St Kilda
70
Match Complete
Richmond
103
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| 31:26 |  | Rushed | ||
| 30:18 |  | T. J. Lynch | ||
| J. Bruce | | 28:12 | ||
| M. Parker | | 27:48 | ||
| 26:44 | | D. Martin | ||
| 25:27 | | J. Graham | ||
| 24:12 | | S. Stack | ||
| B. Long | | 22:20 | ||
| J. Billings | | 21:33 | ||
| 20:22 | | M. Chol | ||
| Rushed | | 19:13 | ||
| N. Hind | | 17:30 | ||
| 14:03 | | J. Castagna | ||
| 11:03 | | T. J. Lynch | ||
| J. Bruce | | 8:48 | ||
| 6:45 | | B. Ellis | ||
| J. Steele | | 4:12 | ||
| 3:16 | | T. J. Lynch | ||
| N. Hind | | 0:29 | ||
| 8.3 (51) | Third Quarter [+] | 9.4 (58) | ||
| L. Dunstan | | 27:12 | ||
| M. Parker | | 22:49 | ||
| 19:34 | | J. Caddy | ||
| 18:16 | | D. Rioli | ||
| Rushed | | 14:45 | ||
| 6:38 | | T. J. Lynch | ||
| 4:31 | | Rushed | ||
| J. Gresham | | 2:43 | ||
| 0:55 | | T. J. Lynch | ||
| 7.0 (42) | Second Quarter [+] | 6.2 (38) | ||
| 29:00 | | T. J. Lynch | ||
| 26:12 | | S. Stack | ||
| 20:11 | | M. Chol | ||
| 17:26 | | S. Bolton | ||
| T. Membrey | | 15:56 | ||
| N. Hind | | 14:06 | ||
| N. Hind | | 12:11 | ||
| B. Long | | 10:02 | ||
| 7:32 | | D. Prestia | ||
| 1:18 | | S. Stack | ||
| 3.0 (18) | First Quarter [+] | 2.0 (12) | ||
| 24:57 | | M. Chol | ||
| 20:44 | | S. Stack | ||
| R. Marshall | | 13:41 | ||
| B. Acres | | 5:04 | ||
| J. Bruce | | 0:56 | ||
Sunday afternoon football begins at Marvel Stadium, as a struggling St Kilda Saints host the injury-hit Richmond Tigers. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 1:10pm (AEST).
St Kilda’s last three games have been poor, to say the very least. They had a decent start to the season, granted, but have reverted back to the same middling form that has inflicted the side for a fair while now. They’ve had heavy losses to Brisbane and Port (in China), interrupted by a narrow, scrappy win against Gold Coast. Now, they face Richmond: at precisely the wrong time.
Richmond, for their part, haven’t been too good either. They have slumped to three consecutive losses (North, Geelong, Adelaide) whilst they weathered a mammoth injury crisis. The good news for them is that a) those missing players are, by and large, coming back into the side and b) today’s clash starts a fortnight of clashes (they have Gold Coast next week) where they can get a couple of wins on the board.
History isn’t on the Saints side today: barring one 2017 win, the Saints have lost four of their last five against the Tigers by hefty margins; ominous signs, maybe, for today?
There are changes a plenty for both sides today. St Kilda have made four of them: Dean Kent’s season-ending injury, combined with the axing of Jack Newnes, David Armitage and Johnathan Marsh, opens the door for Jack Steele, Nick Coffield, Ben Long and Ben Paton to rejoin the fledging outfit.
Richmond have made a massive seven changes. Dan Butler, Ryan Garthwaite, Liam Baker, Connor Menadue, Jack Higgins, Patrick Naish and Noah Balta have all been omitted. Their replacements are all returning from injury layoffs: David Astbury, Jayden Short, Kane Lambert, Shane Edwards, Ivan Soldo, Trent Cotchin and Shai Bolton are those men.
Prediction
A few weeks back, I would’ve said the Saints were a good shout to win this one. But, after last week and given Richmond’s substantial inclusions, this is the Tigers’ to lose. They’ll win by plenty.
Richmond by 52 points.
Game Information
When: 1:10pm (AEST)
Where: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
TV: Fox Footy
Betting: Saints $3.50, Richmond $1.31`
St Kilda Saints
B: Daniel McKenzie, Jake Carlisle, Shane Savage
HB: Callum Wilkie, Josh Battle, Hunter Clark
C: Jack Billings, Sebastian Ross, Dan Hannebery
HF: Nick Hind, Josh Bruce, Jack Sinclair
F: Jade Gresham, Tim Membrey, Blake Acres
FOL: Rowan Marshall, Luke Dunstan, Jack Steele
I/C: Nick Coffield, Ben Long, Ben Paton, Matthew Parker
Richmond Tigers
B: David Astbury, Nathan Broad, Dylan Grimes
HB: Sydney Stack, Nick Vlastuin, Jayden Short
C: Brandon Ellis, Dion Prestia, Kamdyn McIntosh
HF: Kane Lambert, Jason Castagna, Daniel Rioli
F: Shane Edwards, Tom J. Lynch, Josh Caddy
FOL: Ivan Soldo, Trent Cotchin, Dustin Martin
I/C: Bachar Houli, Jack Graham, Mabior Chol, Shai Bolton
User
Roar Rookie
:) giving up just like Collingwood did last night hey Pete, sigh ppl who don't know anything about footy hard work hard hard work but fun to read their ideas as we all need a smile :)
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
sigh...nuffies...
User
Roar Rookie
You mean in a evening game on possibly the hardest ground in the league in our worse performance of the year wce still kicked a bigger score than Collingwood in perfect roofed conditions hahaha far out gold and where was north placed on the ladder cause Geelong where top lol to rich pete
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
Eagles kicked 7 against the Cats for the entire game. Cats kicked 7 in the first qtr. Short memories and nuffies are inextricably linked.
Liam Salter
Roar Guru
Agreed here Matti. A bunch of late, junk time goals doesn’t mean they had it all their own way. St Kilda’s inaccuracy in the second half benefited the tigers. Richmond deserves the win, but it doesn’t proclaim Richmond are “back” of anything, far from it I’d suspect.
User
Roar Rookie
Still kicked as many goals as Collingwood yesterday and well he has premiership medal so nice try Pete. Do you actually have material?
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
Darling can also play like the first half of the GF where most thought he was off the ground. He also has a history of dropping crucial marks in finals.
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
Agree you may struggle to penetrate top four GT but you would be a very dangerous side from 5-8th capable of going the whole way.
PriddisJunior
Roar Rookie
Think someone commented the same thing during the game but its worth saying again. What a star young sydney stack is. Kept them in touch in the first half.
PriddisJunior
Roar Rookie
Hey pete, did you know Darling kicked as manys goals at the G in pouring rain as what last yrs runners up kicked playing indoors yesterday?
User
Roar Rookie
If that is a team coming performance geez mate and C'mon seriously like Richmond of last year, honestly I don't think any top 4 side is worried.
Peter Warrington
Guest
Banana skin dodged 3 or 4 in a row for anyone will rocket them up the table such is the compression of the chasing pack. This time in 14 we were 4-10. Many many teams can still make it if they want it enough
Peter Warrington
Guest
Can still win the Brownlow
Geelong Tiger
Roar Rookie
Thanks Peter, though I am not too sure. Last couple of weeks aside, I think Collingwood are the biggest challenge to the Cats claiming the flag. As for the Tigers, I am waiting to see how we go against West Coast. Plus we have a problem with our percentage, we'll be lucky to finish top fpur. But it was good to see the team click in the final quarter.
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
Like the Tigers of last year, blow sides away in the final term. Make no mistake. The Tigers are coming and are the biggest threat to the Cats.
Gary
Roar Rookie
Cheers for your blogging today AD. I suspect Richardson will be next to go... 2 wins max for rest of season i think. They, stk, play north next week... I wonder if Saints would consider going after Rhys Shaw, assuming North probably after more experienced option.
Liam Salter
Roar Guru
Thanks for joining me. That's my final blog for a little while; I'll be back in late July for more blogging. Stay tuned to The Roar for the rest of today's clashes. Bye for now.
Liam Salter
Roar Guru
Bit of an anti-climatic score, as the close run nature of the clash was blown out by a powerful final term by the Tigers. They booted seven majors to two in that final term, as St Kilda's early accuracy deteriorated badly. The Saints would be simultaneously pleased and frustrated by that; happy with much of that early performance, but would be brutally disappointed they were unable to finish it out. Martin and Prestia dominant in the midfield for the Tiges, Ross, Billings and Clark doing plenty for the Saints. Bruce and Hind were prolific up forward for the Saints, Stack, Lynch and Chol booting plenty for the Tigers too. St Kilda: 10.10 (70) Richmond: 16.7 (103)
Duckworth-Lewis
Guest
The Tigers are back in town. Great win today. We were challenged but our expertise was the difference in the end.
Neil from Warrandyte
Roar Rookie
Great to get a win with 7 players back in the side, many who were a bit rusty. Need to build that cohesion now over the next few weeks.