Match

North Melbourne vs St Kilda

Commentary / 02 Jun 2013

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Welcome to Boomer Harvey's 350th game at Etihad Stadium and it is between North Melbourne and St Kilda. There are no late changes. Hine is the Kangas sub and Webster for the Saints.
00:01
The ball is bounced in the middle of the ground and we are under way.
01:15
The time for sentiment is over for the Roos, they have a job to do and register a win to save their ailing season.
02:20
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
02:25
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Thomas with a freaky bouncing shot at goal and it is just touched on the line for a point.
03:01
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
03:05
GOAL KANGAROOS - Thomas is pushed in the back in the goal square, he gathers the ball, the umpire gives the free kick and calls play on. Thomas goes bang!
04:38
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
04:45
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Petrie takes a strong mark 35m from goal, he takes the set shot and misses away for a point.
05:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
05:30
GOAL KANGAROOS - Petrie wraps the ball up in a box and puts on a nice shiny bow, as he hands it over to Harvey, who appreciates his gift as he kicks a major in his 350th.
07:01
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
07:10
GOAL KANGAROOS - Petrie gets away from Fisher and marks 35m from goal on a slight angle. He slots it through, the Roos are 20 points up!
08:17
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
08:20
GOAL KANGAROOS - Harvey spots up Black inside 50 and he takes an overhead mark 45m out. He goes back and kicks another Roos goal.
09:45
BEHIND KANGAROOS - The Roos continue to attack the ball, as Petrie gathers it from the pocket, he kicks from the impossible angle and he may need to continue to dream the impossible dream.
09:47
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
10:58
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
11:10
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Petrie is the danger man in the forward line, as he gathers it once more, kicks around his body and hits the post.
12:30
Could this be the first time in the match, that the Roos will go two minutes without scoring?
14:09
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Steven)
14:15
GOAL SAINTS - Steven breaks through about three tackles, manoeuvres his way around the Roos defence and slots through the Saints first goal of the day.
17:04
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
17:05
GOAL KANGAROOS - Black comes out and takes the mark 45m from goal. He makes no mistake as he slots through his second of the afternoon.
18:45
The Roos are out to prove that they can be a threat for the top eight, after having their confidence deflated in the last couple of weeks.
20:40
BEHIND KANGAROOS - MacMillan gathers the loose ball, has a quick shot on goal and it is offline.
20:41
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jamie Macmillan)
22:00
Riewoldt takes a strong mark on the wing. The Saints need their captain to stand up today.
23:20
GOAL KANGAROOS - Black is held by Stanley and is awarded a free kick 20m from goal. He comes in and the goal umpire does not move. Kangaroos by 35 points.
25:15
The Roos are doing pretty much as they please at the moment, as the Saints are unable to come up with any answers.
26:20
BEHIND KANGAROOS - The ball comes off hands and it goes through for a rushed behind for the Roos.
26:21
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
26:35
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Atley gathers it from the kick in, he sends it back to goal and the Saints get a do-over, as it goes away for a point.
28:04
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
28:05
GOAL KANGAROOS - Thomas takes a diving mark 15m from goal, he comes in and kicks his second goal of the day. With that goal, he takes the lead for the Coleman Medal with 32 goals for the season.
29:49
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
31:51
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
33:18
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:29
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Mullett)
03:01
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
07:13
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
07:56
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
10:49
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Nick Riewoldt)
14:40
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Sam Wright)
16:02
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Ben McEvoy)
17:31
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rhys Stanley)
21:14
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
22:47
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Nick Riewoldt)
25:54
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Sam Gibson)
26:44
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jarryn Geary)
28:55
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ryan Bastinac)
31:19
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
05:04
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Stephen Milne)
07:24
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Nick Riewoldt)
11:09
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
13:51
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
16:20
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
17:10
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
21:00
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jimmy Webster)
22:03
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Leigh Adams)
23:21
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rhys Stanley)
24:58
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
25:35
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Leigh Montagna)
29:06
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
31:39
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
31:45
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:41
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
03:37
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
05:12
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rhys Stanley)
08:42
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Steven)
09:44
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rhys Stanley)
10:59
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
14:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
17:10
Saints Interchange - Nathan Wright off due to an injury.
17:44
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Taylor Hine)
21:40
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
25:14
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
25:30
The siren has sounded to end Q4.