| * |
St Kilda stayed in touch with the top eight when they recorded their sixth
win with a narrow eight-point success over Fremantle under the closed
roof at Docklands on Friday night, which welcomed a bare 22,440 people.
It was an error-filled game which will quickly be best forgotten, with
only a goal apiece in the desperate final term, which lasted just 24
minutes.
In spite of a super match effort by Matthew Pavlich, Fremantle remained
in the doldrums when it failed to grasp the opportunity presented after
Ryan Crowley goaled five minutes into the last quarter which drew the
Dockers within five points. However, it would be the only goal the
visitors would gain before the final siren with St Kilda's Nick Riewoldt
kicking his third goal of the night, and even with 12 minutes left, the
contest was over.
Three players were standouts Lenny Hayes, with a 16-possession first
term for the Saints, who then sat out the rest of the night with a
hamstring injury; Matthew Pavlich who kicked 5.2 of Freo's 8.9; and Nick
Riewoldt who pulled down 18 marks for the Saints. |
| 2008
— ROUND 13 — GAME 1 |
| St
Kilda v Fremantle |
Friday (n),
June 20, 2008
Docklands, 7.40pm AEST; Roof: closed; crowd: 22,440
Conditions:
Weather: |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| STK |
4.3-27 (15) |
6.3-39 (7) |
9.5-59 (11) |
10.5-65
(8) |
|
FRE |
2.0-12 |
5.2-32 |
7.6-48 |
8.9-57 |
Goals:
St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt 3, Brendon Goddard 2, Jason Gram 2, Sam
Gilbert, Lenny Hayes, Leigh Montagna. Fremantle: Pavlich 5.2,
Ryan Murphy, Josh Carr, Ryan Crowley.
Best: St Kilda: Luke Ball, Robert Harvey, Brendon Goddard, Nick
Riewoldt, Robert Eddy, Lenny Hayes. Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich,
Rhys Palmer, Dean Solomon, Chris Mayne, Aaron Sandilands, Ryan Crowley.
Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Luke Farmer, Scott Jeffery.
Reports:
l
Robert Warnock (Fre) was cited with a Level One charging offence
against Luke Ball (StK) in Q1. The MRP offered Warnock a
reprimand and 93.75 toward his future record with an early plea. The
player admitted guilt and accepted the MRP reprimand and demerit points
added to his record.
l
Brendon Goddard (StK) was cited with a first offence for
wrestling Robert Warnock (Fre) in Q1. The MRP offered Goddard a $900
fine with an early plea. Goddard admitted guilt and accepted the MRP
fine of $900. |
As Rohan Connolly in The Age put it North Melbourne's
ability to pull out a great performance against the odds has become one
of football's great clichιs but one that remains apt after yet another
unexpected triumph over Hawthorn.
The Kangas snapped a three-game losing streak and climbed back into the
top eight when they inflicted Hawthorn's second defeat of the year in
good conditions on Saturday afternoon where 42,508 were on hand.
The Kangas looked stronger for the inclusions of the experienced
Nathan Thompson, Shannon Grant, Corey Jones and
Shannon Watt. But it was in the first 15 minutes you knew that
Dean Laidley's side (unlike last week) was "on".
They harassed, hassled and hustled the Hawks for 120 minutes. At least
twice they stopped what was looming as a Hawthorn run-on in its tracks.
And then drove their edge home with five of the first six goals of the
last quarter three of them to the game-breaking Lindsay Thomas,
who did what the Hawks, who finished with a wasteful 10.16, simply
couldn't; he kicked goals.
The Hawks didn't help themselves with critical misses to Lance
Franklin (1.3), Jarryd Roughead (2.5) and Mark Williams
(2.2) that robbed them of any hopes of pinching a match they didn't
deserve to win.
Rohan Connolly concluded Sure, the backs-to-the-wall "Shinboner
Spirit" is real hackneyed stuff. But it works time and again for North
Melbourne. And the Roos won't be turning their noses up at the formulaic
storyline if it continues to deliver. |
| 2008
— ROUND 13 — GAME 2 |
| Hawthorn v North
Melbourne |
Saturday,
June 21, 2008
MCG, 2.10pm AEST; crowd: 42,508
Conditions: Good
Weather: 14C, cloudy, nearby shower activity |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| HAW |
2.3-15 |
5.8-38 |
7.12-54 |
10.16-76 |
|
NM |
2.4-16 (1) |
7.8-50 (12) |
10.10-70 |
15.13-103 (27) |
Goals:
North Melb: Lindsay Thomas 4, Shannon Grant 3, Matt Campbell 2,
Corey Jones 2, Nathan Thompson, Brent Harvey, Daniel Harris, Daniel
Wells. Hawthorn: Luke Hodge 3, Jarryd Roughead 2, Mark Williams
2, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Tim Boyle.
Best: North Melb: Daniel Harris, Drew Petrie, Brent Harvey, Adam
Simpson, Daniel Wells, Shannon Grant, Lindsay Thomas. Hawthorn:
Sam Mitchell, Luke Hodge, Jarryd Morton, Mark Williams, Brent Guerra,
Robert Campbell, Grant Birchall.
Umpires: Matthew Nicholls, Martin Ellis, Shane McInerney. |
Richmond can look ahead with confidence on the back of the way they
destroyed Port Adelaide on Saturday afternoon at Football Park in mainly
sunny conditions. Spearheaded by goal poaching youngsters Cleve
Hughes (six goals) and Mitch Morton (five), the Tigers
slammed through nine in the first quarter and narrowly held their
advantage in the last when Port made a belated charge in front of a
miserly home-two crowd of just 20,923.
Marcus Wilson reported for Sportal: The Tigers led by
28-points at three quarter time but let the Power back into contest by
playing a slow possession game for most of the final stanza.
Port kicked the last four majors of the match and with less than a
minute to play had drawn to within a goal of its opponents. The home
side got the final centre square clearance but a Shaun Burgoyne
kick into the forward line was cut off by Joel Bowden.
It was a dramatic conclusion to a game controlled by the Tigers. They
led at every change and their ability to score in bursts gave them the
edge. They kicked four goals in five minutes late in the first quarter,
three goals in three minutes during the second stanza and four majors in
nine minutes to open the third term.
It was a rare and important win for the Tigers who had lost 12 of their
past 13 encounters at West Lakes.
South Australian Cleve Hughes and opportunist Mitch Morton combined to
kick 11 goals while Shane Tuck and Nathan Foley were other
busy players.
Daniel Motlop kicked six goals for Port while Dominic Cassisi
and Travis Boak collected plenty of possessions. |
| 2008
— ROUND 13 — GAME 3 |
| Port Adelaide
v Richmond |
Saturday,
June 21, 2008
Football Park, 3.10pm AEST, crowd: 20,923
Conditions: Good
Weather:
15C, early showers, turning to afternoon sunshine |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| PA |
6.2-38 |
11.6-72 |
14.8-92 |
19.9-123 |
|
RCH |
9.1-55
(17) |
12.3-75
(3) |
19.6-120
(28) |
20.7-127 (4) |
Goals:
Richmond: Cleve Hughes 6.1, Mitch Morton 5.1, Matthew
Richardson 3, Nathan G Brown 2, Trent Cotchin, Chris Hyde, Jack
Riewoldt, Jordan McMahon. Port: Daniel Motlop 6.0, Warren
Tredrea 2, Brett Ebert 2, Tom Logan 2, David Rodan, Brendon Lade,
Kane Cornes, Troy Chaplin, Shaun Burgoyne, Robert Gray, Travis Boak.
Best: Richmond: Shane Tuck, Nathan Foley, Jordan McMahon,
Cleve Hughes, Mitch Morton, Matthew Richardson, Chris Newman, Joel
Bowden. Port: Domenic Cassisi, Daniel Motlop, Travis Boak,
Kane Cornes, Warren Tredrea, Danyle Pearce.
Umpires: Hayden Kennedy, Justin Schmitt, Gary Fila.
Report:
Matt Thomas (PA) was cited with a Level One engaging in rough
conduct offence against Joel Bowden (Rch) in Q1. A previous
poor record cannot be reduced from a one-game penalty even with an
early plea. The player admitted guilty and accepted the MRP
suspension of one match and 103.13 points to his future record. |
Brisbane further consolidated its position in the top eight after
defeating its keen rival Adelaide in a tight encounter at the Gabba on
Saturday night before a crowd of 29,964.
Andrew Stafford for The Age recognised that Adelaide had
appeared to control much of the match, but was unable to capitalise
often enough up forward to hold out the Lions' second-half charge.
In a match where key forwards never had a big say, two individual
performances stood out. Luke Power finished with an astonishing
40 possessions for the match, setting up countless opportunities for his
side. Then there was Jared Brennan, who showed he had finally
arrived as a first-class player with his finest all-round game. Brennan
and Power were everywhere for the Lions in the final quarter, with
Brennan in particular taking several telling marks and nailing a raking
shot to put his side 10 points up in a low scoring affair.
Brendan Cohen noted for Sportal: The Crows looked set for
yet another win in the Queensland capital when they led by 15 points
midway through the third term before Robbie Copeland and the
ever-improving Mitch Clark narrowed the margin to just two points
at the final change.
Three further goals in as many minutes (Clark, Brennan, Copeland) opened
the last quarter and extended the Lions out to 16 points before
withstanding another Adelaide challenge to secure one of it most
important wins of the season by 13 points. |
| 2008
— ROUND 13 — GAME 4 |
| Brisbane Lions v
Adelaide |
Saturday
(n), June 21, 2008
BCG (Gabba), 7.10pm AEST; crowd: 29,964
Conditions: Good, dew later; hard cricket pitch area
Weather: 13C, fine and sunny day |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
|
BRI |
3.3-21 (4) |
4.7-31 |
7.14-56 |
11.17-83 (13) |
| ADE |
2.5-17 |
6.7-43 (12) |
8.10-58 |
10.10-70 |
Goals:
Brisbane: Mitch Clark 3, Anthony Corrie 2, Jonathan Brown 2,
Robert Copeland 2, Jared Brennan, Tim Notting. Adelaide: Jason
Porplyzia 2, Bernie Vince, Brett Burton, Nick Gill, Richard Douglas,
Ivan Maric, Nathan Bock, Luke Jericho, Scott Stevens
Best: Brisbane: Luke Power, Jared Brennan, Joel Patfull, Ashley
McGrath, Michael Rischitelli, Josh Drummond. Adelaide: Michael
Doughty, Tyson Edwards, Chris Knights, Graham Johncock, Jason Porplyzia.
Umpires: Mathew James, Simon Meredith, Shaun Ryan.
Report:
Nathan Bassett (Ade) was cited with a Level One striking offence
against Jed Adcock (Bri) in Q1. Existing carry-over points called
for a one-match suspension, even with an early plea. Adelaide sought the
adjudication of the Tribunal. On Tuesday night Bassett successfully
pleaded his case before the jury. The Tribunal cleared Bassett of the
striking charge. |
The ease of a 135-point win surprised even the Geelong coach Mark
Thompson who celebrated his 400th VFL-AFL game as a coach and
player. The reigning premiers hit an astounding peak when they
demolished West Coast at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night. There was times
when even the parochial crowd of 38,414 applauded the Cats, so
proficient was their display.
Geelong gave the Eagles a stark reminder of how quickly the fortunes of
football change. The premiers of only two seasons ago suffered their
heaviest-ever defeat in Perth and a loss only outrivalled by the debacle
at Windy Hill in 1989 when they lost to Essendon by 142 points.
Mark Duffield summarised proceedings for The Age: Gary
Ablett jnr firmed further in Brownlow calculations after another
stellar game, finishing with 37 possessions and two goals.
By half-time, Ablett had had 18 possessions and kicked a goal from a
turnover, of course and Geelong's lead was a crushing 63 points. It
was a public flogging, and the Eagles fans who stuck around thinking it
had to get better were sorely disappointed. By the 18-minute mark of the
third quarter, Geelong had added seven goals to nothing and blown the
lead beyond 100 points.
By three-quarter-time, the good news for West Coast was that it had
managed a third goal. The bad news is that Geelong had added three more,
the lead was now 116 points and the Eagles were looking down the barrel
of their worst ever loss at Subiaco Oval eclipsing the 89-point
belting Essendon had dished out in 2001.
Cam Mooney had five goals, Paul Chapman four and Ablett,
who was sweeping the ball clear from scrimmages and stoppages as if he
were playing against statues, had built his possession count to 27 with
umpteen goal assists. At the other end, West Coast's few attacks were
mostly dismissed contemptuously by a defence led by an authoritative
Tom Harley.
The Cats eased up a little in the last term but still inflicted West
Coast's worst home loss. Mooney finished with five goals, as did
Chapman, and Kelly four. It was a massacre. |
| 2008
— ROUND 13 — GAME 5 |
| West Coast v
Geelong |
Saturday
(n), June 21, 2008
Subiaco Oval, 7.40pm AEST, crowd: 38,414
Conditions: Good
Weather: 14C, fine, sunny day |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| WCE |
1.5-11 |
2.9-21 |
3.14-32 |
5.17-47 |
|
GEE |
7.3-45 (34) |
13.6-84 (63) |
23.10-148
(116) |
28.14-182 (135) |
Goals:
Geelong: Cameron Mooney 5.0, Paul Chapman 5.1, James Kelly 3,
Steve Johnson 2, Max Rooke 2, Tom Lonergan 2, Travis Varcoe 2, Gary
Ablett 2, Harry Taylor, Andrew Mackie, Brent Prismall, Jimmy Bartel.
West Coast: Mark LeCras 3, Adam Hunter, Dean Cox.
Best: Geelong: Gary Ablett, Paul Chapman, Cameron Mooney, Tom
Harley, David Wojcinski, Cameron Ling, Andrew Mackie, Jimmy Bartel.
West Coast: Mark LeCras, Andrew Embley, Dean Cox, Will Schofield.
Umpires: Chris Donlon, Brett Rosebury, Chris Kamolins. |
Barry Hall booted five goals to lead a Sydney side made to work
hard for the 40-point victory against cellar dwellers Melbourne in fine
and sunny conditions at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Sunday afternoon. The
Swans led with an inspired first quarter blitz of seven goals to two and
were on their way to their sixth straight win. As they so often do, the
Swans took control of the contested football and broke the spirit and
structure of Melbourne to record a workmanlike win.
John Clark reported in Sportal: The Swans led by 30 points
at quarter time and despite clawing back to within 11 points deep in the
third quarter the Demons were unable to challenge in the last term with
the certainly their coffers had a $310,00 cheque for playing their home
game in the nation's capital.
Sydney's Hall finished with 5.5 while Brett Kirk against
dominated the stoppages and led from the front with a game-high 27
touches. He also held Melbourne's prime move Brock McLean to 13
disposals.
Melbourne was best served by Brad Green while Matthew Bate
(four goals) and Austin Wonaeamirri (three) were the only real avenues
to goal, while Aaron Davey provided a welcome spark in the third
quarter.
Sydney's tougher than expected victory was overshadowed by Adam
Goodes' hit on Melbourne defender Clint Bartram in the second
quarter.
Goodes escaped suspension for a much-publicised bump on West Coast
tagger Adam Selwood in Round 11 but has 93.75 points hanging over
his head from the incident. Bartram was shaken by the hit but able to
dish off a handball from the free awarded and played out the game.
It was not a memorable day for the dual Brownlow Medal winner who was
held to only 12 disposals by Lynden Dunn. |
| 2008
— ROUND 13 — GAME 6 |
| Melbourne v
Sydney |
Sunday,
June 22, 2008
Manuka Oval, 1.10pm AEST; crowd: 11,437
Conditions: Good; hard cricket pitch area
Weather: 14C, fine and sunny;
cloudy patches |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| MEL |
2.2-14 |
5.3-33 |
10.5-65 |
11.8-74 |
|
SYD |
7.2-44 (30) |
10.5-65 (32) |
12.10-82 (17) |
17.12-114 (40) |
Goals:
Sydney: Barry Hall 5.5, Amon Buchanan 2, Martin Mattner 2, Michael
O'Loughlin 2, Adam Goodes, Darren Jolly, Nick Malceski, Ryan O'Keefe,
Henry Playfair, Lewis Roberts-Thomson. Melbourne: Matthew Bate 4, Austin
Wonaeamirri 3, Cameron Bruce, Paul Johnson, Brock McLean, Brad Miller.
Best: Sydney: Barry Hall, Brett Kirk, Martin Mattner, Ted Richards,
Craig Bolton. Melbourne: Brad Green, James McDonald, Lynden Dunn,
Matthew Bate, Aaron Davey, Chris Johnson.
Umpires: Damien Sully, Stefan Grun, Matthew Head.
Report:
Adam Goodes (Syd) was cited with a Level One engaging in rough
conduct offence against Clint Bartram (Mel) in Q2. Existing
carry-over points called for a one-match suspension, even with an early
plea. The player admitted guilt and accepted the MRP suspension of one
match. Goodes has 164.04 added to his future record. |
The record book will show that Essendon defeated Carlton by 35 points in
the slippery conditions at the MCG on Sunday afternoon. Karen Lyon
noted in The Age that it would be easy to confuse that one
undeniable fact with a comfortable win and regulation margin, but
Essendon's victory was anything but regulation as the Bombers were
forced to reply to a late Blues charge that almost stole the four
points.
Midway through the final quarter (12m17s), Carlton's Andrew Carrazzo
booted a goal on the run and put his side ahead by a point for the first
time all day (87-86). It was a fairytale turnaround for the Blues and
the player himself.
Jonathan Healy recorded for Sportal: Essendon dominated
the first three quarters, but had to call on all of its reserves in the
final term to register a gritty victory. The Bombers enjoyed a 25-point
lead at the final change, but when Carlton booted the first four goals
of the final term, their advantage had been evaporated.
But spurred on by a heroic David Hille in the ruck, Essendon
steadied to go on and record its second victory over Carlton this year
and just its fourth win of the season. Hille finished the game with 22
disposals, five marks and an astonishing 36 hitouts in a best on ground
performance, but plenty of his team-mates enjoyed good matches too.
Brett Stanton, Jobe Watson and David Myers won
plenty of the ball in the midfield, Matthew Lloyd and Angus
Monfries booted four goals apiece, while Andrew Welsh did a
tremendous tagging job on Carlton skipper Chris Judd.
Welsh held Judd to a season-low 12 disposals and Carlton failed to find
any other player to step up to fill the breach.
Nick Stevens and Marc Murphy tried hard, but with Judd's
output down, Carlton spearhead Brendan Fevola was starved for
chances.
Fevola finished with seven goals (7.1), but he was made to work hard for
every score by a persistent Dustin Fletcher. |
| 2008
— ROUND 13 — GAME 7 |
| Carlton v
Essendon |
Sunday,
June 22, 2008
MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 59,177
Conditions: Fair, slippery following morning rain
Weather: 14C, cloudy, chance of a shower |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
|
CAR |
1.2-8 |
5.4-34 |
9.6-60 |
15.11-101 |
| ESS |
7.5-47 (39) |
8.9-57 (23) |
12.13-85 (25) |
20.16-136
(35) |
Goals:
Essendon: Angus Monfries 4, Matthew Lloyd 4, Andrew Lovett 3, Jay
Neagle 2, Kyle Reimers 2, Mark McVeigh, Adam McPhee, Leroy Jetta, Jason
Laycock, Scott Lucas. Carlton: Brendan Fevola 7.1, Andrew
Carrazzo 2, Nick Stevens 2, Marc Murphy, Eddie Betts, Kade Simpson, Brad
Fisher.
Best: Essendon: David Hille, Brent Stanton, Angus Monfries,
Matthew Lloyd, Jobe Watson, Kyle Reimers. Carlton: Brendan
Fevola, Nick Stevens, Kade Simpson, Marc Murphy, Brad Fisher, Andrew
Carazzo.
Umpires: Scott McLaren, Ray Chamberlain, Jason Armstrong. |
Paul Gough ranked the Bulldogs' win over Collingwood on Sunday
night at Docklands as a "major test of character". The Bulldogs, in
front of 44,885 fans, struggled for much of the first half yet their
class and skills overwhelmed a gallant Collingwood from late in the
third term.
Gough, reporting for Sportal: The turning point of the game came
at the 18 minute mark of the third term, just as the Pies had kicked
away to their biggest lead of the game, 23 points, after a goal to
impressive young ruckman Cameron Wood.
In the build-up to the goal, Collingwood veteran Anthony Rocca
ran onto a loose ball and set up the goal but in the process looked to
suffer a recurrence of his long-running ankle problem.
Rocca limped off the ground and would not return and with the Pies
having already lost young forward Ben Reid to an ankle injury, it
meant they were down to just two fit men on the interchange bench.
And against the highly-skilled, non-stop running Bulldogs that was
simply not enough as the Pies' already without the suspended Travis
Cloke and injured pair Leon Davis and Josh Fraser
wilted.
The Bulldogs immediately slammed on four goals in nine minutes to take a
two point lead at the final change and when Robert Murphy who
had been well held by Harry O'Brien then booted the first two
goals of the opening term, the Bulldogs looked home.
But Mick Malthouse's Pies are made of stern stuff and when
Dane Swan laid a magnificent tackle on Dogs' full-back Brian Lake
and ran into an open goal at the 20 minute mark, the 'Black and White
Army erupted' and the Pies were within six points.
The Bulldogs' sides of old would have wilted under such pressure but not
the Dogs' of 2008 as Rodney Eade's team again showed why this
year represents their best chance of ending a 54 year premiership
drought by holding firm in the final five minutes.
The 11th win and a draw gives the Bulldogs 46 premiership points and
second place on the ladder half-a-game adrift of top-placed Geelong. |
| 2008
— ROUND 13 — GAME 8 |
| Collingwood v
Western Bulldogs |
Sunday,
June 22, 2008
Docklands, 4.40pm AEST; Roof: closed; crowd: 44,885
Conditions: Good
Weather: 13C; outside cloudy, chance of a shower |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
|
COL |
1.3-9 |
6.8-44 (10) |
11.9-75 |
13.11-89 |
| WB |
2.2-14 (5) |
5.4-34 |
12.5-77 (2) |
15.9-99
(10) |
Goals:
West.B'dogs: Mitch Hahn 3, Robert Murphy 3, Scott Welsh 2, Brad
Johnson 2, Lindsay Gilbee, Nathan Eagleton, Ryan Griffen, Jason
Akermanis, Will Minson. Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 2, Scott Burns
2, Cameron Wood 2, Dane Swan 2, Scott Pendlebury, Rhyce Shaw, Anthony
Rocca, Chris Bryan. Tarkyn Lockyer.
Best: West.B'dogs: Adam Cooney, Daniel Cross, Ryan Griffen,
Lindsay Gilbee, Dale Morris, Mitch Hahn, Matthew Boyd. Collingwood:
Heath Shaw, Ben Johnson, Rhyce Shaw, Tarkyn Lockyer, Dane Swan,
Cameron Wood.
Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Matt Stevic, Stuart Wenn. |
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