.3.33 - 5.4.34 14:25
STKL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 5.4.34 22:30
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 5.4.34 - 5.5.35 25:10
STKL Max Hall goal 6.4.40 - 5.5.35 26:18
STKL Max Hall goal 7.4.46 - 5.5.35 28:58
SYDN Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 5.6.36 30:28
Q3 STKL Max Heath goal 8.4.52 - 5.6.36 02:58
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 8.4.52 - 6.6.42 06:27
SYDN Will Hayward goal 8.4.52 - 7.6.48 08:27
STKL Hugo Garcia goal 9.4.58 - 7.6.48 09:32
STKL Jack Steele behind 9.5.59 - 7.6.48 13:01
STKL Angus Hastie behind 9.6.60 - 7.6.48 14:40
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 10.6.66 - 7.6.48 17:16
STKL Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 7.6.48 18:32
SYDN Angus Sheldrick goal 10.7.67 - 8.6.54 20:32
SYDN Jack Buller goal 10.7.67 - 9.6.60 22:36
SYDN James Jordon behind 10.7.67 - 9.7.61 26:20
STKL Mitch Owens goal 11.7.73 - 9.7.61 27:43
STKL Rowan Marshall behind 11.8.74 - 9.7.61 31:38
Q4 SYDN James Rowbottom goal 11.8.74 - 10.7.67 02:29
STKL Max Hall goal 12.8.80 - 10.7.67 04:15
SYDN James Jordon goal 12.8.80 - 11.7.73 06:09
SYDN Will Hayward goal 12.8.80 - 12.7.79 09:51
SYDN Will Hayward goal 12.8.80 - 13.7.85 14:34
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 12.8.80 - 13.8.86 16:28
STKL Rowan Marshall goal 13.8.86 - 13.8.86 21:39
STKL Rushed behind 13.9.87 - 13.8.86 24:13
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 13.9.87 - 14.8.92 25:53