Round 9 2004

St Kilda v West Coast
Round 9, 2004

Fletcher in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 23 May 2004 (2:10 PM EST)

Venue

Docklands

Attendance

30,478

Result

Lost by 101

Score

STK 26.13.169 - 9.14.68 WCE

Brownlow

3 N.Riewoldt (STK)
2 A.Jones (STK)
1 B.Guerra (STK)

Ladder

13th

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The undefeated St Kilda gave West Coast a record hiding, building up a match-winning lead by halftime and then adding insult to injury with a seven-goals-to-nil final term to push the margin beyond 100 points. Ben Cousins toiled hard for 25 possessions.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
St Kilda		6.4.40		13.7.85		19.9.123		26.13.169
West Coast		3.3.21		6.8.44		9.10.64		9.14.68

Goals: Gaspar, Matera, Sampi 2, McDougall, Morrison, Selwood

Best: Cousins, Judd, Fletcher

Injuries: Selwood (back), Staker (ribs)

Milestones: Chambers 50th game, Humm final appearance

Records: St Kilda biggest win vs WCE, St Kilda highest score vs WCE

Named sides[]

	West Coast				St Kilda
B:	Wirrpanda	Glass	Braun	B:	Baker	Penny	Hudghton
HB:	Nicoski	Lynch	Selwood	HB:	Jones	Maguire	Fisher
C:	Embley	Judd	Chambers	C:	Ball	Thompson	Dal Santo
HF:	Cousins	Gaspar	Staker	HF:	Guerra	Hamill	Riewoldt
F:	Matera	McDougall	Sampi	F:	Milne	Gehrig	Koschitzke
R:	Cox	Kerr	Fletcher	R:	Knobel	Hayes	Powell
I:	Humm	B.Jones	Chick	I:	Goddard	Schwarze	Blake
	Morrison				X.Clarke
E:	Seaby	Waters	Collica	E:	Murray	R.Clarke	Montagna

In: Chick, Morrison

Out: Jakovich (retired), Hunter (hamstring)

From the papers[]

The Age[]

"Until the final term, when the Saints kicked seven unanswered goals, the Eagles were honest. They kicked three goals in each of the first three quarters and were on track to kick a score that would have won them four other games in the round. Captain Ben Cousins and his midfield running mates Chris Judd and Chad Fletcher were slowing the flow of an inevitable result and yet at the last change, they trailed by 59 points. It said something that the worst of St Kilda's punishment was yet to be dealt.

That was certainly meted out by Austinn Jones, who was superb again in defence, if what he produces can be called defensive football. He is playing like a mercurial half-forward who has forgotten that he is meant to be at the other end of the ground.

The most brilliant moments, though, were at the other end of the ground, where four St Kilda forwards shared 20 goals and the best of the lot, Riewoldt, kicked a further two. Fraser Gehrig bagged his now routine five and Stephen Milne and Aaron Hamill four each but all were bettered, at least on the scoreboard, by Brent Guerra, who kicked seven."