Welcome to ContestedFooty’s Live 2009 AFL Grand Final Blog – St Kilda vs. Geelong.
Today, members of the ContestedFooty crew will be posting live updates while watching the Final.
In order for you all to be able to view the latest updates you will need to refresh the page (this can be easily done by pressing F5 on your keyboard). The AFL Premiership Cup is in the hands of the worthy winners, Geelong. Fantastic win to the cats. The celebration and fanfare ensue. As Meat Loaf would say; two out of three aint bad. Mooney is listening to Harley’s speech and touching himself, interesting. Mark Thompson’s quote of the day “It’s good to come out victories… arr victors.” Ling is super happy, as he should be. Corey Enright was alright today, not really in his All-Australian form. Rooke was good too, especially floating back in defense. Hawkins has his red undies hanging out on the podium. Only person on the Geelong team for this to be a first their Grand Final Mooney’s 30th Birthday couldn’t be any sweeter. Steve Johnson – Barely had a touch, especially in the first half. Joel Selwood was good today too, not at his best, but steady as ever. Riewoldt was stopped well today by Harry Taylor. Full credit to him. Paul Chapman wins the Norm Smith whilst carrying a possible hamstring injury. It’s okay Ablett, I think you can settle with just the premiership Nick Riewoldt is still exhausted and shattered. “bottle this feeling and use it”. Presentations are starting now. Who do we think will get the Norm Smith? ContestedFooty can’t decide. Saints look devastated as you can expect. Geelong naturally look stoked (pun intended). It was a fantastic game and there is always disappointed players and fans, unfortunately for the Saints it was them yet again. 2 from 3 for the Cats. Q4 07:30 - Ablett is on the phone to… well… nobody. It showed him on the phone and nobody in the coaches box was talking into a phone… Ordering pizza? Q3 31:00 - Momentum going Geelong way but siren beats them to mark end of third quarter
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St Kilda 9.14.(68) Geelong 12.8.(80)
Q4 28:20 - Scarlett rushes a behind cleverly, Cats by 6.
Q4 28:00 - The Cats just need to stop the game now, and they are doing that so far.
Q4 26:25- Rooke kicks a behind off the ground! It could be all over now folks…
Q4 25:30 - Saints are desperately trying to get the ball forward…
Q4 23:15 - Ablett has his mark spoiled but some clever footwork from Scarlett sees Ablett end up with the ball anyway. He kicks forward and the contest sees the ball end with Chappy who GOALS!
Q4 22:00 - Ablett is still rocking the “Tag Dag” look…
Q4 21:22 - Selwood gets an uncontested mark in the forward 50 but kicks it left and scores are level at 67 a piece.
Q4 20:00 - Mooney drops a sitter but Rooke ends up with it and kicks. Baker sends himself on a kamikaze mission and touches it before the line but poleaxes himself into the goalpost. Hes looking groggy.
Q4 18:25 - Its tough stuff here. Milne kicked it to Reiwoldt who couldn’t take the mark after possibly being pulled down in the contest. Geelong rebound.
Q4 16:15- Chappy kicks off the ground after the ruck contest but its only a behind.
Q4 15:55 - Deliberate out of bounds sees the Cats get the ball and send it forward and we have a stoppage.
Q4 15:00 - Kick into the Saints forward line sees Reiwoldt knock it down in front to Dempster who snaps a behind… Eric Banner is disappointed.
Q4 13:55 - Jason Blake walks it out under very little pressure… deliberate?
Q4 12:45 - A series of stoppages in the St kilda forward line right now.
Q4 11:28 - Clever work from Clarke to get the ball to his teams advantage but it only sees the ball go out on the full with the next possession.
Q4 10:00 - Schneider takes a mark and then takes off Harley, kicks it to the right and gets another behind.
Q4 07:12 - Kosi takes a great mark on the wing and kicks it long forward. Nothing results and the game ensures.
Q4 07:00 - The umpires aren’t going to pay anything this quarter. St Kilda are just throwing the ball on the boot to keep it out of their backline.
Q4 05:05 - Ablett tries to break another tackle, gets slowed up but gets the handball off. The ball goes forward but out of bounds, and we have another throw in.
Q4 03:37 - The game has opened up a little bit and some players are finding some space.
Q4 01:10 - Chappy kicks it into the forward line and Hawkins marks above his head. He kicks his “Second” and its actually legitimate this time.
Q4 00:00 - So the final quarter of 2009 is about to begin, it comes down to this. Saints by 7 at this stage, can they hold up under the pressure of the Premiership?
St Kilda 9.11.(65) Geelong 9.4.(58)
Q3 29:18 - Montagna snaps from pocket to take Saints into the lead
Q3 28:10 - Goddard has the Judd/Lord Voldemort look now except with hair
Q3 27:18 - Major screw up by St Kilda defence almost lets Geelong take lead
Q3 25:35 - Wojcinski kicks on goal doesn’t make distance and goes out of bounds in Geelong forward pocket
Q3 24:35 - McQualter lets down captain with terrible shepherd
Q3 23:45 - Tough game for both sides, you can tell they will put everything on the line to win
Q3 22:08 - Gardner uses soccer skills to kick from wing to half forward flank, out of bounds but good results for Saints
Q3 19:45 - Goddard goes off with shoulder/colar bone concern, hope those didn’t have too much on him for Norm Smith
Q3 19:11 - Ablett braves off tackle to kick at goal from 55 out, alas misses for a point
Q3 18:20 - Mooney gets free kick by Dawson wrenching him out of the way
Q3 16:55 - Chapman chases ball into pocket, turns to snap and score goal
Q3 15:15 - Saints Montagna kicks long to score point
Q3 14:45 - Saints work well to get it to Riewoldt who’s kick is smothered by Harry Taylor
Q3 12:25 - Selwood knocked ball to boundary, called deliberate, free kick to Reidwoldt who misses to near side
Q3 11:25 - Out of bounds in St Kilda pocket
Q3 10:15 - Free kick to Hayes
Q3 06:45 - Seems Mooney easy mark against two defenders, goal scored
Q3 06:00 - Ablett quick snap point scored
Q3 04:45 - Baker took out Goddard, took time to get up, now going off on blood rule
Q3 04:00 - Hot footy in Geelongs forward line
Q3 03:30 - Seems to be drying up in the second half
Q3 02:30 - Mooney kicks into goal space, point scored instead
Q3 00:00 - Chapman moved to full forward to see if he can change things up (perhaps rest hamstring)
Q2 30:15 - Heavy footy, it looks like it’s hard to kick. Kosi goals after a marking contest. The ball went to ground behind the pack and Kosi kicked it off the ground.
Q2 29:00 - Its a hot footy out there in St Kilda’s forward line. Jones goals from nothing. Threw it on his foot and it went through the big sticks. Saints get some reward for their work.
Q2 27:00 - Rain has started coming down harder, who would have thought. Free kick against Steven King in the ruck contest in the Saint’s forward line.
Q2 25:03 - Chappy scores from outside 50m.
Q2 23:53 - Hawkins smothers Dawson’s kick and kicks an inspiring goal and the Cats are in front. Looks like it hit the post.
Q2 23:05 - Ball up in the Cat’s forward line. Lots of players around the ball. Jones and Ablett are still matched up. Chapman looks fine now. Milburn bombs it in but Dawson takes the mark but kicks it in to the man on the mark.
Q2 20:35 - Riewoldt has excellent handball to Gram who misses the goal. Rain is quite heavy now. Balanced scoreline. Saints have been the better team this quarter. They need another goal to get just rewards.
Q2 19:30 - Ablett gets a free for a hold in the forward line. He goals, Geelong in front at one. That is evidence to enough for me that you should rest gun midfielders in the forward line. He is pretty good on the lead.
Q2 16:12 - Schneider misses again. Snap across the face for a point. Saints need to make better use of their dominance of this period of the game. Small forwards need to step up and mop up after they bomb it in. They need to either isolate Riewoldt or not kick it to him when there are three players on him. Geelong know where the Saints are going to kick it.
Q2 14:30 – Chapman is out of the rooms; I suppose he has had a magical injection and will continue.
Q2 12:40 - Geelong scores a goal against the run of play. Burns cherry picks a goal from a past break. Margin 4 points. Fantastic game of football. Great Grand Final so far.
Q2 10:25 - Milne gives away a 50m by trying to delay the play after a holding the ball decision against him
Q2 08:05 - Steven Milne missed a missed another chance on goal to the right.
Q2 09:30 - McQualter shanked a kick on goal for a point.
Q2 08:05 - Steven Milne missed a sitter of a goal and the kick dribbled along the line and a Geelong player easily mopped up.
Q2 06:40 - Good bump to Gram and good decision making under pressure. Dal Santo off injured
Q2 05:15 - Chapman’s kick is touched on the line for a point
Q2 05:15 - Ablett gets a free kick straight in front 50m out and he shanks it directly to Fisher
Q2 04:00 - Saints have kicked the last four goals.
Q2 02:50 - A poor free kick given to Dempster. Dempster goals and it’s the 4th goal for the Saints.
Q2 01:38 - Dal Santo has spot from a tight angle 45m out but it’s a shocking kick and it gets bunched through for a minor score.
Q2 00:45 - Steve Baker went down but he’s okay.
St Kilda 3.2.(20) Geelong 3.0.(18)
Q1 25:00 – Harry Taylor is currently off the ground and Nick Riewoldt does not seem to have an opponent
Q1 12:30- Goddard gets lose up forward and marks the ball, he goes for goal, having had a 61% accuracy this season and kicks through it. Goal Saints!
Q1 09:16 – After many hand passes and fumbles Adam Schneider collects the ball and shoots for goal, but misses.
Q1 07:15 – James Kelly kicks the ball forward and Mooney takes a solid mark. He kicks truly and the Cats have 2 on the board. It is Mooney’s birthday today, good start for him!
Q1 06:10 – Kosi receives a free kick for a push in the back and goes for goal….but misses…just a minor score for the Saints.
Q1 05:10 - Gram cleared from the back, passes it to Kosi, who kicks it forward. Gardiner marks passes it to Montagna, but he half slips, connects, but it goes nowhere…..
Q1 03:00 – Max Rooke free kick for a holding the ball and he scores the first goal for the match and for the Cats!!
Q1 01:15 – Geelong has been award two free kicks already…
Q1 00:00 – Gardiner vs Ottens in the ruck to begin the match and Cameron Ling on Nick Dal Santo
Q1 00:00 – SIREN to start the match!!
Nick Riewoldt vs Tom Harley run to the middle and the coin toss has been won by: Harley the Cats are heading towards the city end in the first quarter.
Team photos have been taken and the anthem has been sung by the ‘Jersey Boys’, now for the captains to head to the middle for the coin toss.
2009 All Australian Umpire Brett Rosebury is mic’d up by Channel 10 and will be the umpire to start off the match.
The sun is out, but not for long we presume.
St Kilda is now out, led by Captain Nick Riewoldt. Their banner reads “St Kilda 2009 Truly Magical”
Ablett is a “tag dag”.
Geelong is the first team out onto the field and led by Captain Tom Harley, their banner reads “Congratulations to Gary Ablett” and “Our Ultimate Goal”.
It is now about 15 minutes till GAME TIME!
The Australian girls choir, national boys choir and an Australian Indigenous Young Peoples Choir are now singing the song from the Qantas advertisement. Oh, what a coincidence a QANTAS plane is flying over the MCG.
The cup is now re-entering the stadium from the sky, with former Adelaide player Mark Riccuito entering the stadium on a wire harness.
The one million retirees of 2009 are now being driven around the boundary line, while James Morrison is belting out the Geelong and St Kilda Anthems on his Trumpet.
OMG it’s the moment we have all been waiting for…..BARNSEY AND FARNSEY in a DUET! (….with Mark Seymour on the side)
On a side note: Farnsey should NOT attempt to dance!
Australian Music Legend John Farnham is now performing his big song “You’re the Voice”.
Into the rooms: Footage of a Geelong player (possible James Kelly), punching his own butt.
Jimmy Barnes is next up, what a perfect place for him to be singing! The song he is singing is called “No Second Prize”.
Now, for the entertainment to begin. First up is Mark Seymour to sing one of the best footy anthems of all time “Holy Grail”.
The Premiership Cup has now entered the stadium, held by the President of the Kinglake Fotoball Club and the Coach of the Lake Eildon Football Club Bernard Hoorigen.
It is 1:30pm on Saturday 26th September and the festivities are about to begin at the MCG.
Tags: 2009 Grand Final, 2009 Norm Smith, AFL
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