St Kilda vs North Melbourne

St Kilda has secured a 53-point win over North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, heading into the bye rounds sitting fourth on the ladder halfway through the ...

33-year-old Goldstein’s output has been slightly reduced in his 15th season, but he gave the Saints’ ruck combination of Ryder and Rowan Marshall a run for their money, managing 30 hitouts and two goals. After underwhelming debut game in round one, Mitch Owens has spent the past nine weeks in the VFL developing his skills. Ryder has been a revelation at St Kilda and is in exceptional form in his 17th AFL season. Owens made an immediate impact, booting two goals in 30 seconds in the third quarter, finishing with 10 tackles, 14 touches and two goals. Two of the League’s most esteemed ruckmen in Paddy Ryder and Todd Goldstein faced off on Sunday afternoon. North captain Jack Ziebell kicked a goal in his 250th game, but after a competitive start the Roos were no match for the Saints.

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“Unfortunately at the moment he‘s in a team that’s just struggling. “It was a fantastic snap in his second game and everybody has got around him. “As he keeps working it will eventually come, as this team gets better he’ll get his rewards. As a forward that’s even harder. Their ball use was good,” Brad Johnson said on Fox Footy. The Saints were flying in the third quarter as they broke away from the Kangaroos, but it was Owens who stole the show - first with a classy snap that bounced through and then second with thumping kick off the ground that raced through the goalface. “Turnover football is off half-back with Wilkie, who gets it to Sinclair and Hill and they’re off to the races. There were no late changes for either side. The next best player on the ground in the stat was North Melbourne’s Jy Simpkin with 585, while the next Saints player was Mason Wood with 390. The pair have thrived generating rebound out of defence and it was once again on display on Sunday, with the pair helping the Saints score heavily from turnover. It would prove the only goal of the second quarter and led to St Kilda holding a 26-point lead at half-time. The Roos held their own in the opening half despite being outscored, but the dam wall eventually burst in the third quarter as the Saints piled on six goals to two, sealing the result and moving to equal-fourth on percentage.