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Page Season Guide 2016 SAINTS FIXTURE PAGE SEASON 38 GUIDE 2016 FEATURES FIXTURE TH WHAT’S HIGHLIGHTS 50 INSIDE ANNIVERSARY 2016 ROUND BY ROUND 1 Fixture Highlights 2 TEAMS TWILIGHT HOME MATCH (DOWN FROM 4 IN 2015) WE’LL 1966 Round by Round 4 x5 PREMIERSHIP PLAY Timeslot by Timeslot 6 INTERSTATE TRIPS TWICE V Stadium by Stadium 7 BACK-TO-BACK TRAVEL & ZERO Home Fixture 9 6-DAY BREAKS ROUND 3 2015 TOP SIX SATURDAY Team by Team 10 1 TEAM AFTERNOON MCG NAB Challenge 32 x1 2015 Etihad Stadium 34 MIDDLE x1 1 SIX TEAM x2 Etihad Stadium Map 36 2015 x1 BOTTOM PRIDE SIX TEAMS 3 FIRST GAME IN LAUNCESTON SINCE 2009 ROUND 4 V HAWTHORN NICK RIEWOLDT 300 GAMES V ROUND 2 2 3 ROUND BY ROUND FIXTURE 2016 RD DATE OPPONENT VENUE HOME/AWAY LOCAL TIME TV RD DATE OPPONENT VENUE HOME/AWAY LOCAL TIME TV 1 Sunday, March 27 Adelaide Oval Away 2.50pm 13 Bye 2 Saturday, April 2 Etihad Stadium Home 7.25pm 14 Saturday, June 25 Etihad Stadium Home 7.25pm 3 Saturday, April 9 MCG Home 1.45pm 15 Saturday, July 2 Metricon Stadium Away 1.40pm 4 Saturday, April 16 Aurora Stadium Away 2.10pm 16 Sunday, July 10 Etihad Stadium Away 4.40pm 5 Sunday, April 24 Etihad Stadium Home 1.10pm 17 Sunday, July 17 Etihad Stadium Home 3.20pm 6 Saturday, April 30 Etihad Stadium Away 1.45pm 18 Saturday, July 23 Etihad Stadium Away 7.25pm 7 Sunday, May 8 Etihad Stadium Home 3.20pm 19 Saturday, July 30 Etihad Stadium Away 7.25pm 8 Sunday, May 15 Domain Stadium Away 2.40pm 20 Sunday, August 7 MCG Away 1.10pm 9 Sunday, May 22 Etihad Stadium Home 4.40pm 21 Saturday, August 13 Etihad Stadium Home 7.25pm 10 Saturday, May 28 Etihad Stadium Home 4.35pm 22 Saturday, August 20 MCG Away 2.10pm 11 Sunday, June 5 Adelaide Oval Away 4.10pm 23 TBC Etihad Stadium Home TBC TBC 12 Sunday, June 12 Etihad Stadium Home 1.10pm Download this fi xture to your calendar 4 5 VENUE VENUE TIMESLOT STADIUM Browse our interstate BY TIMESLOT BY STADIUM membership options SATURDAY AFTERNOON 3 April 9 Collingwood MCG 1.45pm 4 April 16 Hawthorn Aurora Stadium 2.10pm 6 April 30 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 1.45pm 15 July 2 Gold Coast SUNS Metricon Stadium 1.40pm 22 August 20 Richmond MCG 2.10pm METRICON STADIUM LOCAL TIME ETIHAD STADIUM LOCAL TIME 15 July 2 Gold Coast Suns Away 1.40pm SATURDAY TWILIGHT 2 April 2 Western Bulldogs Home 7.25pm 10 May 28 Fremantle Etihad Stadium 4.35pm 5 April 24 GWS GIANTS Home 1.10pm 6 April 30 Melbourne Away 1.45pm SATURDAY NIGHT 7 May 8 North Melbourne Home 3.20pm 9 May 22 Essendon Home 4.40pm 2 April 2 Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium 7.25pm 10 May 28 Fremantle Home 4.35pm 14 June 25 Geelong Cats Etihad Stadium 7.25pm 12 June 12 Carlton Home 1.10pm LOCAL TIME 18 July 23 Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium 7.25pm AURORA STADIUM 14 June 25 Geelong Cats Home 7.25pm 19 July 30 North Melbourne Etihad Stadium 7.25pm 4 April 16 Hawthorn Away 2.10pm 16 July 10 Essendon Away 4.40pm 21 August 13 Sydney Swans Etihad Stadium 7.25pm 17 July 17 Melbourne Home 3.20pm 18 July 23 Western Bulldogs Away 7.25pm SUNDAY AFTERNOON 19 July 30 North Melbourne Away 7.25pm 1 March 27 Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 2.50pm 21 August 13 Sydney Swans Home 7.25pm 5 April 24 GWS GIANTS Etihad Stadium 1.10pm 23 TBC Brisbane Home TBC 7 May 8 North Melbourne Etihad Stadium 3.20pm DOMAIN STADIUM LOCAL TIME 8 May 15 West Coast Eagles Domain Stadium 2.40pm 8 May 15 West Coast Eagles Away 2.40pm 12 June 12 Carlton Etihad Stadium 1.10pm 17 July 17 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 3.20pm 20 August 7 Carlton MCG 1.10pm SUNDAY TWILIGHT 9 May 22 Essendon Etihad Stadium 4.40pm LOCAL TIME 11 June 5 Adelaide Crows Adelaide Oval 4.10pm TBC MCG 16 July 10 Essendon Etihad Stadium 4.40pm 23 Brisbane Etihad Stadium 3 April 9 Collingwood Home 1.45pm ADELAIDE STADIUM LOCAL TIME 20 August 7 Carlton Away 1.10pm 1 March 27 Port Adelaide Away 2.50pm 22 August 20 Richmond Away 2.10pm 11 June 5 Adelaide Crows Away 4.10pm 6 7 BE ENTERTAINED ETIHAD & MCG THE ULTIMATE ST KILDA Browse our home game MATCHDAY EXPERIENCE HOME GAMES > membership options Contact the St Kilda Corporate sales team to plan your 2016 hospitality package. RD DATE OPPONENT VENUE LOCAL TIME TV E: [email protected] P: 03 8765 4317 2 Saturday, April 2 Etihad Stadium 7.25pm 3 Saturday, April 9 MCG 1.45pm 5 Sunday, April 24 Etihad Stadium 1.10pm 7 Sunday, May 8 Etihad Stadium 3.20pm 9 Sunday, May 22 Etihad Stadium 4.40pm 10 Saturday, May 28 Etihad Stadium 4.35pm 12 Sunday, June 12 Etihad Stadium 1.10pm 14 Saturday, June 25 Etihad Stadium 7.25pm 17 Sunday, July 17 Etihad Stadium 3.20pm 21 Saturday, August 13 Etihad Stadium 7.25pm 23 TBC Etihad Stadium TBC TBC 8 9 TEAM BY TEAM TEAM BY TEAM BY TEAM TEAM BY LAST TIME ROUND 7, 2015 LAST TIME ROUND 9, 2015 ADL 18 11 119 BRI 13 8 86 STK 10 13 73 STK 16 12 108 MATCHUP HISTORY MATCHUP HISTORY Six weeks into its inaugural season The most powerful team of the early in the AFL the Adelaide Crows were part of the 2000s was a formidable an unknown quality. But the Crows opponent for a young and developing seemed to be a bit out of their depth Saints team but two matches at what in their fi rst trip to Moorabbin in was then known as the Telstra Dome round 7, 1991 where they took on a St stand out. Kilda team that was welcoming Tony In 2003 the Saints staged a massive Lockett and Nicky Winmar in for their upset thanks partly to an Austinn fi rst games of the year. Lockett booted Jones shot that was judged a point 12 goals and Winmar had 33 touches when it may have been out of bounds. as the Crows were smashed by 131 The Lions were on their way to a points for what was at the time the third successive fl ag but that didn’t biggest winning margin in St Kilda’s worry the youthful Saints team. The history. following year St Kilda had won its fi rst The Saints faced a tough task in the fi ve games but was widely predicted fi rst week of the 2005 fi nals with an to have a reality check against the away game against top of the table powerful Lions. It wasn’t to be, and Troy Adelaide and looked to be in trouble Schwarze’s spectacular long goal in the after they kicked just the one goal in fi nal minute had every Saints fan out of the fi rst quarter. But a spirited e ort their seats in jubilation. by the young Saints saw them hold the Crows goalless in the second term BRISBANE LIONS BRISBANE and hold out a narrow lead that gave them a direct path to the preliminary fi nal. Nick Dal Santo was polished in the midfi eld and second-gamer James ADELAIDE CROWS ADELAIDE Gwilt kicked two handy goals but the star of the night was 34-year-old Robert Harvey who had 31 touches and kicked three goals to be his team’s best player. The image of Harvey raising his arms in triumph and being MEMORABLE MOMENTS mobbed by his young teammates at MEMORABLE MOMENTS Leigh Montagna 37 disposals (Round 6, 2014) the siren lingers in the memory of Nick Riewoldt 4 goals (Round 9, 2015) Josh Bruce 5 goals (Round 7, 2015) PICTURED - Josh Bruce most Saints fans. PICTURED - Leigh Montagna LAST 20 ROUND 11 LAST 20 ROUND 23 Sunday, June 5 TBC STK 10 STK 10 + Adelaide Oval + Etihad Stadium 4.10pm Local Time ADL 10 TBC BRI 10 2016 2016 10 11 TEAM BY TEAM TEAM BY LAST TIME ROUND 4, 2015 COFFEE. STK 12 9 81 eal CAR 18 13 121 MATCHUP HISTORY For all the misery of the 1980s, the Saints were capable of the odd stroke SMALL. of magic such as in round two, 1989. CARLTON Carlton had been a powerhouse team of the 1980s and was still a strong eal outfi t. The biggest match-up of the day was key forward Tony Lockett against highly-rated defender Stephen Silvagni. Lockett had an absolute day out with nine goals to his name late in the game. But his biggest moment came in the fi nal minute when he took a mark on the boundary line and calmly slotted his 10th goal to give the Saints a four-point win. St Kilda fans who had spent years watching their team regularly lose to Carlton may have felt a bit of revenge in 2004 when they handed them a 108-point thumping. The Saints score of 31.10 (196) remains the highest score ever conceded by the Blues. Fraser Gehrig kicked nine goals, Stephen Milne kicked six and Lenny Hayes had 37 touches in a truly dominant performance. MEMORABLE MOMENTS Jimmy Webster debut (Round 7, 2013) David Armitage 100th game (Round 16, 2014) PICTURED - David Armitage LAST 20 ROUND 12 ROUND 20 Sunday, June 12 Sunday, August 7 STK 14 + Etihad Stadium MCG 1.10pm 1.10pm CAR 6 2016 12 13 TEAM BY TEAM TEAM BY LAST TIME ROUND 3, 2015 2016 COL 21 14 140 ROUND 3 STK 10 6 66 SATURDAY APRIL 9 MATCHUP HISTORY MCG For all the great rivalries in football, no 1.45PM two teams have a Grand Final history quite like St Kilda and Collingwood.
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