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CibbuanoSaints win thriller
February 19th 2010 11:08
ST KILDA has held on for a thrilling one-point win over Collingwood in the first-round NAB Cup clash at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.
The Saints had a 43-point lead midway through the third quarter but found themselves trailing by five points with three minutes left in the contest before Adam Schneider sealed a 2.13.14 (100) to 1.13.12 (99).
Ross Lyon's men will now face the winner of Saturday night's clash between Sydney and Carlton while the Pies will play a NAB Challenge match against Adelaide in Alice Springs.
St Kilda skipper Nick Riewoldt was instrumental in the win with four goals and nine marks while Schneider chimed in with three goals, including a super goal.
Leigh Montagna won plenty of the football while David Armitage showed some good signs.
For Collingwood, Leigh Brown impressed with four majors, ex-Saint Luke Ball collected 22 possessions while former Sydney premiership ruckman Darren Jolly finished with 20 hit outs and two goals, including a nine-pointer.
The Magpies got the first goal of the match through Brown but the rest of the opening stanza belonged to the Saints.
They applied the same level of pressure that helped make them such a force in 2009 and moved the football well through the middle of the ground as they slammed on six of the last seven goals of the quarter.
Riewoldt booted two goals while Schneider chipped in with a super goal and a major as St Kilda opened up a commanding 26-point lead at the first change.
Two goals from Brown and a major from Tarkyn Lockyer ensured the Magpies remained within striking distance at the main break with the Saints holding an 18-point advantage.
It was all one-way traffic early in the third term with the Saints piling on four unanswered goals, including a super goal from Jason Blake to establish what appeared to be a match-winning 43-point lead.
But Collingwood lifted their rating and responded with the last five goals of the term.
Travis Cloke and Jolly played key roles in the Magpies’ resurgence. The former booted two goals while the latter exerted his influence in the ruck and pushed forward and kicked a super goal and the last major of the quarter to get his side to within 10 points at the final change.
Ball converted a set shot from 30m out to reduce the deficit to just four points early in the final term but the Pies had to wait until the 21-minute mark to regain the lead with a Paul Medhurst goal giving them a five-point buffer.
However, Collingwood’s joy was short-lived with an unmanned Schneider marking 20 metres out from goal before kicking truly with just 28 seconds left on the clock.
The Magpies launched one final forward thrust but they were unable to penetrate the Saints' defence.
COLLINGWOOD: 2.2, 5.4, 1.9.8, 1.13.12 (99)
ST KILDA: 1.5.1, 1.7.1, 2.10.3, 2.13.4 (100)
SUPER GOALS: COLLINGWOOD: Jolly
ST KILDA: Schneider, Blake.
GOALS: COLLINGWOOD: Brown 4, Cloke 2, Medhurst 2, Lockyer, Swan, Ball, Jolly, Beams
ST KILDA: Riewoldt 4, Schneider 2, McQualter, McEvoy, Montagna, Koschitzke, Milne, Stanley, S Fisher
BEST: COLLINGWOOD: Brown, Ball, Jolly, O’Brien, Shaw, Cloke
ST KILDA: Riewoldt, Schneider, Montagna, Armitage, Jones,Goddard
INJURIES: COLLINGWOOD: Nil
ST KILDA: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Meredith, Rosebury, Jennings, Bowen.
CROWD: 29,801 at Etihad Stadium
The Saints had a 43-point lead midway through the third quarter but found themselves trailing by five points with three minutes left in the contest before Adam Schneider sealed a 2.13.14 (100) to 1.13.12 (99).
Ross Lyon's men will now face the winner of Saturday night's clash between Sydney and Carlton while the Pies will play a NAB Challenge match against Adelaide in Alice Springs.
St Kilda skipper Nick Riewoldt was instrumental in the win with four goals and nine marks while Schneider chimed in with three goals, including a super goal.
Leigh Montagna won plenty of the football while David Armitage showed some good signs.
For Collingwood, Leigh Brown impressed with four majors, ex-Saint Luke Ball collected 22 possessions while former Sydney premiership ruckman Darren Jolly finished with 20 hit outs and two goals, including a nine-pointer.
The Magpies got the first goal of the match through Brown but the rest of the opening stanza belonged to the Saints.
They applied the same level of pressure that helped make them such a force in 2009 and moved the football well through the middle of the ground as they slammed on six of the last seven goals of the quarter.
Riewoldt booted two goals while Schneider chipped in with a super goal and a major as St Kilda opened up a commanding 26-point lead at the first change.
Two goals from Brown and a major from Tarkyn Lockyer ensured the Magpies remained within striking distance at the main break with the Saints holding an 18-point advantage.
It was all one-way traffic early in the third term with the Saints piling on four unanswered goals, including a super goal from Jason Blake to establish what appeared to be a match-winning 43-point lead.
But Collingwood lifted their rating and responded with the last five goals of the term.
Travis Cloke and Jolly played key roles in the Magpies’ resurgence. The former booted two goals while the latter exerted his influence in the ruck and pushed forward and kicked a super goal and the last major of the quarter to get his side to within 10 points at the final change.
Ball converted a set shot from 30m out to reduce the deficit to just four points early in the final term but the Pies had to wait until the 21-minute mark to regain the lead with a Paul Medhurst goal giving them a five-point buffer.
However, Collingwood’s joy was short-lived with an unmanned Schneider marking 20 metres out from goal before kicking truly with just 28 seconds left on the clock.
The Magpies launched one final forward thrust but they were unable to penetrate the Saints' defence.
COLLINGWOOD: 2.2, 5.4, 1.9.8, 1.13.12 (99)
ST KILDA: 1.5.1, 1.7.1, 2.10.3, 2.13.4 (100)
SUPER GOALS: COLLINGWOOD: Jolly
ST KILDA: Schneider, Blake.
GOALS: COLLINGWOOD: Brown 4, Cloke 2, Medhurst 2, Lockyer, Swan, Ball, Jolly, Beams
ST KILDA: Riewoldt 4, Schneider 2, McQualter, McEvoy, Montagna, Koschitzke, Milne, Stanley, S Fisher
BEST: COLLINGWOOD: Brown, Ball, Jolly, O’Brien, Shaw, Cloke
ST KILDA: Riewoldt, Schneider, Montagna, Armitage, Jones,Goddard
INJURIES: COLLINGWOOD: Nil
ST KILDA: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Meredith, Rosebury, Jennings, Bowen.
CROWD: 29,801 at Etihad Stadium
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