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ST KILDA 822.3 6.8 9.13 11.16ADELAIDE 805.2 6.5 9.8 12.8
BESTSCOTTGULLAN’S
St Kilda: Riewoldt, S Fisher,Koschitzke, Hayes, Harvey,Birss, Ball, Gehrig.Adelaide: McLeod, Bock,Thompson, Knights, Welsh,Edwards.
Goals:St Kilda: Gehrig 4, Riewoldt 2,Birss 2, Milne 2, Koschitzke.Adelaide: Welsh 3, Burton 2,Ricciuto 2, Bock 2, McGregor,Maric, McLeod.
Injuries:St Kilda: Nil.Adelaide: Rutten (calf),Ricciuto (ankle).
Reports: Nil.
GAME BREAKERNICK Riewoldt waseverywhere for the Saints,racking up 21 disposals andpulling in 18 marks, 12 in themidfield. On Kris Massie, hehad 16 touches, took 14 grabsand scored two goals. ScottStevens had more luck onRiewoldt, holding him to fivedisposals and four marks in a29-minute period. The Saintforward also directly set upthree other goals for histeammates.
Umpires:McLaren, Ryan, Jeffery.
Crowd:32,210 at Telstra Dome.
Saints blessed
OFFICIAL STATISTICS
EFF% - % of disposals effective C - Contested CON.POSS - Contested Possesions UNC.POSS - Uncontested Possesions CLEARANCE - Clear ball from stoppage CLANGER - Errors including frees against TOG% - % Time on ground TOT - Match total AV - Average
DISPOSALS MARKS FREES SCORE RANKING
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C T CON.
POSS
UNC.
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INSI
DE50
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RANC
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GERS
F A TACK
LES
G B ASSI
STS
TOG
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TOT AV
HIT OUTS (Adv %) FREES GOALS DISTANCE OF GOALSD50 MID F50 OOF FREE PLAY MARK 0-15 15-30 30-40 40+
DISPOSALS MARKS FREES SCORE RANKING
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RANC
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F A TACK
LES
G B ASSI
STS
TOG
%
TOT AV
HIT OUTS (Adv %) FREES GOALS DISTANCE OF GOALSD50 MID F50 OOF FREE PLAY MARK 0-15 15-30 30-40 40+
SAINTSS.FISHER 7 6 6 11 30 19 11 90 0 15 2 28 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 100 157 108L.HAYES 5 8 14 5 32 17 15 81 0 8 6 26 6 5 0 1 0 10 0 0 2 77 155 93J.KOSCHITZKE 4 4 3 7 18 13 5 83 4 8 11 7 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 89 143 81L.MONTAGNA 7 8 11 6 32 20 12 84 0 6 7 24 5 4 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 79 142 107N.RIEWOLDT 4 7 4 6 21 20 1 81 2 18 5 16 7 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 4 100 130 103R.HARVEY 6 8 13 6 33 18 15 73 0 8 10 25 3 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 81 116 96S.BIRSS 3 5 8 4 20 12 8 75 0 4 9 11 4 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 1 60 115 58F.GEHRIG 3 3 1 5 12 11 1 92 1 8 3 10 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 4 0 100 113 87L.BALL 5 5 8 5 23 14 9 74 0 6 4 19 6 4 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 81 102 82N.DAL SANTO 4 5 3 5 17 7 10 94 0 2 11 4 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 87 98 115J.BLAKE 4 2 5 5 16 5 11 94 1 1 7 10 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 100 79 58M.MAGUIRE 4 4 1 6 15 10 5 87 4 7 7 8 1 0 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 100 76 46J.GRAM 6 4 4 3 17 8 9 76 0 1 5 11 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 100 73 89A.FIORA 3 6 0 3 12 6 6 75 0 3 2 10 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 83 61 73L.FISHER 3 4 5 2 14 4 10 79 0 3 4 9 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 78 44 73S.BAKER 4 1 5 3 13 4 9 85 0 4 0 13 1 0 5 0 3 7 0 0 0 83 40 65J.ATTARD 1 0 3 4 8 2 6 63 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 77 40 45S.MILNE 2 1 1 1 5 3 2 60 2 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 100 39 61X.CLARKE 0 1 2 2 5 2 3 80 0 1 0 5 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 63 24 65S.GILBERT 1 4 1 2 8 6 2 75 0 5 1 7 1 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 1 100 22 76M.RIX 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 100 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 40 11 40A.THOMPSON 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 50 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 5 47
RUSHED 4TOTALS 79 86 98 92 355 202 153 81 14 112 102 252 54 27 32 19 13 69 11 16 14 1785 1668
TEAM 37 (16%)KOSCHITZKE 21 (19%)RIX 7 (0%)
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CROWSA.McLEOD 8 8 8 3 27 22 5 96 0 9 5 23 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 100 123 108J.TORNEY 3 4 4 5 16 8 8 88 0 7 8 9 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 100 118 69M.DOUGHTY 6 5 8 6 25 8 17 92 0 7 9 16 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 68 108 73S.WELSH 4 2 4 3 13 7 6 77 0 4 6 7 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 4 100 97 75S.GOODWIN 8 5 8 5 26 12 14 77 0 1 7 19 6 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 89 90 93G.JOHNCOCK 5 3 1 2 11 2 9 91 0 2 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 100 84 87K.MASSIE 1 5 7 4 17 6 11 94 0 7 1 16 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100 83 79I.MARIC 2 1 5 1 9 3 6 100 1 4 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 62 82 74C.KNIGHTS 6 4 4 6 20 11 9 70 0 7 7 14 7 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 96 80 92T.EDWARDS 9 5 2 3 19 8 11 95 0 1 5 14 1 3 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 83 77 99R.SHIRLEY 3 5 3 5 16 8 8 81 0 4 3 13 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 77 69 81B.HUDSON 4 3 2 2 11 3 8 73 1 3 6 5 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 70 69 68S.THOMPSON 6 3 7 8 24 16 8 67 0 5 7 16 4 5 7 1 1 7 0 1 0 80 59 98M.RICCIUTO 0 1 2 3 6 6 0 100 1 5 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 70 54 63N.VAN BERLO 4 3 3 4 14 6 8 64 0 4 3 11 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 70 52 78N.BOCK 6 6 2 0 14 11 3 79 0 5 2 12 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 81 49 71R.DOUGLAS 1 4 0 3 8 4 4 88 0 0 4 4 1 2 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 64 45 53B.REILLY 3 3 7 6 19 14 5 79 0 4 2 16 4 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 60 41 67K.McGREGOR 3 2 0 3 8 6 2 63 0 4 3 5 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 98 41 64S.STEVENS 4 3 3 2 12 8 4 58 0 3 5 8 1 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 100 39 71B.BURTON 2 4 2 5 13 7 6 77 1 8 3 9 3 0 5 0 0 1 2 1 2 81 33 56B.RUTTEN 4 1 0 0 5 1 4 100 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 22 62
RUSHED 1TOTALS 92 80 82 79 333 177 156 82 5 96 97 239 47 31 44 13 19 61 12 8 15 1515 1681
TEAM 33 (27%)MARIC 15 (27%)HUDSON 13 (31%)
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Coming through: Robert Harvey splits a pack, as Shane Birss and Jason Gram celebrate the Saints’ win. Pictures: MICHAEL KLEIN, MICHAEL DODGE
Inconsistency not much to crow aboutRebecca WilliamsADELAIDE coach Neil Craig
last night blamed his team’slack of consistency after theCrows surrendered a strongstart to suffer a two-point lossto St Kilda at Telstra Dome.
Craig lamented the team’sup-and-down form after theCrows were forced to fight outthe last three quarters, afterthey dominated the openingterm.
‘‘We still wear that (inconsis-tent) tag,’’ Craig said.
‘‘That’s taking nothing awayfrom St Kilda. You can evenargue tonight within the game,I thought we played really well
the first quarter, poor secondquarter and a bit of an arm-wrestle in the second half.
‘‘If you go back to last week’sgame as a benchmark game( 7 1 - p o i n t w i n a g a i n s tHawthorn) that we would belooking at, we were a fair wayoff that.’’
Adelaide was dealt an injuryblow when key defender BenRutten was unable to return tothe field after halftime after hesuffered a corked calf.
The loss meant the Crows
had to swing forward KenMcGregor into defence to manFraser Gehrig, who finishedwith four goals.
Craig was unsure of theextent of Rutten’s injury, butsaid his loss had hurt theCrows badly.
‘‘It hurts us up forward whenwe had to take Ken McGregorout of our forward line,’’ hesaid.
‘‘One of the things that Kendoes when he is there, he isvery good in the air and hestraightens us up, and Ithought we started to go a bitwide and we were very hesi-
tant going into our forwardline, but we had no choice.
‘‘In the end, we got caughtone big man short.’’
While the loss leaves theCrows fighting for their placein the top eight, Craig wasconfident their season was stillalive.
The Crows were in sixthposition after last night’sgame, on the same points asthe Western Bulldogs (sev-enth) and Essendon (eighth).
‘‘Our season is still alive,’’Craig said.
‘‘The teams we play for therest of the year are all pretty
much after our spot, so we arefighting in a big pack there.
‘‘But we are still alive and wehave an opportunity to createour own destiny. So we pushon with an aim to play betterfootball than we did tonight.’’
Captain Mark Ricciutoinjured his ankle in the firstterm, but he returned to kicktwo goals in a performanceCraig praised.
‘‘When he first did it he waspretty sore and then it settleddown, so he was still able tocontribute,’’ he said.
‘‘It was a pretty good effortby Mark.’’