2026 AFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 8 March 2026 between St Kilda and Collingwood during round one of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. St Kilda "hosted" Collingwood at the MCG. With the presence of multiple St Kilda co-captains, namely Jack Sinclair and Callum Wilkie, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. In the absence of Darcy Moore, vice-captain Nick Daicos captained the visitors with Brayden Maynard as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.

St Kilda (9.12.66) were defeated by Collingwood (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Collingwood
Date: Sunday 8 March 2026
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 82,528

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.12.66 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Collingwood 4 . 3 5 . 5 10 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin COLL by 11 STKL by 2 COLL by 18 COLL by 12 COLL by 12
Duration 30:49 30:06 29:58 27:23 1:58:16

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 (Collingwood) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Lyon

Collingwood

Captain: Nick Daicos (acting)
Vice-Captain: Brayden Maynard
Coach: Craig McRae

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nick Daicos COLL 35 3
Callum Wilkie STKL 44 2
Jack Crisp COLL 25 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 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 CHF 67% 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 6 1 2 0 1 0 2
47 Caminiti, Anthony BPR 93% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 0
18 Carroll, Jack INT 71% 0 1 16 11 5 8 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 3
21 De Koning, Tom RU 82% 0 0 20 9 11 6 17 1 4 3 2 2 0 4
9 Flanders, Sam RR 87% 0 0 28 14 14 7 0 2 1 4 1 0 3 3
34 Garcia, Hugo INT 71% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 5
40 Hall, Max C 80% 1 1 17 7 10 3 0 5 1 3 0 1 1 2
1 Higgins, Jack FPR 80% 1 0 11 4 7 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2
8 Hill, Bradley CHB 80% 1 0 24 19 5 5 0 1 0 4 0 1 4 6
6 Macrae, Jack INT 52% 0 0 14 3 11 1 0 6 4 6 1 2 1 1
19 Marshall, Rowan FPL 63% 0 0 6 3 3 0 8 1 3 1 1 0 0 2
10 Owens, Mitch HFFR 86% 2 2 12 8 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 4
25 Phillipou, Mattaes HFFL 76% 0 1 18 8 10 1 0 4 3 2 2 0 1 2
31 Ryan, Liam INT 71% 1 2 9 6 3 1 0 1 0 5 2 2 0 1
43 Sharman, Cooper FF 83% 2 1 10 4 6 4 2 3 0 3 2 0 0 2
3 Silvagni, Jack BPL 87% 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 2
35 Sinclair, Jack RO 88% 0 0 35 21 14 6 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 3
26 Tauru, Alix HBFL 71% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah HBFR 79% 1 0 19 16 3 1 0 3 2 5 1 1 1 5
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 100% 0 0 26 16 10 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
22 Wilson, Darcy WR 83% 0 2 21 15 6 5 0 2 0 6 2 3 0 5
2 Windhager, Marcus WL 82% 0 0 29 20 9 11 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 6
32 Wood, Mason INT 66% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 12 387 225 162 92 28 57 31 56 27 16 29 63

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Allan, Ed WL 64% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 2
34 Buller, Jack FPL 77% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
14 Cameron, Darcy RU 87% 1 0 19 12 7 5 20 6 5 4 3 2 2 0
25 Crisp, Jack HBFR 74% 0 0 26 10 16 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
7 Daicos, Josh CHB 89% 0 0 36 27 9 13 0 1 3 1 2 1 9 4
35 Daicos, Nick (ac) C 85% 0 2 41 25 16 7 0 2 4 6 1 1 4 5
2 De Goey, Jordan CHF 69% 3 0 19 12 7 3 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 2
5 Elliott, Jamie FF 81% 1 1 11 9 2 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 4
17 Frampton, Billy BPL 100% 0 0 19 14 5 13 0 0 0 6 0 4 5 0
9 Houston, Dan HBFL 81% 0 1 28 21 7 11 0 3 1 4 0 1 10 2
1 Lipinski, Patrick WR 75% 0 0 21 14 7 12 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 3
44 Long, Ned RR 71% 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 9 2 3 0 1 1 1
4 Maynard, Brayden (vc) BPR 87% 0 1 27 18 9 13 0 4 0 3 0 3 2 1
31 McCreery, Beau HFFR 78% 2 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 5
11 McStay, Daniel FPR 78% 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
28 Membrey, Tim INT 77% 0 3 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0
15 Parker, Wil INT 77% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2
10 Pendlebury, Scott INT 55% 0 0 26 9 17 8 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 2
12 Perryman, Harry RO 81% 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 3 2 4 0 2 3 2
3 Quaynor, Isaac FB 86% 0 0 23 15 8 11 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
8 Schultz, Lachie HFFL 82% 2 0 20 13 7 9 0 4 0 2 4 0 0 0
22 Sidebottom, Steele INT 72% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2
45 Steele, Roan INT 75% 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 12 434 264 170 147 21 53 29 59 16 27 53 40

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 B. Frampton 3 I. Quaynor 4 B. Maynard (vc) 21 T. De Koning 18 J. Carroll
1 J. Higgins 43 C. Sharman 19 R. Marshall 9 S. Flanders 34 H. Garcia
FORWARD 35 J. Sinclair 6 J. Macrae
HALF-BACK

31 L. Ryan
9 D. Houston 7 J. Daicos 25 J. Crisp

32 M. Wood
10 M. Owens 38 H. Boxshall 25 M. Phillipou



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 E. Allan 35 N. Daicos (ac) 1 P. Lipinski



22 D. Wilson 40 M. Hall 2 M. Windhager FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 D. Cameron 28 T. Membrey
HALF-FORWARD 44 N. Long 15 W. Parker
8 L. Schultz 2 J. De Goey 31 B. McCreery 12 H. Perryman 10 S. Pendlebury
7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 8 B. Hill 26 A. Tauru

22 S. Sidebottom
HALF-BACK

45 R. Steele
FORWARD



34 J. Buller 5 J. Elliott 11 D. McStay



47 A. Caminiti 44 C. Wilkie 3 J. Silvagni



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Mattaes Phillipou behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:48
STKL Max Hall behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 04:13
COLL Nick Daicos behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 05:21
COLL Brayden Maynard behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 07:00
STKL Mitch Owens behind 0.3.3 - 0.2.2 09:21
STKL Bradley Hill goal 1.3.9 - 0.2.2 11:42
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 2.3.15 - 0.2.2 13:49
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 16:56
STKL Jack Carroll behind 2.4.16 - 1.2.8 19:23
COLL Tim Membrey behind 2.4.16 - 1.3.9 21:38
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 2.4.16 - 2.3.15 22:16
COLL Lachie Schultz goal 2.4.16 - 3.3.21 24:06
COLL Daniel McStay goal 2.4.16 - 4.3.27 28:05
Q2 STKL Mitch Owens goal 3.4.22 - 4.3.27 00:33
STKL Mitch Owens behind 3.5.23 - 4.3.27 04:34
STKL Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 4.3.27 07:45
COLL Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 4.4.28 15:01
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 16:00
STKL Darcy Wilson behind 4.7.31 - 4.4.28 17:07
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 5.7.37 - 4.4.28 19:12
COLL Tim Membrey behind 5.7.37 - 4.5.29 25:01
COLL Lachie Schultz goal 5.7.37 - 5.5.35 26:50
Q3 COLL Beau McCreery goal 5.7.37 - 6.5.41 00:19
COLL Beau McCreery goal 5.7.37 - 7.5.47 02:10
COLL Nick Daicos behind 5.7.37 - 7.6.48 03:16
COLL Tim Membrey behind 5.7.37 - 7.7.49 04:37
STKL Darcy Wilson behind 5.8.38 - 7.7.49 06:24
STKL Mitch Owens goal 6.8.44 - 7.7.49 08:03
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 6.9.45 - 7.7.49 09:52
COLL Dan Houston behind 6.9.45 - 7.8.50 13:16
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 6.9.45 - 8.8.56 14:16
COLL Roan Steele goal 6.9.45 - 9.8.62 17:50
STKL Max Hall goal 7.9.51 - 9.8.62 19:42
COLL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 9.9.63 23:12
COLL Darcy Cameron goal 7.9.51 - 10.9.69 25:05
STKL Hugh Boxshall behind 7.10.52 - 10.9.69 28:17
COLL Jamie Elliott behind 7.10.52 - 10.10.70 29:30
Q4 STKL Liam Ryan goal 8.10.58 - 10.10.70 01:33
STKL Jack Higgins goal 9.10.64 - 10.10.70 03:40
COLL Beau McCreery behind 9.10.64 - 10.11.71 08:00
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 9.10.64 - 11.11.77 11:54
COLL Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 11.12.78 14:40
STKL Liam Ryan behind 9.11.65 - 11.12.78 16:16
STKL Liam Ryan behind 9.12.66 - 11.12.78 18:07