2025 AFL Round 21: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 2025 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round 21 of the 2025 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Jack Steele captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

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

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, T. McDonald, J. McVee
Half-back: C. Windsor, D. Turner, B. Howes
Centre: K. Chandler, C. Petracca, H. Langford
Half-forward: J. Viney (vice-capt.), B. Fritsch, X. Lindsay
Forward: J. Melksham, H. Petty, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), T. Rivers, E. Langdon
Int.: C. Oliver, C. Salem, T. Sparrow, J. van Rooyen
Sub.: C. Spargo

St Kilda (15.6.96) defeated Melbourne (13.12.90).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: J. Higgins (4), N. Wanganeen-Milera (4), C. Sharman (2), A. Caminiti, B. Hill, J. Steele, A. Tauru, M. Wood
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), K. Chandler (2), X. Lindsay (2), J. Melksham (2), H. Langford, C. Petracca, K. Pickett, J. Viney

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Melbourne remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 27 July 2025
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 22,570

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 15.6.96 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 1 4 . 4 6 . 4 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Melbourne 6 . 2 9 . 4 13 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin MELB by 25 MELB by 30 MELB by 46 STKL by 6 STKL by 6
Duration 33:19 29:49 32:49 32:41 2:08:38

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (St Kilda), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Jack Steele (St Kilda), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Viney MELB 7 3
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera STKL 7 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 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 SUB↑ 48% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 3 2 3 2 1 1 0
13 Byrnes, Ryan INT 65% 0 0 11 4 7 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
47 Caminiti, Anthony BPR 98% 1 0 11 9 2 5 1 1 2 5 1 3 3 0
11 Clark, Hunter RR 78% 0 1 20 13 7 6 0 6 2 3 0 2 1 5
4 Collard, Lance INT↓ 19% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
40 Hall, Max CHF 81% 0 0 19 7 12 2 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 5
24 Hastie, Angus INT 79% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 3
1 Higgins, Jack HFFR 88% 4 0 10 9 1 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
8 Hill, Bradley HFFL 88% 1 1 15 12 3 5 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 3
3 Jones, Zak INT 78% 0 0 26 14 12 6 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 4
6 Macrae, Jack C 71% 0 0 24 10 14 4 0 6 5 0 0 0 1 1
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 87% 0 0 15 9 6 3 30 4 3 5 3 3 2 1
10 Owens, Mitch FPL 87% 0 0 10 4 6 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1
27 Schoenmaker, Arie WR 72% 0 0 11 9 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 2
43 Sharman, Cooper FPR 81% 2 1 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2
35 Sinclair, Jack HBFR 86% 0 0 32 20 12 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 4 3
9 Steele, Jack (c) RO 71% 1 0 13 3 10 1 0 5 3 6 0 4 0 1
14 Stocker, Liam HBFL 84% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 1
26 Tauru, Alix BPL 79% 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah CHB 86% 4 1 34 25 9 5 0 4 6 8 1 1 4 6
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 100% 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0
2 Windhager, Marcus WL 84% 0 0 22 10 12 5 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 3
32 Wood, Mason FF 90% 1 1 17 8 9 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 15 6 355 204 151 96 32 60 41 55 16 21 38 43

H. Boxshall replaced L. Collard.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 73% 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 2
37 Chandler, Kade WL 82% 2 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 85% 3 2 11 7 4 8 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 89% 0 0 17 10 7 8 45 2 7 5 2 0 2 4
22 Howes, Blake HBFR 86% 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 1
15 Langdon, Ed RO 86% 0 0 14 6 8 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 2
19 Langford, Harvey WR 76% 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3
20 Lindsay, Xavier HFFR 73% 2 1 9 5 4 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0
25 McDonald, Tom FB 100% 0 0 12 9 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
4 McVee, Judd BPR 87% 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 77% 2 1 8 7 1 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 3
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 76% 0 1 23 13 10 3 0 9 3 5 2 3 3 2
5 Petracca, Christian C 82% 1 1 21 14 7 4 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 10
35 Petty, Harry FF 80% 0 0 5 3 2 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 81% 1 1 19 11 8 1 0 7 4 4 0 2 2 3
24 Rivers, Trent RR 80% 0 1 25 17 8 8 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 4
3 Salem, Christian INT 82% 0 0 22 18 4 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 0
9 Spargo, Charlie SUB↑ 17% 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 78% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3
10 Turner, Daniel CHB 97% 0 0 9 7 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1
2 van Rooyen, Jacob INT 69% 0 1 10 5 5 3 10 2 1 4 0 2 0 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 83% 1 1 23 12 11 1 0 16 8 5 5 1 1 4
6 Windsor, Caleb HBFL↓ 61% 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 12 318 205 113 98 58 76 40 43 21 15 28 52

C. Spargo replaced C. Windsor.

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
17 J. Bowey 25 T. McDonald 4 J. McVee 19 R. Marshall 13 R. Byrnes
43 C. Sharman 32 M. Wood 10 M. Owens 11 H. Clark 4 L. Collard
FORWARD 9 J. Steele (c) 24 A. Hastie
HALF-BACK

3 Z. Jones
6 C. Windsor 10 D. Turner 22 B. Howes

38 H. Boxshall
1 J. Higgins 40 M. Hall 8 B. Hill



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 K. Chandler 5 C. Petracca 19 H. Langford



27 A. Schoenmaker 6 J. Macrae 2 M. Windhager FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 13 C. Oliver
HALF-FORWARD 24 T. Rivers 3 C. Salem
7 J. Viney (vc) 31 B. Fritsch 20 X. Lindsay 15 E. Langdon 32 T. Sparrow
35 J. Sinclair 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 14 L. Stocker

2 J. van Rooyen
HALF-BACK

9 C. Spargo
FORWARD



18 J. Melksham 35 H. Petty 36 K. Pickett



47 A. Caminiti 44 C. Wilkie 26 A. Tauru



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Anthony Caminiti goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:02
MELB Harvey Langford goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:32
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 05:10
MELB Jack Viney goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 10:03
MELB Xavier Lindsay goal 1.0.6 - 4.0.24 11:35
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 1.1.7 - 4.0.24 15:27
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 16:24
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 5.1.31 18:28
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 1.1.7 - 5.2.32 24:05
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 6.2.38 25:23
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 2.1.13 - 6.2.38 29:35
Q2 STKL Bradley Hill behind 2.2.14 - 6.2.38 02:39
MELB Jake Melksham goal 2.2.14 - 7.2.44 03:59
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera behind 2.3.15 - 7.2.44 10:37
MELB Kade Chandler goal 2.3.15 - 8.2.50 12:08
MELB Trent Rivers behind 2.3.15 - 8.3.51 15:54
MELB Christian Petracca behind 2.3.15 - 8.4.52 16:57
MELB Christian Petracca goal 2.3.15 - 9.4.58 18:11
STKL Jack Higgins goal 3.3.21 - 9.4.58 22:08
STKL Hunter Clark behind 3.4.22 - 9.4.58 23:57
STKL Alix Tauru goal 4.4.28 - 9.4.58 25:15
Q3 MELB Xavier Lindsay goal 4.4.28 - 10.4.64 03:37
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 5.4.34 - 10.4.64 05:59
MELB Xavier Lindsay behind 5.4.34 - 10.5.65 08:41
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 5.4.34 - 11.5.71 10:45
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.4.34 - 12.5.77 15:05
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.4.34 - 12.6.78 17:06
STKL Jack Higgins goal 6.4.40 - 12.6.78 18:07
MELB Kade Chandler goal 6.4.40 - 13.6.84 21:03
MELB Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 13.7.85 27:28
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 6.4.40 - 13.8.86 32:45
Q4 STKL Jack Higgins goal 7.4.46 - 13.8.86 01:15
STKL Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 13.8.86 02:51
MELB Jack Viney behind 7.5.47 - 13.9.87 03:43
STKL Bradley Hill goal 8.5.53 - 13.9.87 05:03
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 9.5.59 - 13.9.87 06:16
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 9.5.59 - 13.10.88 09:06
MELB Jake Melksham behind 9.5.59 - 13.11.89 11:09
STKL Jack Steele goal 10.5.65 - 13.11.89 14:24
STKL Mason Wood goal 11.5.71 - 13.11.89 16:21
STKL Mason Wood behind 11.6.72 - 13.11.89 18:07
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 12.6.78 - 13.11.89 21:45
STKL Jack Higgins goal 13.6.84 - 13.11.89 22:57
MELB Rushed behind 13.6.84 - 13.12.90 24:04
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 14.6.90 - 13.12.90 29:50
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 15.6.96 - 13.12.90 32:38