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Blog log from R6 of 2024: St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs

Blog log for St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs, R6 of 2024

Garcia gives away a soft 50m penalty at CHB to bring Dale near CHF, pass goes to the lead of Naughton in front of Battle 40m out on a slight angle, first goal Bulldogs. (Q1 1:58)
Phillipou and Membrey catch Dale HTB behind centre to start an attack, Caminiti converts from 30m on a slight angle. (Q1 4:58)
Bramble sits a kick to the top of the square for Naughton to provide a crumb, Weightman hits it hard and Wilkie hits him harder across the chops for an obvious free and goal. (Q1 14:28)
Garcia receives and runs through half forward after the next bounce, he passes to the fat side flank for Weightman on his own 25m out to boot a second goal. (Q1 16:27)
Weightman hits a crumb from Lobb at full pace running towards the pocket, he tries a dribbler off the right from 35m and rolls it in in classic Daicosian style! (Q1 19:08)
Two Saints fly to spoil Darcy on the Dogs HFF but the crumb falls over the back for Naughton who stayed down, he turns and bounces down the flank to 35m for another one! (Q1 20:48)
Darcy roves and runs into the open goal to continue the onslaught for the Bulldogs in Q1, St Kilda have had very little territory so far. (Q1 24:14)
After an impressive Khamis intercept on outer wing and switch, West marks a Vandermeer pass leading to the boundary 40m out, kick short but it’s a Naughton free and third goal! (Q1 27:15)
Bonner intercepts a diagonal kick to the centre by O’Donnell, gives off to Steele who goes long to the pocket for Caminiti 25m out, the kid’s kick is OOTF. (Q2 2:43)
Bontempelli receives from Vandermeer and lopes to 50m on a slight angle for a running shot… which he hooks right. (Q2 3:48)
Lobb takes a lovely mark running back with the flight to 50m on a slight angle but has a rush of blood and plays on for a miss across the face. (Q2 6:16)
Dale plays on past the man on the mark to launch a trademark long goal from 50m on a slight angle. (Q2 9:15)
Johannisen turns the ball over by foot at half back, Saints everywhere for the grubber, Zak Jones feeds Bonner who snaps wide off the right from 40m in front. (Q2 12:32)
O’Donnell almost intercepts a long ball to the square but can’t mark, crumb falls for Zak Jones who snaps a much-needed Saints goal. (Q2 14:28)
Phillipou sends a speculator to the teeth of goal, crumb falls to the pocket for Higgins who goes over Treloar to Hugo Garcia for his first goal. (Q2 17:42)
Higgins roves and gives to Ross who snaps very high off the left from behind a pack near the hotspot… but it drifts across the face to the right. (Q2 21:14)
Bramble is pinged rather mystifyingly for running too far from a kick in 45m out, he did take a bounce… footy gods push Higgins’ kick wide. (Q2 22:32)
Treloar roves a speculator to the top of the square and pokes a left-foot snap over the pack for a steadying goal. (Q2 24:32)
Richards baulks behind a pack on the HFF and kicks short down the line between bodies to Naughton 35m out for his fourth major. (Q2 26:17)
Surge play by the Saints after the next bounce ends with Owens feeding Wilson who baulks and goals from 20m. (Q2 27:49)
Bontempelli receives from Richards and runs from the next bounce to pass to West 35m out on the flank, he converts. Dogs have all the answers. (Q2 29:26)
English marks a West pass 40m out on a slight angle just before the HT siren, he continues the excellent goalkicking under the roof. (Q2 31:16)
Lobb gathers a ground ball near the hotspot and feeds Gallagher who snaps across the body from the hotspot off the right for the first goal of second half junk time. (Q3 1:46)
Naughton marks a West pass on the lead 45m out on the flank and bangs through goal number five. (Q3 3:01)
Macrae punches a low set shot from 30m in the corridor to continue the rout. (Q3 9:26)
Higgins marks a long Byrnes ball from outer wing in front of Bramble 30m out on a slight angle on the end of a rebound. He kicks crooked, as Jack often does with easy set shots. (Q3 11:23)
Naughton does what he does best: leaping over a pack at the top of the square for a contested grab. He boots goal number six, a personal best for him. (Q3 15:26)
Windhager gets a high contact free in a pack 45m out on a slight angle, his kick falls on the line for Liam Jones to touch through. (Q3 17:32)
Owen strolls through midfield on a rebound and spots up Membrey leading to 40m in the corridor. The Skunk’s set shot… stinks. (Q3 21:01)
Bontempelli marks a Riley Garcia pass in front of a pack 20m out on a slight angle after Treloar engineers another clearance on the HFF. He goals. (Q3 22:27)
Khamis spoils Membrey at the top of the square but the Skunk hunts the crumb and gives inside to Caminiti who has Owens for some junk from 15m. (Q3 25:24)
Ross kicks long to the advantage of Caminiti to body off Khamis and mark on his chest 20m out on a slight angle for some more garbage… which he misses. (Q3 27:27)
Darcy leaps in front of Wilkie to clunk a Johannisen speculator to 40m on the flank, hard to spoil a kid of 206cm+. But the set shot stays left. (Q4 1:19)
Sinclair hits the far right post with a snap after a stoppage from 45m on the flank. (Q4 3:35)
English sends a set shot across the face from 35m on the flank. (Q4 7:02)
Hill tumbles a snap wide from 40m after a feed by Windhager. (Q4 8:07)
Wilson gives away a contact free to Bontempelli trying to spoil a Harmes kick to a pack near the hotspot. The Bont adds some more junk. (Q4 8:30)
Membrey marks over Khamis 30m out on a slight angle for further garbage. (Q4 11:50)
Membrey bounces through another one from the hotspot. (Q4 12:59)
West passes to Bontempelli 40m out on the flank after the Dogs force another turnover in midfield, who boots his third goal. (Q4 16:37)
Williams blazes wide from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 19:36)
Membrey marks 20m out on a slight angle and shoots for a third garbage time goal… curls it in. (Q4 20:25)
English misses a set shot from 30m on the flank in the final minute. (Q4 27:34)
Sharman marks 45m out near the boundary just before the final siren and threads the smelliest junk time goal imaginable. (Final Siren)

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