Collingwood Player Reports

Leigh Brown
Had a good first half as #2 ruck but didn't do enough in the second half after Gardiner's injury... 5 hit outs and 13 possessions with 4 marks and 5 tackles on Blake when forward... also 4 FA

Darren Jolly
First goal... 32 hit outs and 14 possessions... also 4 marks and 2 tackles plus 1.0... could perhaps have done a little more in the second half after Gardiner's injury
Jolly also had 3 frees against.

Nick Maxwell
Saints rotated smalls on him but he worked manfully to zone off to spoil the Saint key talls time and again... 17 possessions and 5 marks with 3 tackles

Scott Pendlebury
14 handballs among 19 possessions with 6 tackles... Pies were smashed in clearances for long periods due in part to Pendles being quiet

Leon Davis
1.0 from 6 touches and 2 tackles on Baker... as usual in finals Neon Leon failed to light up... apart from one crucial Q4 moment

Steele Sidebottom
19 possessions and 5 marks with 4 tackles but nothing on the scoreboard as a small forward rotating through midfield

Dane Swan
Got away from Jones' tag early but was locked down in second half by Ray... 21 touches and 7 tackles with 2 marks

Brent Macaffer
Excellent forward tagging job on Gilbert in the first half... 1.1 from 11 possessions with 5 marks and 5 tackles

Alan Toovey
Rotated on the Saint smalls to help out Maxwell... 13 possessions and a rather large 8 tackles
Toovey also had kicked 0.1.

Alan Didak
1.0 from 17 possessions under the tag by Dempster... also 5 tackles and 2 marks

Jarryd Blair
1.1 from 10 touches and 5 tackles in limited rotations

Ben Johnson
Did an excellent job on Milne... 15 possessions

Ben Reid
Sat on Koschitzke... 4 marks and 15 touches

Dayne Beams
12 touches and 3 tackles with 2 marks

Luke Ball
13 possessions and 4 tackles

St Kilda Player Reports

Justin Koschitzke
Had to ruck most of the second half after Gardiner's injury carrying his own broken ribs... 10 hit outs and 11 possessions... also 1.0 from 4 grabs when forward on Reid
Koschitzke also had 2 tackles.

Jason Blake
Started marking Leigh Brown but forced to ruck a lot in the second half after Gardiner's injury... 14 hit outs and 12 possessions with 5 tackles and 3 marks

Sam Gilbert
Had a shocking first half under Macaffer's tag but moved forward in the second half to greater effect... 1.0 from 16 possessions and 4 marks

Lenny Hayes
Won the Norm Smith Medal for his sterling clearance work especially in Q1 and Q4... 32 possessions and 12 tackles with 5 marks and 1.1
Hayes also had 3 taps.

Sam Fisher
Pies didn't work as hard to stop him as they might have... 22 kicks among 25 disposals... also 8 marks and 2 tackles

Nick Riewoldt
Kicked 2.3 from 8 grabs and 16 disposals on Nathan Brown... many of his shots from long distance
Riewoldt added 3 tackles and 2 hit outs.

Nathan Brown
Late replacement for Simon Prestigiacomo... followed Riewoldt... 7 possessions and 2 marks

Leigh Montagna
23 possessions and 11 tackles but wasn't nearly as flashy with them as Hayes or Goddard
Montagna also had booted 0.1.

Brett Peake
Highly ineffective all day... 8 possessions and 6 tackles with 2 marks and 0.1

Michael S. Gardiner
Groin problem shut him down after half time.... 4 possessions and 10 hit outs

Sean Dempster
Tagged Didak... 16 touches and 3 tackles with 5 marks

Steven Baker
Minded Davis... 8 touches and 4 tackles with 2 marks

Robert Eddy
10 disposals and 3 tackles with 0.1 in limited TOG
Eddy also had 2 grabs.

Adam Schneider
1.0 from 19 touches and 5 marks on O'Brien
Schneider also had 2 tackles.

Jason Gram
Tagged Shaw... 11 disposals and 6 tackles

Stephen Milne
2.0 from 9 possessions on Johnson
Milne also had 2 marks.