St Kilda

2022 - 6 - 12

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'Night of carnage': 'Brutal' injury toll and touchy calls as patchy Lions ... (Fox Sports)

'Night of carnage': 'Brutal' injury toll and touchy calls as patchy Lions find groove - 3-2-1.

Lions veteran Mitch Robinson covered his mouth to stop him from saying something he’d regret as McKenzie kicked the goal to give St Kilda a 12-point lead at the main break There’s a little bit of a breeze, but as far as the conditions at ground level, there’ no slipperiness that you can get. “The challenge when you play St Kilda is they’ve got Ryder and Marshall, who are two big boys. Luckily for the Lions, St Kilda couldn’t make the most of its opportunity — a common theme among both teams during the first half. The 50m penalties, the free kicks, the missed shots at goal, how frustrating, in front of your home crowd,” he said. “He jumped into the game early… But Dan Butler picked up a loose ball and snapped a tough major to keep the margin under a kick. Unfortunately for Zorko, he was then subbed out of the game with a hamstring injury, meaning Fort was activated. Lions veteran Mitch Robinson covered his mouth to stop him from saying something he’d regret as McKenzie kicked the goal to give St Kilda a 12-point lead at the main break. But the Brisbane Lions did what they needed to do at home.” Luckily for the Lions, St Kilda couldn’t make the most of its opportunity — a common theme among both teams during the first half. After Daniher snapped Brisbane’s first goal of the night, a push-and-shove between the two teams followed.

Lions down Saints in battle of walking wounded (The Age)

The Brisbane Lions have eked out their 10th win of the season, downing a brave St Kilda as both sides were hit by injuries.

Still, St Kilda wouldn’t go away, Dan Butler hitting back to keep the Saints within a kick. But, finally, they began to run out of legs, with the ball camped down the home side’s end as the last quarter drew on. McCluggage was also extremely unlucky to have a goal overturned on review when players and umpires alike had returned to the centre. Jack Higgins’ tireless running was rewarded with his first major, and Jade Gresham kept them within three points at the last change. Darcy Gardiner also finished on the bench with a back injury. The home side looked stricken with self-doubt, unable to get any flow in their ball movement.

Brisbane v St Kilda - HB's Loves and The Hates - The Mongrel Punt (The Mongrel Punt)

There are things we love and hate about every game of AFL Footy. HB has his from the Lions big win over the Saints at the Gabba.

Let’s jump into HB’s Loves and Hates of the Lions and Saints. Well, it is how we survive and keep the page clean of gambling ads. A free-kick to Charlie Cameron after a goal from Joe Daniher gave the Lions their second major of the game, and from that point right up until halftime, this game became a showcase of how you SHOULD NOT umpire Aussie Rules.

Injury-hit Saints ponder replacements as Ratts rues night of 'disaster' (AFL)

Injury-hit Saints ponder replacements as Ratts rues night of 'disaster'. Brett Ratten's team was hit hard on a dour night in Brisbane. By Michael Whiting - 16 ...

He'll miss a bit of time." We just didn't have enough of them. "And then Jones with a hamstring, so tipping he won't play on a six-day (break) with a hamstring.

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That was the logic.” “We got to about 10 minutes in (to the last quarter) and thought, ‘we’re just hanging in here’. There were a couple of little opportunities (we had), but then it just became a bit of an avalanche at the end there.” “We made that call (Saturday) morning. “I thought we tried, but we just ran out of a bit of puff by the end,” he said. I went out for my usual walk and I’d been awake all night thinking about it. Anyway, I’ll let others work that one out.

Injury-hit Saints run out of legs as inaccurate Lions roar (St Kilda FC)

St Kilda fought hard after being forced down to just two rotations in the final term, but couldn't overcome Brisbane on its home ground.

St Kilda: Owens (concussion), McKenzie (concussion), Jones (hamstring) St Kilda: Jarrod Lienert (replaced Mitch Owens at half time) Brisbane: Zorko (hamstring), Gardiner (back)