2009 AFL Grand Final St Kilda v Geelong

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Milne could have had another go, gives it off to McQualter, who misses

GEE 3 . 1 19
STK 4 . 4 28
12:33 to go in the first half

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Milne gets it from McQualter this time ...

He lines it up

and sprays it

GEE 3 . 1 19
STK 4 . 5 29
11:47 to go in the first half

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Milne now caught for holding-the-ball, and then gives 50 away for not letting it go

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Chapman's hammie giving problems to the cats

as Ling soccers it toward goal, for Byrnes to finish it off from the square

GEE 4 . 1 25
STK 4 . 5 29
10:12 to go in the first half

Raph Clarke now having issues, and is in the shed

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Absolutely p1$$ing down at the G now

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Schneider misses again

GEE 4 . 1 25
STK 4 . 6 30
just north of 8min to go in the first half

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Chas09 with another attempt after a nasty attempt at taking him out of the contest

He gets it

GEE 5 . 1 31
STK 4 . 6 30
6:34 to go in the first half

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Lou Gramm levels it up for the Sainters

GEE 5 . 1 31
STK 4 . 7 31
6:15 to go in the first half

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TomaHawk gets one in his last game for the Catters

GEE 6 . 1 37
STK 4 . 7 31
3:51 to go in the first half

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Chapman ... two quick goals to the 2007 Premiers

GEE 7 . 1 43
STK 4 . 7 31
3:33 to go in the first half

And Hawkins' goal was actually a poster!! Let's hope it's not a one-kick game!!!

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Inside the Sainters' 50 for the last minute of the first half

St Kilda 145:153 possessions
St Kilda 66%:69% effective

as Jones bottles one for the boys from Moorabbin!

GEE 7 . 1 43
STK 5 . 7 37
0:45 to go in the first half

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Kozi gets one off the floor inside the last 10sec of the first half

GEE 7 . 1 43
STK 6 . 7 43
0:09 to go in the first half

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Milburn has a go at the Goal Umpire because he reckons Kozi's kick was touched

He gets a free-against, and Schneider bottles it

GEE 7 . 1 43
STK 6 . 7 43
still 0:09 to go in the first half

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and there's the siren for the main break!!

Whoever said this wasn't going to be much of a game doesn't know what he's

Hang on a sec

hmm ... OK then .. here are the stats summarised for the first half - I'll post my AFL and HS 1/4-by-1/4 stats at the end, as usual

For the Cinderellas
Scorers
"13 Adam Schneider" 2 . 2
"18 Brendon Goddard" 1 . 0
" 7 Lenny Hayes" 1 . 0
"44 Stephen Milne" 0 . 2
"24 Sean Dempster" 1 . 0
"32 Andrew McQualter" 0 . 1
" 1 Jason Gram" 0 . 1
"23 Justin Koschitzke" 1 . 0
Rushed 0.1
Possessions 168
B.Goddard, J.Gram, L.Montagna 14
L.Hayes 13
L.Ball 12
N.Dal Santo 11
Effective possessions 67%
Goddard 79%
Gram 64%
Montagna 29%
Hayes 92%
Tackles 49
Goddard, Ball, Blake 5

For the favourites
Scorers
33 Max Rooke 1 . 0
21 Cameron Mooney 1 . 0
14 Joel Selwood 1 . 0
35 Paul Chapman 1 . 1
29 Gary Ablett 1 . 0
17 Shannon Byrnes 1 . 0
26 Tom Hawkins 1 . 0
Rushed 0.1
Possessions 177
J.Corey 15
G.Ablett 14
D.Milburn 13
J.Bartel, M.Scarlett, J.Selwood 12
Effective Possessions 68%
Corey 73%
Ablett 64%
Milburn 54%
Bartel 75%
Tackles 42
Bartel 7
Enright 4

[Farmy]

love those frees against the Geelong Divers, maybe Selwood can do us all a favor and dive his head into the turf so we don't have to watch his pathetic unsportsmanlike play. Though he is lucky, Milne has him beaten for dives in this game, he should consider a career in soccer.

[peterg]

Heheh .. 15:11

And that last one against Milburn wasn't a bad performance!!!

[mighty_tiger_79]

love those frees against the Geelong Divers, maybe Selwood can do us all a favor and dive his head into the turf so we don't have to watch his pathetic unsportsmanlike play. Though he is lucky, Milne has him beaten for dives in this game, he should consider a career in soccer.

maybe selwood has been sent tapes of how macca plays in the SANFL

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GAME ON for the third

Sainters in new skivvies

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Cam Mooney opens the account for the third behind the woodwork

GEE 7 . 2 44
STK 7 . 7 49
2:39 into the second half

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Goddard down from friendly fire

Took a while to get up, but now going off under the blood rule, thankfully