Double Dose of Howlers Sinks Saints
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Double dose of howlers sinks Saints ST KILDA V WEST COAST suddenly the Eagles domi- By MICHAEL KLEIN EAGLES 84 nated the middle of the SAINTS 80 ground — they led the clear- LEIGH Montagna and Beau ances 10-1 midway through WEST COAST Maister would be advised to 3.5 4.7 7.9 12.12 (84) the quarter — with Cox kick- call in sick for the match re- ST KILDA ing the first goal of the term. 4.2 6.7 9.10 11.14 (80) view this week. Goals: West Coast: J Darling 3 A Jack Darling, who was Two howlers from the pair Embley 2 E MacKenzie 2 M Prid- playing a lone hand after the lost St Kilda a game they dis 2 D Cox N Naitanui S Selwood. late withdrawal of Josh Ken- St Kilda: S Milne 5 B Maister 2 A simply should have won. Saad N Riewoldt R Stanley T nedy, marked strongly and At the 21-minute mark of Dennis-Lane. brought the margin back to the last quarter Montagna Best: West Coast: S Selwood E one point at the seven-minute ran onto the ball at centre MacKenzie L Shuey M Priddis B mark. Milne broke the run Wilson C Masten. St Kilda: N Dal half-forward and had open Santo L Montagna S Milne F Ray with a brilliant goal from 50m space between him and the D Armitage N Riewoldt. but then Matt Priddis kicked goal. He took a bounce and Injuries: West Coast: J Kennedy two goals in as many minutes when the lone Eagles de- (calf) replaced in selected side by — both from free-kicks send- J Cripps. St Kilda: T Hickey (leg) fender ahead of him half- replaced in selected side by A ing St Kilda fans into a frenzy. heartedly came at him he Saad, N Wright (back) replaced in But that man Milne struck tried to guide the ball through selected side by J Saunders. back immediately thanks to a from 20m. Umpires: Chris Donlon, Stuart beautiful David Armitage Wenn, Jason Armstrong. It missed and the problem Venue: Etihad Stadium. pass at the 16-minute mark for Montagna was he had ig- which levelled the scores. nored two of his teammates, Clearly it was meant to be Nick Riewoldt and Stephen for the Saints but unfortun- Milne, who were both alone ces in the forward pocket. ately for Montagna and Mais- in the goal square. Suddenly, the Saint loses his ter, this fairytale had become He handballs that ball over footing and hits the deck. a nightmare. the top and St Kilda win. With no pressure Macken- For the winners Scott Sel- Then with just over two zie strolls in to kick the wood worked hard for 34 poss- minutes remaining Maister winning goal. essions while Luke Shuey misses a tough set shot from If Maister doesn’t fall over, was prominent with 26. 50m which gets the St Kilda win. Montagna led the Saints ball in Shannon Hurn’s hands The Saints deserved to win with 29 possessions while for the kick-in. and they usually do when Ste- Nick Dal Santo, who played The best kick in the compe- phen Milne kicks five but to the first three quarters at tition does what everyone at the Eagles credit they played half-back, was a lot better Etihad Stadium knew he their best football when it with 26 touches. would, he sends it 70m down mattered in the last 30 min- For the most part the game the middle where Nic Naitan- utes. They had been putrid at was a grind between tw teams ui flies high and a swarm of times, particularly in the who were hoping the other Eagles converge. third quarter where big guns would stuff up more. Matt Rosa, who had actu- Naitanui and Dean Cox didn’t The Saints got away early ally set up Montagna’s chance touch the ball. — they kicked the opening to win it by producing his At the three-quarter time four goals of the game — but own horrible kicking error, break Cox approached Eagles from quarter-time on it was grabs the ball and with no-one coach John Worsfold and hard work with neither team in the Eagles forward line spoke to him before he ad- grabbing any momentum. sends a mongrel punt long. dressed the group. What St Kilda was bringing Full-back Eric Mackenzie is It was almost like he was to the table was tackling pres- St Kilda’s Leigh Montagna can’t believe he missed an easy shot at goal late in the game leading the charge with Mais- telling the coach not to stress. sure with Armitage leading against West Coast at Etihad Stadium yesterday Picture: MICHAEL KLEIN ter on his tail as the ball boun- He was on the money as the way with nine. NTNE-WS-10-J19KGE:MPUB: DA-TE: Y-C-CO-LO-R: www.ntnews.com.au Monday, June 10, 2013. NT NEWS. 19.