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The Saints, who had lost to Essendon and Brisbane in their past two games, struggled with their method and only managed four goals for the game, going down ...

St Kilda: Darragh Joyce (unused) The defeat means St Kilda is ninth, but Collingwood, Gold Coast and Port Adelaide – who all play on Sunday - will be pushing in the top-eight race. St Kilda: Nil

'Pretty bleak' Saints hit shock record lows as 'brilliant' Swans march to victory: 3-2-1.

Brown lamented the “costly” nature of the call. “He hit one of the hardest men in the competition.” Nathan Buckley said the decision to penalise Gulden was “not great”. “We know the AFL is encouraging that kick on the inside, (but) it’s a very long 10 metres there.” “The Swans were impressive tonight, they just did not give the Saints a sniff,” Nick Riewoldt said. Sydney were up and about from the opening bounce, while St Kilda were “predictable” and lacked “fluency”. “The Saints can’t go meekly here, not after the loss to the Bombers,” McLachlan said. “He’s a really popular character amongst the group,” Bolton said. “The kick was extraordinary,” McLachlan said. The Saints managed just two goals to three quarter time – with one of those goals from a “poor” 50m decision. “As soon as you hit the head, it’s going to be looked at,” commentator Wayne Carey warned. Sydney have put a “disappointing” St Kilda to the sword at the SCG, running out 51-point winners on Saturday night.

The Swans have charged back into serious finals contention with a rampant victory over a demoralised St Kilda at the SCG on Saturday night.

Tim Membrey was given a 50m penalty midway through the quarter for St Kilda’s second and last goal before half-time. Medisub for two games earlier this season without making it onto the ground, Clarke snapped the first goal of the game after 10 minutes of solid pressure by both sides. A 51-point win has left the Swans in sixth place and kept the Saints out of the final eight after St Kilda managed just four goals. A few minutes later Franklin did the finishing himself. “We were hunting, we were really strong in the contests. They had more possessions to half-time but little to show for it. “I thought we were a bit better but our ball use really hurt us. In perfect conditions before an energetic crowd the half-time score was 2.2 (14) to 4.6 (30) after the Swans kicked 1.5 in the second term. St Kilda’s only first-quarter goal was from a free kick to Dan Butler and the Saints did not look like scoring a goal for much of the second term. Much of the first half was a war of attrition, with the Saints in particular pushing back to defend. “Early in the game our pressure was outstanding,” Longmire said. The Swans finished with 12.11 (83) to St Kilda’s 4.8 (32).

The Sydney Swans have secured a convincing 51-point victory over St Kilda in Pride Game at the SCG tonight (Saturday, June 25, 2022).

It was a good sign of the Swans' midfield depth. St Kilda's 2.6 at three-quarter time was the club's lowest tally to that point since 2014. Sydney has belted a hapless St Kilda by 51 points to consolidate its push for a finals spot. Saints captain Jack Steele was impressive on his return for the first time since sustaining an AC injury in round nine with 27 disposals and eight touches. St Kilda: Darragh Joyce (unused) Callum Mills and Luke Parker have arguably been the leading contributors to Sydney's strong 2022, but both were below their usual standards, yet the Swans still controlled the game despite no glaring discrepancies among the team statistics with 388-373 possessions and 55-45 inside 50s.

The Saints, who had lost to Essendon and Brisbane in their past two games, struggled with their method and only managed four goals for the game, going down ...

Jones may argue he simply braced for contact as Parker's momentum took him into the Saint under a tackle. It was a good sign of the Swans' midfield depth. Saints captain Jack Steele was impressive on his return for the first time since sustaining an AC injury in round nine with 27 disposals and eight touches. St Kilda's 2.6 at three-quarter time was the club's lowest tally to that point since 2014. Parker, who only had eight disposals in the first half, seemed to spend several minutes on the bench after the incident but eventually played on. The defeat means St Kilda is ninth, but with Collingwood, Gold Coast and Port Adelaide – who all play on Sunday - breathing down its neck in the top-eight race.

Sydney tightened their grasp on a top-eight spot with a 51-point thumping of fellow finals contender St Kilda at the SCG.

They defended really well and to keep them to two goals until about 10 minutes to go was outstanding," Swans coach John Longmire said. "It's a sign of [Sinclair] going pretty well. While the win lifts the Swans to a 9-5 record, the Saints slumped to their third consecutive loss since the bye and tumbled out of the top eight for the first time since round three.

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“St Kilda exceeded excitations early in the season so then we have an elevated expectation of where they’re at now. We kicked the ball so badly to him. The way we moved the ball would have been pretty frustrating. “They stood up to every challenge that came their way in the first 12-13 games, they’ve got a real challenge ahead of them now because they’ve got one of the toughest draws coming into the back half of this season.” They’d been amazing, (but) the last two weeks they’ve been poor comparative to the expectations they’d set up through the front half of the year,” the Magpies legend said said. I felt he had to wear the brunt of our ball movement.

Brett Ratten has urged St Kilda to 'recapture' the spirit they showed in the first half of the season after his team's finals hopes were dealt a major blow ...

'It would have been pretty frustrating for him, but we kicked the ball so badly to him. The kicks were giving our forwards no chance at all.' The Saints created 20 attacking turnovers but had only goal to show for it, while the Swans booted five majors from their 24 attacking turnovers. You don't get a chance to put pressure on the opposition and that hurts you.' 'He had no chance, I felt for him tonight. 'Since they bye we haven't captured that and that's a challenge for us.