St Kilda have continued their impressive string of wins this year, their 9th win of the season coming against a Brisbane Lions side who certainly came to play, indeed they could of even had the result go their way.

Although the Saints could have had a big lead going into half time, they wasted their dominance around the ground with a return of 5 goals from 14 scoring shots; Brisbane by contrast took almost every opportunity presented to it applying serious scoreboard pressure with 5 goals of their own from 6 scoring shots.

The Lions were able to challenge St Kilda and in fact hold a two goal lead with 10 minutes left to play in the match because of their impressive work rate; Brisbane finished the game with an incredible 85 tackles beating St Kilda (61 tackles) at their own game. St Kilda however, like good teams do, kicked goals at crucial stages and rose to the occasion in the final quarter.

Brisbane should be proud of the game but disappointed that St Kilda managed to run out 16 point winners.

As far as St Kilda is concerned, they continued their run of good wins, honored a St Kilda champion and learnt more about where they are at.

Turning points of the match
A string of three goals between Leigh Montagna and Stephen Milne in the fourth quarter gave the Saints the lead and in style too. One of Milne’s goals was a soccer off the ground that split the middle beautifully (don’t worry you’ll see the replay soon enough- goal of the round) and Montagna’s goal was on the end of a nice St Kilda clearance on the run from outside 50.
This really put wind in St Kilda’s sails and deflated the intense game style the Lions had going on.