AFL

Gold Coast
15.18.108
St Kilda
8.20.68
Full Time

Match Tracker

Gold Coast
St Kilda
Q1
5.7.37
3.1.19

    Gold Coast Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, T.Lynch
  • 3 mins - Behind, B.Matera
  • 4 mins - Goal, T.Miller
  • 8 mins - Behind, A.Hall
  • 9 mins - Behind, C.Ah Chee
  • 12 mins - Behind, A.Sexton
  • 15 mins - Goal, N.Malceski
  • 16 mins - Behind, M.Rischitelli
  • 17 mins - Goal, C.Ah Chee
  • 20 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 23 mins - Goal, G.Ablett
  • 25 mins - Behind, G.Ablett

    Gold Coast and St Kilda Events

  • 21 mins - Behind, J.Gresham
  • 24 mins - Goal, J.Lonie
  • 26 mins - Goal, J.Gresham
  • 28 mins - Goal, M.Weller
Q2
9.12.66
4.5.29

    Gold Coast Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, D.Prestia
  • 7 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 13 mins - Goal, R.Davis
  • 17 mins - Behind, T.Lynch
  • 18 mins - Behind, C.Ah Chee
  • 20 mins - Goal, P.Wright
  • 24 mins - Behind, T.Nicholls
  • 25 mins - Behind, C.Ah Chee
  • 26 mins - Goal, B.Matera

    Gold Coast and St Kilda Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, N.Riewoldt
  • 4 mins - Behind, N.Riewoldt
  • 7 mins - Goal, J.Newnes
  • 10 mins - Behind, N.Riewoldt
  • 11 mins - Behind, M.Weller
Q3
13.15.93
5.13.43

    Gold Coast Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, P.Wright
  • 6 mins - Behind, B.Matera
  • 10 mins - Goal, A.Hall
  • 11 mins - Goal, D.Prestia
  • 22 mins - Goal, B.Matera
  • 23 mins - Behind, G.Ablett
  • 29 mins - Goal, A.Hall

    Gold Coast and St Kilda Events

  • 5 mins - Behind, S.Gilbert
  • 5 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 7 mins - Behind, J.Lonie
  • 9 mins - Goal, T.Membrey
  • 13 mins - Behind, T.Hickey
  • 20 mins - Behind, T.Hickey
  • 21 mins - Behind, N.Riewoldt
  • 24 mins - Behind, M.Weller
  • 26 mins - Behind, N.Riewoldt
Q4
15.18.108
8.20.68

    Gold Coast Events

  • 7 mins - Behind, T.Lynch
  • 8 mins - Goal, P.Wright
  • 12 mins - Goal, P.Wright
  • 23 mins - Behind, A.Hall
  • 25 mins - Behind, T.Lynch

    Gold Coast and St Kilda Events

  • 2 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 5 mins - Behind, L.Montagna
  • 10 mins - Behind, J.Gresham
  • 13 mins - Behind, T.Membrey
  • 15 mins - Goal, T.Membrey
  • 16 mins - Goal, J.Newnes
  • 18 mins - Behind, M.Weller
  • 19 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 21 mins - Behind, M.Weller
  • 27 mins - Goal, J.Bruce

Scorers

Gold Coast
St Kilda
Goal Scorers Gold Coast St Kilda
Goals and Behinds Wright (3.1), Hall (2.2), Matera (2.2), Prestia (2.0), Lynch (1.4), Ah Chee (1.3), Ablett (1.2), Davis (1.0), Malceski (1.0), Miller (1.0), Nicholls (0.1), Rischitelli (0.1), Sexton (0.1) Membrey (2.1), Newnes (2.0), Weller (1.4), Gresham (1.2), Lonie (1.1), Bruce (1.0), Riewoldt (0.5), Hickey (0.2), Gilbert (0.1), Montagna (0.1)

Team Statistics

Gold Coast
St Kilda

Statistics

Gold Coast St Kilda
Goals 15 8
Behinds 18 20
Scoring shots 36 29
Goals/scoring shots 42 28
Disposals 413 343
Gold CoastGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
G.Ablett 25 12 3 13 11 2 0 3 0 4
C.Ah Chee 12 10 4 2 3 0 1 1 0 0
R.Davis 14 10 3 4 7 2 1 0 0 2
S.Day 6 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
A.Hall 27 18 6 9 7 3 2 1 0 2
J.Harbrow 21 13 7 8 3 4 1 0 0 0
J.Joyce 15 10 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
K.Kolodjashnij 23 17 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 0
T.Lynch 20 15 14 5 7 0 2 1 0 0
N.Malceski 30 21 10 9 3 1 2 2 0 0
J.Martin 19 11 8 8 5 4 1 0 0 0
B.Matera 20 14 9 6 7 3 1 1 0 2
S.May 23 14 11 9 6 0 1 2 0 0
T.Miller 17 11 5 6 6 1 0 0 0 2
T.Nicholls 13 4 2 9 7 1 0 2 17 4
D.Prestia 26 9 4 17 6 2 2 0 0 2
M.Rischitelli 33 14 8 19 13 6 1 0 0 4
M.Rosa 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
A.Sexton 19 12 9 7 3 2 0 1 0 1
M.Shaw 19 14 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
R.Thompson 16 10 11 6 3 3 0 1 0 0
P.Wright 14 9 10 5 3 0 0 0 2 0
St KildaGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
B.Acres 17 8 3 9 8 3 2 1 0 3
D.Armitage 17 8 1 9 10 5 3 4 0 4
J.Bruce 12 4 1 8 3 1 0 0 2 0
L.Delaney 9 0 4 9 6 1 0 0 0 0
L.Dunstan 15 7 0 8 7 5 0 0 0 2
J.Geary 17 6 1 11 5 1 1 0 0 0
S.Gilbert 17 8 5 9 6 2 0 2 2 0
J.Gresham 16 5 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 0
T.Hickey 13 6 5 7 7 1 2 4 18 3
T.Lee 8 7 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 0
J.Lonie 14 7 1 7 7 1 1 0 0 0
P.McCartin 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
T.Membrey 18 9 4 9 7 2 0 1 0 0
D.Minchington 13 5 1 8 8 3 1 0 0 2
L.Montagna 25 12 5 13 1 1 0 1 0 0
J.Newnes 20 16 3 4 8 3 1 1 0 3
N.Riewoldt 21 14 10 7 7 0 0 0 6 0
D.Roberton 15 9 4 6 4 1 0 0 0 0
S.Ross 19 11 1 8 6 3 0 0 3 5
S.Savage 19 12 4 7 4 1 0 0 0 0
J.Steven 21 10 0 11 7 4 0 1 0 4
M.Weller 15 9 3 6 7 4 2 0 0 0

Match Details

Gold Coast
St Kilda
START TIME
1:40PM
WEATHER
Sunny
VENUE
Metricon Stadium
Umpires
Scott Jeffery, Ben Ryan, Andrew Stephens, Jordan Bannister

Gold Coast v St Kilda: Suns take time to shine again

Gold Coast 5.7, 9.12, 13.15, 15.18 (108)
St Kilda 
3.1, 4.5, 5.13, 8.20 (68)
Gold Coast – Goals:
Wright 3 Matera 2 Prestia 2 Hall 2 Miller Malceski Ah Chee Lynch Ablett Davis. St Kilda: Membrey 2 Newnes 2 Lonie Gresham Weller Bruce.
Best – Gold Coast: Rischitelli Harbrow Malceski Lynch May Hall Prestia. St Kilda: Riewoldt Montagna Weller Newnes.
Injuries – Gold Coast: Rosa (hamstring). St Kilda: McCartin (concussion).
Umpires: Bannister Stephens Ryan Jeffery.
Crowd: 14,071 at Metricon Stadium.

There was a sense, watching the Gold Coast Suns quickly take control of a listless St Kilda at Metricon Stadium, of a band that was slowly being put back together.

Saints v Suns
Gold Coast's Peter Wright takes a mark in front. Photo: Getty Images

In the backline, Rory Thompson was back. He wasn't getting a lot of the ball, but he was always there, providing a calm head to steady the ship. Matt Shaw, banished for much of the season to the NEAFL, was roaming the wings, using the footy well and reassuring fans and perhaps himself that he has a future at this level.

Gary Ablett was back, too, in another sense. After looking a shadow of himself earlier in the year, the master returned in a big way against Hawthorn last week, and backed it up against the Saints with another influential game, though he faded in the second half. Since round 10 he's led the league for first possessions and clearances.

Suns v Saints
May Day: Stephen May looks to break clear of Maverick Weller. Photo: Getty Images

Several others were playing their best games for some time – senior players Jarrod Harbrow​, Nick Malceski and Michael Rischitelli​ were all prominent, and Aaron Hall was back to something like the form he displayed earlier in the season, with a second goal after the three-quarter time siren taking the Suns to a 50-point lead.

Mention should also be made of a budding behemoth, Peter Wright, who is emerging as a seriously capable player in his second year. He is also proving a more than adequate replacement for Charlie Dixon, taking 10 marks and kicking three majors. A rising star nomination can't be far away.

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But it was Tom Lynch that commanded most attention from teammates and opponents alike. Lynch had 10 marks to half-time – he finished with 14, some of which he had no right to take – and was close to the most influential player on the field even if he had the yips, finishing with just one goal and four behinds.

He didn't have them quite as badly as poor Nick Riewoldt​ at the other end, though, who kicked five straight behinds while still being comfortably his side's best player. Riewoldt wasn't helped early on by a concussion to forward Paddy McCartin​, felled by friendly fire in a marking contest.

The rest of the Saints caught the disease, spraying any opportunity they might have had to stay in the contest, kicking a terrible 5.19 after quarter time. In general they were overwhelmed, outrun and exposed. They won the ball in close, but uncontested marks read 135-46 in the Suns favour, a good indication of their poor workrate.

It was very hard to find solid performers for St Kilda, once you got past the evergreen duo of Riewoldt and Leigh Montagna. As impressive as the Saints have been in recent weeks, they still have a long way to go.

The Suns, conversely, finally looked like they had a spring in their step. They should beat the Brisbane Lions at home next week, and have very winnable games against Fremantle, Melbourne and Essendon to follow. None may be finals threats, but it will at least give them something to work towards in 2017.

And they have others on the comeback trail. Adam Saad, Jesse Lonergan and Trent McKenzie are still to return – as is David Swallow, though he is further away.

Meanwhile, in the NEAFL, Jaeger O'Meara​ returned for half a game and reminded everyone of his vitality – clean as a whistle, as ever, but also running both ways, forcing turnovers, and being the extra on-field leader the Suns have sorely missed. He won't be kept in the lower level for long.


VOTES

M Rischitelli (GCS) 8

J Harbrow (GCS) 7

N Malceski (GCS)

T Lynch (GCS) 7

S May (GCS) 7