AFL

St Kilda
11.10.76
Sydney
23.8.146
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Match Tracker

St Kilda
Sydney
Q1
5.0.30
4.1.25

    St Kilda Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, P.McCartin
  • 9 mins - Goal, D.Armitage
  • 13 mins - Goal, T.Membrey
  • 16 mins - Goal, M.Weller
  • 25 mins - Goal, N.Wright

    St Kilda and Sydney Events

  • 4 mins - Goal, X.Richards
  • 5 mins - Behind, G.Rohan
  • 7 mins - Goal, K.Jack
  • 14 mins - Goal, L.Franklin
  • 20 mins - Goal, D.Hannebery
Q2
7.5.47
8.4.52

    St Kilda Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, B.Acres
  • 5 mins - Behind, N.Riewoldt
  • 11 mins - Goal, S.Dempster
  • 12 mins - Behind, B.Acres
  • 13 mins - Behind, B.Acres
  • 15 mins - Goal, P.McCartin
  • 24 mins - Behind, J.Bruce

    St Kilda and Sydney Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, X.Richards
  • 5 mins - Behind, T.Papley
  • 7 mins - Behind, G.Rohan
  • 8 mins - Goal, S.Naismith
  • 17 mins - Goal, L.Franklin
  • 20 mins - Goal, T.Papley
  • 29 mins - Behind, L.Parker
Q3
9.8.62
16.7.103

    St Kilda Events

  • 1 mins - Behind, J.Newnes
  • 8 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 14 mins - Goal, B.Acres
  • 27 mins - Goal, L.Montagna
  • 28 mins - Behind, M.Weller

    St Kilda and Sydney Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, I.Heeney
  • 4 mins - Goal, T.Papley
  • 6 mins - Goal, L.Parker
  • 9 mins - Behind, T.Nankervis
  • 10 mins - Goal, T.Nankervis
  • 12 mins - Goal, L.Franklin
  • 15 mins - Goal, L.Franklin
  • 17 mins - Behind, G.Rohan
  • 20 mins - Goal, L.Parker
  • 21 mins - Behind, I.Heeney
  • 31 mins - Goal, L.Franklin
Q4
11.10.76
23.8.146

    St Kilda Events

  • 6 mins - Goal, J.Newnes
  • 20 mins - Behind, J.Steven
  • 24 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 29 mins - Goal, N.Riewoldt

    St Kilda and Sydney Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, J.Kennedy
  • 7 mins - Goal, G.Hewett
  • 9 mins - Goal, T.Papley
  • 11 mins - Goal, L.Franklin
  • 13 mins - Goal, J.McVeigh
  • 16 mins - Behind, L.Franklin
  • 19 mins - Goal, L.Parker
  • 27 mins - Goal, X.Richards

Scorers

St Kilda
Sydney
Goal Scorers St Kilda Sydney
Goals and Behinds McCartin (2.0), Acres (1.3), Newnes (1.1), Riewoldt (1.1), Weller (1.1), Armitage (1.0), Dempster (1.0), Membrey (1.0), Montagna (1.0), Wright (1.0), Bruce (0.1), Steven (0.1) Franklin (6.1), Papley (3.1), Parker (3.1), Richards (3.0), Heeney (1.1), Nankervis (1.1), Hannebery (1.0), Hewett (1.0), Jack (1.0), Kennedy (1.0), McVeigh (1.0), Naismith (1.0), Rohan (0.3)

Team Statistics

St Kilda
Sydney

Statistics

St Kilda Sydney
Goals 11 23
Behinds 10 8
Scoring shots 20 35
Goals/scoring shots 55 66
Disposals 362 459
St KildaGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
B.Acres 23 16 4 7 10 5 2 2 0 3
D.Armitage 29 8 6 21 13 6 2 2 0 7
J.Billings 13 7 3 6 7 3 1 1 0 0
J.Bruce 11 5 5 6 6 3 0 2 0 1
S.Dempster 14 10 8 4 5 1 2 1 0 0
S.Fisher 11 3 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
S.Gilbert 11 3 1 8 10 2 3 0 0 0
J.Gresham 16 9 2 7 6 3 0 2 0 4
T.Hickey 10 2 2 8 6 3 2 2 24 3
P.McCartin 5 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
D.McKenzie 15 9 4 6 7 3 0 1 0 0
T.Membrey 9 7 5 2 4 2 0 1 0 0
D.Minchington 8 3 2 5 2 3 0 0 0 0
L.Montagna 27 12 6 15 5 6 0 0 0 1
J.Newnes 20 14 2 6 1 8 1 0 2 2
N.Riewoldt 24 13 6 11 7 4 3 0 7 0
D.Roberton 16 8 4 8 5 2 1 1 0 0
S.Ross 28 13 2 15 10 4 1 0 1 6
S.Savage 21 12 4 9 8 6 0 0 0 1
J.Steven 25 13 0 12 11 3 0 1 0 3
M.Weller 18 6 2 12 12 4 0 0 0 2
N.Wright 8 6 1 2 5 8 1 0 0 1
SydneyGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
A.Aliir 17 8 9 9 7 1 0 0 0 0
H.Cunningham 19 12 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0
L.Franklin 28 18 9 10 10 4 0 5 0 2
H.Grundy 15 9 5 6 3 1 0 1 0 0
D.Hannebery 37 20 7 17 14 2 2 1 0 7
I.Heeney 13 8 5 5 6 2 1 0 0 1
G.Hewett 20 6 3 14 4 1 0 2 0 2
K.Jack 20 11 3 9 6 2 1 1 0 3
J.Kennedy 35 9 5 26 16 4 2 0 0 7
J.Lloyd 35 21 7 14 6 1 3 0 0 0
J.McVeigh 26 13 4 13 5 3 0 0 0 1
C.Mills 27 17 8 10 6 1 1 2 0 0
T.Mitchell 19 8 4 11 9 8 0 0 0 1
S.Naismith 12 4 2 8 9 2 1 3 18 3
T.Nankervis 15 6 2 9 8 3 1 0 24 5
T.Papley 16 9 4 7 5 3 1 0 0 1
L.Parker 33 17 9 16 13 5 2 3 2 5
D.Rampe 14 6 2 8 6 1 0 1 0 0
X.Richards 12 8 7 4 6 3 0 0 0 0
G.Rohan 8 8 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
N.Smith 20 12 8 8 4 4 2 0 0 0
D.Towers 18 6 2 12 6 1 0 0 1 1

Match Details

St Kilda
Sydney
START TIME
7:25PM
WEATHER
Cloudy
VENUE
Etihad Stadium
Umpires
Justin Schmitt, Craig Fleer, Mathew Nicholls

AFL 2016: Lance Franklin stars as Sydney Swans end St Kilda Saints' season

SYDNEY   4.1      8.4      16.7      23.8     (146)
ST KILDA  5.0      7.5      9.8      11.10     (76)
GOALS - Sydney:  Franklin 6, Parker 3, Papley 3, XRichards 3,  Hannebery,  Hewett,  Heeney,  Kennedy, McVeigh,  Jack,  Naismith,  Nankervis. 
St Kilda:  McCartin 2,  Acres, Armitage,  Newnes, Montagna,  Weller, Riewoldt,  Wright,  Dempster, Membrey.
BEST - Sydney: Franklin, Parker, Kennedy, Hannebery, Mills, Lloyd. 
St Kilda: Acres, Armitage, Ross, Steven.
UMPIRES Schmitt, Nicholls, Fleer.
CROWD 33,059 at Etihad Stadium.

Leigh Matthews has a theory that a football team looks a whole lot better when their top six fires. Any doubters should watch Sydney play more.

Fit and firing: Lance Franklin celebrates after kicking another goal with Dan Hannebery.
Fit and firing: Lance Franklin celebrates after kicking another goal with Dan Hannebery. 

At a time when several leading fancies have stumbled, the Swans are trampling over their rivals. This week it was St Kilda's turn to be put to the sword, their game bid for a finals berth extinguished after the Swans' crushing 70-point win on Saturday night.

This loomed as a danger game for the Swans, who were facing an in-form team at a venue where they have proven hard to beat. And the events of the first half had done little to dispel those thoughts.

Half an hour later, however, the only danger was the game turning into a blowout after the Swans destroyed the Saints with a blistering third term where they outscored their rival eight goals to two.

This was a performance full of authority by the Swans, who fielded nine players with fewer than 40 games' experience. Their stars all fired, none more so than Lance Franklin.

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The superstar forward turned in one of his finest games of the season, booting six goals in a Swans forward line that has clicked in recent weeks. There should, in theory anyway, be more improvement to come next week when Kurt Tippett makes his expected return.

The win was set up by the old firm of Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker and Dan Hannebery, all seasoned campaigners capable of running a full four quarters. All three had 30-plus possessions and when this happens the Swans seldom lose.

Barging through: Luke Parker runs into the Saints' Nathan Wright.
Barging through: Luke Parker runs into the Saints' Nathan Wright. 

It was a dirty and bruising night for the Saints, who were given a football lesson by a side that works just as hard when they don't have the ball. They also lost Tom Hickey and Sam Fisher to injury though their departures came when the game was already over.

There were some positives. They had played Sydney twice under Alan Richardson before this and on both occasions they were out of the game by the first break. This time they served it right up to their more fancied opponent in the first half.

Go-to man: Dan Hannebery gets a handball away under pressure.
Go-to man: Dan Hannebery gets a handball away under pressure. 

Knowing an arm-wrestle would better suit the Swans, the Saints would have liked the frenetic tempo in which the game started. Their pace was troubling the Swans, who, uncharacteristically, laid just three tackles in the opening 13 minutes.

This would have been a concern for John Longmire as pressure is one of his team's trademarks. Another is their ability to win the contested ball, which was also down in the first term but lifted in the second.

Twice the Swans challenged and on both occasions the Saints responded, though the game was now starting to be played on red and white terms. Parker, Kennedy and Hannebery were making their mark in the middle while Lance Franklin was looking dangerous.

Suddenly, runs like the one Jack Steven made in the first term were non-existent. The Saints were doing well to hold on but a rubber band can only stretch so far before it snaps.

Breaking point came shortly after half-time as the effort of the previous term's chasing began taking its toll. The Swans flexed their muscle and the Saints were unable to find another gear.

They had reason to be unhappy with the umpires, who missed high contact on two occasions which led to goals, though it was by no means the reason their game was unravelling.

Their ball movement, fluid in the first half, was now stilted. When they did get through the Swans press and push forward of centre they could not beat the likes Dane Rampe and the much-improved Aliir Aliir, who is fast becoming a cult figure among the red and white faithful.