Match

St Kilda vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 13 Jul 2025

Pre Game

00:00
St Kilda won the groundball-gets by 37 and inside 50s by 11 against Hawthorn in Round 17, just the third-ever team to lose with those differentials or better.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:26
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mitch Owens)
05:49
St.Kilda are applying more pressure than Sydney and has a pressure rating of 285 to 206 in the earlier stages of the first quarter.
08:53
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Sinclair)
10:25
St.Kilda's defensive half-ball movement has been strong this afternoon, with 33% of their chains resulting in an inside 50 compared to Sydney, who are at 20%.
10:54
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
12:39
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Jack Buller)
12:59
St.Kilda's tackle intensity and pressure have been high in the forward half. They lead tackles (6-3) and the pressure rating in the area of 271 to Sydney's 209 halfway through the first term.
14:07
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Jake Lloyd)
15:49
The first possession battle has been close, with Sydney edging the Saints 7-3, and clearances are in its favour, 6-3. The Swans have scored 2.0 (12) at stoppages whilst St.Kilda have scored 1.0 (6) from this source.
15:56
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Justin McInerney)
16:16
Swans Interchange - Will Hayward off due to the blood rule.
18:19
Sydney's kicking efficiency is at 68% in the match so far compared to St.Kilda's 62. They are also more effective inside the forward half, with an efficiency of 79% compared to 56% in this measure.
21:38
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Jake Lloyd)
22:14
Saints Interchange - Callum Wilkie off due to the blood rule.
23:21
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
25:54
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Aaron Francis)
28:46
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Steele)
30:38
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Hugh Boxshall)
35:00
Sydney have scored all their points from in the front half of the ground with their most potent zone the Forward 50 with 2.0 (12).

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:34
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (James Rowbottom)
01:16
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
06:40
Sydney has been strong in the territory battle, winning the inside 50 count 20-13. They have had 55 disposals inside the forward half compared to the Saints' 42.
07:38
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Sinclair)
08:35
St.Kilda has had a good spread of scores from all zones this afternoon, scoring from every zone apart from centre bounces. Their most productive zone is forward 50 3.0 (18).
11:26
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
11:45
Jack Steele has applied a game-high 17 pressure acts so far in this match, with 12 of these coming in the defensive half of the ground. He only has a tackle efficiency of 78% (seven tackles from nine attempts).
13:03
Sydney has had far quicker ball movement than St.Kilda through the corridor. They are playing on 38% of the time from seven marks, while the Saints are playing on just 29% from seven marks.
14:25
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
18:05
It has been an intriguing contest in the ruck this evening between Rowan Marshall and Brodie Grundy, with the clearance count in St.Kilda's favour 8-7, when they have been rucking opponents. Sydney has had four more first possessions from their 25 ruck contests.
22:30
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
25:10
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Hayden McLean)
26:18
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max Hall)
27:11
Saints Interchange - Dan Butler and is possibly out for the game.
28:58
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max Hall)
30:28
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
30:46
St.Kilda has had the upper hand in the forward half game this afternoon - winning 16 attacking midfield intercepts to the Swans' 9, and have scored 3.1 (19) to Sydney's 2.4 (16) from that source.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:58
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max Heath)
06:27
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Jake Lloyd)
08:27
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
09:32
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Hugo Garcia)
11:06
Saints Interchange - Hugo Garcia off due to an injury.
11:40
Errol Gulden is having a damaging attacking game for Sydney. He has had 15 disposals at 80% efficiency, nine handball receives and 221 metres gained.
11:45
The first possession battle is in Sydney's favour, leading the St.Kilda 30-16; however, clearances are at an even 21-21. Sydney have scored 5.2 (32) at stoppages whilst St.Kilda has scored 4.2 (26).
13:01
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Steele)
14:40
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Angus Hastie)
14:55
St.Kilda's defensive midfield ball movement has been strong this evening, with 58% of its defensive midfield chains resulting in an inside 50 compared to Sydney's 36%.
16:38
St.Kilda is applying more forward-half pressure than Sydney and has a pressure rating of 197 to 178 in that zone
17:16
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
18:32
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
20:21
The most productive zone between both sides this afternoon has been the forward 50, where they have scored 6.2 (38).
20:32
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Angus Sheldrick)
22:36
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Jack Buller)
26:20
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (James Jordon)
27:43
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mitch Owens)
28:04
Swans Interchange - Angus Sheldrick off due to an injury.
31:38
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
32:35
Cooper Sharman has been the forward 50 target on four occasions in the match so far, taking a mark inside 50 on one occasion he has been kicked to. He has impacted the scoreboard with two goals straight and one complete miss.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:50
Swans Interchange - Tom McCartin off due to the blood rule.
02:29
SCORE GOAL - Swans (James Rowbottom)
03:52
Sydney's attacking midfield ball movement has been strong this afternoon, with 44% of its chains from this area resulting in a score compared to St.Kilda's 22%.
04:15
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max Hall)
05:10
The Saints have been potent from general play, scoring 7.4 (46) from that source and already have eight individual goalkickers for the match.
06:09
Nic Blakey is at his running and rebounding best so far this afternoon. Blakey has 409 metres gained from his 21 disposals, kicking at 85% efficiency.
09:51
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
11:19
Sydney has had the upper hand in the ruck battle — leading first possessions 35–26, hitouts to advantage 12–7, and clearances 29–27. Brodie Grundy has been dominant in this area, recording 10 first possessions, six clearances, 36 hitouts, and 10 to advantage.
12:53
Cal Wilkie has played 97% of the match so far — the highest of any player on the ground.
14:34
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
16:28
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Sam Wicks)
21:39
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
24:13
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
25:53
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
32:23
Sydney’s most effective scoring zones this afternoon were the defensive midfield, with 4.0 (24), and the attacking midfield, with 3.6 (24). St Kilda’s most efficient scoring zone was the forward 50, where they recorded 5.2 (32).