AFL

Adelaide
19.19.133
St Kilda
6.9.45
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Adelaide
St Kilda
Q1
6.5.41
1.2.8

    Adelaide Events

  • 4 mins - Behind, E.Betts
  • 6 mins - Behind, M.Crouch
  • 7 mins - Behind, T.Walker
  • 9 mins - Goal, J.Lyons
  • 15 mins - Goal, M.McGovern
  • 18 mins - Goal, S.Jacobs
  • 20 mins - Goal, C.Cameron
  • 22 mins - Behind, W.Milera
  • 23 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 24 mins - Behind, B.Smith
  • 28 mins - Goal, C.Cameron

    Adelaide and St Kilda Events

  • 11 mins - Goal, J.Gresham
  • 13 mins - Behind, L.Dunstan
  • 18 mins - Behind, L.Dunstan
Q2
11.11.77
4.2.26

    Adelaide Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 7 mins - Behind, M.Crouch
  • 9 mins - Behind, R.Henderson
  • 10 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 11 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 14 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 15 mins - Behind, T.Walker
  • 17 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 19 mins - Behind, M.McGovern
  • 21 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 23 mins - Behind, S.Jacobs

    Adelaide and St Kilda Events

  • 6 mins - Goal, T.Membrey
  • 18 mins - Goal, N.Riewoldt
  • 25 mins - Goal, J.Bruce
Q3
16.14.110
5.5.35

    Adelaide Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 5 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 13 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 17 mins - Behind, M.McGovern
  • 22 mins - Behind, M.McGovern
  • 27 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 30 mins - Goal, E.Betts
  • 31 mins - Behind, T.Walker

    Adelaide and St Kilda Events

  • 9 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 10 mins - Behind, P.McCartin
  • 12 mins - Goal, P.McCartin
  • 15 mins - Behind, J.Newnes
Q4
19.19.133
6.9.45

    Adelaide Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, R.Sloane
  • 5 mins - Behind, E.Betts
  • 7 mins - Behind, J.Jenkins
  • 11 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 19 mins - Behind, R.Douglas
  • 20 mins - Goal, P.Seedsman
  • 23 mins - Behind, J.Jenkins
  • 29 mins - Behind, J.Jenkins

    Adelaide and St Kilda Events

  • 6 mins - Behind, T.Membrey
  • 13 mins - Behind, J.Billings
  • 15 mins - Behind, S.Savage
  • 16 mins - Goal, J.Bruce
  • 22 mins - Behind, J.Billings

Scorers

Adelaide
St Kilda
Goal Scorers Adelaide St Kilda
Goals and Behinds Jenkins (7.3), Walker (3.3), Cameron (2.0), McGovern (1.3), Betts (1.2), Jacobs (1.1), Lynch (1.0), Lyons (1.0), Seedsman (1.0), Sloane (1.0), Crouch (0.2), Douglas (0.1), Henderson (0.1), Milera (0.1), Smith (0.1) Bruce (2.0), McCartin (1.1), Membrey (1.1), Gresham (1.0), Riewoldt (1.0), Billings (0.2), Dunstan (0.2), Newnes (0.1), Savage (0.1)

Team Statistics

Adelaide
St Kilda

Statistics

Adelaide St Kilda
Goals 19 6
Behinds 19 9
Scoring shots 44 17
Goals/scoring shots 43 35
Disposals 474 298
AdelaideGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
R.Atkins 19 13 8 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
E.Betts 11 6 1 5 5 3 1 3 0 2
L.Brown 24 12 7 12 9 1 1 0 0 1
C.Cameron 10 8 3 2 4 2 0 1 0 0
K.Cheney 18 12 9 6 1 0 0 1 0 0
M.Crouch 36 17 7 19 16 3 1 0 0 9
R.Douglas 16 11 4 5 7 2 0 1 0 3
K.Hartigan 19 9 9 10 4 4 1 1 0 0
R.Henderson 20 10 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 3
S.Jacobs 24 16 6 8 7 4 2 0 27 3
J.Jenkins 24 20 13 4 8 0 2 0 2 0
R.Laird 30 11 8 19 5 0 1 0 0 1
J.Lever 30 19 13 11 6 0 1 0 0 0
T.Lynch 21 11 7 10 5 0 1 0 0 1
J.Lyons 28 16 4 12 9 2 1 0 0 4
M.McGovern 7 6 7 1 6 0 0 1 0 0
W.Milera 12 6 4 6 3 4 2 0 0 1
P.Seedsman 22 14 10 8 4 2 2 0 0 1
R.Sloane 32 15 7 17 15 8 2 0 0 3
B.Smith 24 16 7 8 5 1 2 0 0 0
D.Talia 26 18 17 8 4 0 0 1 0 0
T.Walker 21 15 10 6 9 0 0 0 0 0
St KildaGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
D.Armitage 25 14 4 11 11 3 2 2 0 5
J.Billings 17 8 5 9 3 1 0 1 0 0
J.Bruce 11 5 4 6 8 2 1 1 0 1
S.Dempster 7 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
L.Dunstan 13 6 3 7 6 3 0 0 0 3
J.Geary 7 3 1 4 2 3 1 0 0 0
S.Gilbert 10 6 2 4 5 4 0 0 2 2
H.Goddard 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
J.Gresham 16 7 4 9 4 3 0 1 0 0
T.Hickey 12 4 2 8 11 4 0 3 19 1
P.McCartin 9 5 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
T.Membrey 11 7 7 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
L.Montagna 12 6 4 6 3 0 0 2 0 0
B.Murdoch 8 4 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 0
J.Newnes 15 8 4 7 6 2 2 3 0 2
N.Riewoldt 13 11 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 0
D.Roberton 13 7 2 6 2 2 0 1 0 0
S.Ross 16 9 0 7 7 3 1 0 1 3
S.Savage 25 11 6 14 10 2 1 0 2 0
J.Steven 31 16 3 15 7 4 0 0 0 4
J.Webster 10 8 1 2 5 4 1 0 0 0
M.Weller 15 7 1 8 6 2 0 1 0 1

Match Details

Adelaide
St Kilda
START TIME
4:40PM
WEATHER
Shower or two
VENUE
Adelaide Oval
Umpires
Craig Fleer, Jacob Mollison, Curtis Deboy

AFL 2016: Adelaide Crows put St Kilda Saints to the sword

ADELAIDE 
6.5      11.11      16.14        19.19     (133)
ST KILDA
1.2        4.2       5.5       6.9     (45)

GOALS - Adelaide: Jenkins 6, Walker 4, Cameron 2, Betts, Sloane, Lynch, McGovern, Lyons, Jacobs, Seedsman. 
St Kilda: Bruce 2, Membrey Riewoldt, McCartin, Gresham.
BEST - Adelaide: Sloane, Lever, M. Crouch, Lyons, Jenkins, Laird. 
St Kilda: Steven, Armitage, Savage, Billings, Hickey, Gresham.
INJURIES - Adelaide: Thompson (soreness) replaced in selected side by M. Crouch. 
St Kilda: D. McKenzie (illness) replaced in selected side by J. Webster; Goddard (Achilles).
UMPIRES  C. Deboy, C. Fleer, J. Mollison.
CROWD 40,896 at Adelaide Oval.

Rory Sloane runs riot for the Crows.
Rory Sloane runs riot for the Crows. Photo: Getty Images

Adelaide crunched the Saints at Adelaide Oval on Sunday night, and hurting them further was a potential season-ending Achilles injury to defender Hugh Goddard.

In just his ninth game, Goddard fell to the ground late in the second quarter and was taken off the field on the mini-ambulance.

It was first thought Goddard had suffered a serious left-knee injury, but he later returned to the St Kilda bench wearing a moon boot with club medical staff indicating he had damaged his Achilles.

It was a terrific win by Adelaide but they still don't know how to kill off their opposition.

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While some may suggest they could not have done better than demoralising their opponents, had they not missed so many set shots – like they have done for most of this season – they would have been merciless and achieved even far greater percentage.

However, there was no denying the Crows were as brilliant as the Saints were woeful. When the Saints were able to switch the play in their backlines Adelaide had time to cover their opponents downfield. When the Saints played-on and tried to run the ball into attack, most times they couldn't get through Adelaide's press. The Crows simply rebounded and had an inside-50 feast.

Beyond this surprisingly one-sided exhibition, considering the Saints had produced some fine displays this season,  was the fortune of the teams' most-decorated current players – Scott Thompson and Nick Riewoldt, who turn 34 later this year and want to play on next season.

Thompson was a late omission because of soreness, and his replacement Matt Crouch, who has struggled to get back into the side after also suffering soreness, dominated with disposals including an amazing 17 in the opening term. The Crows looked good tonight with his run and creativity, as also displayed by other young Crows Rory Atkins and Charlie Cameron, who backed up the tenacious Rory Sloane incredibly well. Whether there is room for Thompson in 2017 is questionable.

Riewoldt was his fiercely competitive self, but after  signs of his classic brilliance this season he struggled with his knee soreness.

Adelaide was able to rebound into its inside-50 zone far too easily, and the decision-making process by the young Saints would have surely frustrated their coach Alan Richardson.  David Armitage and Jack Steven were great given the pressure the team was under, but the best-player list faded significantly after five or six.

As Josh Jenkins continued to kick goals one could hear the cash registers from Woollongabba, the home of the Brisbane Lions, who supposedly want to lure him. But as good as the Adelaide ace was, four of his goals were gifts in the goalsquare from teammates. 

There was much to like about the Crows again.

 If Jenkins wasn't causing havoc, the likes of Tex Walker, Eddie Betts and the often under-estimated value of Tom Lynch certainly were. It was the same with the Crows' midfield, including Jarryd Lyons, 24, this month, who has taken advantage of the opportunities long overdue.

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